Not sure if there have been threads here before about Big Country (search function wouldn't recognise anything past the first word, so wouldn't bring up any previous threads.)

Just wondering if anyone else is a fan of Big Country's music? I've been a fan of them for a long time and finally found (and purchased) their "Final Fling" DVD, which has a show from Berlin 1988 and at their final show at The Barrowlands Glasgow 2000.

I must say, it's completely brilliant (especially the 2000 concert!) Stuart Adamson wrote such great lyrics, and the whole band was very tight and played about as perfectly as a band could play! Not only that, but they're all wearing kilts (I recognise a Black Watch and a Buccleuch, but the stage lighting makes it difficult to figure out the colors of the other two.)

Big Country's music is very rock and roll, but with a very Scottish influence. They're sort of my go-to band when I'm feeling down and need to listen to something a bit uplifting (I just wish Stuart could've taken his own advice.) It was only about a year after that final concert that Stuart decided that he "needed to go", and I think the music industry lost a truly unique and talented songwriter. But at least he left some great music, and the remaining three members play occasional shows in remembrance to him.

Anyway, for anyone that likes Big Country and Celtic-influenced rock, I highly recommend their DVD, "Big Country: The Final Fling". I found it on Amazon (through a third-party dealer), but I paid the extra four dollars and had it four days after I ordered it. I've been watching it non-stop for the past three days, and it never gets old. The versions of "Spirit To Me", "In A Big Country" and "Fields of Fire" are brilliant.