Big Country - Porrohman (The Tube 17.2.1984)
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- Originally broadcast on Channel 4, Big Country performing songs from their debut album "The Crossing" live on ITV's cult TV show "The Tube" on the 17th February, 1984.
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I was in a taxi last year in turkey. The driver was a young kid . He was playing 80s music. He loved anything UK from the 80s but had never heard of big country . I showed him this clip and said he should listen to the crossing. 2 weeks later when he arrived to take us back to the airport he was playing this when we got in the car. He said that he was sharing this with his friends locally and they all loved it. He looked so happy. Music is for all to share. Share the love RIP Stuart 👍👍
Whilst living in London in my early 20s, I got a ticket to a Big Country concrrt in Glasgow. 2 friends and I drove up, but Stuart was ill and cancelled. I was broken hearted, but didn't give up. I was an Aussie living in London and it wasn't long before I got o see BC in Kentish Town and in Brixton. The best. Now I live in Switzerland and still love them🥰. Yes, RIP Stuart and lotsa love to his family and friends.
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The best band off the 80s
Right on!, way cool!
I’ve never heard a band that sounded anything like Big Country. They were so utterly original. Their music had a magic to it that is almost indescribable yet impossible to deny.
Runrig are quite similar. Both brilliant bands
Their lyrics and passion are awesome too.
I agree with your comment smiles to you
Stuart Adamson was a great song writer. U2 THE Edge said I wish I could of written songs like Stuart
It's a shame alcohol took him young
I once saw an article where they were described as "the Lowlands' answer to Runrig" (or was it the other way round?)
The best live band l've ever seen. Period.
Me too. Absolutely fantastic musicians.
Greatest live performance on the Tube ever by a band . Unreal by Stuart on Guitar and rest of the lads . The performance is mind blowing and still gets better every time I listen to it . The man is sorely missed to this day . We miss you Stuart . Rest easy big man 😢
A band who were nearly always better live than on their recordings. Astounding musicianship
This song has everything. Masterclass. I'm still sad at why Stuart decided enough was enough. Wd loved him and still do. Massive talent. Immortal in the music he left behind.
He was absolutely class ,.,I totally admire when he decided to call time .,.,been close myself
@@redsky106Hang in there. People love you.
stay strong man, things always change, that's the wonder of life @@redsky106
Big Country were the first band I ever saw live, Avoneil leisure centre in Belfast in 1984. I was 14. This band have created some of the most sublime, melodic, emotional music I've ever had the pleasure to listen to, their music fills my heart with joy. I still miss Stuart but I firmly believe that for as long as we have his music he will never leave us, he just doesn't come around this way anymore. His light will shine brightly forever.
well said bud, first band I saw Also . 1988 in Embra. Different class.
Obviously, my favourite BC song - such awesome sound from all 4 of them.
40 years later still fantastic 👍🏴
Class
No one sounded like them before or has afterwards. They were unique.
What a time to be alive, what a zeitgeist, when you could go to the record shop and buy the latest Big Country, U2, The Alarm, Sisters of Mercy, Souxsie and the Banshees latest releases. All different all great. Thanks for the music Stuart.
5pm on a Friday.. Channel 4. Jules & Paula, with interviews by Muriel Gray.. I'm 53 now...
The Cure....sold out 2 x London Gigs recently...2nd because of demand for tickets...all tickets gone in an hour i was reliably informed by their Manager.
Echo and the Bunnymen , Simple Minds , Waterboys , Jesus and the Mary Chain , Ultravox , Fad Gadget , the Fall , Flock of Seagulls , Comsat Angels , Blancmange , China Crisis , Gary Numan & Tubeway Army...etc etc....best times ( + music ) EVER!!
So pleased to have seen them live . Eppiiiccc .
Simple Minds New Gold Dream incredible album,probably ties with The Crossing as Scotland's best ever album.
People rage on about Bohemian Rhapsody being an absolute epic ...but in my eyes... this is right up there alongside it.
An absolute classic ....and what a fitting finalé on the album.
Better that it for me.
Truly wish I could've been there...... or at least had the pleasure of seeing Stuart play Live. 😢
Nowhere near bohemian rhapsody.
Queen encapsulated many music genres, big country used Scottish riffs, no comparison.
Nothing here that can be compared to Queen in anyway shape or form but this band has a sound that was probably more regional than universal. Stuart was an able player and a good song writer but like a one trick pony that evolved along the journey from The Skid's. But look at Status Quo? Another one trick pony too. Again a regional band but legendary in their sound.
Your name will never die, Stuart Adamson
Gawd. The boys are delivering the goods! And on live TV. No easy feat.
Tony Butler is a monster on that bass.
They always delivered!!...
Live they really came alive
Tony and Mark were a perfect partnership and backbone of many a great song with and without Big Country.
They were born to play live & the music always sounded the same as the record. Loved them & saw them many times. RIP Stuart ❤️
The Pretenders, 'My City Was Gone' the tune the got TB the Big Country gig,Stuart reached out to him to join the band after that tune...both on top of their game!
One of the best drummers of all time totally underrated
Real ones know his talent.
he was ok - he was no clem burke but he was ok
@@discharge29 Mark Brzezicki is one of the best drummers out there which is why he has played for not only Big Country , he has also played with the Cult, Ultravox, From the Jam, Procol Harum, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Roger Daltrey, Fish from Marrillion, Steve Harley, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, The Pretenders, Thunderclap Newman, Midge Ure, Pete Townshend and many others. Brzezicki was also the sole drummer on Shine, the second (and final, to date) English-language studio album by Swedish singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA. I would like to add Big Country where one of the best bands to come out of the 80's IMO
He was in demand. He continued an active session career and was out of BC for two spells when he was working with the Cult and Procol Harem
The way this magnificent song slowly builds and builds makes my heart race. Absolutely stunning. Stuart Adamson with the ebow ♥️
Stuart Adamsom a great song writer. What a tight band. Love them.
Lucky enough to see them live in '83. Best concert I have ever seen and this was the best song that night.
Even having seen Stuart play live three times I never saw the raw power and energy behind the guitar and vocals. This is off the scale. Brilliant man.
What the musicist!!! Wonderful talented men! R.I.P. Stuart from Italy thanks for your music
Even to this day 'The Crossing' is the best debut album ever made.
GOD BLESS U PAL IT WAS A MASTERPIECE
The first 3 albums are still my best albums to this day
Hands. Down.
i agree, the best debut album ever.
I love 'The Crossing' but I think their masterwork is 'Steeltown'
Absolutely feckin incredible..no band on the planet could match them live back then..God bless Stuart Adamson.x
I still listen to Stuart's voice and their music every day ...I miss them ....a lot ...
you are not alone my friend.. Still on many of my play lists' to this day.
Wow, 1983, running Cross Country, listening to this on my WalkMan on the bus ride back to Kent boarding school.
Favorite song from my favorite band back in the 80's! The original Scottish sound has yet to be replicated!
Runrig too!
Proudly Scottish listening to this classic 🏴🏴👊🏴🏴
I have to say I love all their songs this 1 particular is the uniqueness guitarist playing one in million ways different any other bass player ever in 53 years I'll say this much it's the top 1i could replay this song over over over all of them my brother was murdered and my dad's dead and I'm the only one alive my brother started this very name first time he wanted to go have fun and seen me as an equal not just kid sister means allot to me thank you all so so much😊
This is like three or four songs composed into one. It jams; even more so live. I wish I could have been there. This band is so underrated and Stuart was a musical genius. R.I.P. and thanks for the great tunes! 🎶
Bob Marley once said “ One good thing about music,when it hits you feel no pain” Big Country makes life good again,even 40 yrs later RIP Stuart Adamson
One of a kind people this is why i enjoy music so so so well and learned to play inruments as well completed love of music.
Just sat here on a Sunday morning, taking a break from ironing, watching this and shedding a tear............
Chin up. Xxx
I’m the same. But I’m rubbish at ironing xx lol
IMO, this is one of the best tracks by Big Country. Their musicianship shines through big time on so many levels.
I grew up in the 80s, to this day i whistle rifts forgetful of where they came from. Then you rediscover the song and smile and for a moment you are returned to your youth.
Restless natives one of my favourite films
I want to find the 36 people who downvoted this and hug them and tell them it's gonna be okay. Something rough must be going on in their lives 😟
Cyber huge to you that was handsomely beautiful sincerely your very welcome
Tony Butler is in a trance... always a BC fan!
It becomes clear the first time you hear Big Country play just how much soul, energy and creative talent they had, but it's not until you actually SEE THEM in a live performance that your realise how technically brilliant they were too. Stuart Adamson in particular - the man is still one of the greatest guitarists I have ever seen or heard of.
That intro. is the best long intro. to a song ever. And the guitar work is just utterly phenomenal. An extraordinary performance by the whole band. Sheer joy to watch.
Few bands are totally unique. Few bands are massively talented.
Big Country were both. The way they used their guitars is like no other band.
How the hell do you write a masterpiece like this. I used to think there must have been a ton of overdubs on the recorded version but they absolutely replicated it here in a live performance. Stuart makes it look effortless. I wish he got the recognition he deserved.
Yeh man it's stunning. .
Nope had idea why for it amazing isn't it..😊
20 yrs gone. Stuart you are a Legend
All 4 are outstanding musicians.
Pure brilliance. Will watch this all of my life....over and over
Together they were a complete package.
Ahh man Stuart u genius...i love that rapid staccato muted rhythm he does before the lyrics kick in
Simply phenominal. An outstanding song that seems nowhere near as long as it is.
Magnificent guitars layered over a powerful yet agile rhythm section, sumptuously topped with a passionate vocal fortified by imaginatively descriptive lyrics.
A song of rare genius.
RIP Stuart Adamson.
For a man who was an incredible musician song writer he just couldn't stop drinking. I Love BIG COUNTRY they're still a tight band. Rest in peace always Stuart Adamson
These guys absolutely nailed it. Top performance, sadly missed.
Sad thing is about 90% of the people watching that live in the studio just didn't appreciate what they were seeing / hearing.
A brilliant song from a brilliant album by a brilliant band!!!
'A brilliant hat-trick' you might say... 😄 ..... 😉👍🏼
Brilliant
Loved this band from the early days - my children love them now, and have these Tube videos on eternal repeat. - they love Porrohman.
Dec 16th 2019 - eighteen years of winter sky.
Rest in peace.
Am 55 now but what I’ll carry with me (especially having seen them many times) is how much fun the boys were having whilst playing live 😂-oh to work in such an environment Coyp and rip Stuart
Absolute perfection. They couldn't sound better. Just mesmeric, the very best 4 musicians, at their peak.
Everyone of these guys is a brilliant musician. Love your vocals Stuart. Love them forever. The best hand ever.
Brilliant
Had this album on cassette on my first Walkman.
Played it until I just about knew every note.
Wish music was still like this.
Genius.
Chris Dunn
Me too: 83-84 was my Big Country Education
The Crossing - not one bad track. Even the stuff they cut was brilliant. Angle Park is a hidden classic.
Totally we all had it back then,,,,astounding album ,,,couldn’t get through the 80s without it
Had the great privilege of seeing Big Country several times around this period. They always put on a brilliant show and got the crowd involved. This is one of their top songs from a classic album. I later went onto play in a band that did several BC covers and they were great songs to perform live and always well received by audiences. We lost Stuart Adamson too soon. A great Scot sorely missed.
Like a lot of things, the crowd didn’t realise what they were witnessing at the time. Brilliance.
The tension build through the long intro is almost painful. This song is about desperation and poverty, and it is perfect!
They knew not what they saw
Brilliant
Hey rock rock rock love them too death seriously I'm glad i finally remembered their bands name lovely music straight up to my dear brother..❤
I watched this live in my bedroom back in the day ,,,,,after many jobs and for the past years working in mental health ,.,I get it ,,,I’m there ,,,,my life is to stop this…..sometimes it’s not possible
They still sound like nobody else.
I hope you found peace Stuart.
Such great memories was a member of the fan club. Bliss you Stuart xx
Stuart Adamson once said - "Drums and guitars are all you'll ever need". If this isn't proof of that then there never will be. This is fecking awesome.
Not a fan of synth pop then.
All I’ll ever need = Stu on guitar + Brzezicki on drums.
@@ajs41 Dunno, does Atomic Kitten count? ;-)
@@Malc2169 twat lol
That phrase stuck with me too. Wasn't it from The Seer tour ? I designed a t-shirt with that on it back in the day.
The top half of a drum kit and crossed guitars like a skull and crossbones.
Nothing special to add, I just happen to be thinking of Stuart today and miss him so much.
Got to see them live on four occasions before Stuart sadly passed away,God blessed you Stuart a rare talent as was the rest of this genius band,thank you for times i watched in amazementxxxxx
I've listened to this so many times in the past week, trying to find why it shouldn't be my all time number 1 song and live performance. It is perfection. I can't live without it.......
Many of their live performances made the hair on the back of my neck only beaten by optimistic sounds of blackness
Couldn’t agree more Julie!
@@robert12011 2 years on and I feel just the same. Still gives me shivers.....
I still love this song and album. I bought the vinyl and cassette in 1983. Wore out 3 copies of each before CDs came out. The magic of Stuart making his guitar sound like electronic bagpipes is haunting.
The bag pipe guitar it's Brillant their originally from Scotland this is the first song my brother shared with me 42 years ago .
Wow i was almost 13 what wow over needed love and needed this bands songs for awhile now so I'll be repeating to listen feeling watching them all allot 😊 thank you (R.I.P. Randy-I )DECEASED ONLY SIBLING I LIVE&love YOU MY DEAREST BROTHER SMILES TO YOU..😊❤❤❤
Look into the work of Daniel Ash, of Bauhaus/Tones on Tail/Love and Rockets fame. He used the e-bow often to create that deeply atmospheric guitar tone.
Somebody said they were a one hit wonder. I said "Put em up!" 👊🏼👊🏼💥
They are ignorant not every one knows everything their clearly stupid not to bright or cliche the sharpest tool in the shed.lol
That intro man. Love it
This version you see them watch OMG the greatest song i was 12 when my brother shared this song it's taken over years to finally reducer them i feeling pretty complete content right this very moment living the solo
RIP Stuart. Rest easy sir.
40 years since “the crossing “ ooft ouch where did the feeling go ?
8 mins of pure gold . F n amazing song ...
I was never a Big Country fan but a few weeks ago found their Best of cd in amongst my collection and havent stopped playing it
I love all the love this is getting. This is timeless. Also. The fields of fire performance. Holy shite.
Bruce Watson and son etc are still keeping this enigmatic and original sound alive and kicking. Hoots mon ! Btw don’t forget Lord Rochingham’s Eleven ( nothing to do with cricket).
Wish these times could return sheer and utter brilliance .
Blows me away every time I hear it after all these years, invoke so much emotion. Thank you gentlemen for making my life better! Big Country yea!
The energy and commitment of a punk band.
The chops of a jazz band
I remember this well. The tv advent of a truly great group.
Stuart Adamson, a true one of a kind. This entire album makes me melt ❤ Oh what I’d to be able to experience their live shows but I hadn’t been born. BG is one of my fav bands, this album is a masterpiece, and this song is like an ocean ❤
Bagpipe guitars are utterly beautiful.
Just how good is this? RIP bud.
This track is Superb!
Love Stuart Adamson and Big Country.
The Crossing is the Best Album of All Time in my humble opinion
Yes, for me too. And they are still on the road. I want to go to UK (from Brazil) for one week just tô see then! I wonder if they would play Porrohman, Inwards or Chance
This is how you make two guitars, one bass and drums sound like an entire orchestra.
Masterpiece.
I totally fucked up. I was 18/19 and dismissed Big Country for some reason. How wrong was I. These guys absolutely nailed it and never got the recognition because people like me thought they weren't serious enough.
My favourite Big country song played live, together with the storm
Saw the band 23 times in total, favourite band until I started following The Cult
Ha ha that's a great c.v❤ hope you got
Time off to check out some killing joke or bunnymen.
I enjoy watching them perform as well😊
I love this i enjoy all their songs several reasons makes me happy to share the best band ever😊🎉🎉🎉
Absolutely brilliant, very very underrated band . RIP Stuart.
Brilliant
Beautiful......🙏🇳🇿🙏
(Probably one of the) Best live band ever.
Probably?!
Definitely one of the Best!
Bloody Brilliant! These early years were so Awesome. I remember thinking, "Where have I seen Tony and Mark???"...and then realizing they were in Pete Townshend's Rough Boys Vid! (Of course, at that time, Mark and Tony were one of the UK's Power House Rythm Session Duo!) BC were Awesome! Stuart, You are Sadly Missed. RIP. ❤🙏🏻🏴🇬🇧❤
Love, love, love this song! Just surreal.
Testament to this great band is when members of U2 say they made songs that we could only dream of making . RIP stuart . ❤
My all time favourite band, pure brilliance.
Brilliant
The originality, musicianship and technical brilliance of this cannot be overstated.
I always loved it when Stuart roared Tshcar! Absolutely gutted when he passed away. Tony Butler’s bass is just so good and on point! 🏴
What a tight unit they were! Incredible music!😎 miss music as good as this standard! Thanks Stuart! 🎸👌🏻👌 you rocked! 👍🏻
First song my brother shared with me why I'm roasted so so stoked i miss him so so bad OMG this reminds me of a boat of a day he treated me closer than ever surprised me given me my first dozen roses just because for being me and thanked me to helping him see he's worth everything in my book try harder we can do this teach other through music deal we only swipe he hugged me we went hiking out man lives member been easy at all.
I'm not dwelling im dealing with it and other things and need to be heard and listening to this very very great song bag guitarist and band feels he's here with me at this very moment embracing it.😊❤❤❤❤❤
This song should be at page one of the musicians guide to hammering out utterly brilliant jams
Big Tony on that bass guitar is like a musical genius. He absolutely nailed it!!
Stuart is utterly amazing. Why did I only see these guys once.
But it was the best live action ever and 30 years later I've never seen better!!!
Brilliant
How we miss them to this day play the music still.Thankyou
Gone too soon Stuart, thanks for the music 🎶
Perfection sounds like this... R.I.P. Stuart.