No-one should ever forget how wonderful Big Country were in their prime!

I’m 76 and been into music all my life, when you’re young you assume your music heroes are always going to be there.. but unfortunately there not, in my lifetime I’ve seen many of my heroes pass on.. to many in fact, and Stuart was one of them, it saddens me deaply to loose such brilliant talent, it’s a passage of time that you go through and come out the other side, your left with a memory that stays with you until it’s our time to pass… RIP Stuart ❤

Nearly 40 years on and I still get goose bumps listening to this...

From Brzezicki to Butler and Adamson and Watson these guys are real musicians. I think I love them more every time I listen to them..👍👍

Big Country is criminally underrated. I can’t hear them without being instantly transported back to my college years.

The bassist is crushing it. Wow.

They were a very complete band - not a weak link anywhere. Bass and percussion are absolutely out of the top drawer. I liked them in the 80s, but at the time they were just another good band off what seemed like a conveyor belt of good bands at the time and I never appreciated just quite how hood they were. These days I'd cross continents to see a performance like this live...better still a time machine..

I wonder how many of that crowd realised at the time, they were in the presence of a genius. And one of the best ever bands.

That Guitar intro is a perfect soundtrack for the Scottish Highlands.When it fades and the song gets going it feels like a spell has been cast,An amazing song from an amazing band,

I was driving on the A82 through Glencoe last week. My wife said “I suppose you want to put on THAT Big Country song on for this don’t you?” 💙

A real guitar band with a killer rhythm section. This band simply shat on everything else in 83/84. AWESOME !!!

As an Englishman I can say this song still makes the hairs of my neck stand, one of the most underrated bands of all time, loved all they done including the Skids

Mark Brzezicki is just brilliant. His drumming is so imaginative and powerful. I think he may be even better live than on the album. This performance is like a rock the whole band gels around - amazing.

Big country were the best!! Damn,it still breaks my heart he's gone 😞

Mark is an awesome drummer and inspired a whole generation, including myself.

This is the first time I’ve watched this and it took my breath away, they’re so in tune with each other, they’ve always sounded fantastic and the energy they have, so pleased I grew up listening to them. I do miss Stuart - God bless

Greatest band of my lifetime...RIP Stuart..rest easy great man. :(

I can hear that iconic Big country guitar tone through the valleys and the hills...Stuart's gift to the world.

People in the states ask me why I wanted to visit Scotland. So many reasons why I wanted to go there. Gosh, this song still haunts me and I think the themes and sounds of this band are part of why I feel close ties to Scotland.

Can we have some likes for this amazing drummer too?

Iconic, Stuart Adamson is a legend. just awesome....

Their music is so unique - nothing like it out there, and the lyrics the same. It’s all absolutely amazing. God bless Stuart - Eternal rest grant unto to him, O Lord.

The greatest live band ever.

God, the bass is freaking incredible

This is one of the greatest musical things ever created.

This song is so soulful and beautiful. Just turned 15, riding the school bus to downtown Los Angeles when this performance was done. A fan ever since. God bless Stuart. Life is so painful and unfair sometimes. Thank you so very much for sharing all the songs from this show, as I was never able to see the boys live.

This gets me every single time...simply incredible

What a band, what a song. This was real. So underrated.. Most bands these days won't ever reach this level..

Love this, must start listening to my old albums again, best band ever.

will always be my favorite band, i was only 10 when I heard Big Country for the first time, but you will always be in heart. i will never forget such a special time RIP Stuart, we loved you and the band so much, your music is timeless, so thankyou

Discovered Big Country today and why do I feel like it´s the band that I´ve been searching all my life? Great band, fantastic Music.

These Tube videos are outstanding. I particularly like that Butler's bass is more prominent as his lines are superb. BC is the complete package.

What a performance. Absolute masters.

When I hear big country music, It reminds me of Scotland, Brilliant group,brilliant place scotland, Stuart Adamson sorely mist,.👏👏👏👏👏👌👍✌🔥🐏🐑

Still give me the chills. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

How can they always be better live than in the studio? TALENT!

Stuart things are not the Same without you sadly Missed

This Song, the guitars, the bass line and drum, are fantastic... Just epic Master Piece. Thanks BC. thanks Stuart Adamson RIP.

Still one of my all time favourites. Saw them live twice back in the day.

Absolutely genius. Stuart. You are so missed

This band was before their time simply Awesome, Stew Adamson God Bless

love those first three albums...Stuart one my inspirations for learning guitar

This wonderful soul wrote beautiful lyrics.....Rip I ve loved them since I was 15❤❤❤❤❤❤❤54 Now...and still love them❤❤❤❤❤❤

I am building a 50-person time machine set to return to Jan 1 1984. Let me know if you want in. Canada loves BC

So good being an old guy of 52. Meant I grew up with Big Country, Mr Adamson's haunting voice on my Walkman got me through the coach trips from London to Glasgow. Sheer unadulterated bloody class. R.I.P.

best celtic song i've ever heard--the usa missed this brilliant guy--he should have been on the rolling stone twice a year..and front page of the new york times

Absolutely fookin' BRILLIANT! Stuart's e-bow solo at the end is utterly sublime...

Conjours up visions of misty scottish glens & mountains, Great stuff.

An unbelievable talent, band and human being

One of my favourite songs of all time. Wonderful

world class performance,world class band,rip,stuart,your legacy will live forever

Still to this day best band I've ever seen live, 91 Dublin, R.I.P Stuart xx

40 years ago, I saw them live in Sefton Park Liverpool, where have the years gone btw, we'll never see a band as good as BC in our lives ever again, so glad I witnessed that day :) xxxx

bass and lead singer brilliant

God I miss my youth in the UK. So much talent . So much love

Such great musicians. They are so tight! Very talented! One of my favorites!

I love what he does with the guitar!

40 years last month remember watching 1st time .....its still brilliant.

Fabulous rhythm section there. Superb.

I could even see Iron Maiden fans loving the guitar work and story telling here. And I am a fan of both bands.

Out of this world Song.What a band this was.

I had no idea that these guys were such excellent musicians! What a treat.

Don't lament on the passing of Stuart Adamson, it IS NOT a loss, To have experienced him at all is a advantage. I, for one, respect everything he did and shared with the world. I would not change a single thing about him, for fear of changing his beautiful excistence.

I have fancied Stuart Adamson since 1983 when In a big country was released I was 8 years old still feel the same about him now at 43. Regret never getting to see him in concert . Great talent gone too soon.

Have been playing their songs consecutively a week now and love it. The E-bow intro is simply haunting.

Mark Brzezicki: one of the best drummers ever!!!

What a band and what a song. More people should listen to this.

sublime.... stuart will always be a legend

I came from the hills with a tear in my eye The winter closed in and the crows filled the sky The houses were burning the flames gold and red The people were running with eyes filled with dread Ah my James They didn't have to do this We chased them for miles I had hate in my eyes Through forest and moors as the clouds filled the skies The storm broke upon us with fury and flame Both hunters and hunted washed out in the rain I know I can never return To the time of hope when I was born Let the strength of peace run through my hand When we walk away from the ?stormy shore? Then I will be afraid no more And now I'm sure of where I stand Let the strength of peace run through this land And nobody smiled as we took back our own While rain beat upon us the thunder did moan And nobody smiled when we knew what was lost We knew well enough only time proves the cost

As I try with all my might and then even more might to find a more talented band from the 80's, I continue to fall flat on my face....insanely beautiful.

Saw them at Roker Park in Sunderland in 1987 on the David Bowie tour, they absolutely blew him away, fantastic gig...

The ebow gives the intro such a sublime, unique sound. One of the most powerful intro’s to a song I’ve ever heard. It’s the intro that this classic BC track deserves and sounds great live.

Makes the hairs on my neck stand up simply wonderful.this is and always will be my favourite big country song.

A concert favourite in the days with the lightening effect in the background. Great times.

Also, there is a CD/DVD of the band at rokplast germany.two live performances ten years apart. Man,they could be two days apart. Well worth obtaining. I'm 57 and every young muso I've shown. Totally blown away

Saw them last week in Port Talbot. Still as good as ever. The Crossing, Classic album

I think this might be the best Scottish folk song of all time.

I totally agree, one of the best debut albums ever. They really spoke to me in my early 20s. Hard kicking Celtic rock with a folk theme from a new wave origin. I just love them. RIP Stuart.

We are so lucky so much of the band appears on you tube

Pure Celtic homeland Scotland. Majestic.

Goodness Gracious what a gem of a find. Remember this, I was 13 and just starting out playing drums. Mark Brzezecki such a huge influence. Was lucky enough to see them live many times between 86 - 99. Amazing live band. Great memories. Thanks for posting. Best wishes.

A credit to us all in Scotland, thanks guys

Awesome band and my fave. song.

Never will forget this time in my life. The music was so exciting. I hope for another "wave"

this sounds utterly fantastic!

Miss them and Stuart. My teen years were my best, and BIG COUNTRY defined them. Is there room in your time machine.

Killer sound!! Amazing

Bass...👍👍👍. Great musicians.

The sound of young people being mesmerised...

Haunting and melodic intro, even better live.

Having grown-up in the working-poor class, there are so many Big Country songs that I missed out on back then. But listening to them now, these decades later, I wonder how my life might have changed if I had experienced their magic back then.

A breath of fresh Air

love it! Awesome! love that bass in this recording

and nobody smiled when we knew what was lost/we knew well enough, only time proves the cost.

What a band, what a man.

Glorious❣🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brilliant music 🎵🎶❤❤❤

One of the best LIVE bands I have seen....EVER. I had the good luck to see them twice; once in the front row at London's Town & Country Club....where I got to shake Stuart's hand. And also bump into Fish of Marillion.

Wow 40 years ago remember it like yesterday

Gone but never forgotten !