An absolute masterpiece. One of the greatest songs they ever wrote...and that’s saying something considering their legendary collection. Pure class 👌
@robbos26117 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the best bands EVER. RIP Stuart. You are still missed.
@collettjw7 жыл бұрын
And the tune that convinced me to buy The Crossing. It was a long night waiting for Martins (record shop) to open !
@jehugo667 жыл бұрын
Jeremy W What a great Album-full lineup of top quality tracks!
@thatcatholicsaintsguy60910 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest bands ever. So underappreciated. Tony Butler, fantastic bassist. Mark's drumming ... so good it has to be magic. And Stuart. Sigh. Poor Stuart. Great songwriter, musician, humanitarian, man. What passion!
@geraldjohnstone15596 жыл бұрын
Brian O'N
@classicartfoundation6395 жыл бұрын
Agree, so great
@johnbradley26494 жыл бұрын
And don't forget Bruce
@RistoStalnacke-u4v2 күн бұрын
Big Country was appreciated in Europe and in eastern Europe, concert in Moscow in year 1988.
@hanz26025 жыл бұрын
Stuart, the finest guitarist Scotland has ever given the world.
@briandavis38323 жыл бұрын
Tony Butler bass playing his class. 🎸
@paulboxer28634 жыл бұрын
this crowd has no idea what kind of legend they are witnessing
@reniisgod4 жыл бұрын
Spot on
@aslandelyon13138 жыл бұрын
That little kiddies is how you do a LIVE television performance.
@steveprecious33737 жыл бұрын
All 4 were quality musicians , stuart was a fantastic song writer , add to that their unique sound & unbelievable guitar work & we had a band that got nowhere near the credit they deserved .
@jehugo667 жыл бұрын
steve precious They continue to grow through Time
@leshallett28454 жыл бұрын
i second that
@marleybu79845 жыл бұрын
I totally love The Crossing and this is my favourite. When I first heard those guitars it blew me away! And still does. Simply phenomenal! Love them. Hope you found peace beautiful man.❤
@Sunburst757 жыл бұрын
EPIC is the only word that comes close to describing this. RIP Stu, never forgotten.
@dannyK20058 жыл бұрын
one of the best, most skilful bands to ever grace a stage.
@Adamson11x7 жыл бұрын
What was the great idea to change the producer after "Steeltown"? their downfall began after that.
@2000mk17 жыл бұрын
Record company wanting a "new" sound probably.
@eyemoeba7 жыл бұрын
that's about it. forced to americanize. worst decision ever.
@MisterGee19689 жыл бұрын
Stuart = Genius = Legend. I should've learnt to play the guitar as a teenager.
@johndgn9 жыл бұрын
One of the best live performances on KZbin of anything
@DreamingOfBaba7 жыл бұрын
Yes it is. And I think it's my all-time favorite live version of this song!
@ianjackson51286 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@karllodge79385 жыл бұрын
Agree... absolutely amazing !
@Wit10 жыл бұрын
Love Big Country and Porrohman is one of my faves from The Crossing. This song builds to epic proportions before Stuart even sings the first note.
@MrThistlethwaite2 жыл бұрын
The 2 minute intro build up should have been climaxed by Mark's dramatic fill. Unfortunately the camera man missed it. When Stuart first sings the line "a sacrifice prepared" it gives me chills. The song is a premonition of his own tragic death.
@djcalcio5 жыл бұрын
Mesmeric, still today....watched it live on TV at the time and no idea then that we were living in extraordinary times when it came to live performance. Special band, special times.
@peterlackenby60813 жыл бұрын
Best group ever ever ever ever ever ever
@Apaganplace11 жыл бұрын
Seen them live 5 times and had the pleasure of talking to him at a gig in Belfast such a loss RIP Stuart your music lives on
@roscoejackson49783 жыл бұрын
Right On!,Bro!
@kanashiimurakamisan7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic performance that's typical of this great band! Stuart Adamson's tragic early death will always be a huge loss to both Skids & Big Country fans. I still frequently listen to both bands as I did as a youth many years ago. Their music easily stands the test of time. Stuart's lyrics with Big Country ooze sheer poetry. Their poignancy, scale of depth & symbolic imagery seems timeless! Both Stuart Adamson & Ian Curtis (latter vocalist with Joy Division), are right up there with the very best singer/songwriters of all time!
@Diadema0339 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful live! IF there was a justice in the world, this video should have scored atleast 1,000,000 views.
@punzi29209 жыл бұрын
Timeless class. 14 years on since the great man passed away still missed.
@davidcarney18277 жыл бұрын
Stuart Adamson was a great songwriter
@dawnkladerman5986 жыл бұрын
truly, a poet.....
@sover9012 жыл бұрын
this music is pure positive energy, i just wish people could be more in tune with things that are truly good for their souls
@JoeNapf5812 жыл бұрын
There was always a feast for the eyes as Bruce Stewart and tortured their guitars. Countless times I've seen the band live. I will never forget these concerts in my life. Stewart, I miss you very much. Best regards and all the best for the future JoeNapf
@bigrikmfc7 жыл бұрын
This is Big Country at their very best. RIP big chap.
@kennymackenzie2987 жыл бұрын
At now 28, I never had the honour of seeing the original BC live but these performances forever captured are precious. Absolutely incredible music. Like properly incredible lyrics, riffs, hooks, rhythm, bass and drums. 'Stay Alive' RIP Stu
@dons4europe12 жыл бұрын
10 years departed but will never be forgotten. R.I.P. Stuart such a tragic waste.
@leshallett28454 жыл бұрын
this IS the sound of BIG COUNTRY
@kennyhamilton6173 жыл бұрын
Best band ever
@neilherlihy9 жыл бұрын
Look at the audience throughout this. even they are utterly mesmerised.
@TheEcky248 жыл бұрын
That e - bow sound is magic. And Marks drumming! World class!
@gmansi8 жыл бұрын
The drummer is fantastic on this one
@Adamson11x7 жыл бұрын
Mark is one of the best drummers of all time. Just my opinion.
@gmansi7 жыл бұрын
+Adamson11x Can you tell me something or where can I read about Mark technique?
@Adamson11x7 жыл бұрын
Just type his name on Google or go this way:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brzezicki
@gmansi7 жыл бұрын
I read that article before but it didnt say anything about his techniques
@TheDeadsell411 жыл бұрын
stuart you were the best rip mate
@enzofurrari150511 жыл бұрын
Awesome song, by the best band. Incredible musicians, out of this world drumming. Thanks for posting.
@valeriawallace83814 жыл бұрын
coolest great bass player in Tony, genius guitarist in Bruce, majestic drummer in Mark, genius songwriter/ guitarist in Stuart, what a band!!!!
@villaexrn5 жыл бұрын
Genius on that guitar
@Sunburst757 жыл бұрын
Brilliant........sadly missed Stu, your music will live on, never forgotten.
@MuppetBasher7 жыл бұрын
Big Big Country fan and this track is the very best they ever made in my opinion. Simply amazing
@WahlbergBabey10 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable! Such a musical gem, and what a hottie Stuart is!
@mylesie80784 жыл бұрын
Classic BIG COUNTRY need a time machine to get back to the 80s. (No Stress then🌞)
@riseofthemachine26238 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to have seen them perform live...Unforgettable experience. RIP Stuart.
@jesseburgess13834 жыл бұрын
Amazing just amazing staurt is a God of songwriting that people should aspire to be they all just are so happy in the moment playing their hearts out
@MrPicco19883 жыл бұрын
i love how his notes hit the mind!! so melodic! i wish he never died!! RIP Stuart!!!
@vetb8824 жыл бұрын
My GOD, sounds no different that the studio version. THIS is a seriously talented set of artisan musicians. Just, WOW 😲😏😎🤗💞💞💞💞
@RacewallFan7 жыл бұрын
gives me goosebumps listening to this......awesome
@markkickmark9 жыл бұрын
My favorite Big Country song ever.
@Nessie24104 жыл бұрын
This is sooooo good. Beyond words. Everyone/everything is perfect. ❤️❤️ I must have watched it so many times I have forgotten.
@robertreape3 жыл бұрын
I rushed home with my copy of the crossing after buying it and simply couldn't believe what I was hearing with this belter.
@ogri485 ай бұрын
i bought the crossing when it came out and to this day it’s the best album i’ve ever owned. obviously it blows todays music away entirely. but it kinda did that on its release too, was so powerful track after track
@kiwigunner5 жыл бұрын
Night hangs on the city like the blanket on a cage........ best line ever
@philmus13 жыл бұрын
What an album The Crossing is. A must have for any serious record collection.
@vamboroolz16123 жыл бұрын
I well remember seeing Big Country at Reading 1983. The audience were all hard rock,( as was I), and punk fans. Big Country were pretty nervous at the beginning. They needn’t have worried, they went down a Storm,( no pun intended). They couldn’t have got a better reception and everyone was dancing around. Great band then great band now. This is one of their best songs.
@Pissedman9 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. This is so awesome.....
@MrHistorian1236 жыл бұрын
One of the very best bands I've ever seen.
@neilbolger12057 жыл бұрын
excellent. brilliant sounds and musicianship from all . God bless Stuart Adamson
@pearlh2056 жыл бұрын
Sheer pleasure listening to this masterpiece
@michaelfranklin42765 жыл бұрын
If time travel is possible, Robert Burns would be writing songs and poetry for Stuart Adamson's catalogue. This band is a Scottish dragon with all the empathy and majesty of U2, and then some. My favorite '80s band to this very day.
@assininecomment49349 жыл бұрын
What an amazing piece of music - and I've never even heard of it before! (Down here at the 'arse end of the world' our exposure to Big Country was their eponymous single, and little else.) This song has SO many clever, beautiful things happening. Bold gripping arrangement. Bullshit brilliant musicianship. Wonderful composition with edgy, contemporary rock sounds, that irrepressible military rhythm - yet almost a precursor to the dance-flavoured indie pop of Madchester. I don't have a handle on all the lyrics yet, but what a wonderful strident voice Stuart had, not to mention the compelling persona on stage, he had at this stage of his/their career. Truly remarkable stuff !!
@gotlag9 жыл бұрын
The title and lyrics refer to a short story by H G Wells, called Pollock and the Porroh Man. ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/wells/hg/plattner_story/chapter31.html
@sadduck288 жыл бұрын
+Asinine Comment i agree
@sadduck288 жыл бұрын
+gotlag love that info
@mikereseigh7 жыл бұрын
the whole album is really great. So are the other albums
@andyprovo6 жыл бұрын
Such a shame Stuart had those demons in his head,that's what they called mental illness back then, saw them in Glasgow,still get tingling down the spine, amazing albums
@hjakman94024 жыл бұрын
Grandiosa banda Big Country forever ☝️♥️
@kevseabass11 жыл бұрын
Far to good for the mainstream, this is epic. I was lucky enough to see them when I was 7 in Shepton mallet, I'd give anything to see Stuart live now I'm older. R.I.P such a shame
@eyemoeba8 жыл бұрын
it doesn't get much better than this. RIP x
@eckie467911 ай бұрын
Tony and Geddy Lee two of my favourite bassists with a surprising amount of overlap between them 😎
@5angels3323 жыл бұрын
One of THE great live performances ever. Nuf said.
@colingeddes21722 жыл бұрын
This , ladies and gents is why BIG COUNTRY were 1 of the greatest bands live. Musicianship at the optimum level. R I P Stuart. Legend.
@Valeyarduk13 жыл бұрын
Great performance, and so young looking!!!
@footstompinleroyscott68927 жыл бұрын
In 1983/84 this was the hottest rock band in the world. Fantastic debut album "The Crossing". Great song after great song. Even the album outtakes like "Angle park" completely kicked ass. Totally outstanding rhythm section. Brzezicki & Butler were the Flea and Chad of that time for sure. Consistently brilliant guitar interplay from Stuart and Bruce. A very original style. Saw this band live 4 times in that period and was stunned by their mix of musicianship, energy and passion.
@chrisdunn74435 жыл бұрын
Incredible. All 4 so tight together. Brilliant unfairly underrated genius.
@Hoopspur7 жыл бұрын
Heart breaking he's gone , can still remember the day I heard the news 😢
@stephenclarke27515 жыл бұрын
Brilliance personified.
@arnaldomalta79513 жыл бұрын
A melhor banda do planeta a melhor da galaxia a melhor do universo
@RaymondScullion9 жыл бұрын
God what a brilliant band they are...rip Stuart always missed...this is note for note perfect compared to the album version. absolutely brilliant performance of this amazing song...God bless you Stuart...
@peterbrockfan8 жыл бұрын
cool,thanks for posting, i remember watching it live on tv that day and liked it so much i went out and bought "the crossing",blue cover on vinyl, still one of the best debut albums by any band,saw them live loads of times over the years ,brilliant frontman,songwriter and outstanding guitarist,sad he's gone,Conor ,Dublin, Ireland
@darrenfirth11 жыл бұрын
I remember getting our first VHS recorder and recording this and watching it over and over. Watching this back nearly 30 years later and it hasn't dated a bit. Amazing!
@davidrobertson30108 жыл бұрын
Such a great and unique sounding band. Songs that I grew up to and will never forget.
@mytioc5 ай бұрын
Loved The Tube, pure raw music but this performance was one of if not the best to grace its stages.
@AndrewSmith-gq5ze6 жыл бұрын
Grabs hold of your heart strings and never lets go! One of the best songs ever, full stop. RIP Bigman
@stephensmith37087 жыл бұрын
God bless Big Country, , Sempr Fi!
@darrenjreynolds222 жыл бұрын
Incredible band......such a sad end
@user-vb1vt1tm2d9 ай бұрын
The last s sections of them paying live entire crowd continued dancing through it entire show. That's a concert having a blast in the moments love watching dancing this is my favorite all their songs but that last I shared with public are fabulous clips love live life to your fullest stay true to yourself trust you first you've gotta understand those whom know me knows the meaning behind things solidarity can't get it if your not willing to grow and learn experiences and some things catch you off guard but in wonderful matters later in in your life span seriously enjoy it but be alert life can change in 2.2 seconds trust and believe me take time to smell the roses or mountains your view smiles to you all. ❤
@gaeldaubarede18115 жыл бұрын
Stunning!
@stevesole80078 жыл бұрын
Such a joyous pleasure in performing by the whole band. Such a great guitar virtuoso. Such a good song amongst many others. Stuart, you're missed.
@1969monkfish6 жыл бұрын
Still class in 2018
@seadawg19679 жыл бұрын
Simply awesome
@paulwhite25335 жыл бұрын
No weak link in Big Country....superb......missing Stu
@stuartlawsonbeattie62005 жыл бұрын
Pure Magic, Rest in Peace Stiuart Adamson, loved by many admired by all, this is such an iconic track, I will always love it, Roll on Big Country!!!!!
@MH196412 жыл бұрын
How older I become, évery year it's even getting better. I must say that I prefer the early years of BC. And the E-Bow, still magnificent. Stuart you're still be missed.
@stevieG. Жыл бұрын
This is just epic even in 2023
@manguy200012 жыл бұрын
What I love most of this band (among millions of things) is that you can hear all four of them in the music. Each brings something to the table. In many other bands one or two members dominate. Its rare to hear the bass that clearly, for example.
@BruisedArcade11 жыл бұрын
blistering after the memory of the years
@Aaron500019 жыл бұрын
Magic performance , saw these boys in there pomp in 83 & 84 !
@JohnWatson-sm5vn6 жыл бұрын
Best band ever Mr Adamson I miss you so much xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@Aaron500017 жыл бұрын
Simply fooking brilliant !
@spythedog7 жыл бұрын
this is as always BIG COUNTRY xx
@punzi29207 жыл бұрын
The Crossing bought this album so many times,on cassette,vinyl and cd. Remember watching this on the Tube and hitting the record button on the old Video recorder. Great band.
@padraigsisk40574 жыл бұрын
Red , blue and green
@dons4europe5 жыл бұрын
Im 47 , but had the Crossing on release . The first real live band I ever saw from a bus trip fae Elgin. Rest in Peace Stuart you really were special....
@ianchristopher94229 жыл бұрын
Just this song is like 10 times better than all songs made in this century.Its like they are singing 'Fuck today's music!'Luckily i have good taste thats why we are here folks.
@collettjw5 жыл бұрын
Saw this on The Tube; the most agonising 12 hour wait for Martins to open the next morning so I could spend all of my paper round money on The Crossing. Great, great days.
@deadkennedy18 жыл бұрын
Excellent.nothing less
@jhatter679 жыл бұрын
I remember watching The Tube every Friday night and being so jealous of the people in the audience, being able to watch great live performances such as this one. (I was at school at the time and there was no way I could ever travel to Newcastle from the Midlands to be part of the studio audience)
@patrickriley29288 ай бұрын
Pure energy.
@MrDNAcurry10 жыл бұрын
The audience haven't a clue, apart from 1 bloke at the front. They were the best band live. Great memories.