This is a classic Big Country music video from the early 80's. HQ Video.
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@wazzu198916 жыл бұрын
It breaks my heart that Stuart felt so desperate that he felt he had no choice but to take his own life. The most talented artists have so much heart and passion that it is hard to survive in this world. Sometimes the best are taken from us way too soon. God bless you...
@graham35508 ай бұрын
I walked into school with a jumper as near to Stuarts as possible a few weeks after seeing this video. I was sent home for not wearing the appropriate uniform. Worth it
@lisaknell18094 жыл бұрын
The majestic song that really started my love for Big Country. “I am an honest man, I need the love of you, I am a working man, I feel the winter too” gets me every time. He had our love but still felt the winter. Rest In Peace Stuart, you will be forever loved and missed. ❤️😢
@coindude694 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your sweet sentiment! I also Loved Big Country and Stuart and his song writing!! He was truly great!! And sorely missed!
@WDRhine Жыл бұрын
So strange to find that someone else feels the power of those words, too. They have always moved me. This song is pretty perfect. I hope it isn't swept away.
@lisaknell1809 Жыл бұрын
@@WDRhine this will always be my favorite Big Country song. The fans will never let it be forgotten. Big Country fans are diehards and so loyal. I’ve met so many wonderful people all over the world because of this band.
@MrThistlethwaite Жыл бұрын
@@lisaknell1809 It's been my long held belief that this song would have been a hit in America if it had been on the Steeltown album. As it was no song was a hit because no song was a single.
@andywardle6597 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely my thoughts in a nutshell ❤
@stevebell1031 Жыл бұрын
I'm 55 now... and this song raises the hairs on my neck now as much as it did back then. It never ages. An absolute incredible piece of music and fabulous lyrics. Love it.
@leewilliams27632 ай бұрын
I love his dance at the beginning of the video! The 80s were magnificent and this band was iconic!
@jamesgdavies214 жыл бұрын
God i love this band! They should easily have been as big as U2. RIP Stuart, you were a proper legend.
@maryreilly5092 Жыл бұрын
In my mind, they were both equal in the early to the mid-1980's.
@guycoulson47310 ай бұрын
U2 lyrics can’t touch Stu’s.
@KeeceWookie7 ай бұрын
They never get old.. nothing makes you want to fight and cry at the same time more that these lyrics.
@brownfaye14 жыл бұрын
As much as i love this song it still makes me feel so sad. Stuart, i hope you did find your Wonderland. Miss you.
@olearyp15 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to this on my walkman when all my other classmates were listening to Michael Jackson Thriller. I'd like to think I converted a few, but it wasn't hard, all they had to do was listen.
@swhmetta17 жыл бұрын
Damn they were good! They were one of the most under rated bands ever. So talented! I have always loved them.
@coindude694 жыл бұрын
So True!!
@inescollins5176 Жыл бұрын
And I hate it when they are called a one-hit-wonder band!
@leewilliams27632 ай бұрын
@@inescollins5176 Err they had loads of Top 10 hits in the 80s!
@nibs2lou15 жыл бұрын
Big Country, and Stuart in particular, never got the recognition they deserved. They had to put up with a load of crap about 'bagpipe guitars' , people overlooking what a magnificent songwriter he was and what a tight, tough band they were. They were doing what U2 later did and a FUCK of a sight better. The Crossing is the best British rock album of the 80s/90s and a fitting monument to a sensitive, gifted and - in the end - tragic British musician. He WILL be re-evaluated. Rock on, Stuart.
@040469ian16 жыл бұрын
it still saddens me deeply to think that stuart went unhappy when, after every gig i went to ,crushed against the stage i'd return home very very happy. id be unable to speak for 3 days cuz i'd sung my voice to shreds . i'll never forget one night at bristol studio which was a club upstairs on a suspended floor and as the band played the crowd bounced the floor up and down like a bloody trampalene. RIP stuart, you were an awesome front man in a fabulous band!!
@chrisd198444 жыл бұрын
nice mate is bristol studio still there?
@IqbalHamid6 ай бұрын
With the video processing technology available today, this great video needs a fresh 2023 upload ❤
@gunnergrrl4 жыл бұрын
This was, is and will always be my favourite band. Played my dad's The Crossing LP relentlessly and still see it as a perfect album. Saw them play Canada's Wonderland for their The Seer tour and got Stuart and Tony to sign my album cover and t-shirt. This song though - a yearning pervades it yet it harkens wide open, crisp spaces unmarred by humanity. Perhaps this was the world Stuart sought. I hope he is there now.
@alanrobertson155 Жыл бұрын
I was there as well and they opened with this song if I recall.
@MrJohncrowther4 жыл бұрын
I can remember watching this the very first time it was released on top of the pops and fell in love with it there and then. Stuart looked and sounded amazing in this video and for me it epitomizes everything the great man was about. One of the greatest guitarists and singer/song writers EVER in my opinion and will never be forgotten. Love you Big man. You made my teenage years such a joy !
@MrJkizzy114 жыл бұрын
was fifteen when i got "the crossing" and loved it. Somehow i forgot about them. Rediscovering them again. Wish i knew how completely great they were live back in the day. I would have gone to every show i could. Too bad i won't get the chance. What mind blowing talent. They never got huge here in US. They should have. Ive been turning everyone i know onto "come up screaming" cd, young and old. Are any young folks gettin into these guys? learning something about great music and songs?
@coindude694 жыл бұрын
Don't know how you "forgot" them but i will give you a pass this time! They are truly a great band and worthy of the Hall of Fame!! RIP Stuart !!
@denizebombonato30426 ай бұрын
RIP, Red Haired man! From Brazil! One of the most beautiful voices all times...
@tski197215 жыл бұрын
The drum sound on this track is AMAZING! Wish they were still around. RIP Stuart.
@forcefedvw14 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Stuart. Listening back to this reminds me of my youth, when life was simpler.
@biggles13215 жыл бұрын
Discovered Big Country when I was 12, they carried me through my growing up years, theyll always be my favourite band.
@4yules14 жыл бұрын
im sad they will no longer be making music that moves me ..i love their sound and style and content that inspires ...thank god we have a testament to his life
@okotokspaul15 жыл бұрын
A great song from a simpler time. Stuart you are sorely missed
@taniaandandyedge6810Ай бұрын
No band around at present could hold a candle to this lot!
@matthewseelinger17406 күн бұрын
Are there any bands now? It's all shitty solo artists.
@bstreier14 жыл бұрын
Crank this up loud and sing along at the top of your lungs! Fills me with such joy...
@ABZswingers15 жыл бұрын
Still love this band as much as when I first heard them in 84. Saw them a dozen or more times in the Barras - every gig was life affirming. And on the subject of Icelandic jumpers, my ma used to knit them for me and my brother, she always made the necks too tight and I can still recall the sore ears taking them off and her telling me that they would "slacken off". She is dead now and so is Stuart ..... Happy memories of both. RIP My wee Maw. xx
@daveclarke6814 жыл бұрын
Great song - Mark Brzezicki's drumming still forces me to air drum to it as soon as I hear it! Shame they were of the era where poor old Stuart feels the need to do some George Michael type dancing!!
@SKEG187315 жыл бұрын
LEGEND! ah the memorys of youth! still got the crossing on vinyl, infact i bought it twice just cos the album covers were different colours R.I.P. Big Man
@lisabarnes3405 Жыл бұрын
Loved this group! One of my favorites from the 80s. One of my favorite songs by them. Sad. RIP Stuart Adamson.
@HoopyAl17 жыл бұрын
Saw them live in Dublin and it was 1 of the best live gigs ever. The energy was awesome.
@djmacdonald7314 жыл бұрын
"With innonnce, within ourselves we sing the same old song" - still awesome, makes me mourn my own childhood!
@simmynz14 жыл бұрын
Am proud to say that i had Big Country on last weekend and found my 12 year old daughter singing along and she knew the words!! hopefully ive passed on the love to the next generation lol
@tixta716 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to this song on my radio when I was a teenager, on the late-night show. It's such a great track but it always makes me feel sad.... That said, it's still a great song and it sounds as good today as it did all those years ago.
@rush8354 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for Stuart. He was such an amazing musician and put so much work in his music but is extremely underrated. He definitely should have gotten a lot more recognition. And the way he went to the big guy in the sky just makes his story ever more sad.
@coindude694 жыл бұрын
So very sad his genius wasn't noticed as much as it should have and that he had demons or depression that is so common with genius's! But he will forever live in our Hearts and Minds with his song writing and music! RIP Stuart!! We Love You!!
@suburbansoftrocker14 жыл бұрын
Found this band by accident and so glad I did. What a load of superb songs they've done.
@carlangas9774 жыл бұрын
Indeed. A truly amazing band 👌
@BarbaraFanDallas14 жыл бұрын
happy memories of my teenage years and saw them live the 80s rocked!
@cassy280214 жыл бұрын
Take's me back to being 17, great, great band. Stuart sadly missed.
@phillicheeztake2 ай бұрын
Your drummer is the best
@eyemoeba16 жыл бұрын
there's something affecting about stuart up on the mountainside in the snow LOVING singing the woaoaowoah bits into the freezing air of (eye like to think) scotland (but if my memory serves, it isn't). that was a fantastic gig you were honoured to behold, one of the great concert films. is there any sign of a dvd release? in my teens, eye painted a mural on my wall; a collage of bc imagery, featuring the wonderland mountains, the stag, and the pub from the back of 'iabc.' wonderland it.
@Andsaca114 жыл бұрын
When music was Music!!!!!! god i wish i was in my Teens again
@anitahedgecock19682 ай бұрын
I'm glad I took a chance on wonderland! I'm here waiting when you're ready ❤
@r1skate16 жыл бұрын
They rocked! The entire album was amazing! So simple with so much power. I got this album when it first came and it blew me away! Still does... I love love love BIG Country! Listening STILL gives me chills!
@Italy557 ай бұрын
Saw them in Santa Barbara in 1983. Exciting concert.
@drchoc2215 жыл бұрын
Sadly missed. Maybe he'd still be around if enough humans were as emotionally in touch, a man born out of time. His lyrics invariably make me cry, I was lucky enough to see BC in concert in 85, unsurpassed as yet.
@lazerbud17 жыл бұрын
They don't make music like this anymore... Long live the 80's!
@bfbjr16 жыл бұрын
Agreed! I grew up in CNY and I remember the first time I heard this on the radio I was in a store in Utica. It was on 96.9 WOUR. The cashier groaned..got up and changed the channel!!! I was 14 and furious..never forget it. LOL I think I have listened to them everyday since 1983. Best band ever IMHO.
@sharonbrown26014 жыл бұрын
Always loved this track, melody, vocals lyrics so superbly written, simple yet complex and honest. Rest in Peace big man - love you - love your music. Thank you.
@art123abc14 жыл бұрын
Holy Shit this band is Amazing! Haven't found a band in a long time that has given me the shivers like this 1.
@tesshutchings4486 Жыл бұрын
I watched this video on vhs many times at my parents house This is one thing I will thank my father for, this band was a beautiful introduction to real music
@bfbjr14 жыл бұрын
As we'd say in the 80's- "This song rules".
@debbieedeedoo17 жыл бұрын
I so miss them, i will still be listening to their tunes till im old and wrinkley,miss you stu ,whish you were still around,RIP.XXX
@kezzer214 жыл бұрын
Great sound,sorely missed,a true countryman,tradition,mountains,and song....beautifull....miss his voice..............
@alanrobertson81132 ай бұрын
It's amazing this song is 40 years
@harrismille16 жыл бұрын
Another Big Country classic
@sgtwilkosbarmyarmy14 жыл бұрын
Big Country....ABSOLOUTE QUALITY!! Real music, real lyrics...and QUALITY GUITARS!! Stuart, you had so much more to offer!!...keep the dream alive boys!!
@mondeozetec415 жыл бұрын
R I P Stuart,you knew how to write and master brilliant songs.Pitty we only get to listen to them on you tube or from cds we own,I am just glad we dont need a licence to listen to the radio.
@MissGreyDay14 жыл бұрын
We only have their greatest hits, but this is one of my favourite songs off it. Also like Just A Shadow. Well I like them all, but that one particularly.
@maryacooper55214 жыл бұрын
Had a friend from the Def Leppard band who really liked this song he would play this all the time I truly miss Steve Clark he also suffered from addiction today will make 28 years that he will be gone I've been listening to this song since 5:00 am thinking of him I remember the first time he played it to me .He said little bit come ere " I have something to play u .He really liked Big Country I to Hope they found their wonderland.
@andrewpeover5 ай бұрын
1983 still n amazing tune Andy peover xx❤😂
@andreasalveland5962Ай бұрын
He went to wonderland... seemed like a beautiful person. Rip
@lesliewilson11305 ай бұрын
The greatest love song ever written.
@crimsonrush16 жыл бұрын
One of the most stirring, uplifting and emotional songs ever. I miss you Stuart.
16 жыл бұрын
We are ALL in Wonderland!! Isn't that utterly fantastic?!!
@vettestingray8616 жыл бұрын
Big Country Rulez! I never heard of this band before. Sorry to hear about their lead singer. They have a great sound. God bless...
@TheDolmen14 жыл бұрын
A great band, this brings back some fantastic memorys.
@danielknight73594 ай бұрын
I love this song so much
@bryjag196516 жыл бұрын
this music will live longer than 80 percent of other 80's stuff. it has soul, and if you listen closely to all their songs, you can hear the passion and love in every note and word.
@FoghornLeghorn6614 жыл бұрын
I was hit by BC in 1983. Wonderland was, simply, shocking. It took The Crossing into another land. I was so inspired by it. It made me feel important as a stupid 17 year old. I watched that pride be torn apart beneath a darker sky? How could a 17 year old understand this epic journey. When Steeltown emerged I became an adult overnight. My dear friend Stuart. I miss you every day.
@kezzer214 жыл бұрын
This lovely man sang from his heart and upbringing...Wonderfull and honest..I miss him and his band and sound..glorious!
@michaelkleinegesse47174 жыл бұрын
I miss him so much....
@peterdyson95905 ай бұрын
I've herd other people's comments here I thought both the skids and big country had so much to offer some great songs . ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@Hootiebow17 жыл бұрын
Stuarts sweater personifies the era this video comes from - all geometric patterns. Brings back many memories. Superb band, lucky enough to see them live - still have fond memories of that day.
@bwayne614 жыл бұрын
i have never figure out why this group wasnt hotter than other's of the era. great sound, great lyrics.
@jeremiahpolom280211 ай бұрын
The best single that BC every had. To this day I never heard anything that comes close to Wonderland.
@davidg.9932 Жыл бұрын
21 years ago on December 16, 2001, Stuart took his own life a few miles from where I live. Yet, 7,000 away from where he was born. A long distance from loved ones. Miss you Stuart..
@slyestfox935 Жыл бұрын
Omg I didn't know that and I should. Dya know how and why ? It's so sad and all that way from home 🙃
@41gibbo15 жыл бұрын
one of the best years ever for music bands and singers the 80s they will play on foreva not like the shite played now will be forgotten the 80s music will live on
@welshexile14 жыл бұрын
I stood on the top floor of the carpark on Westgate Street to listen to them then went to the pub before Bowie came on :-) Got to see them in Newport-fantastic band and Stuart was such a wonderful genuine guy.Still feel so sad when I think about his death :-(
@sgtwilkosbarmyarmy14 жыл бұрын
God bless stuart adamson....a true musical legend!!
@BarbaraFanDallas15 жыл бұрын
great band! happy memories of seeing them live in Glasgow
@bat65015 жыл бұрын
A gentleman and an icon for the common man ! pure brilliance. I saw them at the cornwall collisuem many years ago, a memory that will always remain.
@dollfin1417 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I loved them. Such a waste that he took his life. Sigh. But we always have the music, the videos, and the memories.
@yugitso14 жыл бұрын
My 11 year old daughter loves listening to their Undercover album. They did some great covers in addition to their own beautiful music.
@oldhawkins14 жыл бұрын
I lived in Montana and remember only being able to find the crossing and wonderland lp......i had them in casette tape and literally wore them out and was desperately waiting for new music that never came.........For me they literally dropped off the planet until i saw by chance the album "Why the long face" in a record store in the mid 90s and it re lit my hunger for their music............
@DEK98196714 жыл бұрын
I had the priveledge of seeing Big Country in Daytona Beach (free concert), spring break 1984. These guys were very good! I will never forget the sound, it was incredible! Just so happened I was 17 years old and skipped school, me and some freinds drove to Daytona about 20 miles away, low and behold Big Country and Modern English, were getting ready to take stage, We got a parking spot and the rest is history! Also I must add that Modern English was good! concert was at the Band shell!
@Tyke6336014 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! stirs up so many emotions.. so many memories.
@chrisman144417 жыл бұрын
the lead singer topped himself in a hotel room about 5 yrs ago....great track, pure 80s class
@princegroove5 ай бұрын
I used to really enjoy watching their videos on MTV as a kid, then as an adult my love for this legendary was reignited, fortunately. 👍🏼
@baxterdav78 Жыл бұрын
If you could feel how I must feel....aye bloody cold,Stuart hard as nails out in the snow just wearing a thin sweater,legend
@bryjag196514 жыл бұрын
listen to their whole catologue of music. they laid their own tracks of originol music. the world could use their words today.
@marcprocida54798 ай бұрын
I vaguely remember seeing this video on MTV when I was 14 in ‘84. Of course, they had great music back then. I have been playing Wonderland regularly since 2019 even after discovering that this video was pretty much hit or miss while in current rotation on MTV because it received light rotation only. If you’re going to ask me “so what?”, then you and me both because it’s a great song by BC anyway.
@Pacquaio14 жыл бұрын
superbly innovative guitarist you are indeed missed Mr Adamson
@robertanorris61164 жыл бұрын
They were the best oh my God were they the best without any doubt, on every conceivable level. Big Country Big Wow! What guitar, and wish I could have built snowmen with him💖
@philipthompson85253 ай бұрын
The Video And The Guys is Pure Coolness, Literally.
@FatOldManWatsons15 жыл бұрын
We all love u Stuart
@dogfart666ok15 жыл бұрын
agreed! brilliant stuff - saw BIG COUNTRY live and every time they were "AWESOME!"
@rudypoilley16 жыл бұрын
happy 50th Stuart thanks for all RIP a fan from france
@4yules14 жыл бұрын
the crossing was a great album desrved to be on the list of the top albums of all time and a completly original sound ..wow great band i have a imported clear 12 " vinyl of this single:)
@thecyberben16 жыл бұрын
I had this Vynl EP as a 12 year old - Best shit ever on the way to the schenectady planetarium on a middle school trip .... big ass walkman ... Wonderland ...
@thewarwagon5649 Жыл бұрын
First heard this live in March of '84 - had to wait 4 more mos. before my local record shop had the EP - most amazing thing I'd ever heard @ the time - STILL ranks right up there!!
@PavelPenguin16 жыл бұрын
Brilliant... BC is all world!!! RIP Stuart (we miss you) Pavel Penguin
@chrisman144417 жыл бұрын
80s pop rock like this and duran are all about the basslines...listen to that dude wreckin this mother
@wpaulvandyk15 жыл бұрын
I love Scottish music and Big Country are so good. They also can fuse bagpipes in the music and do it well.
@debbieedeedoo15 жыл бұрын
It upsets me to read all the comments on BC tunes on here,I didnt realse how popular and loved they were.If only Stuart could of read all these comments , then maybe just maybe , he would still of been around and realised how many fans were devoted to him.
@MorrisManDanceMan16 жыл бұрын
the 80s is the best music ever visage duran duran and biggles