I was lucky enough to see them in concert once. They were incredible. I don't think I have ever seen a band live that had this much energy and passion. Their lyrics were poetry set to music.
I was a French assistant in secondary schools at day and French teacher at Clydebank and Central colleges at night from August '89 to June '90. I discovered Big Country during Christmas holidays. I'll never forget it's energy and charisma. And every time I listened to its main song plus the Pipe band I feel the same emotion overwhelming me. If ever I go back to the Big Country I won't buy a return ticket. A huge part of my most cherished memories are related to this period of my life. And on top of this I want to thank all the Scots I met so welcoming and generous they were.
Everyone has one, this is mine, to be allowed to go back in time to witness something live, i saw BC quite a few times but never at Barrowlands, i could watch these videos all day every day, and every time think, let me stand plum centre and pogo with the rest of them, get sweaty and walk out knowing you've been part of something fucking special, you don't get bands and moments like this anymore, 'Stay Alive' big man.
They played two concerts on this day...one for the under-18 fans earlier in the evening then this one. My sis was too young to go to the second so we went to the first, but they still created a great New Year atmos...a truly great band...my favourite (and yes, I wore a tartan shirt!) Such a sad loss to the music industry and the world. RIP Stu - hope you have found the peace you never found in life. x
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Feel like all the Clans Arose & Reclaimed their Throne ~ The Heart of Scotland Slept in Stuart's Soul ~ All the Pride of Old Scotland Battles Loss Grief & Are Present With Him ~ Perhaps Too Mighty a Battle To Bare ~ Stuart was is a Stewart's Soldier ~ House of Stewart ~ Stuart a Clansman shall forever March On ~~~~~~~~~~
RIP MR.Adamson.Sorely missed,and what a rhythm section.The album The Crossing was a fantastic piece of music,definitely their finest hour.Awesome upload.And what about that drumming.My sweet stovees and broon sauce it was genius.
while true, Aussies were promised "The Australian Crossing Tour" way back in 1984 but it took them 32 odd years later to get them so we had to listen in memory of Stuart
I think I saw this concert on MTV. The thing I remember is, trying to figure out how they were getting those guitar sounds on the intro. I don't think I knew about the E-bow at that point, which is what they're using to get that sound, but that sound certainly blew my mind.
I'm pretty sure that this is the concert that they aired on TV & my mom has it recorded on a vcr tape somewhere, & it was about the best concert ever, but still would have paid you everything I had to have your ticket & be there. I never did get to go see them live & heart will always hurt for missing Stuart. Damn I miss his voice, & the music from Big Country period.
Oh I can believe that. I never tire of watching their 1984 Barrowlands performances. The first time I saw them was on their Seer tour April '86 at the Manchester Apollo. To this day, it remains one of the most poignant moments and among the most memorable experiences of my life. Hardly a day passes when I don't listen to BC. They touched my life deeply and their music has left an indelible impression in my soul.
Perfect bassist, perfect vocals, PERFECT f*****g CHEMISTRY!!! A collision of destinies bringing pure poetry and joy to our lives. I consider myself privileged to have had the chance to enjoy their music!
Big Country - I remember taking my best mate to Bowie's Glass Spider concert in Cardiff. He wanted to see Bowie - I was there for BC. He didn't really know BC. I told him in the serious drinking session before that he would come out a major MC fan - of course he didn't belive me. The concert - I won the argument by a fucking mile - partly cos Bowie at that time was up his own arse - he was shite; BC stole the show. You speak to my same best mate now - NO CONTEST - BC the best!
Total class. These guys were the very best. At this time I'd say as far as making music and playing their instruments nobody did it better the Big Country even out shone U2 in my opinion, Problem in the States was Big Country never had their "Joshua Tree" moment, they led off with the Crossing, and was hard for them to out do that Album.
And a better frontman/singer/writer than Bono :) That said I like The Edges electronic/effect addition to his style. Watch the film "It might get Loud"
Favorite moments of the pipers: 7:16. The guy trying to keep a straight face. And failing miserably! He makes me laugh to this day. ☺️ 7:33 The guy looking over at the others and nodding as if to say "Bloody good job, boys". (At least I like to think he's saying that)
You have said something that I have thought for a long time and you are completely correct, U2 played for the audience with the Joshua Tree and left real music behind, the also played on being Irish to the Irish American's but Big Country will live far beyond U2 and that's coming from an Irishman.
The show was broadcast on MTV here in the states, some time after it was recorded. I remember watching the whole concert and thinking how good players these guys were. And, the bagpipes were a cool touch, you just don't get anything like this here. We get Ryan Seacrest, etc. Ewwwww.
Some amazing gigs back then , I still love live music , but sold out in those days meant sold out . The anticipation before the gig, trying to get tickets. There was no internet, hardly any mobile phone Just local paper, NME, Sounds, Melody Maker, not even Q mag? A gig was a real deal!!!
@stuartmays I know I'll make it back to Scotland one day, I did a really short trip around the Highlands and Inverness about a year and a half ago....total magic...there's just this romantic mystery about it. Didn't see Glasgow though so I might take you up on that ;)
bagpipes are so loud they probably didn't need to be amplified to match the band's volume at the five minute mark. this gig could've got a cd release instead of the bbc live thingy.
Want to hear the pipes in Rock? Celtic Rock? Angus Mohr, Prydien, The Killdares, Highland Reign, Brother, Flogging Molly, Albannach, AC-DC- (It's a Long Way to the Top), Tartan Terrors, Enter the Haggis, Seven Nations, The Rogues, Neck, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Gaelic Storm, The Tempest... even Van Morrison and Mark Knopfler have gone Celtic. Check them out out it's a music genre on the move!
@stuartmays I went to Apple Cross, Loch Ness, Inverness, and several other places, it's a bit of a blur to me now, but one of the most striking moments was watching Highland cattle being herded from a massive estate over the shallow shore to wherever they were going. Our driver said that's how it's been done for a thousand years. Glorious. Are you on Facebook?
it was midnight on new year's eve- they stopped the song to celebrate the new year with a traditional celebration. it was an amazing moment in an amazing concert.
At this day Stuart Adamson left us 17 years ago. One of the greatest lyricists an guitarists
Always on my mind this bloke,so talented, changed my life did Big Country, am 51 now, and you know what,,, nowts changed. Best band in the world.
I was lucky enough to see them in concert once. They were incredible. I don't think I have ever seen a band live that had this much energy and passion. Their lyrics were poetry set to music.
I was a French assistant in secondary schools at day and French teacher at Clydebank and Central colleges at night from August '89 to June '90. I discovered Big Country during Christmas holidays. I'll never forget it's energy and charisma. And every time I listened to its main song plus the Pipe band I feel the same emotion overwhelming me.
If ever I go back to the Big Country I won't buy a return ticket.
A huge part of my most cherished memories are related to this period of my life.
And on top of this I want to thank all the Scots I met so welcoming and generous they were.
Everyone has one, this is mine, to be allowed to go back in time to witness something live, i saw BC quite a few times but never at Barrowlands, i could watch these videos all day every day, and every time think, let me stand plum centre and pogo with the rest of them, get sweaty and walk out knowing you've been part of something fucking special, you don't get bands and moments like this anymore, 'Stay Alive' big man.
+Tricky Tredder
The barrowlands 'bounce' is magic
+Tricky Tredder your so right m8
Trevor Abbo Can I come with you?
you are so right ..if only we could go back in time and be there
They played two concerts on this day...one for the under-18 fans earlier in the evening then this one. My sis was too young to go to the second so we went to the first, but they still created a great New Year atmos...a truly great band...my favourite (and yes, I wore a tartan shirt!) Such a sad loss to the music industry and the world. RIP Stu - hope you have found the peace you never found in life. x
Was at the 2 of them. What a day and a half that was!!! Happy daze 😊
WOW...Look at Mark. Heck look at all of them. I miss them horribly
Another brilliant performance from this great band. RIP Stuart Adamson - a true legend.
The best ever live band I ever attended numerous times xxxxx best gigs Edinburgh !!!!
Brilliant band great songs brings me back to the 80th my era
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Feel like all the Clans Arose & Reclaimed their Throne ~ The Heart of Scotland Slept in Stuart's Soul ~ All the Pride of Old Scotland Battles Loss Grief & Are Present With Him ~ Perhaps Too Mighty a Battle To Bare ~ Stuart was is a Stewart's Soldier ~ House of Stewart ~ Stuart a Clansman shall forever March On ~~~~~~~~~~
RIP MR.Adamson.Sorely missed,and what a rhythm section.The album The Crossing was a fantastic piece of music,definitely their finest hour.Awesome upload.And what about that drumming.My sweet stovees and broon sauce it was genius.
Never gets old!
Apart from this superb concert which I will never forget never forgotten xx
Just a Shadow is my favorite song ever. Brilliant band, brilliant musicians. Passion for great music always very evident. Unbelievable performance.
Their finest song I was a big fan in the 80's I taped my brothers vinyl and still am....respect Stuart!
Awesome. Still mourn the man SA.
Those pipes and drums bring a tear to my eye...
RIP A TRUE ICON LEGEND SINGER STUART RIP
Love this❤
The Big Country now are just a shadow (no pun intended) of the original band. This is truly brilliant.
while true, Aussies were promised "The Australian Crossing Tour" way back in 1984 but it took them 32 odd years later to get them so we had to listen in memory of Stuart
I was lucky enough to get tickets for both gigs that day. What a day/night that was!!!
What songs stood out for you?
Im 57 was listening 2 ths in the 80s my hero cherating beach malaysia mis u stewart club med monkey beach
The storm. Fucking love this. I'm back in 80s listening on vinyl. Big country. Better than U2. And I'm English.
I think I saw this concert on MTV. The thing I remember is, trying to figure out how they were getting those guitar sounds on the intro. I don't think I knew about the E-bow at that point, which is what they're using to get that sound, but that sound certainly blew my mind.
Brilliant....always an amazing night with the BC!! Thanks for the memory!
I was at this gig..........i'll never ever forget it!!
Stuart what a Legacy GB and Scotland we all love you xx
Brilliant band and song i would love to see Stuart Adamson and the boys playing live today miss him performing these songs....RIP
Stuart was pure genius and will always be a legend to me, taken from us tragically so soon
Incredible! What a great way to bring in the new year!!
Gee that's phenomenal...Scotland is my dream come true.
no one does it like the scots..must have been an epic night to remember
I was at this Gig
New Years Eve
Best gig I've been too
I'm pretty sure that this is the concert that they aired on TV & my mom has it recorded on a vcr tape somewhere, & it was about the best concert ever, but still would have paid you everything I had to have your ticket & be there. I never did get to go see them live & heart will always hurt for missing Stuart. Damn I miss his voice, & the music from Big Country period.
Went too both Concert's. What a day and a half that was!!! Happy daze 😊
Wow, I've seen it on BBC I guess. Made a huge impression on me
Oh I can believe that. I never tire of watching their 1984 Barrowlands performances. The first time I saw them was on their Seer tour April '86 at the Manchester Apollo. To this day, it remains one of the most poignant moments and among the most memorable experiences of my life. Hardly a day passes when I don't listen to BC. They touched my life deeply and their music has left an indelible impression in my soul.
You beauty, lucky fecker
Best Hogmanay I ever had was seeing them play this live after the bells at The Capitol, Aberdeen. RIP Stuart ♥️
top drummer!! excellent!
Perfect bassist, perfect vocals, PERFECT f*****g CHEMISTRY!!! A collision of destinies bringing pure poetry and joy to our lives. I consider myself privileged to have had the chance to enjoy their music!
Beyond perfection. Thanks for posting.
R.I.P. Stuart never forgotten xx
wtf? no?
Louise Roff I
I was the only person in my group of friends that loved Big Country. Not one of my friends even liked them a little.
Who couldn't like a pipe band when they sound like this? Hell I'm all for something or other right noo!
Big Country - I remember taking my best mate to Bowie's Glass Spider concert in Cardiff. He wanted to see Bowie - I was there for BC. He didn't really know BC. I told him in the serious drinking session before that he would come out a major MC fan - of course he didn't belive me. The concert - I won the argument by a fucking mile - partly cos Bowie at that time was up his own arse - he was shite; BC stole the show. You speak to my same best mate now - NO CONTEST - BC the best!
Search "Big Country Live At The Barrowlands New Years" here on YT to see the WHOLE show. Totally awesome.
must have been great to have been there a great night to remember .r i p stu .
My favourite... Superb
Total class. These guys were the very best. At this time I'd say as far as making music and playing their instruments nobody did it better the Big Country even out shone U2 in my opinion, Problem in the States was Big Country never had their "Joshua Tree" moment, they led off with the Crossing, and was hard for them to out do that Album.
Big Country and the pipe band.... music from the same Source...
Brilliant
la guitare qui sonne depuis 30 ans comme une cornemuse,je ne m'en lasse pas.merci BIG
I love U2, but Big Country is my favorite band...and Stuart Adamson was a better guitar player than The Edge.
And a better frontman/singer/writer than Bono :) That said I like The Edges electronic/effect addition to his style. Watch the film "It might get Loud"
I was there to.....amazing!
1984 interrupted and ended the best live version of this song prematurely
Favorite moments of the pipers:
7:16. The guy trying to keep a straight face. And failing miserably! He makes me laugh to this day. ☺️
7:33 The guy looking over at the others and nodding as if to say "Bloody good job, boys". (At least I like to think he's saying that)
You have said something that I have thought for a long time and you are completely correct, U2 played for the audience with the Joshua Tree and left real music behind, the also played on being Irish to the Irish American's but Big Country will live far beyond U2 and that's coming from an Irishman.
classic song live
The show was broadcast on MTV here in the states, some time after it was recorded. I remember watching the whole concert and thinking how good players these guys were.
And, the bagpipes were a cool touch, you just don't get anything like this here. We get Ryan Seacrest, etc. Ewwwww.
Drummer played with the cult in the 80's, can't remember his name, but your right, top drummer.RIP Stewart
The drummers name is Mark Bryzicki or something like it.A great drummer.
Scott Rainbow good scottish name
David Carl Roberts
Mark Michael Brzezicki , amazing drummer, did stuff with From The Jam and many more
One of the overlooked part if the band is Stuart had great vocal chops
I love it.
Wow!
Some amazing gigs back then , I still love live music , but sold out in those days meant sold out . The anticipation before the gig, trying to get tickets. There was no internet, hardly any mobile phone Just local paper, NME, Sounds, Melody Maker, not even Q mag? A gig was a real deal!!!
they dont make em like this anymore. im not scots, but wish I was just to say I'm from a Big Country.
WAY TOO FECKIN COOL!!!
This band makes me glad I married a highlander.
Amazing quality my friend :)
No this was not live on TV but the following year they were on live from Edinburgh Playhouse - maybe it was that one.
Beautiful
100% SCOTTISH CELTIC PRIDE SCOTTLAND THE BRAVE!!!
three English guys and a Canadian?
Clive Barker!!!
💚
@stuartmays I know I'll make it back to Scotland one day, I did a really short trip around the Highlands and Inverness about a year and a half ago....total magic...there's just this romantic mystery about it. Didn't see Glasgow though so I might take you up on that ;)
concert was on King Biscuit Flower Hour
Stuart come back please
they were the best,,,not scottish not british,,,just big country
bagpipes are so loud they probably didn't need to be amplified to match the band's volume at the five minute mark. this gig could've got a cd release instead of the bbc live thingy.
Want to hear the pipes in Rock? Celtic Rock? Angus Mohr, Prydien, The Killdares, Highland Reign, Brother, Flogging Molly, Albannach, AC-DC- (It's a Long Way to the Top), Tartan Terrors, Enter the Haggis, Seven Nations, The Rogues, Neck, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Gaelic Storm, The Tempest... even Van Morrison and Mark Knopfler have gone Celtic. Check them out out it's a music genre on the move!
Thanks for the tips! I know just a few.
we are the people that count
🖤
@rk83alroy No, near the middle, they go on to play another 40 mins - an hour.
@jake9000000000000000
It's called a e-bow (electric bow) - bit like using a bow on violin strings.
@stuartmays I went to Apple Cross, Loch Ness, Inverness, and several other places, it's a bit of a blur to me now, but one of the most striking moments was watching Highland cattle being herded from a massive estate over the shallow shore to wherever they were going. Our driver said that's how it's been done for a thousand years. Glorious. Are you on Facebook?
@SheWoreLemon83 HI,why dont you come over to glasgow one day,ill show you around .one big country fan to another.
4:26 inmediate stop of Bruce!
Ye what he said^
Half way
@SheWoreLemon83 hey,the highlands and islands are amazing,did you take in the castles and wallace monument and edinburgh old town ?
Come on Scotland, say yes and rub Tony Abbott's nose in it. Do it for us Australians!
Does anyone know the name of the tunes the Pipe Band were playing?.They sound awesome
my mp3 of this lists them as Dundonald & Dysart.
Boy can he play a guitar
was this concert not Live on the BBC? I remember watching a Big Country concert at the bells.
If Carlsberg did New Years Eve gigs............
P.S. Why does Stuart remind me of Wee Burnie fae Rab C Nisbet,lol?).
Was this from the King Biscut show/recording?
you always got your moneys worth with bc and then some.
@SheWoreLemon83 another BC fan here fae Glasgow....I was at this gig if you wanna add me on facebook?
The bass player is using a plectrum or just the fingers?
Just fingers
Kinda didn't figure out the ending. The album fade is better, repeat chorus. Live, lost momentum.
it was midnight on new year's eve- they stopped the song to celebrate the new year with a traditional celebration. it was an amazing moment in an amazing concert.
@CymruMikey wish i could have had a bet on that mt buy yer mt a bottle o buck
@stuartmays sent you a message with my FaceBook name in it...talk to ya soon!
@SheWoreLemon83 hey,ive added you.chat soon