big country steeltown

without the aid... best version of this song ever enjoy it!!

[@zinkzoyd]

These guys were great, Killer rhythm section, Melodic guitar work, And meaningful songs, They should have been massive

[@maureenwagg5305]

100%

[@matthiasschmidt3585]

Du hast so dermaßen recht Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@franz3951]

🔥 👹☠🐲🦄🛶🦚🐕🌴🐧

[@jockmazza]

They still are with bruce and mark. I'd love to sing the lead live with the band. I think my vocals wpuld be fine. I'm a masterton whose clan home is Dunfermline

[@adrianwalker1242]

They still are!

[@reviewtoakill5011]

The best performance of this song. Rest In Peace Stuart Adamson and long live Big Country!

[@BC1000Stars]

I think it's fairly unanimous that this is THE definitive live version of this song. Immense.

[@crackpot148]

Fairly unanimous? WTF? It's unanimous or it isn't, there is no such thing as "fairly" unanimous..

[@elprado1963]

The Live versión in Germany is pretty awesome too. Both are simply fantastic

[@JasonRay1977]

It's definitely my favourite live version for sure.I did have the album "Without the aid of a safety net" but that seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth,and that's why I'm listening to this track here.

[@DC-uv3nz]

@@crackpot148 Fairly = 'With Justice'. The sentence works just fine.

[@crackpot148]

​@@DC-uv3nz Stop wriggling, fairly is being used to qualify a superlative. I don't know if there is unanimity about this version being the definitive version. I agree with you that it is but I know of those who think only studio versions of any piece of music can be considered definitive. This is one of my all time favourite songs and yes, it is the best version by far...in my opinion.

[@mongo88now88]

I occasionally come back to these clips as they restore my faith in human-kind. I have everything BC recorded with Stuart. When I speak of BC, it is so personal, it is like talking about me, my past, my feelings, my aspirations, my sadness, my anger. I grew up with BC, older now, and hence I really don't understand a lot of comments. BC saved me when I was 17,when Steeltown came out An awakening to which I never want to forget and always want to embrace each morning.

[@shaunscott5704]

So true and straight from the heart a magical feeling inside when you connect with the music of Big Country:-)

[@paullavan6098]

Well said, and for Christ's sake keep the faith, our children live in a new X-Factor world.

[@ZenJuddhism]

mongo88now88 I can't get my head round people who don't like BC. They must be missing a soul

[@elprado1963]

Well said... Bravo... Stay Alive !!!

[@IqbalHamid]

mongo88now88 Buddy, I know just what you mean. Your sentiments ring so true with me too!

[@lindamcfaul2578]

My favourite album of all time. These guys were all so talented. Listen to them all the time.❤

[@dennissavage5069]

I feel sorry for today’s generation They missed it... they missed it all

[@yaboop]

The only song to give me tears and goosebumps at the same time.

[@branchclan6112]

Damn I love Big Country calling out from South Carolina, USA

[@Jusepluvik]

The raw emotion in the song and performance is unparalleled and makes me fight back tears!Thank you, Big Country.

[@elprado1963]

Amen

[@philipthompson156]

Proper Talent Bruv.

[@ruimusik]

Not sure why people argue over Big Country vs U2. When U2 first came out, I enjoyed "Boy", "October" and "War". But Big Country's music is close to my heart in a way U2 could never be. I met Stuart and Tony in 1993, nice chaps.

[@RandolphJohnson]

My sentiments exactly.

[@teedammit]

No band made me feel as much, at age 22, as Big Country. If you ever want to do that trib, Jimmy, I'm there. ;)

[@paulockenden4278]

U2 just had better management and were Irish which counted when it came to breaking the States

[@sergioporto5388]

Vai Corinthians

[@AmyJuneful]

How perfectly and eloquently expressing my exact sentiments! Stuart is a master songwriter

[@FoghornLeghorn66]

stuart and BC saved me for sure in 85. Underrated? I never go down that path. BC, to me means Stuart, Bruce, Tony and Mark, was unique. We might never see such poetry put to rock again. BC first got me on their 'music, but it was the poetry and humanity. I loved The Crossing, but Steeltown slayed me. I heard Steeltown once and was more dumbfounded than when I heard the Crossing. The band, esp. Stuart, is better live than studio. That is incredible.

[@RetoBeer]

Awesome Song! Timeless!

[@ZeroChannelZero]

Every time it goes to the riff break and the crowd starts pulsing... omg. Someone please invent a time machine and let me borrow it for exactly 5 mins 47 sec. Thanks.

[@LAURAM0822]

A moment in time that will never be captured again RIP Stuart ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿X

[@richarddougan2777]

I grew up listening to this music, 35 years later it just gets better with age.i will die loving big country,stuart you were and still are a god to many.rip.

[@richarddougan2777]

Agree 100 per cent. The best there is.i will go to my grave , with big country in my heart. Years of pleasure, they have given me.

[@nellyellis500]

Stunning, brings a tear to your eye.

[@paullavan6098]

Best ever version of anything ever. Sleep well, my friend.

[@daveyneasham3131]

One OF The greatest Bands live, That's how u play music and Sing

[@happyjoy7541]

I have been listening a lot to Big Country during the lockdown and pandemic to decompress. Music heals you. I remember seeing them in concert in the 80s and they had so much good energy. It has always been uplifting to hear their songs and it makes you want to soar above all of the sadness, stress and all the changes that are going on right now. I’m very grateful for Big Country’s talent. R.I.P. Stuart. Praying 🙏 for your family, fans, and band mates. Your immortal soul lives on forever.

[@jonburrows2883]

The genius of Stuart Adamson

[@mongo88now88]

and I'm back and Stuart was a genius and I miss him. I wasn't wrong. BC is the best band ever and how can you argue with a sea of palms in an ocean of snow. cripes. no one writes songs like this anymore.

[@29memyselfandi]

mongo88now88 and you’ll be back again 🙂 like I will.

[@dirtyjew1974]

I love big country and Stewart was brilliant!

[@TheJasonf8892]

U2's The Edge delivered the eulogy at Adamson's funeral which was held at Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline. He told the mourners that Big Country wrote the songs that he wished U2 could write.

[@loutiscrive]

Your name will never die, Stuart Adamson

[@lisaknell6018]

If I could have one day in a time machine, I would go to The Barras to see Big Country with Stuart up front!! Bounce... Bounce... Bounce!!! Those who were lucky enough to be there, cherish your memories. 😥

[@grahamlive]

I saw them at the Barras in 1991. It was the first gig I ever went to and it is still the best. I don't think any concert will ever top that one. Absolutely phenomenal experience. 😁

[@gareth630]

+Lisa Knell Thats brought a tear to my eyes. Came four times north to the Barras and yes bounce, bounce ,bounce. Great days. Stay alive xx Gareth

[@lisaknell6018]

+gareth e because I'm American, I may never make it to the Barras. But at least I can live through those who were there!

[@lisaknell6018]

grahamlive my biggest regret is never seeing them back in the day. I went to Ireland to see U2, I should have went to Scotland to see Big Country! 😢

[@marleybu7984]

Yeah, Barras is a great venue. Floor's sprung so you get a brilliant 'bounce'. Great fun. Miss these days sooo much. Cheers Stuart, Bruce, Tony and Mark. Love you all.

[@johnpirie3800]

THE best version of this song.Saw them at the Barrowlands many a time. Best gig in town, always! RIP big man!

[@inverterville]

best live band I ever saw and I have seen a few , a top top band

[@pimocks]

Big Country ........I love them ....One of the greatest live performances ever...Stuart....RIP...... In love from Germany

[@bibleinabullet]

I Cannot stop listening to this tune brings back so many memories..God i miss this band !!

[@evilweeja]

Here I stand with my own kin, At the end of everything, Finally the dream has gone, I've nothing left to hang upon, I came here with all my friends, Leaving behind the wait of years, Leaving alone in a flood of tears! Amen Stuart !

[@timbrown5304]

Think about Stuart everyday. Miss him with all my heart.

[@29memyselfandi]

tim brown only really realized recently how good they were. Fabulous band. RIP mr. Adamson. You were truly one of the best.

[@michaelkleinegesse4717]

....from germany....i miss him every day....

[@alastairmacmillan128]

Oh yes. Agree wholeheartedly.

[@StevJame]

I am from Canada(originally from Brampton, ON - CFNY 102.1FM) - I just loved these guys and still love them, Fingerprintz(Jimmy O'Neill) and many others from Scotland. Love this energy! I miss him and his lovely musical perspectives!

[@puppys2152]

stuart you are sadly missed

[@jasonbradley9456]

Just watched the current big country in my home town Corby which this song was written about. Absolutely superb and at the end thanked every member past and present including Stewart. Really quite emotional and I'm guessing as great as they always were. Thank you for the music, from corby

[@tonysweet5304]

Stuart m8 died 2001

[@YoutubeStandardLicense]

I only recently discovered these guys by accident and man they sound so good live, I prefer alot of their songs live than studio

[@michaelgould1706]

I agree, wish they had the final fling dvd on cd to listen to

[@ricturtle]

I Loved big Country as a kid. i always thought that the albums were recorded poorly.

[@bigcountry7852]

A Natural High🔥🔥🔥🎸 🎸 full blast 🎶🎵🎼🎼🎧🎸🎤

[@jonnygranvillemusic4762]

About this time of year I like to remind myself of what a top live act we lost. Always missed Big Stu

[@paulburt8283]

Simply The Best !!!!!! RIP Big Stewie 16th. December 2001 . Sadly Missed By All .... None Can Fill His Shoes !!!!!

[@timbrown5304]

Stuart at his very best.....what a musician, song writer and all round top guy....much missed.

[@antoniocutino8845]

Wow..what for band!!! Great ,wonderful music and i love Scotland!!

[@katielovesCFC]

I remember Stuart used to say this whole album was too downbeat for people, but to me it always was and always will be one of the most beautiful collection of songs ever. RIP, my dearest friend. What made you so great is exactly what took you. May we meet again some day. xxx

[@timkeen619]

Stuart Adamson guitar legend 😊

[@Agarraestagartxa]

They were the soundtrack of my adolescence here in Argentina.

[@djsimonsen2032]

Just brilliant. Stuart has that crowd in the palm of his hand. RIP.

[@boscoblueeyes2004]

Big Country!!! What a band. saw them live in the early 80s in London. never lost ttheir roots. Also one of the best live bands that came out of that era. Steeltown best record they ever did. Great live track. RIP Stuart

[@vikingthor8060]

TURN IT UP XXX Big Country have provided the Sound Track my life

[@Sunburst75]

Brilliant, the pogoing is different class, rock on Stu, gone but never forgotten.

[@felinemad]

Totally underrated band, an absolutely storming version of this track.

[@jumpinjojo]

felinemad Never met a single fan who ever said they were underrated.

[@ccmm11970]

Classic tune. I love the way Stuart and band leave everything on the stage. They don't write and perform songs like this today.

[@otter662]

The lyrics of the songs from the band (even in absence of the music) were remarkable. Stuart was also a titan of a poet.

[@brain8484]

one of the best live bands ever

[@ralfrustemeier5731]

👍👍👍👍

[@scottlakey1136]

Fucking unbelievable video.the power and the talent of this band is mindblowing.saw them on peace in our time tour.they are the best live band i have ever seen

[@deadlydaveoconnell]

the start gives me goose bumps..i've had the pleasure of seeing them live so many times ..never let me down

[@GregDeano75]

Love Big Country and love Steeltown, I must agree this is the finest version. One of the songs in my life's soundtrack. Timeless

[@gareth630]

Stiil miss you Big Man, to be fair on this tour all the songs were nailed on. I thought the boys were at their best live and especially on the Without tour.

[@brianbigcountry]

i was there what anight ,still have goose bumps watchin this

[@tommymerner3102]

Thank you stuart a very big part of my life and u still are xxxxx

[@sgtwilkosbarmyarmy]

stuart and the boys at their very best!!! Why isn't music like this anymore?? xx

[@williamtell8264]

I saw Big Country twice. The first time was probably in the early 80s. They played at the University of Virginia (where I went to college) in Memorial Gymnasium. This brick building was built in the late 1800s/early 1900s. At the time it was built it was the biggest gym in the South of the US. Awesome show; acoustics were awful. Fast forward to approximately 1995/1996. I was working in Georgia; BC played at a venue called the Post Office in Augusta, GA. Very small place, good crowd, not great (several hundred?). I was able to stand just offstage to the right of the band as they looked into the crowd. I was so close I it was ridiculous. One of the great experiences of my youth. Hope the reincarnated band comes to the States sometime in the next decade!

[@jaamman]

What a Great band!!They at the very least equal Zepplin, Rush and all The Greats! They are One of The Greats!!!

[@pratulpal2337]

They just don't make bands with such poetry anymore

[@rmooreg]

Absolutely stellar, bands don't come any tighter, and music never more moving than this! Stuart was, never given the accolades he was due. RIP , you are sorely missed.

[@scotteam9687]

The steel towns are now ghost towns thanks to Thatcher.

[@concatinate]

Same thing in America, friend. Gut the towns, sell their assets to the globalist "elites" (cough), and let us starve, die, or kill ourselves with the endless supplies of drugs, depression, and degeneracy they drown us with. How long can this go on?

[@padraigsisk4057]

Pity people didn't realise what stuart was trying to say with Steeltown. I believe when Flame of the west was about an American president the album bombed in the states.

[@mistymckenzie]

this is without doubt the best vid out there of this song - what a voice, and there is no flaw in his voice singing live.............. absolute gem of a video to always treasure in watching Stuey Adamson do what he did best...

[@harryelias64]

Big Country, are a great Band

[@oliverliebing7351]

Diese Songs hörst du nicht nur mit den Ohren .Sie haben sich tief in meinem Herzen verankert Danke BC für all die Jahre

[@operationpaperclip3952]

NOTICE the One's with a POLITICAL MESSAGE get OF'D? Big Country Cranberries Etc

[@stephenroche5107]

I woul love to be in that crowd !

[@geordieexile6236]

So many years later and this band still command a following both online and live, there's a reason and this is one of them. Musicians still post videos of attempts at covers, New musicians still discovering the complexity of big country's sound. Amazing, and I was privileged to have witnessed their prime.....along with many others. Privileged.

[@bibleinabullet]

Miss this band so much, This truly is one of the greatest live performances ever !!

[@mpsandal]

One of the best gigs ever -- Toronto 1993. Amazing. Love them just as much today. Soul, passion, great playing, original. Rest in peace SA.

[@jockmazza]

Brother in lives in Ontario.. he'd not be into BC.. he'd really not be into runrig who sang "the cutter" a great song about a uk emigre who settled in ontario.. just like him. about the same time. Some folks are just not connected to the world. BC fans get it. my names on the crossing anniversary LP snd I'm very scottish very from dunfermline and very knowing of the shit we went through in Scotland in the 80s. Thatcher@

[@MrJakKzilla]

this is about my town Corby loves big country

[@KMG68]

Love the way Bruce attakes his guitar! The energy at this gig must have been f*ing phenomenal, it's so obvious the boy's are totally in the groove!! Shite!--Miss you Stuart.

[@KiwiPar]

First saw them Live at the Edinburgh playhouse New Years Eve 1983. I was 16 years old and it is the BEST concert I have ever been to. Met Stuart several times at East End Park watching our beloved PARS, he was a very humble man. RIP Stuart you left us far too soon.

[@mikailola2614]

Hard to find better live performances in net than this. Seen two "my" factories closed. Rip Stuart.

[@delscorey8727]

Just listen,feel the hair on your arms ,say no more ,RIP STU

[@evilweeja]

F KING PROUD to ave got to see Big Country perform on many occasions an many event an this choon f king rocked the foundations everytime ! R.I.P. Stuart you shall always be remembered never forgotten ! Love to the family !

[@kevseabass]

everyone loves this. thanks for leaving such a good comment.

[@bigcountry7852]

Been longtime fan I'm glad the new Big Country are still going,There's only one Stuart Adamson👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@djsimonsen3815]

One of the finest live performances you’ll see anywhere…

[@neilhancocks4144]

Spent most of my teenage years bouncing to these guys ,awesome video takes me back,may also explain the 20% hearing loss in the right ear but well worth it.

[@HumGuitar]

You're right, it is years and tears. By the way this is a great clip, thanks for posting. What a rocking concert! The audience were really into it. I wish that I could have seen them live when Stuart was with us. Never had the opportunity, though I started listening to them in the early '80's.

[@rodders51]

Eat your heart out U2 !!! you could never match the talent of these 4 boys. If only they had had better management Stu would be alive today I'm sure....

[@allsaunders317]

great live version 1986 nyc concert excellent also

[@Jemmi1100]

they didnt bounce like that at Glastonbury - even for Dolly Parton!!

[@bfbjr]

Best live band ever...sounds better than most in the studio could ever dream of. Long live Big Country!

[@scottgetty5547]

if I was stuck on an island with only 1 album...it would be this record...Live without the aid of a safety net...pure brilliance

[@aarondavies5363]

Never will music be this good again 😩😩😩😩

[@douginedin]

@Avenmarc That is what the whole song is about, how the Scots moved to Corby to the "Steeltown", then, as always, the shit hit the fan. he Wrote it about Corby

[@johnmacintyre3113]

Every song from this concert was amazing, they were amazing that night , best ever, and every concert was outstanding

[@doddy11767]

Here I stand with my own kin, at the end of everything...... RIP Stuart Adamson, one of the best and underrated singer songwriters of our generation

[@AnGoosen]

Lancaster Uni on the Steel Town tour. F?cking amazing! Remember the backdrop with all the amps lighting up like a Steel Town as they played this to open. Very moving, hairs on end as I watch this video. Previously saw them at Fleetwood marine hall, a small venue gig added to a sold out Crossing The Fall tour (as in Barowlands ,Hammersmith all of the UK venues Maximum capacity). They made the venue/promoters return 1/4 of the ticket price, as Big Country thought it was to expensive. Seriously talented band very nice people. Big Country are still going, even though Stuart sadly is no more (RIP) also I think Stuarts daughter sings (Kirsty).

[@lisaknell6018]

Yes Kirsten sings, and Stuart would be so proud. Beautiful and talented young lady!

[@IqbalHamid]

Check out Kirsty's KZbin channel: The Marriage where she duets with Ahab's ex frontman. Her sound has matured and is a blend of Americana with Nashville. She is surprisingly good. I particularly love and direct you to their song: I Used To Think.

[@mindcrime2010]

Man I'm tearing!!! Big Country stood for all that is good and pure.

[@curleyteeth]

Born the same year as me.Wish he was 60 now as I am coming up to.Can`t have everything I suppose.Jim.liverpool.

[@mikailola2614]

Clash, Husker Du, Stone Roses or new bands like Fontaines D.C.... this is still The Best live performance ever for me.

[@luvGod21]

This is the best version I've ever heard of this song. Love, love, love

[@VamboRoolz]

What a fantastic live band BC were. Saw them for the first time right after "The Crossing" came out, and that concert remains one of my fave experiences ever - pure brilliance start to finish. Such a sad, sad day when Stuart died. RIP.

[@glennelson8469]

The song is Steeltown By Big Country, Real Music x

[@mikewilliams9053]

I met Stuart. What a genius. BC are one of the best rock bands ever. Great sound, beautiful music.

[@patoconnor4451]

Stuart Gone but never forgotten one of so many Classics

[@DerGlaetze]

They had that entire audience bouncing in a big simultaneous beat. That’s impressive and powerful!

[@klausalbrecht3899]

Fantastisch,Danke

[@michaelkleinegesse6421]

....beste live was ich je sah....denke jeden Tag dran....