ONE HIT WONDERLAND: “In a Big Country” by Big Country
In a big country, dreams stay with you, but Big Country did far more than you think.
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@1537PaperStreet
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
im grateful for this video for introducing me to the song “you dreamer”. its hitting really hard for me at this point in my life.
@aceagrauel7267
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Its like an "electric" bagpipe
@aceagrauel7267
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Its like an "electric" bagpipe
@MrBigcityal
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
One of my absurd college memories of the song. One Sunday morning I was going to the commons to have breakfast and it was as dead out as you would expect. Except someone in the dorm was playing this song so loud I could hear it the whole 1/4 mile away to the commons.
@nofrackingzone7479
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Big Country had the best sound, the guitar bagpipes sound was awesome. I was baffled by what the video was trying to say. A better video would have given them more mileage and maybe better long term chance.
@maniac541
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Never heard of this.
@superdeluxesmell
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Everything about punk is absolutely idiotic and terrible
@emilymcplugger
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
From the U.K. here.
One of my favourite gags of this time was this.
New Album: BEST OF BIG COUNTRY: Also available as a single.
🤭😅😂🤣😆
@beautyandintrigue
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
A few years ago I bought a Big Country boxset. So much of it was sooo good. I'll blare it in my car, rolling down the highway
@satchelpaige1
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
I loved the Moe. cover of this song
@azureblue.567
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Omg, poor guy. Rest in peace Stuart, you really made some magic over the years. Wish we didn't lose you, esp like this 🙏❤️
@edgarcardiel157
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Wintersky was my intro to this band, randomly heard it on my coworkers phone at work. Loved exploring their work. as a younger dude i love exploring early 80s youth music. Didnt know thats how it ended but Im thankful it exists and he put good tunes and art into the world.
@RAGNAR-3-3
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
love the big country cover that moe. did
@fedorathexplorer
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
U look like a sad furry in the thumbnail
@FurdOnga
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
As John Peel could have said about Big Country – " The band that put the big into cun ..t.ree "
@alisonallover
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
My sister got married on the beach in Florida, and when we got there this guy was playing bagpipes a ways off. We didn't have music planned or playing, and it was a tiny ceremony with just like 10 people present on a public beach, so we didn't think anything of it. But he must have noticed because as she started walking out to the shore in her white dress to meet everyone he started playing the bridal march. 🥹 It was so sweet.
@Tim85-y2q
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Travis is mad they got shut out of being the "Scottish act" to break out in their era.
@BlueJaybeard
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
"This is another one where I'll make the Europeans mad."
And the Brits for calling them Europeans…
@frankblacks.45
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Aahhh, 1983. I was 13yrs old & loving life & this video/song.
Makes sense as my Scottish ancestors settled in Tennessee where my family still lives.
Good times, man.
Also, work on the self-loathe, nothing wrong with the album cover or "pasty White" English bands. Lolz.
Great video, loved it.
@christosmytaras218
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Never thought I’d hear Todd mention Dunfermline
@Lady.Luthien
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Hanging out with U2 made them realize how much they liked…Big Countries.
@nathanieledwards7150
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Just gonna HOP over the Jesus and Mary chain being SCOTTISH!!!!???
@w.h.matlock8219
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
Everybody knows the Scottish band of the 1980s was The Blue Nile, Todd!
@bighutch73
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
The distintive guitar sound was achieved using a device called an "E Bow'
@brysimm404
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
The follow up album Steel Town is really good, and yes, “Wonderland” is a truly GREAT song – their best in my opinion too. Thanks for giving Big Country their due 👍
@gezi0752
June 24, 2026 at 9:15 am
I had never heard of this band or heard this song before, it sounds incredible and has aged incredibly well for 80s post punk