Just been diagnosed with cancer and this video is the only thing that has made me smile in the last 2 weeks . Seen them 6 times the best live band ever !

@SonyaWongJamisonKeener

Ай бұрын

Wishing you a speedy healing.

@bo0tsy1

24 күн бұрын

Never saw them. One appearance on SNL. Immediately bought the crossing.

Every now and then an album come out where every track is brilliant.this is one of them,a classic 🎸🎸

Just a wonderful talent.seen 14 times live and never disappointed,pure genius

@petersund4914

Ай бұрын

This is What I turn back 2 again and again - Pure talent

I am so Goddamn proud to be of Scottish descent right now. 🥰💙🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

To this day, the greatest band ever and if you never pogo'd in the crowd to classics like Fields of Fire, then you never got to experience the intensity of it all, saw them 15 times live and they were as brilliant every time. RIP Stuart.

8 жыл бұрын

+Tricky Tredder You lucky man. I found BC like 7 years ago and have all their records and DVD's. And of course I have to agree with you :) Thank god we have these DVD's! Me and my friends have Big Country night every year in Christmas time in memory of Stuart.

@cavabytch

8 жыл бұрын

+Tricky Tredder I only saw them once, my very first concert, what a way to start , BEST TIME EVER ,,,,,,,,, R I P Stuart :(

@32ivanhoedrive

8 жыл бұрын

+Cava Queen BC were my first gig also, way back in 83 in the Apollo in Glasgow. 5 of us travelled to the gig in an a clapped out orange Austin Allegro. Oh happy days!!!!!!!!

@swaggs

6 жыл бұрын

I saw them live twice in the 80s'. Both shows just shredded.

@barkinstarfish

6 жыл бұрын

Trevor Abbo brilliant comment buddy. I saw the about the same amount of times. First time in Brum 82 I think! I am watching this video with tears in my eyes. A truly incredible band, and fans!

Tony Butler ... possibly the most under rated bass player of all time

@richwest9104

5 ай бұрын

This, 110%. Steeltown in particular is HIS album -- he drives the entire thing, from the very first note to the very last. I was lucky enough to have a nice long chat with him at an event a couple of years ago, and a nicer more humble man you could never wish to meet. He adored Stuart and still feels the pain of losing him.

@carygillit2592

4 ай бұрын

It's actually good when Stuart breaks that string because we get to hear Tony's bassline isolated for a few bars.

If I had a De Lorean, I'd set it for this time and place! What a gig!

Saw them in 1983 in Hammersmith Odeon, they were fantastic, done an encore of this with The Drummer Mark B did a drumming solo for 3 /4 minutes to the Fields of Fire lasting 9/10 minutes. All was shouts of More,More,More all over the Odeon. Best Concert I ever saw. Stuart Adamson R.I.P., you were the Best.

Music from the heart ! First time I saw Stuart Adamson was at the Loch Lomond festival in 1979 when he was playing with the Skids. The Skids blew every band off the stage that day including The Stranglers who are another of my fave bands. Next time I seen Stuart Adamson was at the Reading Rock festival in 1983 and The Stranglers were headlining again. Yeah, Big Country blew them off the stage as well. Coldplay ? Scouting For Girls ? The Wombats ? F*ck off this is real music !

Words will never describe how phenomenal this is. Hope ye found peace Stuart. Wish you'd practiced what you preached and Stayed Alive. R.I.P big man.

Oh, HOW MUCH I LOVE this Scottish sound! Lovely band with lovely performance, from a lovely land...

This music hits you so so hard, but you feel no pain.

Stuart Adamson is a musical God to me, I adore him

The greatest live musical moment ever when the guitars ignite on fields of fire

The debut album is one of those rare achievements of being so strong you play it through every time you put it on the turntable then realize you know every word to every song. A fantastic band!

@padraigsisk4057

2 жыл бұрын

Steeltown to me better

@jaford2

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely the best album ever made.

Was at the Seattle Moore Theater Show. Nov. 9 1983. Life changing show for sure. Along with U2, Clash, Simple Minds a great time for music.

Imagine you could bottle goosebumps?! Pure joy!

As a Glaswegian I saw them live in the old st. Austell coliseum in carlyon bay.....without doubt the most energetic, exhilarating, sweaty, draining and life affirming concert I’ve ever been to in my 54 years.....amazing band!

they got the sound perfect for this gig. the recorded versions were good, but this gig drips sweat and fucking rocks.

Big Country is just one of the best live bands ever!

@FlyingKeo045

5 жыл бұрын

"The Flying Keo" (Cyprus) Still a great band live in 2019, Still get the sell-out audiences (admittedly a bit older)---`Bouncing` !! RIP Stuart Adamson.

you wont find bands like this no more

There is no other band with that sound, then or now, nor that energy. Many are good live or entertaining but Big Country are great! The Crossing has to be one of the best albumns from start to finish. And even better live!

no band i had seen of have seen since had that ability to make the room just expode with joyous energy. Stuart grew into that front man role and had a connection with the audience i have rarely seen. phil lynott and bruce springstten are the only ones i can think of that had that kind of connection. that is pretty good comapny to keep

@lanett53stinkyowl16

7 ай бұрын

I know right.. just great stuff huh

@jmcc2275

Ай бұрын

Try Runrig at the same venue.

Big Country.....A very good band that should have bigger than it was.

Absolutely fucking bad ass. I'm about to run outside and start high-fiving my fuken neighbors!!!!!!!!!!! This has been a New Year's Eve classic for me for years...

Big Country , one of the reasons cause I love Scotland. 💙💛 Huge respect from Brazil. R.I.P. Stuart Adamson

RIP Stuart,still makes the hairs on my neck stand up!!!!

Don't complicate things with long words or essays just know that these guys were one of the best fricken bands ever......... That is all..... Bless you Stuart Adamson, your missed bro ....

A great song that amazingly was even better when they performed it live - still think they were underrated to this day

If I could go back to any place at any time in my lifetime, it would be to be at this concert. X

the tempo, the beat and the bagpipe sound that stuart got is what i always loved about big country. mark came to a gig i was doing once as his brother steve was playing bass for us at the time, and i got to have a chat with him. r.i.p stuart not forgotten.

00:40 to 00:50 get me every time, could listen to that forever.....

Makes you feel alive

Un be lievable RIP Stu

Great song great guitarist great pars fan rip Stuart coyp

Stuart Adamson bless his memory great music

Best band ever

this is amazing---better than nirvana or u2..its got sincerity from a great soul..the guitars knock me out ....i wish he would have survived..rip

one of the best bands ever sadly overlooked live when this song ignites magic happens

I was 14 and my first girlfriend got me into this she was beutiful but she was more beutiful for leaving me with this music in my soul. i still love her and i love big country.

@chazumperfluffypillows5388

10 жыл бұрын

Ahh that's lovely. Do you have her phone number ? When I was 14 my GF at the time got me hooked on wanking me off whilst wearing a glove (her not me). I can't remember her name.

R.I.P. Stuart.......Scotland still loves you !!

@carlleavey

3 жыл бұрын

And the rest of us too. :)

IT'S A GREAT BAND!!, I LOVE BIG COUNTRY!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Still get goosebumps every time I listen to this.

having a big country night on my headphones! just a wee tear in my eye though

This performance makes me so happy every time I come back to it. And that bass man rocks. They all do. It's just so exuberant and full of life.

This song is so Great it makes me emotional... 0 dislikes and there should never, ever be... Good GOD, was this band one of the greatest that there ever was..... Gives me the chills when I hear it... It is that good, moves a grown man to tears....

@eyemoeba

Жыл бұрын

as he announces the title of the song just as it's about to explode. my god, 'cos we know what's coming. the best.

One of the drummers who influenced me more than any other- especially that military style beat that utilized the whole kit.

@funland108

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Massively.

I love this one look all the people jumping and singing entire concert awareness sweet awesomeness

New Years Eve 83/84. Shown on BBC2 if memory serves correctly. I was hooked ever since. Was lucky enough to see them live 11 times from 86 to 99. RIP Stuart.

@johnmacintyre6231

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was the Edinburgh playhouse concert the year after this that was on tv

Just a truly unique band with a unique sound. Pure bespoke golden quality.

I've seen many many live shows… but nothing compared to these boys live Its what live music was meant to be

Miss the 80s concerts we went to jump around and have a good time mobile phones have ruined concerts

The drummer is a frickin stud. He's got the depth of Kenny Aronson. All these guys were great musicians.

the energy, the voice, the sound of the guitar and the base, come on. its one of the best live giggs ever

Thanks for This. Saw in 2 Hogmany's and 8 times concerts inc these. Thanks.

Nearly 1.5 thousand likes and not a single dislike. On KZread that's virtually unheard of.. Says all you need to know about this magnificent band.

to me the definitive version of this great song

Every song wants you to dance and be silly x loved them and the second Country are good , seen them ten times ish I thinks !

I saw them live in 1986 NYC. I had and HAVE every album. Had them all on vinyl first but Big Country on cd was later than other bands as the conversion to cd started in the late 80's. They are so overlooked and underrated. The craftsmanship of the music and writing are just top notch. RIP Stu.

@wofra67

8 жыл бұрын

+Ledyard Pritchard i agree sad that so many talent was overlooked. live they were on of the best band at their time. i saw them in germany it was mind blowing.

Sensational band and years ahead of their time Marvellous gig

Tony Butler... a beast!

Greatest band EVER, period. From the very beginning loved them. God rest your soul Adam. We miss you.

Missed the last train back hame tae Paisley that night and had tae walk it

Seen them twice. First time at knebworth supporting what turned out to be the last concert Queen did. Saw them again at Birmingham. Amazing band. rip Stuart

Yes fantastic Stuart is a fantastic guitar player in the skids and big country

It's not a gimmick! It's incredible!

Brilliant....you can just feel the energy.

Rip Stuart adamson the best !!!!!!!

I have no doubt if Stuart would have conquered his demons Big country would still be a band at the very top they just had that about them.

The guitar's make the hair on the back of my neck stand uo❤️❤️❤️🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

I saw big country in Hollywood, small club venue. They were absolutely amazing

To those who have only just discovered B/C.. check out the track called " INWARDS" at Pier New York.. it's on KZread

what a brilliant band, a life taken so young

@thedobsta7327

7 жыл бұрын

so much talent lost too soon

Grew up in the 80’s with The Crossing,brilliant album.

These guys had tiny bagpipes in their fingers! :-)

Def scott hall of fame.simple minds jesus and mary chain and big country

Amazing live band, saw them with 140,000 at Knebworth and !000 at Porthcawl, same energy at both shows, not many bands can do that, RIP Stuart you will always remembered.

Best ever musicians Stuart just amazing I wish I could of been there

Holy G_d, this gives me chills...the music of the free!

Auf den Song hab ich dreimal live getanzt,unglaublich gut----Danced three times on this song live performed,outstanding

Fantastic.

Immense, intense and triumphal. It literally sweats Scottish pride.

I fuckin love this band

This brings back memories of my youth! Big Country deserved more recognition for their great sound. Lyrically and musically superior to 99.9% of the bands currently dominating music

I wish I owned ONE Yamaha SG-2000, here's Stuart playing TWO in one song !

@johnmacintyre6231

4 жыл бұрын

There is one one the solid rock cafe in glasgow that is meant to be Stuart's

my dad took me to Folkestone leas cliff hall to see them 1st gig as a 14 yo I'm 46 now and I'm taking my dad to c mogwai hes 7o yo love you dadx

Still get goosebumps when I hear this

i'm so glad i'm 54 and was around for their breakout. r.i.p. Stuart...The UK had more talent than the rest of the world combined.

@markserour9115

Ай бұрын

That UK comment is a load of bullshit.

Ha! The wonderfully sprung Barrowland floor :)

Big Country rocked!

0:40 2:48 4:00 My Head will explode after listening to this for an hour. What a tune.

Gave me goose pimples when I heard this RIP Stuart , we miss you Pal

1234............SHAAAAAA, Never get fed up listening to them.

They tried it on bagpipes, possibly in Canada , its a long time ago. The story was on T.V. possibly the Tube. The result was apparently terrible. Stuart was a genuinely nice guy, as I'm sure all of Big Country are. Saw them on the Fall tour, was this from there? The best gig ever, our little town Fleetwood was added last minuet on a sell out tour. They gave us a pound back on realising how poor Fleetwood was, £5:50 down to £4:50. Big Country did this, not the promoter. Seriously good people. Superb Band.

@maureenwagg5305

3 жыл бұрын

Canadian fan here. They were brilliant. Loved the band. Never had the pleasure of seeing them live.

@stephanegagnon3090

3 жыл бұрын

French Canadian here too. I love them so much. I think they are icons in Scotland as Rush are in Canada.

one of my all time fave bands, I remember seeing them at knebworth at Queens last Concert :)

Can't get any more Celtic than this. R.I.P Stuart Adamson. Thank you x

@jmcc2275

Ай бұрын

Runrig?

Scotland forever!!! Stuart forever!!!

Glasgow Barrowlands Ballroom Hogmanay. WOW!

Gänsehaut pur !!!

400 miles I'm on my way kid, field's of fire! love Fraz xxx