Yes. Steeltown was always a favourite. Shadow was not the surprise, but Girl with Grey Eyes. In fact, I always loved Steeltown. A great live track. Sometimes a landslide comes. Everyday that landslide comes for me: why are faces filled with anger that should only shine with youth? It feels like hell.
I was in my early teens when Big Country formed. To this day i still own all their records and cds, tucked under my bed in safe storage, and its been there ever since Stuart passed away. Now i can see why i loved this band and still do. Thanks for all the great music Stuart, will miss you forever.
im 20 and own all of their CD albums passed down to me from my dad when i was young and for me this is what real music is about, something you can listen to and instantly changes your mood unlike all the new rap crap. R.I.P Stuart
ma chanson favorite de big country ( avec lost patrol et porroh man) la guitare est magnifique !!!!!!!!! les paroles flippantes cette chanson est devenue une ombre dans mon ame et j aime m y réfugier so i will walk with giant men at peace among their feet and we will cross the wild frontier not ever to retreat...... rip stuart merci pour tout
Im now 40 have all there albums, I have 4 kids and they still find Big Country relevant. A great pity they and we wont get to see Stuy and the boys live here in Oz.
Found this band in the late 80's, a real dreary and lost patch of time for me. Had a Steeltown cassette and played it alot in my busted up car. Sort of melancholy but I believe its emotion did help. Wow
Yes, and the Buffalo Skinners album is also well worth getting, i think it was one of their best albums, nothing like anything else they did, it is such a great album I cannot understand why it isn't more well known
Check out that smile at 3:14, where would you see anything like that on stage these days in rock/pop music ? that pure enjoyment of just making great music..
Wow Grapefruit, that's a truly excellent story..........this is my fave Big Country song, listen to those trademark Big Country celtic guitars........brilliant melody and brilliant musicianship
One reason I loved this song was that it was so inspirational on a few occasions. In fact, once I even played it for myself to get courage to ask this girl out that I'd liked for a long time.
They were one of the first bands i ever saw live when i was a teenager back in the 80's. I got one of Mark Brzezicki's drumsticks after the gig and still have it along with all their albums on vinyl.
This song is so fucking sad, especially given how things ended for Stuart. He wasn't afraid to bare himself and wear his heart on his sleeve. Amazing song.
Just discovered I had this album in my vinyl collection the other day... Been listening to too many CD's and neglected gems on vinyl I had no idea were under my own roof. Was great to hear all them songs again... Big Country rules.
loved b.c. fom iwas 13 ...25 yrs now .will alwys love them .CHANCE ... NEVER SPOKE SO MUCH IN2 MY LIFE AS I SANG AND AANNOYED MY MAM AND DAD ...HAD IT SO LOUD AS I THOUGHT ,THEN MEET MR ....HE PROMISED ME THE SUN BUT AS STUART SANG THE ONLY SONS I EVER SAW WERE THE 2 HE LEFT ME WITH . WILL ALWAYS LOVE ALL OF BIG COUNRY .ALLWAYS TEASED AT SCHOOL CAUSE I LOVED THEM ....GEZ *****
Just beautiful. There was just diversity in music in the 80s. You could listen to Big Country, Sade, Simply Red, REM, Talking Heads, Janet Jackson and De La Soul. Everyone had their own sound.
I think I am right in saying that is a long haired Phil Daniels of Qudrophenia who plays the cat lover in the video. Great song too. Wonderful stuff!! Never seen that before til today, so thanks for cheering me up, Utahwrx.
Thanks for that, I have been trying to remember who he was (Phil Daniels that is)since I saw this recently, he was also in Eastenders wasn't he? Great song too by the way.
Adamson, as all the BC material on YT bears out, was a giant of a talent and a Man. Compare to Bono, the prissing, preening counter of millions, and the Edge, the equally rich guitarist who counted Stuart as a major influence! It's not too late to give BC their due!
This is my favourite Big Country song, still love playing it full blast in the house and the car, totally uplifting and inspiring.The mid-80s were just great with music like this Simple Minds and U2 at their peaks.RIP Stu, gone but never forgotten, thanx for the memories.
Not my favorite ("Porrohman") but this one is definitely in the top 5. Thanks for sharing. Never knew they did a video for this, or any other song from Steeltown for that matter.
I saw them outplay U2 at Phoenix Park Dublin. They fired the audience with some fantastic music and an amazing performance that made it even easier for U2 but I left knowing they were far, far better musicians. RIP Stuart.
Personally, my favourite Big Country track. I was in a minority of one at school in the 80s who could see the genius of this band. They were the same generation as U2 and they should still be going as strong. Such a shame. "Just a shadow of the man you should be, like a garden in a forest that the world will never see, you have no thought of answers only questions to be filled and it feels like hell." Now at 36 and I've lived a little of life do I truly grasp what Adamson was getting at.
OH , boys , if it's was abouts to makes a racism stands , well , they will not make a band and a song just like this. OH.loll. such a things , what's does it's meants. Did did ya truly knows. LA IS LA LOLL.
Ah, you can't beat an enlightened racist can you? Prick. If you knew anything about this band you'd know that they'd hate having you and your likes as fans. Please crawl back under the rock you came from.
Ahhh , i'm not a racist , i'm just a PRICK , while , racist-ism doctrines were made by an organisation , which is , was is a manipulator kind of doctrines for to gains powers of whats-ever.loll.
Yes, you can, and gladly. Although there is a comma missing between band and apart, so not that enlightened either. But there is hope. The Enlightenment began in Scotland, and, wuggynchris, as we say hereabouts.... yerafanny. comeahead.
Sorry, once again a reply to a sad rascist, (wuggynchris), finds itself here as a new message. Any ideas anyone, is it me? Am I just too stupid? Probably.
i'm just a BRAINLESS and an IDIOT TO MY OWNSELF , so , please , show me , where in the hell had i posted a words or a sentences , that's had shown me for to be a RACIST-ISM kind of a person ??? For i'm just a STUPID BLIND PERSON for see and to know ???
Don't over react when I wasn't even talking to you!! This comment obviously went to the wrong place, and if you had taken the time to look, you would've seen that I was actually talking to a mooron on the 2nd page!!
most of all , had made me to like about this band was for them good lyrical and a difference musical melodic than others musician had made. None musician had come close to it's , i thinks.
Subjective thing is music, but being from the UK and having to listen to the vomit music that the dullards of the country seem to like, its refreshing to see that folk from around the world apprecitate music , people who are technically adept at playing instruments, writing lyrics, playing live, etc
Only muscial snobbery prevents this great band from getting the recognition they so richly deserve. This track is fantastic and from a great album. The Flame of the West on Steeltown is one of their best tracks for me. Its a shame it wasnt a single. But the ones on the album that were singles are all great too. That instrumental at the end of this track is just sublime!
Stuart's lyrics could be opaque at times, but they always
made perfect sense to me. He seemed to let the listener fill in some of the blanks. And the music itself inspired you to do that. Stuart's guitar could speak volumes.
Amazing song... wish it could go on forever.... Long Live BIG COUNTRY!!!! Just thanks for posting the viedo.. I listen to it everyday at work and its also out now on DVD. Nice to see and read the comments of so many of you out there as fans of BIG COUNTRY.. TCUNC76
the look of joy on tony butler's face says a lot. this is one of the most uplifting bands ever and, as this song in particular proves, a band filled with nobility, which is not that usual in rock. cherished stuart adamson was a hero in more ways than one, and scotland must surely be proud of these four artists
UMMM...Uplifting? Are you listening to the music? Thought provoking, yeah, but they never get the girl and it's always sadness about the past. Don't get me wrong , I loved these guys, but in hindsight, Stuarts romantic idealism wasn't something he could live up to.
ideals are seldom attainable. he sang: "i'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but i can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime ... pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming." i was referring mainly to the anthemic quality of the music - powerful drums, strong bass, soaring guitars and passionate vocals -in songs like "heart and soul" and "all of us", for instance
Gotcha. Even as a teen the lyrics filtered thru & inrigued me, even more so now. Always internal and external strife, but set to music that made me feel I could take on the world, regardless. Guess listening again after so many years, I'm just feeling the pain, no optimism.
My words will never fully disclose the emotions that these guys pull out of me when they play. I really miss there music and the days of new wave 80's style of music. Big Country was really underrated
Ah so it WAS Phil Daniels on the roof - he was also in Parklife by Blur was he not. The guy in thre band whose name escapes me me, the one with the red haiur, I always think he sould have been in The Clash, haven't a clue why, ha!
grew up listening to my brother playing this endlessly, brings me back excellent tune pity brian adamson is no longer with us with all the comebacks at the moment could've been perfect for their return.
a big fan since in a big country aired on mtv.never got the chance to see them how sad all the great musicians die before there time thank god for youtube i get the chance to see the videos to the songs i love
I still have my Steeltown vinyl but nothing to play it with.I live in Canada and I know that it can't be bought locally.I think I'll look on ebay to buy the CD!!
yeah, that's phil daniels. the story part of the video was shot behind King's Cross station in London, directed by a brilliant guy called mike brady who also did a video for "east of eden" which is amazing.
I first saw Big Country in 1983 in a tiny club called Oasis in Osnabruck W Germany. I was a young 18 year old Soldier on his first posting and I was so blown away that I stole the poster advertising the Gig from the wall outside! Not a good start to y career as a Military Policeman..... loved them then love them now.
I'm 40 now and ive been a fan since I was 16. Every time I watch Stuart & Big Country I still get a tear in my eye. There has never been a singer to sing his lyrics that mutch emotion and mean it. It's still hard to believe that we'll never hear him live in Glasgow again.
Perhaps the best of all their songs AFAIK. I am happy to see how on Youtube you can find good stuff like this. The story of the videoclip is so 'old fashioned' with a somewhat happy (socialized) end, faced with the solitude of the protagonists at the beginnings. Very cool indeed
My favorite song from Big Country. I love many of them but this one always touched me differently. Must be Stuart's thoughtful and emotional lyrics and singing. I've been a fan since I first heard the Crossing. Wish I had seen them live when I had the chance. Unique.
Great song! I have GOT to start buying their albums. So far, all I have is a compilation with the chopped up version of "In a Big Country." Great band! Sadly underrated. I just wish Stuart was still with us. : (
I never expected to find video to this majestic song- many thanks. Big Country waved their wand many times and this is a fine example. Who the hell takes the time to write poetry about elder abuse?
i thought it was about finding a cat. just kidding. this is such an awesome band. I only heard this song a few months ago after loving them since the 80s. You might like some of the House of Love stuff. Very guitar-driven ballads.
It doesn't seem long since I was listening to this on my sony walkman in the 1980's on the high speed train train to Bristol and Bath University. There is simply nothing today thats comparible with this genious band
One of their best songs.
trancedancer2001 2 years ago
Great song Cheesy video
tvrowdies 2 years ago
Brilliant music to drive to with there own unique sound as soon a the first note is played you know its BIG COUNTRY!!!
58kexby 2 years ago
a lot of shadows in this vid... ;-)
aarlevanbram 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I can't enough of this song. I listen to it at least twice a day. It's incredible!
Gary4Gary4 2 years ago
blijft amazing!
dinkeldal 2 years ago
fantastic video! "Steeltown" is a brilliant album (although i don't think BC ever really put out a bad album!) i love Stuart's "Antigua-burst" Strat!
however...Bruce should never never ever even consider growing a beard again! ;P
catpee3000 2 years ago 3
"It's just a shadow of the man you should be!
Like a garden in the forest that the world will never see!
You have no thought of answers only questions you can tell,
And it feels like hell..."
RobertMurph 2 years ago 2
Yes. Steeltown was always a favourite. Shadow was not the surprise, but Girl with Grey Eyes. In fact, I always loved Steeltown. A great live track. Sometimes a landslide comes. Everyday that landslide comes for me: why are faces filled with anger that should only shine with youth? It feels like hell.
mongo88now 2 years ago 3
I LOVE this song. I'm definitely going to have to buy the album on Amazon or EBay just as soon as I'm employed again.
shanejacobus 2 years ago 4
yer richt lassie......i shoult hae learned 1000 yrs ago... NEVER too late
locheelad2 2 years ago
this is the stuff that inspires me to make music, can't believe humans can make stuff the beautiful, what with all the ugliness in the world
manus211 2 years ago 2
well put...this song often brings a tear to my eye
tribalvideo 2 years ago
Wouldnt it be cool is Stuart's son sang with the band? I would love to see that.
jessiemvilla 2 years ago
This is one of the best songs written all time. Such depth and emotion..you don't hear anything like it anymore..such a shame...
LBjim 2 years ago
Love ya Stuart!
McCainTheTurdburglar 2 years ago
ésta cancion es una obra de arte . one of the best songs of 80`s. they are the best . pocos hacían un directo igual. no many groups like this
gmglampl 2 years ago
Saw This band several times in England they were awesome! Great Musicians not like most of the Crap these Days.
bibleinabullet 2 years ago
I was in my early teens when Big Country formed. To this day i still own all their records and cds, tucked under my bed in safe storage, and its been there ever since Stuart passed away. Now i can see why i loved this band and still do. Thanks for all the great music Stuart, will miss you forever.
tahirp12 3 years ago 4
im 20 and own all of their CD albums passed down to me from my dad when i was young and for me this is what real music is about, something you can listen to and instantly changes your mood unlike all the new rap crap. R.I.P Stuart
jjleejj 3 years ago 3
as another young person, i completely agree.
liv4aco 3 years ago 2
I was 13 in 1983 when I first heard Stu's voice, those guitars, on the radio. Still magic to my ears 26 years later.
bfbjr 3 years ago
same here! well except i'm 13. but we have all the albums, rarities, b-sides and i have a signed print. Most music is cap. Ashame Stuart had to go.
winterskybc 2 years ago 2
ma chanson favorite de big country ( avec lost patrol et porroh man) la guitare est magnifique !!!!!!!!! les paroles flippantes cette chanson est devenue une ombre dans mon ame et j aime m y réfugier so i will walk with giant men at peace among their feet and we will cross the wild frontier not ever to retreat...... rip stuart merci pour tout
lamarmitedu59 3 years ago
Im now 40 have all there albums, I have 4 kids and they still find Big Country relevant. A great pity they and we wont get to see Stuy and the boys live here in Oz.
When your backs against the wall remember Stuart.
TG
surfclubtony 3 years ago
Found this band in the late 80's, a real dreary and lost patch of time for me. Had a Steeltown cassette and played it alot in my busted up car. Sort of melancholy but I believe its emotion did help. Wow
pewscreek 3 years ago
So far all I have are the remastered version of The Crossing and one of their greatest hits compilation. Definitely adding Steeltown to my list.
shanejacobus 3 years ago
All their CD's are good. Driving to Damascus, their last album is worth getting.
bfbjr 3 years ago
Yes, and the Buffalo Skinners album is also well worth getting, i think it was one of their best albums, nothing like anything else they did, it is such a great album I cannot understand why it isn't more well known
veryheaven1924 3 years ago
Big Country man
There's something about the band, some small piece of tissue in the system somewhere that makes their music so uphorically happy
you will never meet a bad person who likes Big Country
sausagekiller 3 years ago 2
memories ..... thanks all
PurgeNow 3 years ago
Check out that smile at 3:14, where would you see anything like that on stage these days in rock/pop music ? that pure enjoyment of just making great music..
gsm1881 3 years ago 3
Wow Grapefruit, that's a truly excellent story..........this is my fave Big Country song, listen to those trademark Big Country celtic guitars........brilliant melody and brilliant musicianship
PereKensal 3 years ago
One reason I loved this song was that it was so inspirational on a few occasions. In fact, once I even played it for myself to get courage to ask this girl out that I'd liked for a long time.
grapefruitm00n 3 years ago 2
this song along with"east of eden and look away"are my favourites. R.I.P STUART and R.I.P MY MUM
MadnessDixie 3 years ago
They were one of the first bands i ever saw live when i was a teenager back in the 80's. I got one of Mark Brzezicki's drumsticks after the gig and still have it along with all their albums on vinyl.
Riddick118 3 years ago
Love these guys great band and music - too bad it ended like it did for adam
goatbrain1999 3 years ago
Just bought Steeltown on vinyl, wish I could have seen them live. So sad.
Daninashed 3 years ago 2
Thats Phil Danials!Jimmy in the film "Quadrophenia"!
auto4union 3 years ago
This song is so fucking sad, especially given how things ended for Stuart. He wasn't afraid to bare himself and wear his heart on his sleeve. Amazing song.
McCainTheTurdburglar 3 years ago 2
I like this tune very well in the Big Country.
愁いのあるメロディで、、大好きな曲です☆
Greetings from Japan
urota1965 3 years ago 3
Greetings from SCOTLAND Bro`!You make great motorcycles by the way....!Peace bro`
auto4union 3 years ago
Thank you for posting this video. This is one of my favorite BC tunes. I love the flourishing dual guitars. RIP Stu.
Meilakepa 3 years ago
Love
goatbrain1999 3 years ago
Just discovered I had this album in my vinyl collection the other day... Been listening to too many CD's and neglected gems on vinyl I had no idea were under my own roof. Was great to hear all them songs again... Big Country rules.
modsleix6 3 years ago
Thanks so much for posting this. You put a huge smile on my face.
23skidoo111 3 years ago
has it seriously been 7 years, fuck me, i love tht man he was an underrated genius, he died a rock n roll legend
GlAzKiD 3 years ago
My favorite on an underrated album...
keyehaw 3 years ago
Love this song, don't seem 7 years since hes been gone. :O(
billytk247 3 years ago
i love big country . .
missgateau 3 years ago 2
How is he not an international treasure? Poet Royale. How do you come up with lyrics like this? Stuart ye daft bugger....
drchoc22 3 years ago 3
they look so happy...
punkcaipira 3 years ago
Blasted this on my car stereo the other night. Just driving with no purpose... Too damned cool... Big Country rules. R.I.P Stuart.
modsleix6 3 years ago
i just discovered this band right now
fuck this painful like a knife
it makes me want to cry
bullbunnies 3 years ago
Same!
iamseamus68 3 years ago
have not heard this one for what seems an age TIMELESS x
loss1966 3 years ago
loved b.c. fom iwas 13 ...25 yrs now .will alwys love them .CHANCE ... NEVER SPOKE SO MUCH IN2 MY LIFE AS I SANG AND AANNOYED MY MAM AND DAD ...HAD IT SO LOUD AS I THOUGHT ,THEN MEET MR ....HE PROMISED ME THE SUN BUT AS STUART SANG THE ONLY SONS I EVER SAW WERE THE 2 HE LEFT ME WITH . WILL ALWAYS LOVE ALL OF BIG COUNRY .ALLWAYS TEASED AT SCHOOL CAUSE I LOVED THEM ....GEZ *****
o0orhyano0o 3 years ago
"It all seemed fine for you...'til the struggle of ambition turned in violence upon you"....My God, Stuart...I miss you.
BrushApe66 3 years ago
what a good video-tori
deanster57 3 years ago
Just beautiful. There was just diversity in music in the 80s. You could listen to Big Country, Sade, Simply Red, REM, Talking Heads, Janet Jackson and De La Soul. Everyone had their own sound.
MarkGauvreau 3 years ago
great memories of school and growin up fast at 16 reminds me of my first born child who is now 23 (u do the maths lol)what a song
sasukexx 3 years ago
I think I am right in saying that is a long haired Phil Daniels of Qudrophenia who plays the cat lover in the video. Great song too. Wonderful stuff!! Never seen that before til today, so thanks for cheering me up, Utahwrx.
AIFL 3 years ago
Thanks for that, I have been trying to remember who he was (Phil Daniels that is)since I saw this recently, he was also in Eastenders wasn't he? Great song too by the way.
veryheaven1924 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Adamson, as all the BC material on YT bears out, was a giant of a talent and a Man. Compare to Bono, the prissing, preening counter of millions, and the Edge, the equally rich guitarist who counted Stuart as a major influence! It's not too late to give BC their due!
DrBojayGupta 3 years ago
This is my fav Big Country song - the emotional lyrics and those power chords at the end...brilliant
heirgyou 3 years ago 2
This is my favourite Big Country song, still love playing it full blast in the house and the car, totally uplifting and inspiring.The mid-80s were just great with music like this Simple Minds and U2 at their peaks.RIP Stu, gone but never forgotten, thanx for the memories.
Sunburst75 3 years ago
why did he do it ? why why why stuart did you do it ? what a waste, shame, tragedy poor stuart adamson - i'm going to cry now :(
0114owl1867 3 years ago
Alcohol is a disease mate. Not much you can dowhen that far down the road.
Some people have nothing to be remembered by,this song and the others are timeless.
Stay Alive!
JIFFBAG 3 years ago
This song is the best!
hello78912345 3 years ago
Mark B. can even make a standard 4/4 rock tune interesting. Damn I miss these guys...
Creaulx 3 years ago
It is a very favorite tune.
cadceus7 3 years ago
never a dry eye when I here this one.
SPOON007a 3 years ago 2
Great song on a unfairly underated album!
kdannelley 3 years ago
Steeltown was always my favourite Big Country album. I can't believe they did a video to this! Because you posted this, you are now a GOD, Utahwrx!
adamcharney 3 years ago 2
great song. i also think in a big country is the best but this song is definitely the next best song by Big Country.Also cool music video!!!
brb627 3 years ago 2
I cant recall ever hearing this one, must have had no airplay in the U.S, Awesome!!!!!!
72Chadwick 3 years ago
great song brings a lump to my throat when i think of how great a song writter stuart was.....miss you stuart :(
jerndy1969 3 years ago 2
endless classic
gerjoseph 3 years ago 3
Best Big Country song ever.RIP Stuart God Bless
steve01274 3 years ago 4
agree...this is THE best BC song
jrebstock 3 years ago 3
Not my favorite ("Porrohman") but this one is definitely in the top 5. Thanks for sharing. Never knew they did a video for this, or any other song from Steeltown for that matter.
SonnyAmou 3 years ago 3
Porrohman for me too but this is still up there amongst the best of big country, we miss you stuart!
cybersoft1 3 years ago
Cheesy vid though. ;)
Remember seeing them in concert on MTV in I believe '83. Had it taped on vhs, got stolen.
Hope they enjoyed it but wish I could see that concert again somehow..anyone got it?
theirishinc 3 years ago 2
Just do a Youtube search for "Big Country Barrowlands" as most of the concert is right here on Youtube! Cheers!
bfbjr 3 years ago 2
Found it. Most excellent! Thank you much! The 80's ,those were good times! Stuart and Bono! My inspiration!
theirishinc 3 years ago 2
happy 50th stuart
RIP
fan of france
rudypoilley 3 years ago 2
hear hear...happy 50th stu..god rest
1966huh 3 years ago 2
Long live Scotland--the Great!!! We miss you, Stuart.
decochick 3 years ago
man this song is great, Big Country is one of the most underrated bands I've ever heard.
leafsmanforlife 3 years ago 5
All their songs are great.
Very underrated,that's for sure. RIP Stuart.
Ranked right 'under' U2, that's a compliment I might add.
theirishinc 3 years ago 3
I saw them outplay U2 at Phoenix Park Dublin. They fired the audience with some fantastic music and an amazing performance that made it even easier for U2 but I left knowing they were far, far better musicians. RIP Stuart.
MartiW 4 years ago 4
"Why are faces filled with anger that
should only shine with youth?" Stuart Adamson.
"This world was never meant for one
as beautifull as you". Don McClean.
mrblushy 4 years ago 2
Personally, my favourite Big Country track. I was in a minority of one at school in the 80s who could see the genius of this band. They were the same generation as U2 and they should still be going as strong. Such a shame. "Just a shadow of the man you should be, like a garden in a forest that the world will never see, you have no thought of answers only questions to be filled and it feels like hell." Now at 36 and I've lived a little of life do I truly grasp what Adamson was getting at.
Gazinhio 4 years ago 5
I' ve seen a stupid comment from a silly person,who does not deserve the name of man!
This band is the best band in this world!
isabellle87 4 years ago 2
The location manager failed to tell the Police in Kings Cross that we would be filming all night which made life a little awkward...thanks Paul R. !!
factualfilms 4 years ago
Nothing makes me more proud to be from Dunfermline than Stuart Adamson...
bwm5150 4 years ago
Ahh sweet memories of my youth. Fantastic song AND band! So so underrated its unbelievable!
thunder63 4 years ago 2
OH , boys , if it's was abouts to makes a racism stands , well , they will not make a band and a song just like this. OH.loll. such a things , what's does it's meants. Did did ya truly knows. LA IS LA LOLL.
AzmanMansor 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
good band apart from the nigger
wuggynchris 4 years ago
Ah, you can't beat an enlightened racist can you? Prick. If you knew anything about this band you'd know that they'd hate having you and your likes as fans. Please crawl back under the rock you came from.
sdhunterx 4 years ago 7
Ahhh , i'm not a racist , i'm just a PRICK , while , racist-ism doctrines were made by an organisation , which is , was is a manipulator kind of doctrines for to gains powers of whats-ever.loll.
AzmanMansor 4 years ago
Yes, you can, and gladly. Although there is a comma missing between band and apart, so not that enlightened either. But there is hope. The Enlightenment began in Scotland, and, wuggynchris, as we say hereabouts.... yerafanny. comeahead.
animalexorcist 3 years ago
Sorry, once again a reply to a sad rascist, (wuggynchris), finds itself here as a new message. Any ideas anyone, is it me? Am I just too stupid? Probably.
animalexorcist 3 years ago
i think you...
dont deserve to pass judgement on anything.
I hate racism.
and im sure just about everyone with any fucking brain cells does.
milnerthemental 4 years ago 7
..... ?????????? .....
AzmanMansor 4 years ago
You brainless idiot!! How dare you post racist trash about anybody!! GET LOST!
stayalive378 4 years ago 7
i'm just a BRAINLESS and an IDIOT TO MY OWNSELF , so , please , show me , where in the hell had i posted a words or a sentences , that's had shown me for to be a RACIST-ISM kind of a person ??? For i'm just a STUPID BLIND PERSON for see and to know ???
AzmanMansor 4 years ago
Don't over react when I wasn't even talking to you!! This comment obviously went to the wrong place, and if you had taken the time to look, you would've seen that I was actually talking to a mooron on the 2nd page!!
stayalive378 4 years ago 2
Oh , well , now i see , THANKS. By the way , the song was good , and also , had a good story in it's.
AzmanMansor 4 years ago
Thanks--and sorry for getting angry. I've been getting a lot of people posting horrible comments on my vids recently, so I'm not in a good mood lol!
stayalive378 4 years ago
hmmm , now i know , you are a great fan to stuart adamson , hmmm.
AzmanMansor 4 years ago
Yeah I am lol! :) And thanks for subscribing! :)
stayalive378 4 years ago
sured , a lead vocalist is the originality of the band , and , by the lost of STUART ADAMSON are sures gonna be missed by the fans.
zmnmnsr 4 years ago 4
"and nobody smiled when we knew
what was lost" RIP STUART ADAMSON
con5lfc 4 years ago 5
the video is great so is the band big country is the band i started listening to when i was 6yrs old back in 83.
i love big country and stuart adamson too-tori
deanster57 4 years ago 4
Im appreciating these guys more and more as time goes by....wonderful song and video...thanks for posting
No1Reviewer 4 years ago 8
and thanks to utahwrx , you know what i mean.
zmnmnsr 4 years ago 2
most of all , had made me to like about this band was for them good lyrical and a difference musical melodic than others musician had made. None musician had come close to it's , i thinks.
zmnmnsr 4 years ago 2
utahwrx dank je geweldige kwaliteit,wat een stem die stuart,super nogmaals thanx!
schijtdeken 4 years ago
Stuart was the voice and the lead guitar player, but Bruce Watson wrote some of the best music! Thank you both!
One62 4 years ago
やっとこのＰＶ観れたぁ♪
ベスト5に入る曲なのにぃ～ｗ
ウレピーΣd(ﾟ∀ﾟd)ｫｩｨｪ!!!
cadceus7 4 years ago 2
Subjective thing is music, but being from the UK and having to listen to the vomit music that the dullards of the country seem to like, its refreshing to see that folk from around the world apprecitate music , people who are technically adept at playing instruments, writing lyrics, playing live, etc
eddiefromleeds 4 years ago 5
Big Country= best band ever.
bfbjr 4 years ago 4
Only muscial snobbery prevents this great band from getting the recognition they so richly deserve. This track is fantastic and from a great album. The Flame of the West on Steeltown is one of their best tracks for me. Its a shame it wasnt a single. But the ones on the album that were singles are all great too. That instrumental at the end of this track is just sublime!
AIFL 4 years ago 9
Stuart's lyrics could be opaque at times, but they always
made perfect sense to me. He seemed to let the listener fill in some of the blanks. And the music itself inspired you to do that. Stuart's guitar could speak volumes.
Brilliant song.
headlongthruthegloom 4 years ago 3
Amazing song... wish it could go on forever.... Long Live BIG COUNTRY!!!! Just thanks for posting the viedo.. I listen to it everyday at work and its also out now on DVD. Nice to see and read the comments of so many of you out there as fans of BIG COUNTRY.. TCUNC76
TCUNC76 4 years ago 5
This comment has received too many negative votes show
great band great song great words... even though the words don't really make sence...
mcflygirl90000000000 4 years ago
Incredible. Standing high above most of the rest of eighties music. they are up there with the Smiths, XTC, Echo & the Bunnymen
pete200669 4 years ago 2
BIG COUNTRY ROCK! ch ch wah!
mcflygirl90000000000 4 years ago
Tigeroak you are so right...the last 1.30 mins of this song are amazing....Brilliant!!
thunder63 4 years ago
RIP Stuart Adamson. Thank you for the music.
decochick 4 years ago
the look of joy on tony butler's face says a lot. this is one of the most uplifting bands ever and, as this song in particular proves, a band filled with nobility, which is not that usual in rock. cherished stuart adamson was a hero in more ways than one, and scotland must surely be proud of these four artists
xensboy 4 years ago
UMMM...Uplifting? Are you listening to the music? Thought provoking, yeah, but they never get the girl and it's always sadness about the past. Don't get me wrong , I loved these guys, but in hindsight, Stuarts romantic idealism wasn't something he could live up to.
karlovy123 4 years ago
ideals are seldom attainable. he sang: "i'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but i can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime ... pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming." i was referring mainly to the anthemic quality of the music - powerful drums, strong bass, soaring guitars and passionate vocals -in songs like "heart and soul" and "all of us", for instance
xensboy 4 years ago
Gotcha. Even as a teen the lyrics filtered thru & inrigued me, even more so now. Always internal and external strife, but set to music that made me feel I could take on the world, regardless. Guess listening again after so many years, I'm just feeling the pain, no optimism.
karlovy123 4 years ago
My words will never fully disclose the emotions that these guys pull out of me when they play. I really miss there music and the days of new wave 80's style of music. Big Country was really underrated
jakeprid 4 years ago
Brilliant thought provoking stuff..
kandjaja 4 years ago
beautiful, profound, moving..doesnt get much better than this.
kevsul47 4 years ago
one word: fantastic!....miss u Stuart.
nessun000 4 years ago
Ah so it WAS Phil Daniels on the roof - he was also in Parklife by Blur was he not. The guy in thre band whose name escapes me me, the one with the red haiur, I always think he sould have been in The Clash, haven't a clue why, ha!
S76N79 4 years ago
ok ,ok, i know stuart adamson, my brother was brian my bad!
7badsanta 4 years ago
grew up listening to my brother playing this endlessly, brings me back excellent tune pity brian adamson is no longer with us with all the comebacks at the moment could've been perfect for their return.
7badsanta 4 years ago
Stuart Adamson! Not Brian Adamson!!!!
DavyMack 4 years ago
The last 1:30 of this song has got to be one of the most powerful pieces of music I have ever heard. Just love it!!
tigeroak 4 years ago
Couldn't have said it better myself. If I ever had a personal anthem, it would be this song.
Hemlock54 4 years ago
a big fan since in a big country aired on mtv.never got the chance to see them how sad all the great musicians die before there time thank god for youtube i get the chance to see the videos to the songs i love
drummer9009 4 years ago
My favourite BC song, the guitars at the end of the Steeltown album are just brilliant.
I know there's no need for what's been done!
rabrankin 4 years ago
My favourite Big Country track. Great to see Phil Daniels aswell with me being a big eastenders fan.
prestwickboy 4 years ago
beautiful.
moonpenbook976 4 years ago
I still have my Steeltown vinyl but nothing to play it with.I live in Canada and I know that it can't be bought locally.I think I'll look on ebay to buy the CD!!
tigeroak 4 years ago
i'll email the mp3s if you want. loved this band. happy to share the music to keep them alive.
johnreddington 4 years ago
Isn't that Phill Daniels in the video..?
(from Quadraphenia/Parl Life/Eastenders)
difftill7 4 years ago
yeah, that's phil daniels. the story part of the video was shot behind King's Cross station in London, directed by a brilliant guy called mike brady who also did a video for "east of eden" which is amazing.
filmworksusa 4 years ago
I first saw Big Country in 1983 in a tiny club called Oasis in Osnabruck W Germany. I was a young 18 year old Soldier on his first posting and I was so blown away that I stole the poster advertising the Gig from the wall outside! Not a good start to y career as a Military Policeman..... loved them then love them now.
captainajm 4 years ago
I saw these guys in Redcar just after they released 'repubican party reptile'.
It was an intimate gig and Stu lept off stage onto some lowlife 'cos he spat at him and dragged him out side and continued playing.
What a guy.
Sadly missed.
redjohn201 4 years ago
I'm 40 now and ive been a fan since I was 16. Every time I watch Stuart & Big Country I still get a tear in my eye. There has never been a singer to sing his lyrics that mutch emotion and mean it. It's still hard to believe that we'll never hear him live in Glasgow again.
rickyw67 4 years ago
Perhaps the best of all their songs AFAIK. I am happy to see how on Youtube you can find good stuff like this. The story of the videoclip is so 'old fashioned' with a somewhat happy (socialized) end, faced with the solitude of the protagonists at the beginnings. Very cool indeed
StefanoMencarelli 5 years ago
Adoro tutte le canzoni dei Big Country, ma Just a Shadow ha qualcosa di magico... Ciao Stuart, mi manchi!
Danymailand 5 years ago
this is the greatest band ever. still lives hvid me. norways bigest big country fan.
gabba71 5 years ago
Da brivido come tutte le loro canzoni.
RICCARDO459 5 years ago
This is what U2 would sound like if they were any good.
wallytheterrible 5 years ago
Well said.
mrblushy 4 years ago
c' etait aussi ma chanson préferée sur l'album steeltown...
isabellle87 5 years ago
My favorite song from Big Country. I love many of them but this one always touched me differently. Must be Stuart's thoughtful and emotional lyrics and singing. I've been a fan since I first heard the Crossing. Wish I had seen them live when I had the chance. Unique.
murph1245 5 years ago
Great song! I have GOT to start buying their albums. So far, all I have is a compilation with the chopped up version of "In a Big Country." Great band! Sadly underrated. I just wish Stuart was still with us. : (
shanejacobus 5 years ago
I never expected to find video to this majestic song- many thanks. Big Country waved their wand many times and this is a fine example. Who the hell takes the time to write poetry about elder abuse?
3strangedays 5 years ago
i thought it was about finding a cat. just kidding. this is such an awesome band. I only heard this song a few months ago after loving them since the 80s. You might like some of the House of Love stuff. Very guitar-driven ballads.
brucefetter 5 years ago
It doesn't seem long since I was listening to this on my sony walkman in the 1980's on the high speed train train to Bristol and Bath University. There is simply nothing today thats comparible with this genious band
james007magic 5 years ago
This is the greatest!
stoner59 5 years ago
yeh got it mate, and the live in berlin one. both brilliant!
burkenbauer 5 years ago