Big Country - Where the Rose is Sown

[wardadams]

Fucking ROCKING song. Makes me want to stand up and do something!

[apexm5]

those bass lines just kill me..these guys could really play. I remember turning some young kids on to this band in my car 15 years ago and they were like "Holy crap, who is this?"

[Sunny19435]

Everyone out there who got the lyrics????

[Sunny19435]

Der beste Gitarrensound ever....

[HighFlyinDragon]

Just think how everything in this song relates to all the stuff we ae living through now with the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. It simply must stop - nothing else makes any sense. And of course Stu knew this decades ago.

To tell the deep truth and rock out at the same time - that was the fantastic brilliance of Big Country.

[0114owl1867]

dont swear much but this sounds just as good now as when i was 15 - fuckin brilliant - i wish stu was still here the worlds crap without him !

[y16amp]

"If I die in the combat zone - box me up and send me home

If I die and still get home - lay me were the rose is sown"

...a powerfull lyric from this brilliant group - RIP Stuart!!

[798beanz]

Probably in top 5 all time favourite songs!

Massively underated and sounding even better today than 20 odd years ago.

RIP Stuart

[798beanz]

Probably in my top 5 all time favourite songs, a massively underated band, which to my mind makes them even greater after the passing years, the death of Stuart Adamson was and is a massive loss, Big Country to me still sounds fresh and sounds even better than it did 20 odd years ago

[slackbladder7]

Stu, why did it all have to end. to this day i listen to Big Country and still think they are the best ever ever.

[Dazzgee]

forgot about these for sometime, as a Skids No.1 fan Big Country are back on my pod!!! ;-)

[sfinney100]

Times were grim, unemployment even worse, Maggie was leading the country into oblivion by selling British assets like Coal, Gas, Steel and our Railways to private enterprises. Thats where 'The Rose Was Sown'. So bring back the 'lumberjack shirt with white vest underneath ' and once again we will feel so much BETTER

[pinkfloydmike]

Excellent!

[giumar67]

fantastic

[jimshady13]

Amazing

[marillionaire2007]

Thank god for Big country!

[TheBruceGday]

I loved and still love U2, but Big Country was always my favorite. When I bought my first two cassette tapes were Big Country, "The Crossing," and Def Leppard, "Pyromania." I played that Big Country tape until it was completly worn out! I miss those days in the fog of Washington State.

[parmley17]

only 122,243 hits............wots wrong with people

[Avenmarc]

released at the time of the falklands war..note the term war..not "crisis"

[TheBablo76]

YeeHaa! I Love And Always Will Big Country..Baloo

[ozrics62]

superb

[zigzag909]

Clearly inspired by Freddie and the Dreamers.

[chopsm1]

Sheer Brilliance

[HighFlyinDragon]

This band were pure magic.

[zigzag909]

Why do they keep jumping about like prats.

[yragregnis]

@zigzag909  lol ...idiot

[chopsm1]

Because they can!!!  Absolute genious>

[joytotheworld76]

Sons of men who stand like gods, we give life to feed the cause and run to ground our heathen foe.....Our name will never die..This time will be forever.

[joytotheworld76]

This song is based on a true story. It centers around the life of a young Russian lad in the summer of 1941. It's WWII when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The lad becomes a soldier in order to defend his homeland and vanquish the Nazi menace.

[TheFirstApparition]

@joytotheworld76

"young Russian lad"? ... "Nazi menace"? Uh-huh. What were these "young Russian lads" doing prior to 1941 and the German assault on Stalin? I'll tell ya what: They had attacked Poland (helping to kick off WW2), they attacked Finland, invaded and butchered Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia (read "The Year of Horror"- Baigais Gads), KILLED 20,000 Poles at Katyn (Hello?) and helped "collectivize" Ukraine to the tune of 8 million dead. But oh, the noble Russian "lads"...

[billytk247]

Does it it get any better than this? I dont think so.

Keep the BIG COUNTRY rockin and Keep Posting these tunes guys & girls.

[callanblack]

@billytk247 Man !! absolutley true !! Went to see the Skids in 1980 in Liverpool . Massive U2 myself but still love this band . RIP Stu .

[Lagomorphis]

Saw them in the early 90's at the Hammersmith Odeon. Thought they were bloody brilliant,and a truely memorable gig.

[Minervachild]

I saw BC live 4 or 5 times in the early 80s, they were always excellent. They deserved far more recognition than they received, at least the music has stood the test of time, such a shame Stuart isn't here to see the accolades he gets now.

[charltonspinney]

@Minervachild

Hi i went to see Big Country 5 times , this is like reliving my youth!

[redjohn201]

Saw them lie at Redcar bowl. Very small venue but they rocked. Some guy spat at Stuart and so he stopped the song, jumped off stage and grabbed the guy by the collar and threw him out. Then he jumped back up and continued the song from where they left it. Quality.

[redjohn201]

I meant 'live' obviously :)

[whoperman]

Got to see them live in the early eighties in Los Angeles..Palladium Theatre. Still remember it as the best live show I have ever seen.

[cliftonspursboy]

my favourite BC track

[TheDevilsGuard]

One of my fondest memories, watching them unplugged in Inverurie town hall. I was blazing drunk and the crowd was going mental. Great night and they were flawless live. Magic.

[TheLummer66]

I envy you. I wish I had the ability to see these guys live. It truly is one of my one regrets as I crank their music in my car or whenever I am in that Big country mood. I do try to reinforce how The crossing is the greatest album unrecognised.

[Rockunstank]

one of the greatest drum tracks ever!!!

[dbc1dc]

Totally, he does an incredible job on the cover of Prairie Rose too.

[wardadams]

These guys got me through the '80s. It's sad that they're only known for "In Big Country" here in the states. If people could only hear this!

[buckstoneboy]

bruce watson & his son are playing with a semi reformed THE SKIDS, stuarts first band in dunfermilne,, march 6th. check out the skids & richard jobson on my space....AHOY AHOY..

[jamesnadam]

........our name will never die, this time will live forever.........

[inkpink]

RIP Stuat. His legacy will live on.

[ThatsaCryinShame]

those little guitar leads are really cool.

[snotmale]

Classic Scott-Rock...

[dobbysta2]

ohhh stUArt ....damn

[dobbysta2]

oooHH STUARt!!!!

[wickedweather1]

Fucking Electrifying!!!!

[kymcey1]

Steeltown class album,'Come back to me 'saddest song ever, RIP True tallent

[pqrst22]

3 days now, there are no more demons where he lives now, no more pain, every tear washed away,"Peace be with you"

[reboxetinmesilat]

Boy, those were the days! It rocks! ;-)

[oldiesforever51]

You can hear Stuart's genius in his youth when he made such great songs- Thank you so much for your musically inheritance for us all- GOD bless you where ever you are...WIR VERMISSEN DICH SEHR (genau 8Jahre)!

[thebigg72]

8 years ago today

RIP Stuart

the music lives on

[ZongshenPete]

This band have to be one of the greatest bands of all time , totally understated , compare this to the x factor , guitar hero game culture we are force fed to live in , (no comparison) this is real , I`m proud to say I met him in a guitar shop (sound control in Dunfermline) and he was a great guy and a talented one , if the lazy ass youth of today picked up a (real) guitar and did anything like as good as this I might just have faith in music with the quality of this emerging again

[2nstra]

Big Country amazing strong band in the 80s and beginning of the 90s ! They have made some of the best classics around. Ashame they get so little airplay here in The Netherlands. Greatly under-estimated. But the sadest part is the death in 2001 of their frontman. Still cant believe it.

This is to me their most powerfull song.

[dogheadandy]

miss Stuey

[RivieraBlue]

Happy days, Loved this band......could and should of gone on to much bigger things, R.I.P. Stuart

[southernal13]

My favorite Big Country song.. Amazing..

[fatharrys]

them english get jelous, they aint done nothin since that HOME game in 66....

yawn yawn ...... best music ever stuart !!

[Kkrouton]

It's good to see a positive thread for this video. Most of the threads for BC videos on here are so depressing. Everyone is crying about Stuart Adamson's death. It was a terrible loss, but instead of dwelling on it, why not just enjoy all the music he wrote when he was still alive? I think he would have wanted it that way.

[ZongshenPete]

You are so right

[Prizak1]

All Big Country's songs are amazing.One of the best rock bands ever.

[ghiaccio68]

Grandi! Avevo 17 anni! Grande pezzo!

[coillteboy]

Best Scottish Band ever, end of...

[dartmoordog]

Best band ever, but most of BC were born in England mate.

[shropshireladNE]

Jesus christ, English Scottish who gives a fuck this vid makes me on top of the world

[dartmoordog]

Yep

[gadgie3]

They all were actually.

Adamsons parents are both Scottish moved to Dunfermline when he was 4 so his accents genuine. Like me, 'cept my fam moved to this side of the Forth :)

[dartmoordog]

Scot, English, Irish or Outer Mongilian... They were still simply awsome. :o)

[gadgie3]

My thoughts exactly, mate :D

Mighta sounded a little different if they were Mongols though ;)

[dartmoordog]

Hahaha.  Those boys know how to rock!

[Stibb1968]

Saw them at Wembley Stadium and Knebworth - amazing - 25 years on still listening and loving !!

[whoperman]

Saw them in the 80's in Los Angeles...still great music

[flaneller]

For me simply one of the most underrated bands of all time. Much better musicianship, songwriting and, above all, passion than U2 - and this is coming from a U2 fan! I blame the rock press for not supporting them nearly enough as they should of. To have passion and integrity in the 80s was clearly "uncool"!

[gankball]

I Agree!!!!

[mymyselfandi69]

my alltime favoritband,

i listen to new "moder" music like foo fighters Biffy Clyro ....

but allways come back to BC ,they have such good songs ,who always in my heart.

[dartmoordog]

flaneller - Agreed

[red1607]

@flaneller your damn right!!

[164man]

@flaneller / you are so right my friend, without doubt the best band of the 80s

[tvrowdies]

Tony's bassline in this is pure thunder

[tvrowdies]

Is Mark playing in his underwear??

[factualfilms]

Manchester Apollo 1984...awesome times.

[whoisthenext1]

NICE ... NICE song ....

[MAM1998]

Awesome song,awesome group,my faves...

[MountLongdon82]

Falklands 82,Classic

[oldiesforever51]

I'm from Germany and old enough to be mother of all you young guys- but this sound is the best ever in the world!!!

[2bsom1]

lest we forget

[dartmoordog]

Im a Devonian....It should be our anthem.  BC - Awsome.

[Deadeye55]

I`m English and i think it should be our national anthem.

Fantastic band fantastic song . 11/10

[barac8]

It should be the Universe's anthem, alien's everywhere will be humming this ditty.

[paulvev]

Im Scottish, and i think this shown be our new National Anthem. It ROCKS big time.

[locorojo25]

oh how good is this. like big country prior 2 this but i really got into them after it. bought everything by them i could get my hands on. pmsl i even started going about in tartan or checked shirts with braces. wot a belter. loved them tho with a passion

[windigo44]

The voice, the lyrics, the guitars like bagpipes . . .

They turn a song into an anthem like nobody else.

I'm just glad that YouTube exists to host performances like this, so we can watch them over & over (as the memory from the 80s is a little hazy of when these vids first played).

I miss this guy at least as much as I do John Lennon, and more than the rest of the great musicians who went too young.

Stuart, rest in peace, if you can.

We are grateful for the songs you left us.

[Pinsley09]

I know that this is an anti-war song, but on 9-11, I thought that it would be a proper response to the attacks, but with a re-working of the lyrics to denounce the cowardly bastards who did what they did to us.

[mrblushy]

Superb,what a band.

[metallithrax]

I saw them in Leeds, got a shirt autographed by all 4. No idea where the shirt is now.

[thenavajoknow]

I will always love this band. No one ever did Celtic Rock better, and with such thoughtful lyrics to boot. They were incredible live, and we all danced and screamed wildly. Glory days.

[netasteig]

love his voice - it seems to carry so much emotion. Sad that he found his own too hard to carry. Fabulous live sound.

[DocLibertos]

OMG! So much time after!

Glad to hear that it doesn't sound "80's".

[LageBandage]

If this doesn't sound 80's I'm Kermit the frog.

[skiptickerable]

Hi Kermi..............

[windigo44]

Rrrrribbitttt ... Rribbbittt ...

[oldiesforever51]

absolutely GREAT!!!!!

[grc9ball]

Remember seeing them live at Victoria Halls, Hanley, still one of my fav gigs.

No matter how many were in the crowd it still felt like they were playing every song just for you. R.I.P. STUART.

[zannat68]

♥♥♥

[ferrygaterock]

My God, what an awesome track. Still moves me to this day, years after first hearing it. R.I.P. Stuart.

[pta10]

"I wait here in this hole

Playing poker with my soul

I hold the rifle close to me

It lights the way to keep me free

If I die in a combat zone

Box me up and ship me home

If I die and still come home

Lay me where the rose is sown"

A very contemporary poet. Thanks Stuart.

[juanforeman]

Wow - never knew of this band... sorry they're not still with us... sounds like it would have been great!

[windigo44]

For my money, one of the top 5 bands of all time.

Getting those guitars screeching like bagpipes over Stuart Adamson's blue-collar, struggle-of-everyman lyrics raises goosebumps every damn time.

People are lamenting Michael Jackson's loss right now, and fair enough, but when Stuart took himself from us in '01 the world lost a truly underrated artist-musician-poet who can never be replaced and should never be forgotten.

Thank God we have the magnificent songs. Like this one here.

[castratephilanderers]

@windigo44

I fully agree with everything you've composed (and to the above U2 fan "Flaneller", I also agree with you & even worked with the band for years!) -- besides the statement that Stuart Adamson "took himself from us". The man had long-term suffered the devastatingly miserable, COMMONLY FATAL *PHYSICAL* DISEASE Clinical Depression (UniPolar Disorder) and in his case it was compounded by Addiction (alcohol; a DEPRESSIVE drug). The DISEASE is what killed him, NOT HIMSELF! Coroner agreed.

[ewoodo6]

loved big country when i was in high school .Couldnt believe it when i read that Stuart Adamson had killed himself

[oldiesforever51]

the very best band of the 80th.....and later times too

[bkramo]

Stuart, RIP

[ZapattaTash]

Big Country at their finest !

[99fuelracer]

One of the best bands the world has ever witnessed. Period.

Stuart Adamson = Bono and The Edge rolled into one.

[KCVROCKS2008]

What is so bittersweet is that Big Country's music was so BIG and uplifting, yet in the end, their singer couldn't find any joy in life and killed himself....I listened to them a lot in my youth and their music still moves me.

[sweeeeney]

Amen to that.

[yoginiha]

Those guys are all gorgeous!

[mick149]

great song. But why do they want to be at war? and die in a war??

[dbc1dc]

You need to listen a little better to the song. It is the perpective of the soldier that goes off to war. It is actually anti-war in that the chorus, .."our names will never die, this time will be forever" is being a bit cynical. As if this war that the soldier is in, will be any different than the last war that his father or grandfathers were in.

[vidpirate09]

Mick

Stuart Adamson wrote this song in 1982 during the Falklands War as an ANTI-war song.

Your comments could not be more wrong.

Sadly enough it is still relevant to day.

[C5rrr]

Oh the memories, just take me back to a better time, I had loads of fun back then.

great music, great band......

[oldiesforever51]

GREAT

[parsman63]

This song played back to back with Come Back To Me always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Powerful stuff.

[BOBLFC1]

This video used to be played with some others before ghostbusters used to start in the studio 123 liverpool love it quality track rip stuart like the comment below very underated band

[IQQIQQI]

i am glad i got to see them ... the music and the shot of Stuart at 2:21 is hard to watch for me

[robholt77]

Awesome group so underated. RIP Stuart - a tragedy

[themixtures]

Hi Markie - cant believe you're getting nice remarks about your shorts - so long ago !

If you read this love to you and Tony - not seen you guys for so long - and remember.....

Tony has a right to drive !!!!!

The good old days - love from

Karen (Drummer - Pat Ahern's Wife) Rock n Roll !!!

[atlantichouse]

A massive sound, just pure class.

[BCountry72]

One of my favourite bands of the 80´s. thanx to youtube and the whole community for posting this great stuff.Greetings to all friends of this awesome band from Germany

[airjor1]

Yes indeed!

[tallpaul530]

this band are gooood though was brought up with the skids

[liv4aco]

there're few things i love more than this band

[nakedgun93]

My favorite BC song!... I can listen to them all day..

[Baxx2008]

OMFG!!! Mark is looking SEXY here!

This is hard to watch because of him and those tiny shorts!

LOL!!!!

[Zeronet80]

This has to be one of BC's best songs, along with Chance and Just a Shadow. Scotland FTW!

[rockerjedi123]

Absolute genius. RIP Stuart

[kymcey1]

luve bc you live on rip stuart

[STEVE28T]

Most underrated band of alltime. Thanks for posting, awesome song.

[maDaleha65]

Taxi for '91D20'.

Ha!Ha!Ha!

[callumkent75]

5*****

[shropshireladNE]

Best thing about The Skids splitting up was Adamson coming to the fore and making one of the best bands ever

[maDaleha65]

AMEN!

[horselaverda]

so much good music from big country

[vikes65]

Our name will never die, this time will be FOREVER. RIP Stuart sleep well

[SplinterCell37]

Wow...they way he can pull off barres, complex melodies, perfect singing AND DANCE AROUND...wow...definitely one of the greatest bands of all time.

[syd8965]

brings back so many memories....great, great band!

[hcjc57]

This song still brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it - still relevant today as it was when it was recorded - RIP Stuart

[ipykipyk]

Beautiful melody, compelling lyric, brilliantly played and recorded (Steve Lillywhite!). Saw them live only once but they were superb. Mark B is the funkiest white drummer ever!! Stuart - you're missed but will never be forgotten!

[91D20]

Call me crazy but if you youtube another Scottish band from 10 years prior to BC, The Bay City Rollers you may hear similar guitar harmonizations in their songs.

[gsm1881]

Yeah, I'll call you crazy, keep taking the pills

[dbc1dc]

That is funny! Yea, there is some sweet guitar harmonizing going on in Saturday Night.....NOT!!! There really is no comparison to the two groups. It's all in the ear of the beholder of course, but Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson had far more complex leads and rhythms that just the sound of the guitars told a story, without the lyrics.

[punkcaipira]

best BC song after In a Big Country

[martyscott1974]

great song

[XMChipXM]

"...Sons of man who stand like gods, We give life to feed the cause And run to ground our Heathen foe Our name will NEVER die, This time will be FOREVER!..."

[21LL]

this song makes me cry....

[21LL]

this is sooo powerful, like Scotland XD, i´m proud of being born there, i´m half scotisch :D

[johnmwaugh]

saw this live in 1984 and its still f**king great

RIP Stu

[Geefor]

Sooo powerful! Look at Stu when he gets to:

If I die in a combat zone

Box me up and ship me home

If I die and still come home

Lay me where the rose is sown.

Should have become the standard anti-war song especially in this Remembrance week - sadly when did you last hear this played on radio?

[veryheaven1924]

Too right geefor, I have requested it a few times on Absolute radio's eighties hour but they never play it! :(

[Bailey1971]

i wait here waiting in this hole, playing poker with my soul, what lyrics, i adore big country's music, r.i.p. stuart, u have touched my life tracy x

[theirishinc]

I wish Stuart knew what He and the Band meant to a lot of. Their music was just extraordinary, their sound, their lyrics. My girlfriend would sit and watch me sing to all their albums and we're married now. They were an inspiration to a lot of us. God Bless.

[eddie131168]

I always enjoyed this band!! I listened to them to my journeys across europe and beautiful Cornwall, England...Brings back many, many memories!!! Thanks Stuart for all the wonderful music....that will carry on for you!!!

[campernstgirl]

message me im bored

want to do it all night long with me? baby come see me xoxo. my m.s.n id is in my profile. lj

[yragregnis]

msn id is ??

[rintobhoy]

what a song.. what a band...suicide is the result of an illness called depression...if u can... listen to the unheard cry for help...ri.p. stuart a

[zndaulay]

bring back the memory....:)

[DeluxeReissue]

I was about 12 when BC were at their peak, growing up in Australia. They only had about 2 hits here, and I didn't hear this song til years later after it was released and out of all their singles this is the one that I can not believe wasn't a huge hit. The melody is mesmorising.

And wow, the lyrics particularly the last verse about dying seem so powerful now after Stu's death.

What a brilliant song.

[james007magic]

Man this is really, really , really goood

[HowardWCampbell]

Everyday I strive to have hair like Stuarts in this video.

[bfbjr]

LOL so did I in 1984.

[reniisgod]

Now this is class....better than any of that shit thats out there today.