great track from a great a band, there is not many songs that make me feel ,like feel now listening to this, fantastic,remember decorating to this on repeat,good times,
In the winter of 1990-1991, I was 21 years old and turning 22.I was also in Saudi Arabia getting ready to cross into Iraq with my army unit as soon as the 1st Iraq war was greenlit.I had three cassette tapes with me that I played on my Walkman.The Seer,AWBH and Kate Bush's the Sensual World.In a desert with artillery and bombs going off 24/7, the song The Sailor was able to calm me down.I will always treasure it.
Stuart, Bruce, Mark & Tony - such perfect musical chemistry. When I listen, the intensity can become too much to bare sometimes - a spiritual experience.
This song makes me weep...absolute poetry...Big Country's music has been a harbor in my life since "The Crossing". Thank you for posting this great work of art :)
See music like this had to make it to the 80s 'rock stations' if it couldn't get to the pop top 40 stations. But the cockrock dj's didn't like music that was too subtle. Plus, most probably wouldn't realize that they were hearing a guitar band here that didn't use keyboards and synthesizers on their first three studio albums.
Im just humbled that this amazing song brings complete admiration from the fans and whomever hears it openly. You see so much contention with other postings, but we all agree that this song displays heritage and heart honestly and with respect that is so pure that any ridicule would only seem petty and infantile. BC at their best, in my opinion... And this from an Irish American ;)
When the tempo of this song doubles half way through, the musicianship and whole musical soundscape is outstanding, and Mark plays the drums like a man possessed. I rate this in my top ten Big Country songs, but then again I have so many top ten Big Country songs. Mmm, let me see. Eiledon, Lost Patrol, The Buffalo Skinners, Just A Shadow, The Sailor, What Are We Working For?, Restless Natives, Take You To the Moon, Dive Into Me, Broken Heart, The Seer... damn it! Too many already!
Big Coubnry's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Listening to it the first time, the slow, melancholic first part of the song never gave any indication of the mind blowing opera that was to come on the second. Genius personified!
When it kicks in I love it and I crank it up.What a great band.I will never understand how they can be considered one hit wonders.They have so many great songs that did not get the exposure they deserved.
Maybe so, i blame the radio dj's of that time who would they have been i can't remember, Steven powell, Mike reid too busy listening to buble gum shit like human league, blah Fu**ing blah blah.
Bruce wasn't born in Scotland? He's more Scottish than clootie dumpling as was Stuart who at least kept his accent and didn't try to adopt some kind of pan loaf dialect such as Jim Kerr did.
Lovely, Ah still mind stealin ma big sister radio ( she was out wi a bloke) and listening to Harvest Home on the charts. Nice to see though Adam pal, ye've got us a MP for all the hard work over the years, amazing nigh on a decade pal and your still an influence.
Soozek, you're so right the guitar riff and drums really makes this song superb. Their are lots of songs which we all know that never made it into main stream!
this was my favorite song through all of the eighties albums released by the band becky....It's so hard to put any song at the top of others when you're talking Big Country..I encourage everyone to explore the wealth of music left behind by a talented band. Rest in Peace Stuart, how I wish for you to still be here, the world is in need of a soul like yours ....
A brilliant tune, one of my favourites. Wizard guitar engineering, and one of Stuart Adamson's most affecting vocals. And those drums sure get the shit pounded out of them. This is Scotland.
Wtf ? Garden party, full of angst, staccato beats and progressive chord changes. Sailor, dreamy anthemic and hopeful. Dont get me wrong, both great songs, but similar ?
Hi Becky! I would be so happy to hear this song! Thank you very much for uploading it( A big BC FRENCH FAN) it's really so good to share moments like these with people who have a very good taste in music...
i' m happy to listen to one of my favorite song from THE SEER! Has anyone got the track of THE SEER in which you can hear Kate BUSH ?( in background vocal)
@isabellle87 "The Seer" is both the name of the song and the album, but I guess you knew that already. There should be one or more of that song around here somwhere already. :-)
fantastic track from a great album, agree cumbrian camper, play on loud
nscsc 2 weeks ago
i cant stop listening to this,25 times in 14 hours, jesus its good,
cumbriancamper 3 weeks ago
best played loud
cumbriancamper 3 weeks ago
great track from a great a band, there is not many songs that make me feel ,like feel now listening to this, fantastic,remember decorating to this on repeat,good times,
cumbriancamper 3 weeks ago
In the winter of 1990-1991, I was 21 years old and turning 22.I was also in Saudi Arabia getting ready to cross into Iraq with my army unit as soon as the 1st Iraq war was greenlit.I had three cassette tapes with me that I played on my Walkman.The Seer,AWBH and Kate Bush's the Sensual World.In a desert with artillery and bombs going off 24/7, the song The Sailor was able to calm me down.I will always treasure it.
MrReded69 1 month ago
If I could play drums, I would want to play them like Mark Brzezicki.
Shazma33 2 months ago
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Stuart, Bruce, Mark & Tony - such perfect musical chemistry. When I listen, the intensity can become too much to bare sometimes - a spiritual experience.
IqbalHamid 3 months ago
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IqbalHamid 3 months ago
3:36 to 4.30
25 years on, still sounds as fresh as the first time. No other band has had me so enchanted by their sound.
IqbalHamid 3 months ago
3:36 to 4.30
IqbalHamid 3 months ago
This song makes me weep...absolute poetry...Big Country's music has been a harbor in my life since "The Crossing". Thank you for posting this great work of art :)
AlbeeSquareMall 9 months ago 3
@AlbeeSquareMall me too. Thinking about my best friend and shipmate....sailing on that crystal sea....waiting on the bridge and standing watch.
mrjohnnyboy65 1 month ago
brilliant music from a brilliant band
TheBelstone 11 months ago
GREAT!!GREAT! Now this is what I call music.BIG COUNTRY! Still moves me after all this time.if the neighbors never heard of them, they will.
ficyn1 11 months ago 2
@ficyn1 cranketh da tune!
mrjohnnyboy65 1 month ago
GREAT!!GREAT! Now this is what I call music.BIG COUNTRY! Still moves me after all this time.
ficyn1 11 months ago
Another great song from a fantastic artist. Stuart you had so much more to give to the music world. RIP
jonsey4367 11 months ago
Best song on the album by a mile never played live though
forestreds83 1 year ago
See music like this had to make it to the 80s 'rock stations' if it couldn't get to the pop top 40 stations. But the cockrock dj's didn't like music that was too subtle. Plus, most probably wouldn't realize that they were hearing a guitar band here that didn't use keyboards and synthesizers on their first three studio albums.
cejannuzi 1 year ago
THIS...
...is what God intended the electric guitar to sound like. Plus the Polish dude on drums can play a line or two.
Great band.
usmcfutball 1 year ago
Absolutely one of the finest rock albums ever recorded, The Seer
PsychoAnnalist 1 year ago 2
How can a man write lyrics as perfect as these (and coax as much as he did from his guitar) yet suffer from depression.
Too sad. Big Country ruled in the day.
usmcfutball 1 year ago
god rest ye stuart
sinister066 1 year ago
Im just humbled that this amazing song brings complete admiration from the fans and whomever hears it openly. You see so much contention with other postings, but we all agree that this song displays heritage and heart honestly and with respect that is so pure that any ridicule would only seem petty and infantile. BC at their best, in my opinion... And this from an Irish American ;)
ericmoline 1 year ago
When the tempo of this song doubles half way through, the musicianship and whole musical soundscape is outstanding, and Mark plays the drums like a man possessed. I rate this in my top ten Big Country songs, but then again I have so many top ten Big Country songs. Mmm, let me see. Eiledon, Lost Patrol, The Buffalo Skinners, Just A Shadow, The Sailor, What Are We Working For?, Restless Natives, Take You To the Moon, Dive Into Me, Broken Heart, The Seer... damn it! Too many already!
GOLLYSKYWOOD2 2 years ago 5
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GOLLYSKYWOOD2 2 years ago
Big Coubnry's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Listening to it the first time, the slow, melancholic first part of the song never gave any indication of the mind blowing opera that was to come on the second. Genius personified!
MrBreakeven 2 years ago 5
When it kicks in I love it and I crank it up.What a great band.I will never understand how they can be considered one hit wonders.They have so many great songs that did not get the exposure they deserved.
doran44 2 years ago 4
Maybe so, i blame the radio dj's of that time who would they have been i can't remember, Steven powell, Mike reid too busy listening to buble gum shit like human league, blah Fu**ing blah blah.
twonky721 2 years ago
Bruce watson is Canadian believe it or not . . . Saw BC live 3 times, an amazing experience . . . viva BC . . rip Stu . . . God Bless
twonky721 2 years ago
Bruce wasn't born in Scotland? He's more Scottish than clootie dumpling as was Stuart who at least kept his accent and didn't try to adopt some kind of pan loaf dialect such as Jim Kerr did.
lochnagar92 2 years ago
Defo one of their top ten tracks. BC had the real X Factor - not that karaoke circus tripe we're subjected to at weekends these days.
lochnagar92 2 years ago 5
lochnagar92
Yeah! can you imagine them singing this on X-Factor? No, they only want to mould plastic.
Panthera0nca 2 years ago 2
love this song, but was it ever recorded live?
XuXaX 2 years ago
one if the best big country songs,big country will always live on,lost a true legend,,,rip, your music will live me forever,
MsWenlou 2 years ago 4
Lovely, Ah still mind stealin ma big sister radio ( she was out wi a bloke) and listening to Harvest Home on the charts. Nice to see though Adam pal, ye've got us a MP for all the hard work over the years, amazing nigh on a decade pal and your still an influence.
frizendell 2 years ago
j'aime énormément cette chanson, la voix de Stuart, la mélodie, tout, ma préférée de Big Country, sans doute.
Je dois être la seule française à adorer ce groupe à ce point là.
1210karo 2 years ago
This song is Big Country at their absolute best ! Drums and guitar work that go straight to the heart !
marc12marc 2 years ago 5
It's all already been said. The vocal. The guitar. The lyrics. And those freakin' drums!
Big Country walked on water.
usmcfutball 2 years ago 7
Soozek, you're so right the guitar riff and drums really makes this song superb. Their are lots of songs which we all know that never made it into main stream!
rabrankin 2 years ago 5
This has always been one of my favorite BC songs, esp. the guitar part that starts about 2:20 and continues through the rest of the song
soozek 3 years ago 12
classic shouid have bn a single
brianbigcountry 3 years ago 11
Great songwriter....love the lyrics :) May his soul rest in peace.
smith23840 3 years ago 16
this was my favorite song through all of the eighties albums released by the band becky....It's so hard to put any song at the top of others when you're talking Big Country..I encourage everyone to explore the wealth of music left behind by a talented band. Rest in Peace Stuart, how I wish for you to still be here, the world is in need of a soul like yours ....
gordondeprest 3 years ago 12
one great songwriter...sadly missed.
sinister066 3 years ago 10
A brilliant tune, one of my favourites. Wizard guitar engineering, and one of Stuart Adamson's most affecting vocals. And those drums sure get the shit pounded out of them. This is Scotland.
erikkennedy 4 years ago 17
I do find it amusing that not a single member of the band was actually born in Scotland though :D
Panthera0nca 2 years ago 2
another great song from big country. sounds a bit like Marillions - Garden Party .another great scottish band from days gone by.
skapaul69 4 years ago 4
Wtf ? Garden party, full of angst, staccato beats and progressive chord changes. Sailor, dreamy anthemic and hopeful. Dont get me wrong, both great songs, but similar ?
shaunsouthern 3 years ago 2
Wow1 This brings back some memories, had the album, best band ever. thanks for posting it
meatno1fan 4 years ago 4
one of my fave songs from this album is hold the heart but this is better thanks becky
cyborg1972556 4 years ago
nice voice!!!
duiveltje75 4 years ago
wonder in memories or let them all go...
kevsul47 4 years ago 3
wander ?
shaunsouthern 3 years ago 7
A brilliant underrated BC song! one of the best!
Allyclark 4 years ago 2
the best album ever, long live stuart
i watched BC @ 14 years old at brighton, got SA autograph whilst he played on the games in west street
a true gent,
zamora98 4 years ago
Hi Becky! I would be so happy to hear this song! Thank you very much for uploading it( A big BC FRENCH FAN) it's really so good to share moments like these with people who have a very good taste in music...
isabellle87 4 years ago 3
Great video---thanks
krausy 4 years ago 2
i' m happy to listen to one of my favorite song from THE SEER! Has anyone got the track of THE SEER in which you can hear Kate BUSH ?( in background vocal)
isabellle87 4 years ago
Hi Isabelle, I've got The Seer with Kate Bush. Would you like me to upload it?
stayalive378 4 years ago
@isabellle87 "The Seer" is both the name of the song and the album, but I guess you knew that already. There should be one or more of that song around here somwhere already. :-)
tkrokli 1 year ago
lovely!
Thank you!!!!
tyeistops 4 years ago
Beautiful!
Danymailand 4 years ago
That album is frequently overlooked, but it is one of my favs. Brings back great mems of being 21.
bowlingballout 4 years ago
great work and great song too :)
666VooRHeeS 4 years ago
thanks for the video
bigcountry7618 4 years ago