A couple of mildly hot songs do not the "greatest band about in the 80s" make. Both U2 and Duran Duran had many more hits, and were more creative musically.
I was born in 1980, shame I missed all these sort of bands! The lead singer looks like the guy from a-ha, except better and hes got that lovely scottish accent.
It was a great time for music. I remember the first time I heard Big Country on the radio, when I was 13 back in 1983. My mother was changing the channel on the radio in the car and I heard just a few notes of "In a Big Country". I asked her to turn the "dial" back to that song and it was like magic to my ears. I have been a huge fan of Big Country for 26 years since.
I am English mate. Married to a Scot, and love her to death. Love BC, and have for 25 years. But, most of them were born in England. Hey, Scots or English, still the best band EVER.
That's the coolest song ever!!! If only the ultra ferocious Highland clans could hear that powerful and mesmerizing tune before and during the fateful Battle of Culloden back in 1746 maybe, other than English, Half the Planet might be speaking Gaelic instead in 2009. One can only wonder!!! Taylor Ahern, Squantum Mass.
Big Country's fans know otherwise. The shallow. ignorant wankers that blow them off as a "one hit wonder" are probably a bunch of MTV interns with more zits than brain cells.
haha, I feel the same way about a-ha. Most people in America think of a-ha as that "Take on Me" group. They're still making music now, have about 8 albums out, and at least two of the band members have put out solo albums. They actually got better as they went along, but they're still only known for one song.
In a day and age when singers only allegiance is to wherever thay are playing that night, it is refreshingly odd to see a band so proud to be Scottish.
to anybody who does not know stuart was in a band called the skids before bc with a guy called richard jobson. a lot more punk orientated but great all the same. rip stuart missed by all who cared and that is many !
I know what you're saying, pal. I'm from the midwestern US, and I don't know if I've ever heard anything so evocative in my life. It's like their music makes me miss a place I've never known.
Possibly the finest song ever written! inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn how to play. I'll be forever grateful to the best live band I've ever seen! timeless genius!
God bless him and may his soul rest in Heaven for eternity. He gave us so much in such a short time. He is loved and missed. Thinking about it brings a tear to my eye.
BC & The Alarm I guess. Well, back in '75 When the kid was on the line And he felt no pain 'Cause there was none He would bend in the wind Take in anything Like sniffin' roses And it was alright Until he fell And cut his hand He just could not understand He'd run away Blame pretense For defence Or plain innocence
Saw them four times in the 90's - Fabulous sets - each time a great sense of occaison. Tight sets with amazing guitar sound strong drums and NEVER a missed note from Stuart.
still seems so fresh - will never stop listening to the greatest unrecognised talent that Scotland has ever produced.RIP Stuart you were the greatest.
siempre recuerdo alas fiestas q no podia ir cuando era niño y ponian la cancion de big country y mis hermanos mayores si podian ir eso me ponia triste por eso ahora q ya tengo 30 años siempre voy ha bares o pub donde pongan musica de los 80 como esta !! jeje saludos gente !!!!!
cheers for the upload mate, my da loved big c, not herd the songs for ages but i still remember all the words, fucking awsome band, guted al never see them live,
I joined the BRITISH ARMY (ROYAL ENGINEERS) in 1983. Me and My mates (TOP MEN) listened to BIG COUNTRY non stop throughout our basic training and onwards. I always get choked up when I hear any of BIG COUNTRIES songs. They were without doubt the single most thing that got me (and my friends) through the shite and horrible time in my life. I owe them "BIG STYLE". I cannot to this day listen to a BIG COUNTRY SONG and not remember something from those days gone by.
Thanks for your time spent serving your country! Big Country brings back different memories for me but they were a damned good band with a great, unique sound!
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BIG COUNTRY didnt make it big in the USA cause those frustrated artist cunt/tossers who couldnt play a note picked up a pen/laptop and and just let BC have it... samething happened to the JAM. anything pro anglosaxon sounding got the once over from the american fascist bullocks machine!
I was a teenager at the time, living here in the United States, so I may not remember things very well, but they seemed to be fairly popular, at least among my friends and social group. Hopefully we weren't the c*nt/loosers (I corrected your spelling error) you were talking about.
I take it you think US citizens are castrated fascists. Odd.
Sorry to hear that....I loved BC and The Jam, I work for the Fascist Machine these days so I guess I better stop watching this. Perhaps I'll watch a new Model Army video...I seem to recall them singing about that sort of thing.
This is all too funny. I watched a Johnny Rotten interview just before clicking to FIELDS OF FIRE and thought it would be humorous to write a little something rancid in BIG COUNTRY'S defense for poor ratings in the US. Good music inspires. Now look at this mess. LOL We have a heated debate on politics and war, etc. It's just youtube you ignorant wretches.
Thanks for uploading this, I hadn't seen many of the videos, but I know all their songs off by heart thanks to my dad playing them repeatedly during my childhood.
I personally am thankful for both BC & U2, I grew up listening to both of them. They are both great talents. This a great song from a great record...RIP Stuart
Ya it is a bagpipe and no it's not out of tune just not a great recording, (to the people who negativly rate comments like the one above, just understand that bb3 didn't know what it was no reason to rate it negative.
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Big Country came out before U2. I think U2 tried to emalate BC's sound. The singer I heard killed himself maybe because the success of U2 was too much.
Absolute Tosh. U2 never denied the influence of Skids sound on them. Any competition between the two is irrelevant and promoted by lazy media hacks with no talent. Both are brilliant in different ways.
i dont think the success of u2 had any bearing on stuart's sad passing,stuart was a one of infact the whole band were superb every 1 of them,stuart was a gentleman+ a musician who didnt get involved in any other stuff,although his troubled personal life can be heard in the lyrics of his songs
I had the pleasure of meeting Stuart in Johnstones ? one night with my mates, we were going to Night Magic I think, A Gentleman through & through. May God bless you Stuart, RIP.
i must be the only person on earth that doesn't know what happened to stewart. i remember buy the blue album cassette when it was new. i loveed this andbig country. i think those were the two biggest hits in america. please enlighten me to poor stewarts demise. thank you.
Stuart hung himself in a hotel room in Hawaii. I'm sure there was a long history of mishaps and follies in his carrer and things deeply rooted which Stuart couldn't control. Being a sensitive and sincere individual it must have really taken its toll on the man. I must say that BIG COUNTRY was there for me in a time when nothing else was save God. When I heard of the news I wept bitterly.
How did U2 get bigger than Big Country? fucked if I know, I'm Irish and I think U2 are crap. Probably they were prepared to sell out and talk lots of bullshit to the right people.
YESSSSSSSSSS wotta f king classic band from the 80's .. An still I crank em through my subs ! Cheers for postin an bringing back memories bands like this will NEVER be seen again ! R.I.P Stuart !
Why talk politics when we can just enjoy the classic works of Big Country....and miss Stewart Adamson....what a waste...if only a few of us knew what was going on in his heart and mind at the time...he is sooooo missed...
Let me set the record striaght...William Wallace, Rob Roy, excellent men from a great country, Scotland! I love BG. Don't trash the USA though. It's easy from behind a computer terminal. Blood for oil, come on, my gas prices haven't dropped from captured Iraqi oil. Extreme Islam is our common enemy. Heads cut off, mistreatment of women, anti-semites, sharia law, there is a real threat, who stands up to fight against it is the question. Hate America all you want but we're doing it.
You'd probably find that other countries would leave you alone if you didn't provke them so much or simply invade and then occupy them for unjustifiable reasons. You're quite safe in the US, especially with the number of weapons and military personnel you have at your disposal, though admittedly you're a bit overstretched at the moment.
fms324 - There were no Islamic extremists in Iraq before the invasion, Saddam (that former friend of the US) had them all locked up, killed and tortured. As for the oil, gads1234 is right, funny how the US troops headed straight for the oil ministry to protect it when the country was falling apart!
Your ranting on the threat islam is to the U.S. is just not true. Lets have it the other way around.Death penalty,abusing women is also common in the U.S,anti-islamism,a reborn president on a new crusade.But not a single country on this planet threatens the U.S.A with an invasion attempt.Oh yes, i must have forgotten you have the greatest and strongest military there is. But it was never put to a real test. Was it ?
"Never" put to a real test? Do they still teach history in school? Germany gave us and plenty of other countries a hell of a test...that's to your credit. The rest you're pretty much right on.
after the fall of the Soviet Union, Europe diverged onto a secularized, leisured, socialist, and pacifist path, where in the pride and arrogance of the Enlightenment you were convinced you could make heaven on earth — and would demonize as retrograde anyone who begged to differ. soon the bill comes due as you age, face a demographic crisis, become imprisoned by secular appetites and ever growing entitlements. Once one insists on an equality of result, not one of mere opportunity,the end is near
I have nothing against Americans, I've met lots of very nice Americans but it looks to me as though the American government has become a whipping boy for Israel.
u got to remember there is real history and the american version of history 2 different sides of the same story. they cant even tell u where europe is on a map how they gonna get here to save us all, ah forgot they saved the world from iraq and afganistan youd think they would do somthing about zimbabwe, ah shit forgot no OIL there.
Mmmm partly true. I don't think I'd have used "followed" to describe that but I'm sure someone made a buck there on someone else's misfortune. Thank goodness that doesn't happen any more! I was talking about the 2 wars being Iraq and Afghanistan as gads1234 mentioned. I can't find Afghanistan...but I can spell it.
Actually, what happened was that after WW1 there were people in our country called the isolationists who saw what was the beginning of WW2 (Germany initially taking over Europe) strictly as a European conflict. Roosevelt created the lend lease program" as a away help our allies without really being involved. This situation was keen until japan bombed us. Then of course we had to step in and save the world AGAIN! If it weren't for my country the world would be speaking german right now.
USA, UK folks, Scotland has a deep layer of history. BC gives some of that history within music. Let's please not dishonour Stuarts memory and eachother with discord here. Let us instead discover more within that music :)
Rathardican, thank you for the information, my interpretation of the lyrics seems to be off in this case. I see Scots still rally for a fight as well as a friend- cheers.
Can we talk about the bagpipes? Awesome. Did any other band incorporate bagpipes into their desire to Rock?
afinlarc 2 years ago
Check out Rawlins Cross, a band from the east coast of Canada. Punch up the video for their song "Colleen" and get down with some pipes.
ElCanuque 2 years ago
Nine inch Nails did it with song "Blind".
trojantjl 2 years ago
The bagpipes are actually the guitars, mate :)
gadgie3 2 years ago
greatest band about in the 80's
TheWeedoggie 2 years ago 6
Who has been better?
dartmoordog 2 years ago 2
no-one!
aarlevanbram 2 years ago
Agreed
dartmoordog 2 years ago
Thunder - Far better, I love Big Country but there output doesn't get close to that of Thunder.
hatterpower 2 years ago
A couple of mildly hot songs do not the "greatest band about in the 80s" make. Both U2 and Duran Duran had many more hits, and were more creative musically.
siasti 2 years ago
This video was filmed at Nene valley . . i am sure of it . . . .
twonky721 2 years ago
I was born in 1980, shame I missed all these sort of bands! The lead singer looks like the guy from a-ha, except better and hes got that lovely scottish accent.
TheAmy3338 2 years ago 2
It was a great time for music. I remember the first time I heard Big Country on the radio, when I was 13 back in 1983. My mother was changing the channel on the radio in the car and I heard just a few notes of "In a Big Country". I asked her to turn the "dial" back to that song and it was like magic to my ears. I have been a huge fan of Big Country for 26 years since.
bfbjr 2 years ago 3
im english but i still think the scots r amazin (-:
bigcountrygeorge 2 years ago 2
I am English mate. Married to a Scot, and love her to death. Love BC, and have for 25 years. But, most of them were born in England. Hey, Scots or English, still the best band EVER.
dartmoordog 2 years ago
where these lads scottish or irish??
birdman404 2 years ago
Scottish
Clamms 2 years ago
From Dunfermline Scotland!
deekomo 2 years ago
One of the best bands of the 80's
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BlackJackDave007 2 years ago
２０年前に聞いたこの歌。
いまとても懐かしく感じます。
you5rin8888 2 years ago
man I loved these guys.
jscharpf 2 years ago 4
classic song
biggles132 2 years ago 2
Scotland Rock
SilverBeat
GroveEndRoad 2 years ago
Another good reason why I loved the 80's. The music that came from that period was awesome! Talented musicians and very melodic.
EXPL721 2 years ago 6
Big country had their own brand of music, extremely unique band.
grahampurdie 2 years ago 9
Google - SilverBeat
GroveEndRoad 2 years ago
I saw them live in 83 and it is still one of the best concerts I have ever been to
atlwildguy 2 years ago 6
That's the coolest song ever!!! If only the ultra ferocious Highland clans could hear that powerful and mesmerizing tune before and during the fateful Battle of Culloden back in 1746 maybe, other than English, Half the Planet might be speaking Gaelic instead in 2009. One can only wonder!!! Taylor Ahern, Squantum Mass.
sxlfkta 2 years ago 3
Very nicely put.
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BlackJackDave007 2 years ago
that is the most stupid, lame, and nerdiest comment i ahve ever heard. DUDE quit watching braveheart and GROW UP
BlackJackDave007 2 years ago
Awesome song, awesome band.
biggles132 2 years ago 6
i remember it played on the radio frequently between 1981 1983 because we didnt get Much music ( Canadian music station in 1984
lovavista123 2 years ago 2
I been listen to this group since the early 80's... still like the music.
MrLordCrom 2 years ago 5
top band never too be repeated again
silverkoi3 2 years ago 4
Ive always refused to consider Big country a one hit wonder here in america just because of this song...it did chart.
Michaelknowshisshit 2 years ago 2
Of course they weren't one hit wonders! 'In a Big Country' was a hit stateside as well.
thischarmingmartin 2 years ago
of course...but thats the one that lables them 1 hitters in U.S. , nobody remembers 'Fields'. I loved that song
Michaelknowshisshit 2 years ago
Big Country's fans know otherwise. The shallow. ignorant wankers that blow them off as a "one hit wonder" are probably a bunch of MTV interns with more zits than brain cells.
cochranexyz 2 years ago 11
haha, I feel the same way about a-ha. Most people in America think of a-ha as that "Take on Me" group. They're still making music now, have about 8 albums out, and at least two of the band members have put out solo albums. They actually got better as they went along, but they're still only known for one song.
mykalroze 2 years ago 2
I always figured it was people who couldn't count past forty, so if a song wasn't in the top forty they didn't count it as a hit.
dornbeast 2 years ago 2
I'm American and I remember this video on MTV and I love it.
schizoidboy 2 years ago 4
In a day and age when singers only allegiance is to wherever thay are playing that night, it is refreshingly odd to see a band so proud to be Scottish.
bockybalboa 2 years ago 4
luv it
waspsru 3 years ago 4
A little young guy in the USA back in1984, loved this album because it sounded just like it did, so scottish. Never forgot it.
ledfored 3 years ago 6
reminds of shetland isles in my youth, thanks for the post
Gebydee75 3 years ago
Brilliant- always loved this. How did he get this guitar sound, fantastic. R.I.P.
thelocarno 3 years ago 3
to anybody who does not know stuart was in a band called the skids before bc with a guy called richard jobson. a lot more punk orientated but great all the same. rip stuart missed by all who cared and that is many !
bat650 3 years ago 4
thanks for posting regards from eire.
birdman404 3 years ago 2
ditto!
SivvyC 3 years ago 3
Believe it or not, live in the southern USA, loved this band, in the 80's which is a joke,love once, love for life!!!!
ledfored 3 years ago
I know what you're saying, pal. I'm from the midwestern US, and I don't know if I've ever heard anything so evocative in my life. It's like their music makes me miss a place I've never known.
mstheroff 3 years ago 10
wot a band,grew up wi this band,went to the barrowlands for the last ever gig,31st may 2000.god bless stuart.rip.
stuartscott1 3 years ago
Big Country Rock,saw them back in the eighties,Newcastle City Hall.Stuart you live on,
kymcey1 3 years ago
A follow-up on "In A Big Country"
michaelmoval 3 years ago
Possibly the finest song ever written! inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn how to play. I'll be forever grateful to the best live band I've ever seen! timeless genius!
moonster46 3 years ago
Like most things in life, BC came to me to late. All those years of appreciation missed.
AllanMCI 3 years ago
God bless him and may his soul rest in Heaven for eternity. He gave us so much in such a short time. He is loved and missed. Thinking about it brings a tear to my eye.
r1skate 3 years ago 2
I was priveliged enough to see these Guys in Dumfries, Scotland ...Fan.bloody..Tastic ... Stuart you live in my Heart...
Yaldarra 3 years ago
im only 17 and i love them best band of all time, they were my mums when she was my age. R.I.P. Stuart
Azmo1991 3 years ago
You both have GREAT taste!
r1skate 3 years ago
RIP stuart.sadly missed.
countydublingirl 3 years ago
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thanks for not sharing, NOT,
wolf1percenter 3 years ago
7 years-I still miss you and always will.
RIP Stuart.
walesspiritof76 3 years ago 3
vikes65 3 years ago 2
one of the best bands of the 80's stuart your missed big man sleep in peace
gbtr1690 3 years ago 2
One of the best gigs I ever went to, the crowd didn't stop jumping from start to finish!! fantastic memories
R.I.P x
xSuperClairex 3 years ago 2
Brilliant song!!!
Mon the pars!
lewisdafc 3 years ago 2
Saw them four times in the 90's - Fabulous sets - each time a great sense of occaison. Tight sets with amazing guitar sound strong drums and NEVER a missed note from Stuart.
Thanks for great memories
miamerl 3 years ago 2
I'm English/Irish, but what A Scotsman. Loved him and his band. Stuart you were amazing. Love from us all.
mikekingphoto 3 years ago 3
fucking great
martyscott1974 3 years ago
That's right, they're sound is great. These guys are badass! All their songs are good!
theirishinc 3 years ago 4
It may be a guitar effect, but I still like the way it sounds like a bagpipe.
themainthing1974 3 years ago 4
anybody got in a big country cant find it .....help plz
junglebhoy1888 3 years ago
For me this is Big Country's greatest song!!!!
It is an original piece of sheer brilliance!!!! that is simply fantastic to listen to.
TheWesternAngel 3 years ago 3
too bad the audio is shitty
UklaTheMokk 3 years ago
So sad about Stuart. I always found Big Country to evoke a sense of hope through their music. RIP Stuart.
BIG COUNTRY! It's kinda fun to type that!) :)
shingaki777 3 years ago
Just found out about Stuart may his tortured mind RIP. Respect X.
tombeys 3 years ago
I just found out the about Stuart, I'm sad right now.....but I'll always be thankful for one of the best bands I've had the pleasure of hearing.
primaprimotv 3 years ago
Timeless track !
the 80's would be nothing without -
BIG COUNTRY!
kink66 3 years ago 4
Love this song...great vid, thanks for posting, enjoyed very much!
SavedandSound 3 years ago 4
still seems so fresh - will never stop listening to the greatest unrecognised talent that Scotland has ever produced.RIP Stuart you were the greatest.
iainb333 3 years ago 2
stuart adamson will neva die!thanks 4 the memories pal
sasukexx 3 years ago
This could be a national anthem. What a great song1
sfumato1002 3 years ago 4
siempre recuerdo alas fiestas q no podia ir cuando era niño y ponian la cancion de big country y mis hermanos mayores si podian ir eso me ponia triste por eso ahora q ya tengo 30 años siempre voy ha bares o pub donde pongan musica de los 80 como esta !! jeje saludos gente !!!!!
adamx78 3 years ago
cheers for the upload mate, my da loved big c, not herd the songs for ages but i still remember all the words, fucking awsome band, guted al never see them live,
gal101drum 3 years ago
I joined the BRITISH ARMY (ROYAL ENGINEERS) in 1983. Me and My mates (TOP MEN) listened to BIG COUNTRY non stop throughout our basic training and onwards. I always get choked up when I hear any of BIG COUNTRIES songs. They were without doubt the single most thing that got me (and my friends) through the shite and horrible time in my life. I owe them "BIG STYLE". I cannot to this day listen to a BIG COUNTRY SONG and not remember something from those days gone by.
Love and respect
Glen
ubique988 3 years ago 4
Glen,
Thanks for your time spent serving your country! Big Country brings back different memories for me but they were a damned good band with a great, unique sound!
wadster13 3 years ago
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BIG COUNTRY didnt make it big in the USA cause those frustrated artist cunt/tossers who couldnt play a note picked up a pen/laptop and and just let BC have it... samething happened to the JAM. anything pro anglosaxon sounding got the once over from the american fascist bullocks machine!
hamletsdarkhorse 3 years ago
I was a teenager at the time, living here in the United States, so I may not remember things very well, but they seemed to be fairly popular, at least among my friends and social group. Hopefully we weren't the c*nt/loosers (I corrected your spelling error) you were talking about.
I take it you think US citizens are castrated fascists. Odd.
jencomackey 3 years ago 5
Great response.
DeluxeReissue 3 years ago
I think he means music critics
Ligarius 3 years ago
Sorry to hear that....I loved BC and The Jam, I work for the Fascist Machine these days so I guess I better stop watching this. Perhaps I'll watch a new Model Army video...I seem to recall them singing about that sort of thing.
cabstronaut 3 years ago
Tell the fascist machine to screw themselves, and enjoy music!!!
primaprimotv 3 years ago
This is all too funny. I watched a Johnny Rotten interview just before clicking to FIELDS OF FIRE and thought it would be humorous to write a little something rancid in BIG COUNTRY'S defense for poor ratings in the US. Good music inspires. Now look at this mess. LOL We have a heated debate on politics and war, etc. It's just youtube you ignorant wretches.
hamletsdarkhorse 3 years ago
Thanks for uploading this, I hadn't seen many of the videos, but I know all their songs off by heart thanks to my dad playing them repeatedly during my childhood.
orbthesela 3 years ago 2
RIP Stuart
MEintheattic 3 years ago 5
Indeed. It's such an unique band.
A friend showed me this band just a couple of hours ago and I am impressed, it's beautiful. I'm eager to hear more.
Kudos from Brasil!
mchelo18 3 years ago 4
Great comment mate!Big respect from Scotland!
auto4union 3 years ago 4
why are Big Country so under-rated? media twats shamelessly look down their noses at this great music
ogdroadsong 3 years ago 12
Definitely brings back memories.
Pbirv 3 years ago 2
big country and the skids!! my god, what a loss to music when they buried this guy.
aufifob 3 years ago 2
rip to a great man from dunfermline best band
buckieisstunnin 3 years ago 4
What a majestic tune!! I wish I had the talent to create this kind of music!!
GREATWHITE2 3 years ago
A super band such a tragic soul in Stuart - RIP
kinceyboy 3 years ago 9
also the undertones thin lizzy horslips etc great music great era
stormyok67 3 years ago
I personally am thankful for both BC & U2, I grew up listening to both of them. They are both great talents. This a great song from a great record...RIP Stuart
wickedweather1 3 years ago 7
I totally agree with you
ayajedi 3 years ago 4
One of the best bands ever. cheers from Spain.
sfumato1002 3 years ago 5
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there is some instrument on this song that is terribly out of tune. violin perhaps? yuuch
bigbass3 3 years ago
Maybe you mean the bagpipe, isn't?
MacKlaus71 3 years ago
Ya it is a bagpipe and no it's not out of tune just not a great recording, (to the people who negativly rate comments like the one above, just understand that bb3 didn't know what it was no reason to rate it negative.
thecommentator1 3 years ago
Its not a bagpipe its a guitar effect
Ligarius 3 years ago
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DICK MUNCHING USA TOSSER !!!!
HutchSco 3 years ago
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Ah, go get drunk and drive your crappy scooter over the Cliffs Of Moher!! Ha Ha
bigbass3 3 years ago
loved Skids and Big Country.. RIP Stuart Adamson...thanks for the music and the memories.
electricsky65 3 years ago
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Big Country came out before U2. I think U2 tried to emalate BC's sound. The singer I heard killed himself maybe because the success of U2 was too much.
RayR0ck13 3 years ago
Absolute Tosh. U2 never denied the influence of Skids sound on them. Any competition between the two is irrelevant and promoted by lazy media hacks with no talent. Both are brilliant in different ways.
Cestrette 3 years ago 3
i dont think the success of u2 had any bearing on stuart's sad passing,stuart was a one of infact the whole band were superb every 1 of them,stuart was a gentleman+ a musician who didnt get involved in any other stuff,although his troubled personal life can be heard in the lyrics of his songs
may you R.I.P stuart
lee2217 3 years ago 2
from 83 to 88, Big Country was the best band on the planet.
tehBede 3 years ago 6
The best song on the planet- A greater song shall never exsist.
bradyirishguy 3 years ago 2
the best band in scotland ever even the english loved them god bless you stuart RIP
kipperdolan 3 years ago 3
Err... Alex Harvey,Simple Minds?
mancsmoveseast 3 years ago 2
RIP Stuart.
robholt77 3 years ago 6
I had the pleasure of meeting Stuart in Johnstones ? one night with my mates, we were going to Night Magic I think, A Gentleman through & through. May God bless you Stuart, RIP.
john0961 3 years ago 6
great band mon the pars
buckieisstunnin 3 years ago
i must be the only person on earth that doesn't know what happened to stewart. i remember buy the blue album cassette when it was new. i loveed this andbig country. i think those were the two biggest hits in america. please enlighten me to poor stewarts demise. thank you.
foxolita 3 years ago
Stuart hung himself in a hotel room in Hawaii. I'm sure there was a long history of mishaps and follies in his carrer and things deeply rooted which Stuart couldn't control. Being a sensitive and sincere individual it must have really taken its toll on the man. I must say that BIG COUNTRY was there for me in a time when nothing else was save God. When I heard of the news I wept bitterly.
hamletsdarkhorse 3 years ago 2
Stuart, what have you done ?? You had so much to live for, we miss you terribly.
IC2720 3 years ago 6
just as good live
gtown332 3 years ago
RIP Stuart Adamson
Died FAR too young
Love your music forever
YiannisGer 3 years ago 6
how the hell did u2 get bigger than big country
vermoid667 3 years ago 5
How did U2 get bigger than Big Country? fucked if I know, I'm Irish and I think U2 are crap. Probably they were prepared to sell out and talk lots of bullshit to the right people.
veryheaven1924 3 years ago 7
I love both bands. Bono was always in the media more.
wazzu1989 3 years ago
Love these cats since I was 12!!! One of the best bands regardless of decade.
RIP Stuart...
PavelPenguin 3 years ago
YESSSSSSSSSS wotta f king classic band from the 80's .. An still I crank em through my subs ! Cheers for postin an bringing back memories bands like this will NEVER be seen again ! R.I.P Stuart !
evilweeja 3 years ago 5
god i soooo miss seeing this band live !!!
fatlad736 3 years ago
they only one big sturart there only one big sturart sent from god the good die young
nosweat19 3 years ago
I've always loved this song. Great album! Maybe one day there'll be another band as good a Big Country. But I doubt it.
Horsehockey105 3 years ago 3
class!! rip stu
gatekeeper522 3 years ago
This should have been a big hit for Big Country. Didn't get played on the radio stations here in America though.
The audio for this vid has a metallic sound, but thanks for posting it!
mgm2112 3 years ago 3
I think that this is their best video.
yoginiha 3 years ago 2
Why talk politics when we can just enjoy the classic works of Big Country....and miss Stewart Adamson....what a waste...if only a few of us knew what was going on in his heart and mind at the time...he is sooooo missed...
ikaruthenobody 3 years ago
We ALL knew what was going on with Stewart - just listen... It's ALL in his/their music. God rest his soul. He lives on in all of us.
r1skate 3 years ago 3
Horrible quality
A3oert 3 years ago
worse than horrible. i think very horrible is better.
christhemadtwat 3 years ago
great stuff. 30 years later it still rocks
lextalionis2001 3 years ago 5
Hey don't make us too old yet...it's only been 25 years! :)
bfbjr 3 years ago
This song is timeless!!!!!!!! Love it!!!
NJHockeyGoon 3 years ago 3
What the hell are you guys doing? Just watch the vid and enjoy the music!!
bradyirishguy 3 years ago 4
Dave Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick and Tich-Loos of England , this song should resolve all Us vs Uk problems
yellowwasp09 3 years ago
can i have big mac
nosweat19 3 years ago
Let me set the record striaght...William Wallace, Rob Roy, excellent men from a great country, Scotland! I love BG. Don't trash the USA though. It's easy from behind a computer terminal. Blood for oil, come on, my gas prices haven't dropped from captured Iraqi oil. Extreme Islam is our common enemy. Heads cut off, mistreatment of women, anti-semites, sharia law, there is a real threat, who stands up to fight against it is the question. Hate America all you want but we're doing it.
fms324 3 years ago 2
You'd probably find that other countries would leave you alone if you didn't provke them so much or simply invade and then occupy them for unjustifiable reasons. You're quite safe in the US, especially with the number of weapons and military personnel you have at your disposal, though admittedly you're a bit overstretched at the moment.
newmark401 3 years ago
fms324 - There were no Islamic extremists in Iraq before the invasion, Saddam (that former friend of the US) had them all locked up, killed and tortured. As for the oil, gads1234 is right, funny how the US troops headed straight for the oil ministry to protect it when the country was falling apart!
londonirish1520 3 years ago
Your ranting on the threat islam is to the U.S. is just not true. Lets have it the other way around.Death penalty,abusing women is also common in the U.S,anti-islamism,a reborn president on a new crusade.But not a single country on this planet threatens the U.S.A with an invasion attempt.Oh yes, i must have forgotten you have the greatest and strongest military there is. But it was never put to a real test. Was it ?
KtBdOKW 3 years ago
"Never" put to a real test? Do they still teach history in school? Germany gave us and plenty of other countries a hell of a test...that's to your credit. The rest you're pretty much right on.
mesillamaan 3 years ago
after the fall of the Soviet Union, Europe diverged onto a secularized, leisured, socialist, and pacifist path, where in the pride and arrogance of the Enlightenment you were convinced you could make heaven on earth — and would demonize as retrograde anyone who begged to differ. soon the bill comes due as you age, face a demographic crisis, become imprisoned by secular appetites and ever growing entitlements. Once one insists on an equality of result, not one of mere opportunity,the end is near
VivianSmythe 3 years ago 2
I have nothing against Americans, I've met lots of very nice Americans but it looks to me as though the American government has become a whipping boy for Israel.
olearyp 3 years ago
I love this song!! Great video too!
R686Mack 3 years ago
u got to remember there is real history and the american version of history 2 different sides of the same story. they cant even tell u where europe is on a map how they gonna get here to save us all, ah forgot they saved the world from iraq and afganistan youd think they would do somthing about zimbabwe, ah shit forgot no OIL there.
gads1234 3 years ago
sure...we are idiots...but what do you call someone who follows the idiots into these 2 wars? Welcome aboard.
mesillamaan 3 years ago
Actually, you followed the UK into WWII. After your country ahd profiteered from it.
Scotsgit 3 years ago
Mmmm partly true. I don't think I'd have used "followed" to describe that but I'm sure someone made a buck there on someone else's misfortune. Thank goodness that doesn't happen any more! I was talking about the 2 wars being Iraq and Afghanistan as gads1234 mentioned. I can't find Afghanistan...but I can spell it.
mesillamaan 3 years ago
Actually, what happened was that after WW1 there were people in our country called the isolationists who saw what was the beginning of WW2 (Germany initially taking over Europe) strictly as a European conflict. Roosevelt created the lend lease program" as a away help our allies without really being involved. This situation was keen until japan bombed us. Then of course we had to step in and save the world AGAIN! If it weren't for my country the world would be speaking german right now.
likes2havefun 3 years ago 2
No matter, we still saved you
TheRevolutionite 3 years ago
happy birthday m8 rip
gads1234 3 years ago
this is my favorite Big Country marching song. simply awesome, the bagpipes!
dementiakane 3 years ago
Needs more cowbell!
TheArabist 3 years ago
USA, UK folks, Scotland has a deep layer of history. BC gives some of that history within music. Let's please not dishonour Stuarts memory and eachother with discord here. Let us instead discover more within that music :)
stpiquette 3 years ago 2
that might be right but even 8 months of bombing did nt break britian and we came back with avengance
talldave89 3 years ago
with the help of some few million american "twats" as gump41 so eloquently put it.
stmcdn 3 years ago
Rathardican, thank you for the information, my interpretation of the lyrics seems to be off in this case. I see Scots still rally for a fight as well as a friend- cheers.
stpiquette 3 years ago
lol usa did nt help win the war the british had allrady won it they just came along and finished of the wounded
talldave89 3 years ago