This is my favorite band of all time. East of eden.. Restless natives.. Wonderland.. Where the rose is down.. Eiledon.. The seer with Kate bush.. The teacher.. Lost patrol.. Steel town.. Porrohman... On and on.. Rip Stuart. Held the best pen

@steveclarke4542

Жыл бұрын

You named so many of my favorite songs. East of Eden, Wonderland, The Seer, Lost Patrol, Steeltown, Porrohman...

I was in that crowd, the ballrooms floor is sprung due to it's original purpose of being a dance hall so when you have 2000 people jumping around it's crazy and you're sure the floor is coming down. One of the greatest underrated bands of all time.

@YouMustWhipIt

2 жыл бұрын

I envy you.

@randalpmcmurphy1340

2 жыл бұрын

Makes me sad to think I'll never see BC with Stuart. I've seen them a couple of times with Bruce singing and they are excellent but watching them live with Stuart looks amazing. Is this the Barrowlands? If so I agree totally about the sprung dance floor. Amazing when there's a bounce on the go.

@erict956

2 жыл бұрын

@@randalpmcmurphy1340 yes mate it's the Barrowlands Ballroom, seen many a great band there. To my mind it may be small but it's one of the best venues in the world.

@gillgiannas9853

11 ай бұрын

Sacrilege without Stuart 😢

@capricornpicnic4915

6 ай бұрын

@@erict956 sorry big man - it's THE best... :) I was there too. Saw them 6 times in the 80s / early 90s best band ever!

Grab a copy of Big Country’s 2nd album steeltown, close your eyes, and point to ANY track. Killer album

@padraigsisk4057

4 жыл бұрын

Totally their best . Steeltown

@tracysnow349

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite of all their all their albums. And yes. I have them all.

@johnclark677

2 жыл бұрын

So different from the Crossing. I’d personally pick The Buffalo Skinners as my favourite album though.

@stuartfoster7052

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! The album version of Just a Shadow has possibly the best guitar play out of any song I've heard!

@seancagney8897

10 ай бұрын

The Crossing is my fave but Steeltown is also an incredible album....

Brother on the stage!! 😂 Tony Butler one of the best bassists out there. He played bass on albums of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and The Pretenders. He was actually asked to join the Pretenders. He chose Big Country.

Check out the version on Without A Safety Net, same venue. A mental night it was

@johnmacintyre6231

Жыл бұрын

I was there, unbelievable night

Saw BC live more than a dozen times between 1987 and 2000. Unbelievable energy EVERY time! Highlight was possibly Stuart Adamson on stage, solo with an acoustic guitar (and he was some guitar player!) singing Come Back to Me, just him, his guitar and one spotlight. Silence from the crowd! Absolutely spellbinding. RIP Stuart, you are missed

Rest In Peace, Stuart. Big Country was one of my favorite 80s bands.

With Big Country, its the song itself

It was my 3rd Big Country gig , New Years Eve 83/84 if I remember right, Still itch from the Glitter Ball explosion 💥 39 years on I’m still following Big Country, yes a different lineup with no Stuart and Tony but i still get the buzz in my mid 50’s as I did when I was 17 , bring on next years 40th anniversary tour of The Crossing… Stay alive

AAHHHH! My teen years, the 1980's. I was (and still am) a huge fan of Big Country!!!

An iconic Scottish band at an iconic Scottish venue. Hearing this makes me proud to be a Scot! More Scottish bands please! There's nothing quite like a Scottish crowd! 🤘 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@bryanlogue1

5 жыл бұрын

should check out Logan - When I Get Down live at the Garage. One of the finest bands to come out of Glasgow in last 15 years

@bertiewooster305

3 жыл бұрын

Scottish bands are garbage.

@sabiantheomnivore5592

Жыл бұрын

@@bryanlogue1 Johnny Logan? Away ye bam..

@bryanlogue1

Жыл бұрын

@@sabiantheomnivore5592 no there was also a Scottish band in the 2000s called Logan

The brotha on bass is Tony Butler. The same guy flying through the air in Pretenders on the chain gang video and singing harmony on let my love open the door. One of the best bassits in the world.

THE band. RIP Stuart.

Awesome to see Big Country here :) Stuart Adamson was awesome :)

Been in the Barrowlands many a time; what a venue. Two thousand people packed in to create an amazing atmosphere on a sprung floor. Joyous. And Big Country were amazing live. RIP, Stuart Adamson.

Big Country were an AMAZING live band. Fields of Fire was a beloved live number, but there were so many others where the boys would just deliver incredibly, especially frontman Stuart Adamson. Porrohman ALWAYS impresses, and there are are few different high quality live performance videos on here to find for that one. There's also other high energy bangers like Tall Ships Go, Angle Park and Wonderland, as well as proper epic numbers like The Seer and Eiledon, which are as much about emotional power as sonic intensity. These guys were just awesome in general.

If anyone is interested, Stuart Adamson's daughter, Kirsten Adamson, has her own KZread channel where she covers her Dads songs as well as her own songs. She's a fantastic artist! Clearly, has inherited her father's musical genetics. I'm sure she would appreciate all of you guys sending her over some love ❤ kzread.infovideos

Stuart Adamson wrote this song after meeting some soldiers coming back from the Falkland Islands war on a train. 400 miles is the distance from Edinburgh, Scotland to London, England. This song was on their debut album The Crossing that came out in 1983. Surely you must have heard of In a Big Country. That song was written after this song.

@sheronasims6783

Жыл бұрын

Thought it was distance Jacobites marched Derby and back?

It was a new year's Eve concert that mtv showed 83/84, i remember watching

the 400 miles is where they travelled from scotland to london which is 400 miles so ive heared,amazing band great song

There are so many great Big Country songs to react to. Been a favorite band of mine since the ‘80s.

Big Country touched your soul through their Celtic based stories, where the pride of the people and sometimes shame, oooozed out of Stuarts Lyrics, The smalles part of my DNA is Celtic, but this group always made me love and relate to that portion of myself, the most. Til this day, I can not listen to this group, without shedding tears for one of the greatest musicians we ever lost.

Love your videos guys, enjoy watching you find the music I cherish. And today, wow, my all time favourite band FROM MY HOME TOWN!!!!! Stuart Adamson lead guitar & vocals, Bruce Watson guitar, Tony Butler bass, and Mark Brzezicki on drums. Stuart was my hero, my idol and my friend. As far as I'm concerned the greatest songwriter I've ever known and a truly unique guitarist. This particular gig was at Glasgiw Barrowlands on Hogmany (New year if ye're no Scottish) 1983/4, so Sori was right with both years lol. The song is from their debut album, The Crossing, released earlier in 83. Stuart Adamson was guitarist for The Skids prior to BC, and if you've ever watched a NO Saints game, you've heard The Skids. They wrote The Saints Are Coming, their run out song. Anyway, thanks so much for covering this and greetings fae Bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Big Country resonated with everyone.

That's a Glasgow crowd. They are always the best.

brilliant band it was new years eve 1983-84 in scotland

As a Scot I see the 400 miles as the distance from London to Scotland. No words were spoken, no smiles until the Scottish Border was reached. To me this is a protest song, protesting London rule over a foreign country which is 382 miles away. When we have independence this should be Scotland's new National Anthem.

One of my favourite bands.

When you said there was a brother in the house, it was bassist Tony Butler. He played on the Pretenders Back On The Cain Gang. With Big Country drummer Mark Brzezicki, they played on Pete Townshend albums Empty Glass and All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.

Rip stuart adamson

I miss these guys, favourite band growing up in the 80's. my misses even got to dance on stage at one of their concerts

I was there at Edinburgh playhouse hogmanay 1984..My 1st and still my best gig ever. Great live band even now

@johnmacintyre6231

Жыл бұрын

That was the barrowlands the year before, I was at the both of them

400 miles is the distance between Edinburgh and London where big country use to travel often on a train,and on the train where service men going back to barracks.and big country wondered how many service men they shared there time time with got killed for no reason.

Fantastic band, definitely check out the Teacher from them.

@kympridham8267

5 жыл бұрын

and red fox

Excellent!

First band that I ever bought a poster for, decades ago, Stuart was from Crossgates, 15 minutes down the road. Stuart ended his life for whatever reason, only it couldn't have been alcoholism as every one of us Scots is born with blood in our alcohol system. RIP Laddie

Big Country - Porrohman (The Tube 1984) Korzus - Internally Machine Head - Locust Forced Entry - Never A Know, But The No Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops' Drops Sepultura - Desperate Cry (Finland 1991)

*How did I miss this?!* Amazing 80s song! Great Patreon pick!👏🏻💯 RIP Stuart Adamson 😢💔

I was 13 when this album and tour came out. They were the first concert I went to in Ft Lauderdale, FL

An utterly astounding band live. I saw them about that time at the Edinburgh Playhouse. There were fears the dress circle would come down due to everyone dancing along

Stuart Adamson, rip man, seen these live in 88ish, in nottm uk, one of the best gigs ive ever been to, thanks for the great reaction

greatest band of all time and Stuart Adamson was a lyrical genius, the 400 hundred miles i'm sure he was talking about was the distance between his son Calum when he was travelling from Scotland to london , for i'll be coming home again R.I.P. Big Stu

Love it you going for Big Country - - more so cause I was there:-)

So glad to stumble on this reaction! Big Country is still playing, albeit with a different lineup but still sound great!

They were always my favorite.

a great band. Lead singer am sure used to be in a band called the skids before big country though not sure was the lead singer

@padraigsisk4057

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Jobson

Stuart adamson plays his guitar to sound like bagpipes. It’s cooler when you know that. Fields of fire is the name given to the county in Scotland they came from. Fife. All the coal fields were there. Fife was the fields of fire.

@sheronasims6783

Жыл бұрын

I always thought the 400 miles was the march to Derby and back by the gallant Jacobites??

Should lisen to Stuart Adamson’s daughter Kirsten singing her late dad’s songs especially “In a big country”

In Scotland nobody discriminates that he’s a ‘brother’. #progressives

Big country-In a big country, one of their bigger hits.

Check out porrohman by Big Country

Very good song, I had never heard of this band before, thanks to everyone who made it possible. One question, does the riff during the verse reminds anyone else of the "Should I stay or should I go" riff by The Clash?

Stuart Adamson used to be in The Skids check out Into the Valley the lyrics are weird to say the least.

@justpanda7478

5 жыл бұрын

When I was a little kid, my mum use to listen to the skids, amazing Scottish band! Helped shape my musical tastes for sure!!!

@gordy3714

5 жыл бұрын

I saw them at the City Hall in Newcastle back in around 1979 I had Into the Valley white vinyl autographed cost me a fiver,but it was a shame what happened to him.

@justpanda7478

5 жыл бұрын

@@gordy3714 yes very sad! He was a legend in the Scottish music scene, so many great songs.

Love Big Country👍👍👍

Metal hammer in 1984 had big country as the band happening at the moment.

Stuart Adamson Rock in Peace. Adamson was founder of the bands Skids (synth, voc, g), Big Country (lead-voc, g) and The Raphaels. He was found dead in his hotel room at the Best Western Plaza Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii on December 16, 2001. As a cause of death suicide was assumed by hanging, an accident was excluded. The autopsy of his body revealed that Adamson had a blood alcohol concentration of 2.79 per mill on the day of his death

Big country- The teacher!! 🔥👏🏽

Best night of my life

Also rip Stuart -hopefully your soul is peaceful

Best gig venue I've ever been to.

I am a huge fan of Big Country. I subbed

@VinAndSori

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome !

@shelli6387

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Reviewing Big Country won me over instantly.

Look Away e In a Big Country as melhores músicas dessa banda.

Not just the greatest Scottish band of all time but the greatest Celtic band ever. Far better than U2.

Best band in the world

Greatest band ever

As other people have mentioned, Irish guitarist Gary Moore is another one that used a lot of celtic-sounding guitar lines during his rock days. Not during his blues era, however.

They don't get it do they? If you weren't there you'll never understand ❤❤❤❤

Bruce & Trubuzy, Tears Of The Dragon, Live..... Song's about what Bruce Dickinson felt while leaving Iron Maiden.....

What it felt like to be at a Big country gig. Your clothes clung to the skin and a thought did that just happen.

What a loss was Stuart. All his friends and bandmates were trying to find him. I remember the ache in my chest when he was found. Selfish ass.

Helloween ☆ Keeper of the seven keys 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

One best British band s scots

Power Trip - Divine Apprehension Power Trip - Hornet’s Nest Power Trip - Crucifixation

@scottjohnson7803

5 жыл бұрын

For crying out loud! React already please

Live at Pompeii Pink floyd... It will blow you away.

Should have done chance or 13 valleys, rip Stuart a peach of a man

Stuart Adamson ,a force of nature . Sadly missed . Check out 13 Valleys post . Big Country cover of Neil Youngs Keep on rocking in the free world . I am a massive Neil Young fan This is better than the original 🎸 🎸 🎸

Moonspell - Night Eternal

Mom was Scottish. Loved Scot bands

I'm hugely defensive about Big Country/Stuart Adamson and this song.. I think that after 21, this song loses most of it's thump. I was one of our group who knew every song from The Crossing and made sure others suffered our shout/singing.. I obviously pulled back in my 20/30s but I always would shove In a Big Country onto youtube, or Chance, just to feel nostalgic. Hearing about Stuart Adamson apparently killing himself was a strange moment in time for most of us.. I hate that he has gone because he was such a kind man and a talent,,

Baralands is the name of the venue been there multiple times it’s awesome the floor is really bouncy

@findlaythompson609

5 жыл бұрын

Super bouncy .Showing my age here but I went to see Simple Minds there the night they re-opened The Ballroom for gigs (it was supposed to be at the Locarno but they had to move it ,cant remember why)

@harrysmusicchanel8848

5 жыл бұрын

findlay thompson one of my favourite venues ever

@lisaknell1809

3 жыл бұрын

The floors actually have springs under them. I think it was originally a dance hall? I would give anything to be able to go back to the 80s and see Big Country at the Barras!!

Vin and sori I beg of you guys to do a reaction video to the song stuck on you by the band failure, trust me I know you two will absolutely love that song, you won’t regret it not even at the slightest.

This as Americans must sound really weird to you. No offence. But Britain has imo given the world the best snd most original music ever. And this was my favorite EVER live band.....been at these concerts were unbelievable and like a uk football match. Bollox to image. These guys can play. Really play. It was an experience.

One of my first favourites. And still 😁 changed to bands like rush, dream theater and evanescence, but this remains sooo good and energetic 🤡

Shed Seven - Getting Better

Late 80's had tiket To concert In Helsinki but it was canselled cause tiket selling was low😔

The 400 miles is the miles the jacobites marched into England derby and back.

React to Deep blue something - Breakfast at Tiffanys

@WaveGazer

5 жыл бұрын

Why?

@lukacalov1988

5 жыл бұрын

@@WaveGazer cuz its a better song than 70% of the crap they reacting to

@WaveGazer

5 жыл бұрын

@@lukacalov1988 Really weird that someone would be obsessed with a forgettable one hit wonder song from the 90's.

Frontschwein- Marduk No Salvation- Malevolent Creation Conjuring the Dead- Belphegor The Thing that Should not Be- Metallica Alas, Lord is Upon Me- Behemoth

@daimonsage_1o818

5 жыл бұрын

Marduk soon...

Anathema- Storm Before the Calm

Big country were a great band, there singer hung himself sadly early 2000s I believe. They had some great Celtic influenced tunes and were very big in the uk and Europe. Weirdly after the first album that did well in America, they did nothing in the usa.

I feel sorry for Vin that even though he's a fan of Iron Maiden and he still haven't listened to The Nomad. I believe it to be the one of the best songs in history considering the musicality of it.

Love you guys! Plleeeaaase react to Pearl Jam - Why Go from the Pinkpop 92 performance

Opeth - Demon of the Fall!

You need to watch the music video for Drag Ropes by Storm Corrosion!!!! The singer in the group is also in the band Opeth, but Storm Corrosion isn't a metal group persay....just watch it.

Acid Bath - Bleed Me an Ocean

Please do Last Caress - Misfits

Type O Negative - Haunted pretty please

400 miles is to do with the length of the front lines (Western front), during World War One.

Please review Epilogue from Fleshgod Apocalypse!! It is a perfect blend of Death Metal and classical.

Do The carolean's prayer by sabaton