Tony Butler bass playing his class. 🎸

this crowd has no idea what kind of legend they are witnessing

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!

That little kiddies is how you do a LIVE television performance.

Truly one of the best bands EVER. RIP Stuart. You are still missed.

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.

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 .

An absolute masterpiece. One of the greatest songs they ever wrote...and that’s saying something considering their legendary collection. Pure class 👌

EPIC is the only word that comes close to describing this. RIP Stu, never forgotten.

Stuart, the finest guitarist Scotland has ever given the world.

One of the best live performances on KZfaq of anything

one of the best, most skilful bands to ever grace a stage.

Stuart Adamson was a great songwriter

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.❤

Stuart = Genius = Legend. I should've learnt to play the guitar as a teenager.

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 !!

Look at the audience throughout this. even they are utterly mesmerised.

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.

Genius on that guitar

Such a wonderful live! IF there was a justice in the world, this video should have scored atleast 1,000,000 views.

That e - bow sound is magic. And Marks drumming! World class!

this IS the sound of BIG COUNTRY

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!

Timeless class. 14 years on since the great man passed away still missed.

A melhor banda do planeta a melhor da galaxia a melhor do universo

gives me goosebumps listening to this......awesome

Loved The Tube, pure raw music but this performance was one of if not the best to grace its stages.

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

this music is pure positive energy, i just wish people could be more in tune with things that are truly good for their souls

Grandiosa banda Big Country forever ☝️♥️

Sheer pleasure listening to this masterpiece

This is Big Country at their very best. RIP big chap.

My favorite Big Country song ever.

it doesn't get much better than this. RIP x

Simply awesome

My GOD, sounds no different that the studio version. THIS is a seriously talented set of artisan musicians. Just, WOW 😲😏😎🤗💞💞💞💞

i love how his notes hit the mind!! so melodic! i wish he never died!! RIP Stuart!!!

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

Unbelievable! Such a musical gem, and what a hottie Stuart is!

10 years departed but will never be forgotten. R.I.P. Stuart such a tragic waste.

coolest great bass player in Tony, genius guitarist in Bruce, majestic drummer in Mark, genius songwriter/ guitarist in Stuart, what a band!!!!

One of THE great live performances ever. Nuf said.

This is sooooo good. Beyond words. Everyone/everything is perfect. ❤️❤️ I must have watched it so many times I have forgotten.

God bless Big Country, , Sempr Fi!

What an album The Crossing is. A must have for any serious record collection.

Classic BIG COUNTRY need a time machine to get back to the 80s. (No Stress then🌞)

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

One of the very best bands I've ever seen.

I rushed home with my copy of the crossing after buying it and simply couldn't believe what I was hearing with this belter.

excellent. brilliant sounds and musicianship from all . God bless Stuart Adamson

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.

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...

Big Big Country fan and this track is the very best they ever made in my opinion. Simply amazing

Holy shit. This is so awesome.....

I was lucky enough to have seen them perform live...Unforgettable experience. RIP Stuart.

Magic performance , saw these boys in there pomp in 83 & 84 !

Heart breaking he's gone , can still remember the day I heard the news 😢

Incredible. All 4 so tight together. Brilliant unfairly underrated genius.

Night hangs on the city like the blanket on a cage........ best line ever

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

Simply fooking brilliant !

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)

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.

blistering after the memory of the years

Excellent.nothing less

Brilliant........sadly missed Stu, your music will live on, never forgotten.

Best group ever ever ever ever ever ever

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.

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!

Such a great and unique sounding band. Songs that I grew up to and will never forget.

The clown and the wolf man. Fantastic tune.The Skids and Big Country played massive part in my guitar learning many years ago

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.

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.

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

No weak link in Big Country....superb......missing Stu

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.

What a phenomenal live band they were. I bought The Crossing soon after it was released and loved every bit of it, but somehow never got to see them in concert. Really wish I had, especially after learning years later about what a tremendous guy Stuart was.

Great performance, and so young looking!!!

Grabs hold of your heart strings and never lets go! One of the best songs ever, full stop. RIP Bigman

Awesome song, by the best band. Incredible musicians, out of this world drumming. Thanks for posting.

Still sounds great

Tony Butler is one of the greatest bassists ever.

get goose bumps every time!!

Saw them live, with the Alarm as support, in Bristol many, many years ago, this will always be my favourite Big Country track, and this performance is fantastic, it is great the way it just builds and builds...

whip tighter than you can even imagine a band ever being so in sync

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!!!!!

live this cuts like a knife amazing xxx

+ you could shout fkin loads at the top of your voice an those Guitars wow !!!

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.

Simply brilliant!

Flawless brilliance.

this is as always BIG COUNTRY xx

Stunning!

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

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.

Superb. A unique band. Ta.

toujours aussi magnifique!!!!!!

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

Best band ever Mr Adamson I miss you so much xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Still class in 2018