Big Country - Where The Rose Is Sown (The Tube 5.10.1984)

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Big Country appearing live on Channel 4's The Tube on 5th October 1984 performing songs from their soon-to-be-released second album, "Steeltown".
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@Wez666 8 ай бұрын

Steeltown is one of the greatest albums of all time. Wish I gotten to see them live. RIP Stuart. You are missed beyond measure

@bv3bv334 6 ай бұрын

A desert island disc.

@kenspedding4594 5 жыл бұрын

Best band I ever saw play live. RIP Stuart

@ianjackson5128 5 жыл бұрын

ken spedding you are not on your own there, brilliant

@garyhignett3632 5 жыл бұрын

Only 156 likes for this vid. Disappointing. Outstanding live gig wish I was there

@frankstared 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the greatest 'folk'-rock outfit ever. Uncompromising and yet they sung about the plight of the oppressed. Nowadays (and most bands back then, too) they sing about a bloody Rolex, cars, drugs and nonsensical materialism. Quite sad how low things have sunk.

@chemicalangel17 6 жыл бұрын

Still miss Stuart's haunting vocals. Fan from the very beginning. Still play my LP's

@marleybu7984 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too. 😀

@stephenmccarthy102 4 жыл бұрын

And his superb guitar playing, very unique

@davecoalwood9487 3 жыл бұрын

Great Band and probably undiscovered by too many people who would absolutely love them.

@mickmcdonagh1557 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah miss Stuart Adamson big time ..

@josephinezedda663 5 ай бұрын

Rest in peace..beautiful and tormented soul😢love this band from the beginning❤❤❤❤❤❤

@bikelawman 4 жыл бұрын

Immense - all four musicians are cruelly underate in my view: all distinctive, exceptional and way more competent instrumentalists than the majority of their peers and most of the rubbish we’ve heard since. As a bass player I’ve always been fascinated by Tony Butler’s lines - I’m not sure how widely known how weird they seem for a band like this but they work beautifully when on the face of them, they probably shouldn’t!! One of my all time favourite bands and this is in my Top 5 of their songs. Wonderful!

@jasonayres 4 жыл бұрын

In my early teens,on my first drum kit,I literally studied Big Country. My teacher was a jazz musician,and taught me syncopation,and there was something about BC that I'm glad to this day,that I related to at the time. That drumming could have fit into a military brass band. There was the Gaelic thing going on,too. My grandfather like bagpipe music,and I 'heard' the bagpipes in many BC tunes. I've quietly wondered over the years (-quite frankly,because I've got nobody else that interested,in mulling over this sort of thing with-) why a local philharmonic orchestra hasn't reconstructed their songs,as has been the case with other people. One of my favourite songs of theirs,too.

@frankstared 2 жыл бұрын

Underrated? Not to those who grew up during that time and had half a brain, a beating heart and one ear. Mark and Tony were peerless studio musicians even before they joined BC. And Stuart was a recognized savant perhaps even before the Skids. Their relevance is not only rooted in their musicianship but moreso in their indelible social justice and equity lyrics and messaging. Still peerless decades after release.

@markheidema3699 Жыл бұрын

All 4 members have a unique style that makes the entire band a gem to listen too. I'm glad that no one has copied B.C. since.

@robruitenberg4064 Жыл бұрын

yeh good take - i was blow away by them in 84- 85 didn't like all of their tracks but the ones i did were brilliant porroh man lingered chance. jut a shadow brilliant beautiful tracks and you're right that base player is fhukcing great and you're right at 54 now i can perceive the brilliance of these musicians fucking beautiful.

@davecoalwood9487 10 ай бұрын

Tony is what sets them out. Amazing Bass Player and Band...This Lot and Level stand out by Miles as THE 80s Bands!❤❤

@diggers7169 3 жыл бұрын

“Our name will never die, this time will be forever” True story...

@OCOrbits 4 жыл бұрын

BC has many great songs but there is something incredibly special about this one.

@andydinwoodie1497 5 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this, I was 15 at the time, and now 35 years later it still sounds fkin brilliant. Lucky enough to see Big Country a few times back in the day.

@frankstared 2 жыл бұрын

Incomparable. They are a singular unique band whose lyrics have only grown more relevant, while their musicianship remains peerless. Art that does not serve social justice and economic equity is not art; it is propaganda.

@frankstared 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it back in 84', and fawking love it more today. Thank you, lads, for singing about the plight of the small folk.

@koekelkoekoek6738 5 жыл бұрын

Our name will never die, this time will be forever

@MobiusBandwidth Жыл бұрын

the music, the lyrics, the forest of intertwining guitar parts at the end, with that heart-breakingly beautiful, simple nursery rhyme Celtic melody at the end, no man has ever written music more powerful than this anti-war masterpiece. This song is like Stonehenge, it seems like it must have been here forever.

@davecoalwood9487 Жыл бұрын

What a great comment Big Man ❤

@daletomaselli4480 5 ай бұрын

Let's not forget the fantastic drumming of Mark and that thumping bass of Tony. Loved them all from Day 1.

@ianmcclellan7695 6 жыл бұрын

One of my Big Country favourites.

@kulvichana 3 жыл бұрын

mine too!!!! Loved you Stuart.....gone to to sooon, evergreen and beautiful forever RIP

@marleybu7984 5 жыл бұрын

Two stunning Yammies. What a sound, best guitars ever made IMHO. And three folk wi nae taste.

@jonathanbarton1062 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they were so popular in the 80s I had an sg 1000

@bv3bv334 6 ай бұрын

One thing about a Big Country gig....the lads always seem to really, really fucking enjoy playing.

@davidmason7765 Ай бұрын

So many levels of meaning in this. Honour to the fallen but also layers of, is any of this actually a good idea. Also one of best bass sounds ever.

@loutiscrive 6 жыл бұрын

still an astonishing song

@dominicbuhagiar986 Жыл бұрын

I'm from malta and yes i miss him too

@euroamtey 4 жыл бұрын

One of their best. Powerful, still stays with me after all these years.

@johnmhearton3986 Жыл бұрын

Mark Brzezicki one of my biggest drumming influences and one of the reasons I started playing in 1985

@MsROCKAPE 3 ай бұрын

Saw them at Murray field many moons ago what a fucking concert r.i.p stu gone not forgotten

@simonbowles6910 5 жыл бұрын

Great band, great tune , proper underestimated , fucking loved em

@brettmclaren2748 4 жыл бұрын

Your name will never die ...big country legends

@angelacomandu5890 9 ай бұрын

I Big Country continuano a mancarmi. Quasi 40 anni dal primo concerto a cui ho partecipato a Milano, eppure la loro musica ha ancora il sapore di un gol andato a segno. Stuart, manchi troppo 😞

@michaelbragg6903 6 жыл бұрын

Another incredible song and performance by Big Country!

@francishegarty8087 6 жыл бұрын

So true, Their talent was so good, spine tingling hair raising stuff, absolutely brilliant Band.

@KOSMICKEN09 2 жыл бұрын

I was listening to this song on a walk earlier and it got me emotional.. And Steve Lillywhite boy did he produce a lot of great records around this time ..

@frankstared Жыл бұрын

That's was Stuart's point: he wanted the emotions to open the door to social and economic justice.

@peterstayne3765 Жыл бұрын

All the best musicians are born in Manchester

@davetrave3557 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous!! Love Big Country..

@raniergenz 6 ай бұрын

Stu will always be my great Idol in music, surely

@colingeddes2172 2 жыл бұрын

Still sounds brilliant nearly 40 years later. Stuart adamson musical maestro. Gone far too soon.

@barryellis8646 10 ай бұрын

All great musicians, but what a rhythm section that was !!

@rashedala-uddin9012 3 жыл бұрын

11 April: Happy Birthday Stuart Adamson. Always missed.

@markheidema3699 Жыл бұрын

One of the most powerful songs ever made.

@MobiusBandwidth Жыл бұрын

absolutely. musically as well as lyrically.

@69ackers Жыл бұрын

Love it !!

@dianegodbout2356 2 ай бұрын

wow, 40 years have passed..

@jackiebrown7229 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this song live 💖

@johnny5805 6 ай бұрын

This is (from the listener's point of view) a Tony Butler song. His massive bass line really brings the song to life - even though he had to simplify it a little live because he was singing backing vocals at the same time.

@damianmcdonagh7908 Жыл бұрын

I saw them live in November 1986. Great show.

@davidkelly5899 2 ай бұрын

Steel Town. Legend.

@mixtapemaster1985 Жыл бұрын

This song is an absolute anthem! Love it!

@marleybu7984 4 жыл бұрын

18 years... miss you Stuart 💔

@davidg.9932 3 жыл бұрын

Stuart would have turned 63 today..11 April 1958 Manchester - 16 December 2001 Honolulu. He took his own like a few miles from where I live.. So sad. We you Love Stuart..

@simonbowles6910 6 жыл бұрын

Lay me where the rose is sown

@klseytron 2 жыл бұрын

all the love

@davidg.9932 3 ай бұрын

22 years ago we lost Stuart. 16 December 2001 Honolulu, Hawaii A few miles from where I live.. Best Western Plaza Hotel I was a fan of BC from the beginning.. I was in disbelief..

@bargainbassist Жыл бұрын

One of the most perfect musical and emotional segues is the one between “Where the Rose Is Sown” and “Come Back To Me” on the Steeltown album. If I’m listening to BC on random play, I always have to make a exception for those 2 songs by playing them in their original sequence.

@gmansi Жыл бұрын

Good tip

@iainmacrae6982 11 ай бұрын

Yes. Always found that transition absolutely brilliant. The change from ‘The Seer’ to ‘The Teacher’ is also very well done

@georgesmith6969 Жыл бұрын

Was at the barrowland concert at new year, absolutely amazing,one of the nest gigs I've ever seen

@heinkoelen 2 жыл бұрын

great memories

@gmansi Жыл бұрын

The bass at the end!

@buckjones9478 5 жыл бұрын

AMaZING SONG!❤️❤️❤️

@davecoalwood9487 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@gilmarmarroquin1706 3 жыл бұрын

We're at war All the papers say We will win I read today We are strong It wasn't us We are right Who started this? Leave your work I just left school Leave your home I am no fool Take up arms It left me strong Sound alarms The school bell rings Sons of men who stand like gods We give life to feed the cause And run to ground our heathen foe Our name will never die This time will be forever Join up here I wave goodbye We need you Oh my breast sighs Have no fear I must try God will be with braver men Take the vow I know its right Praise the flag The good fight We're at war I'm on my way We will win Why do I pray? Sons of men who stand like gods We give life to feed the cause And run to ground our heathen foe Our name will never die This time will be forever I wait here in this hole Playing poker with my soul I hold the rifle close to me It lights the way to keep me free If I die in a combat zone Box me up and ship me home If I die and still come home Lay me where the rose is sown Sons of men who stand like gods We give life to feed the cause And run to ground our heathen foe Our name will never die This time will be forever

@frankstared Жыл бұрын

People get caught up by the musicianship but the real power was in Stuart's lyrics, lyrics defined by values that the band on some level also believed in. And those values were social and economic justice. This tune rips away the facade of nationalism and exposes war and oppression for what they are: tools exploited by the cynical and nihilistic powerful to keep the rich rich and poor poor.

@filobeto1691 11 ай бұрын

Well said sir.

@Pancho1599 Жыл бұрын

What a great riff 😵 i wish that I have be there 🤧 I’m 23

@rashedala-uddin8157 3 жыл бұрын

That drum outro ... superb.

@frankstared Жыл бұрын

Brzezinski is among the finest percussionists of any era.

@simonbowles6910 6 жыл бұрын

If I die in a combat zone , fucking great band

@Suzzaneira 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Stuart!!

@davidg.9932 3 жыл бұрын

Stuart would have turned 63 today..11 April 1958 Manchester - 16 December 2001 Honolulu. He took his own like a few miles from where I live.. So sad. We you Love Stuart..

@jonathanhadley2555 3 жыл бұрын

dave griego Would have been about month older than Paul Weller, really sad:-(

@luvGod21 6 жыл бұрын

amazing

@stefets 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible ! 😍

@stuartbrown3758 Жыл бұрын

I had the fortune of seeing BC with Stuart 3 times. The last time I knew he wasn’t himself.

@brighteyes8474 5 жыл бұрын

I think it is about The Falklands War. Great song.

@dbc1dc 5 жыл бұрын

That was Fields of Fire. More about all war in general. It is a GREAT song, my favorite of theirs.

@frankstared Жыл бұрын

@@dbc1dc Yes, a cutting diatribe against war. The first three albums were thematically tied.

@geordieexile6236 5 жыл бұрын

Loved stuart...but Bruce Watson. ...surely the most underrated/underappreciated guitarist of a generation.

@Brettsforehead 3 ай бұрын

I have this cranked in my garage ... start pretending i can sing like Stuart ... then came the waterworks... greetin ' like a wain. Ferfsakes. Why'd ya have to go man.

@marleybu7984 5 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal.. like Irn Bru

@seasider15 4 жыл бұрын

Marley Bu made from girders

@morningsnoopy 6 жыл бұрын

the days of brilliant bands & good live music shows - tho I guess health & safety wouldn't allow crowds bundling like that today, let alone hanging off all that scaffolding, looks like great fun tho x

@jackiebrown7229 5 жыл бұрын

Ken, health and bleeding safety ruined a the fun!

@frankstared Жыл бұрын

Och, come now. We can quite enjoy great music and be safe, too.

@ozrics62 2 жыл бұрын

Is this Newcastle please transport me there my fave City and band

@stuartadamson1911 5 жыл бұрын

god

@poppyhimbo 4 жыл бұрын

Mark tearing it up

@poppyhimbo 5 жыл бұрын

Mark just ripping it up

@broken.weeaboo 6 жыл бұрын

Same.

@padraigsisk4057 4 жыл бұрын

What a band especially live. Only The Stereophonics now can come near

@peterstayne3765 Жыл бұрын

The cure🤷🏻‍♂️

@derekormsby3682 5 жыл бұрын

I've goat a stonner!

@AmyJuneful 3 жыл бұрын

The guy at 4:12 is really handsome. Big Country will forever be my favorite band. And NOT just because of the guy at 4:12.

@noelmurphy406 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see u haven’t lost your eye for it 😉 It’s like riding a bike, u never lose it 💥

@jehugo66 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@DominiqueGarofalo 2 жыл бұрын

The one in the red shirt?

@AmyJuneful 2 жыл бұрын

@@DominiqueGarofalo yes!!

@AmyJuneful 2 жыл бұрын

@@DominiqueGarofalo Yes!! So handsome.

@Eric-kn4yn Жыл бұрын

Golda meir b.ukraine feared the cossacks and cried when her mother fed the last spoon of gruel to her sister went to Israel and lived with the hardy pioneers cultivating the desert g- d bless here

@stephenroche5107 6 жыл бұрын

That selfish get on the shoulders i'd have told you to get down still annoying today when at a gig think of the people behind you paying money but having to stare at your arse !

@ptj767 4 жыл бұрын

inmyday a can in the back of the head would have sorted it