Big Country - 'Fields of Fire' Scratch version, East Berlin, June 18, 1988

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  • Peace Concert, 18/6/88
    150,000 East Berliners flock to see Big Country live.

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  • @josepha4786
    @josepha4786 24 дні тому +1

    Our piper played this after much rehearsal when we departed Kandahar in 2005 as part of the 33CBG RCR.

  • @restlessnative7180
    @restlessnative7180 5 років тому +32

    Purely and simply the BEST band ever. Timeless music, Thank you Big Country and RIP Stuart

    • @IqbalHamid
      @IqbalHamid 3 роки тому +3

      By a long shot! Couldn't agree with you more mate!

    • @josepha4786
      @josepha4786 24 дні тому

      Fuck yeah, saw them in Birmingham in 1996 - they essentially played in a huge tent

  • @IqbalHamid
    @IqbalHamid 3 роки тому +21

    I count myself incredibly fortunate to have seen this same performance live.

  • @rockfilm
    @rockfilm 5 років тому +15

    I so love this band. Have seen them live often. 2 hours of jumping, non stop. Still on fire. Miss them, miss him.

  • @padraigsisk4057
    @padraigsisk4057 4 роки тому +12

    What a band they still are . Thanks to Bruce/ Mark for keeping the flame lighting

  • @elvia5935
    @elvia5935 6 років тому +23

    Wow such an electrifying and powerful performance! Love their smiles as much as the way they manage to surpass the greatness of their very first songs that through small alterations are turned into absolute new masterpieces. BC Forever!

  • @kennyhamilton3598
    @kennyhamilton3598 2 роки тому +3

    this is why Big Country are my fav band ever!!

  • @IqbalHamid
    @IqbalHamid 3 роки тому +6

    SCRAATCH!!! I was lucky enough to have moshed to a live performance of this momentous version of FoF.

  • @allanfifield8256
    @allanfifield8256 5 років тому +14

    6:12 "We're called Big Country". I saw them live three times; it wasn't near enough.

    • @sergioalvarado8779
      @sergioalvarado8779 5 років тому +2

      Me too

    • @johnmacintyre3113
      @johnmacintyre3113 4 роки тому +5

      Saw them a lot more than that and it still wasn't enough

    • @IqbalHamid
      @IqbalHamid 3 роки тому

      There's no such thing as too much Big Country. I've been enjoying their music since 1983. I will NEVER tire of listening to Big Country!

    • @allanfifield8256
      @allanfifield8256 3 роки тому +1

      @@IqbalHamid "Stay Alive"

  • @philipthompson8525
    @philipthompson8525 2 роки тому +2

    Cheers BC 1.000 Star's, I Will Watch it This Weekend, Many Thanks For Your Reply, Appreciated.

  • @IqbalHamid
    @IqbalHamid 3 роки тому +7

    Guitar genius!

  • @grasshoppersunny688
    @grasshoppersunny688 6 років тому +6

    CHEERS BC1000STARS ☺ NICE 1 BIG COUNTRY 🎼👍✌ & GOD BLESS YOU STUART 💖 ( SOUL FREE )

  • @ikeartfilms7783
    @ikeartfilms7783 5 років тому +8

    This song speaks to my soul, it always picks me up when I'm feeling down, and I'll never tire of it

  • @georgesmith7111
    @georgesmith7111 10 місяців тому +1

    Superb,always was,and always will,god bless you SA

  • @jamesnoble2753
    @jamesnoble2753 4 роки тому +3

    Marvelous Musicianship.

  • @keithwilliamwendorff5398
    @keithwilliamwendorff5398 2 роки тому +3

    Shame we'll never see this version again but I understand it's in respect of and to Stuart that we don't and won't.

  • @skidco1
    @skidco1 11 місяців тому

    Joyous stuff.

  • @jograham1153
    @jograham1153 4 роки тому +3

    One word, AWESOME....

  • @jaford2
    @jaford2 6 років тому +19

    Amazing! Love the nod to 'Blue Monday' at 1:19 and Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kizhe at 4:26 or thereabouts - musically educated guy was Stuart (RIP)

    • @BC1000Stars
      @BC1000Stars  6 років тому +5

      jaford2 he sure was. Sorely missed. 😥

    • @jaford2
      @jaford2 6 років тому +5

      BC1000stars Thank you so much for putting all this stuff up for us to enjoy - really appreciate it!

    • @elvia5935
      @elvia5935 6 років тому +4

      You appear to be a pretty musically educated person yourself, providing us with this interesting information. Thank you ! I love the Clash's "should I stay or should I go' right at the beginning.

    • @jaford2
      @jaford2 6 років тому +2

      Elvia Claesson Yeah, just one riff (to avoid any copyright issues, presumably! )

  • @brianbigcountry
    @brianbigcountry 3 роки тому +2

    A beating heart will never Die ...stayAlive 2020

  • @ikeartfilms7783
    @ikeartfilms7783 5 років тому +10

    No matter what version of the song I listen to, I always get shivers at the part at 6:04, it's amazing

  • @muff.t2780
    @muff.t2780 Рік тому

    Charisma.

  • @leavingitblank9363
    @leavingitblank9363 4 роки тому +12

    I just realized the date of this concert. That was before the wall came down! How did they even get permission to play? And look at the turnout.

    • @BC1000Stars
      @BC1000Stars  4 роки тому +5

      It was all done under the banner of 'change’ then, the movement had started, Big Country were playing a small but significant role. 🙂

  • @bevostertag1303
    @bevostertag1303 2 роки тому +2

    Luv this concert!,😊♥️

  • @Nessie2410
    @Nessie2410 3 роки тому +2

    Lucky lot who were there! Brilliant. Thanks for sharing again! 😘

  • @scottyjoe22
    @scottyjoe22 3 роки тому +2

    Fire!

  • @niallsbasstones9713
    @niallsbasstones9713 6 років тому +7

    Excellent video. Thanks for sharing

  • @arnauddairaine2220
    @arnauddairaine2220 6 років тому +4

    Genial !

  • @rockutron9000
    @rockutron9000 3 роки тому +4

    No wonder the wall came down.

  • @pgm8090
    @pgm8090 3 роки тому +3

    3:25 Sweet Stuart's personality

  • @hmk8996
    @hmk8996 Рік тому

    The bagpipe-like guitar solos are incredibly catchy!

  • @jamesorth6460
    @jamesorth6460 4 роки тому +3

    You know a year later the wall came down

  • @onmcb8582
    @onmcb8582 3 роки тому +2

    Been listening to the scratch medley intro. I've come up with these:
    The Modern Lovers-Roadrunner
    The Clash-Should I Stay or Should I Go?
    The Jam-Boy About Town
    David Bowie-Rebel Rebel
    Aerosmith-Walk This Way
    The dB's-Spy in the House of Love (someone said New Order-Blue Monday, but pretty sure it is dB's)
    Anybody hear something more, or something else?

  • @s.anderson823
    @s.anderson823 4 роки тому +4

    I love all of these videos of them live. East Berlin, they kicked it. Do you have a link to show the whole concert in one go?

    • @BC1000Stars
      @BC1000Stars  4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/y98aj7Rvah0/v-deo.html
      Enjoy! 😃

    • @s.anderson823
      @s.anderson823 4 роки тому +2

      @@BC1000Stars Yess! Thank you!

  • @damirpilic4632
    @damirpilic4632 3 роки тому +2

    Rock in DDR

  • @andrewblackman6158
    @andrewblackman6158 3 місяці тому

    Henceforth, there must be at least a weeklong series of open-air concerts in Adamston, Maryland, celebrating Stuart Adamston’s and Big Country’s music.
    Not only that, but the town should be renamed “Stuart Adamston”.
    If we are to be ambitious, then the kind folk across the river in Leesburg, Virginia, ought to consent to having it renamed “Stuart Adamsburg”, Virginia, and to have a long, annual series of summer concerts focused on Stu and the lads’ music right there.
    This plan would be much more appropriate than the status quo, for Stu did NOT lead a militarized insurrection against the U.S.. Furthermore, he did not take part in enslaving a single individual of African descent, for his own economic gains. Furthermore, Stu did not assert, not even once, that in a routine census, that African-Americans ought to be counted as 2/3rds of a person, as certain unenlightened U.S. political leaders did, in the past.
    Also, though it is rumored that General R.E. Lee was a good violinist, Stu’s mastery of the guitar, as evidenced in this video, only adds to the long laundry list of reasons why Stuart Adamsburg, Virginia is an inevitable, if not a necessary and inescapable improvement.