Shnootz - Reaction Video (Big Country - Porrohman)

What's up, people! I'm back with---and this is no hyperbole---with one of the best tunes I've heard in recent months, and given all the amazing music I've been going through (shout-out to all the friends, champions, and heroes of the channel), that's saying something. So join me for an amazing song (it's mostly instrumental but has singing in multiple sections) from Big Country's 1983 album The Crossing. Cheers!
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[@dougieroberts7045]

One of my top 10 by Big Country, so evocative, the anticipation is mind boggling.

[@InAGaddaDaVida7]

This was the first Big Country Song that i ever heard, and it hit me full power. Especially the first 4 minutes are awsome.🎸

[@StewartyMac]

I wish I could hear this for the first time again. Mind you, after 40 years of listening to it, still never gets old. Best album ever by my favourite band ever.

[@SteveVanRyn]

Great tune

[@rashedala-uddin8157]

The first time that I listened to this song was in my very dark bedroom, near total darkness. I still think it's at its most magical when played in the dark. Beautiful. 🖤

[@steveauve6251]

I really love Stuart's use of the e-bow in this song between the first 2 verses

[@handsolo1209]

This is my favourite on the album. I love the atmosphere that the first half brings.

[@mattsnider2667]

It's so damn good. Was re-listening to this one, the Simple Minds tune from tonight, and the Numan track while processing my videos. Still a few more you may be interested in this morning, btw. (one for sure, a few others, maybe)

[@handsolo1209]

@@mattsnider2667 In an ideal world the last part would have been a separate song and the first part fades with those dreamy guitars.

[@saorsa5]

You need to watch live at the barrowlands 1983 . Unbelievable gig

[@paulsmith2516]

One of the most incredible soundscapes that Bruce, Mark, Tony and Stuart ever produced. So glad you loved it Matt watching it surprise you as it evolved was really fun. This kind of sonic landscape writing is something that they went back to with the soundtrack to the Scottish film Restless Natives in 85. Ace film btw. Greetings again fae Bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@stealinthunder]

My all time favourite Big Country track. I love how the high riff seems to persist in the either, even when it has stopped being played. It always makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Pure emotion from a sonic masterpiece. I also got to see it played live a number of times.

[@ianjackson5128]

It moved you, thats Big Country

[@michaelmackey976]

the poorrohman is a mystical man /being who is there or helps those in a time of need ./hardship its not like an actual job its a fundamental idea or personna its the struggle of or the reflection of a journey passed . true story

[@johncall9090]

Their first 3 albums were really strong. I own them all but the first 3 are just consistently great.

[@marjoriemcbride6557]

Oh yes…this is a great track…maybe the best of all songs on the album! The title was inspired by a character in a story by H.G. Wells….The Porroh Man, a sort of bogeyman I think!

[@handsolo1209]

By the way, there is a folder called Skids, which was Stuart's band before Big Country.

[@Hoxson1]

Night hangs on the city like a blanket on a cage A sacrifice prepared Laughter lies on faces where the sun has never shone The fear of life is strong We are waiting in the forest deep and dark behind the wall What is hidden in our hearts Absolves of all worry 'cause our fate is in the hands Of a demon or a God Jump! Porrohman come from the inside of time Takes his dust from a moving line On our knees with our eyes on the ground Those once lost have now been found Give us iron! Give us rope! Give us iron! Give us rope! Save us from all worldly pain Save us from the glowing rain Save us all from love and hope Give us iron, give us rope

[@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb]

Every time I hear this is like the first time rip Stuart Coyp and keep the faith give us iron give us rope 😳

[@allanbridgewater259]

I think a Porrohman is a witch doctor . You,re reaction did,nt disappoint Matt .

[@allanbridgewater259]

PS- Check out this fantastic live version ........ even better than the studio version in my opinion . kzbin.info/www/bejne/roK1qZWgrraWm9E

[@mikelowe4039]

Schnotz. You're sot on " words do not do it justice!," Possibly the greatest track they ever did, one of the greatest of all time. It's criminal that they are so under rated.

[@roddymorrison1437]

It's from an H G Wells book called Pollock and the Porroh Man. I think somebody in the comments has already said he was a witch doctor

[@lindawolffkashmir2768]

I’ve read the story, it’s pretty creepy. Porroh Man is sort of a cross between voodoo and a witch doctor.

[@briandonnelly8749]

😘think I will try and get a read of that .thanks for the heads up .I'd put this up there with the crossing musicaly and lyrics .I guess they were to long for the actual album release at the time .but id have personally preferred the crossing to harvest home in saying that played live always got the audience attention harvest home 😘

[@JohnZokas-hf3qw]

Now every one understands how good this 1983 track really is… knew it then.. and still relevant too this day.. all adamson s early work is…

[@sergioalvarado8779]

Porrohman means witch doctor

[@rashedala-uddin9012]

08:25: "I don't know what's happening anymore" - that was funny. Amazing tune, glad you loved it.

[@rockbottomstudioofny9230]

Yes, it comes for HG Wells’ Pollack and the Porrohman

[@kylewoolsey6635]

Exquisite track, and a great closer. The lyrics "Save us from all love and hope, give us iron, give us rope." Very dark, very bleak perspective, but you miss the darker meaning because the band is absolutely killing it. Its way more uplifting than it should be.

[@patrickriley2928]

They jump around alot in their songs, like an Irish or Scottish reel. (Witch Doctor.)

[@RonHasson-wn8ek]

On the day I finally gave this track its full due, I about wore my cassette out rewinding and relistening. I love the score to Lord of the Rings, but I still wish Pete Jackson had gone this way instead. Crossing has zero misses, but my least favorite entries are the US singles, In a Big Country and Fields of Fire. And I lone those songs. To me, it is a GOAT of an album, right up there with Fear of Music by Talking Heads, House Tornado by Throwing Muses and Aerial by Kate Bush. I think Steeltown coulda been a contender, too, but the mix was just awful and I thought I could hear the band's frustration throughout.

[@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb]

Hey schnootz I hope you enjoyed this -we are the d a the d a fc

[@handsolo1209]

The drums on every track on the album are very militairstic.

[@mattsnider2667]

And it's funny, as another Big Country fan was saying they're very much not militaristic in their philosophies, so maybe that was done ironically (or at least to make the connection explicit)?

[@handsolo1209]

@@mattsnider2667 There are a lot of songs about wars, armies, etc, so maybe it was a subconscious thing.

[@paulsmith2516]

@@mattsnider2667 Stuart and Mark did actually argue a bit about this very point in the early days. Stuart was getting annoyed at exactly what you both suggest, the military style but Mark said he felt the rhythms fit the music so well he felt he had to. Also, he did keep throwing bits into new songs for years just to wind Stuart up, so you are not wrong 😆

[@peterlawson3002]

Try Easy of Eden if you haven't already

[@garycooper1999]

Live version from TV show The Tube is much better believe it or not.

[@JohnZokas-hf3qw]

Like a hawkwind track from 72… only better…