Big Country - Solid Gold US TV - In A Big Country - 1984

[@Spacekriek]

Daveleindrummerboy said that this is the greatest pop song of the last half of the 20th century and I think he may just be right about that ! Of course there are so many great songs, tunes and melodies that were sent out in the world the last half a century and it is true that a thousand people will choose a thousand different best songs. However, there is something about this particular song that seperates it from other pop/rock songs by orders of magnitude. (I wish I could express myself better since english is not my first language, but let me give it my best shot. ) Maybe it can be ascribed to the structure and composition of the song, that famous "wall of sound" but also finding an almost perfect balance between a solid rock sound and a good melody, a tune that sprouts roots in your brain and makes you whistle it all day. Maybe it is in the way the musicians found each other and their contributions fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Needless to say, the sound engineer had no small part to play in this musical masterpiece. This song could, in visual terms, be compared to a painting from Da Vinci or Ingres- sheer perfection.

[@retrogradevids1]

I'm embarrassed to be American when I think how GREAT Big Country was & how most of my fellow Americans missed the genius of this band. I never wanted to be Scottish as much as I did until I heard this music.

[@stokepogue]

One of the first things I ever taped on our first VCR. I was 12.

[@JohnPesebre]

Grammy's. Saw this on TV in the Philippines. Left an imprint in my music appreciation.

[@Cleverogue]

Even in lip synch they’re killing it. What a friggin’ monster of a band RIP Stuart

[@hoosierdaddy9277]

Wish I could have seen then in concert

[@briagh]

I remember watching this - probably one of the first times I ever saw them.... LOVE YOU STU, MARK, TONY and BRUCE!!!!!

[@MRDXKLIQ101]

one of my fav songs of the 80s

[@Worrier316]

I think I remember watching this live when I was 9 in '84.

[@MrBwall003]

Takes me back to when MTV was good.

[@jackanapes299]

Wow, I did not know this still existed.

[@sam7475]

@exitstgeleft, i like it they were pretty damn awesome

[@TheAmericanbornscot]

@retrogradevids1 i know, but in scottish american In a big country dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside....Stay Alive!!! Too bad Stuart did not stay alive RIP Stuart

[@N5OLA]

Why on earth would the producers have asked them to get up on stage and PRETEND to perform? No wonder they look pissed.

[@TheAmericanbornscot]

@retrogradevids1 i know, but i am scottish american In a big country dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside....Stay Alive!!! Too bad Stuart did not stay alive RIP Stuart

[@speilmen230]

this is really cool to see. Too bad they are lip synching. =/

[@alvarezguitargirl]

@retrogradevids1 Same here.

[@Nigelxman]

@wwilivinghistory Apparently you have never heard of Top of The Pops. :-)

[@fendergibs]

@retrogradevids1 gold record & top 40 hit with a Grammy apperence is "missed" by America ? what is a hit then?