[kj] Guilty Pleasures

[Alexander Smith]

I head "Fields of Fire" and "Look Away" the other day, and those both  
stand up as far as I'm concerned. Hard to believe that Stuart Adamson  
became a hairdresser and committed suicide.

Alex in NYC



On Jan 13, 2007, at 7:52 AM, gingoblin at easynet.co.uk wrote:


>

> TB wrote

>

>

>

>> Big Country used to be one of my favorite bands. I was lucky  

>> enough to see

>> them live several times during tours for their first three albums  

>> which was

>> when they were arguably at their peak.

>

> Yeah, same here... they were great in their day, though can't  

> really listen

> to much of it now... seems to stuck in it's time to these ears.  

> Their gigs

> were amazing though, they could get the whole place moving with  

> ease. Musta

> been the "bagpipe guitars" ;-)      Saw their Hogmanay gig in  

> Edinburgh in

> '84... got the bottle of champagne Adamson passed to the crowd...  

> and it

> was full of bits of cork!  Even my dad said he'd like to go and see  

> them

> after seeing that gig on TV... I dunno if that's good or bad!

>

> Dave in Edinburghhhhhhh

>

>

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