Oh, and about the suicide of Stuart Adamson:
I'm sure that when he wrote and performed this song, Adamson believed the lyrics. He may have not followed their message during a troubling time in his life, but I like to think he wrote those lyrics as much as for an anonymous or un-designated friend as to himself. I don't think he just made up an entire song without actually feeling the emotion and beliefs presented in the song, even if he did take his life. His suicide and this song aren't mutually exclusive.
Sometimes, I like to hope that this very song has saved the lives of a significant number of people who otherwise would have given up on life. Perhaps Adamson is responsible for protecting more years than he gave up on?
Completely agree with the first comment by RamuneDrink. I've just spent the last hour reading up on Stuart Adamson & looking at youtube clips of Big Country. The version of "In A Big Country" from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983 is magical. It's really sad to see how unbelievably passionate Stuart is singing the words in that performance and knowing what eventually happened him. But at the same time, I completely agree with what you have said in how he probably has touched/helped/saved more people's lives than he ever could have imagined. RIP Stuart
Completely agree with the first comment by RamuneDrink. I've just spent the last hour reading up on Stuart Adamson & looking at youtube clips of Big Country. The version of "In A Big Country" from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983 is magical. It's really sad to see how unbelievably passionate Stuart is singing the words in that performance and knowing what eventually happened him. But at the same time, I completely agree with what you have said in how he probably has touched/helped/saved more people's lives than he ever could have imagined. RIP Stuart
@RamuneDrink absolutely uncanny, you may be right. Years ago I had a fairly long stay in a psychiatric hospital, as I recovered I heard the patient in the room next to mine playing the same song, day in day out over a couple of weeks. I came to like the song just by overhearing it. Today, years later that song came on the radio so I looked it up and it’s ’In a big country’, I came to this site for some background on the song, and here we are. I can say the song was definitely a panacea to...
@RamuneDrink absolutely uncanny, you may be right. Years ago I had a fairly long stay in a psychiatric hospital, as I recovered I heard the patient in the room next to mine playing the same song, day in day out over a couple of weeks. I came to like the song just by overhearing it. Today, years later that song came on the radio so I looked it up and it’s ’In a big country’, I came to this site for some background on the song, and here we are. I can say the song was definitely a panacea to the guy in the room next to me, and to me, at what was a very difficult time in a difficult place. Good work OP!
Oh, and about the suicide of Stuart Adamson: I'm sure that when he wrote and performed this song, Adamson believed the lyrics. He may have not followed their message during a troubling time in his life, but I like to think he wrote those lyrics as much as for an anonymous or un-designated friend as to himself. I don't think he just made up an entire song without actually feeling the emotion and beliefs presented in the song, even if he did take his life. His suicide and this song aren't mutually exclusive.
Sometimes, I like to hope that this very song has saved the lives of a significant number of people who otherwise would have given up on life. Perhaps Adamson is responsible for protecting more years than he gave up on?
"I like to hope that this very song has saved the lives of a significant number of people" - I think you are going a bit far here.
"I like to hope that this very song has saved the lives of a significant number of people" - I think you are going a bit far here.
It's only a pop song.
It's only a pop song.
Completely agree with the first comment by RamuneDrink. I've just spent the last hour reading up on Stuart Adamson & looking at youtube clips of Big Country. The version of "In A Big Country" from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983 is magical. It's really sad to see how unbelievably passionate Stuart is singing the words in that performance and knowing what eventually happened him. But at the same time, I completely agree with what you have said in how he probably has touched/helped/saved more people's lives than he ever could have imagined. RIP Stuart
Completely agree with the first comment by RamuneDrink. I've just spent the last hour reading up on Stuart Adamson & looking at youtube clips of Big Country. The version of "In A Big Country" from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983 is magical. It's really sad to see how unbelievably passionate Stuart is singing the words in that performance and knowing what eventually happened him. But at the same time, I completely agree with what you have said in how he probably has touched/helped/saved more people's lives than he ever could have imagined. RIP Stuart
@RamuneDrink absolutely uncanny, you may be right. Years ago I had a fairly long stay in a psychiatric hospital, as I recovered I heard the patient in the room next to mine playing the same song, day in day out over a couple of weeks. I came to like the song just by overhearing it. Today, years later that song came on the radio so I looked it up and it’s ’In a big country’, I came to this site for some background on the song, and here we are. I can say the song was definitely a panacea to...
@RamuneDrink absolutely uncanny, you may be right. Years ago I had a fairly long stay in a psychiatric hospital, as I recovered I heard the patient in the room next to mine playing the same song, day in day out over a couple of weeks. I came to like the song just by overhearing it. Today, years later that song came on the radio so I looked it up and it’s ’In a big country’, I came to this site for some background on the song, and here we are. I can say the song was definitely a panacea to the guy in the room next to me, and to me, at what was a very difficult time in a difficult place. Good work OP!