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THE BIG TEST ON BIG COUNTRY

In our usual farsighted fashion, we figured out what you need before you did. After reading Big Country features in every magazine, newspaper, and periodical printed in the English language, the last thing you need is one more "impassioned young men" article.

April 1, 1984
Laura Fissinger

THE BIG TEST ON BIG COUNTRY

Laura Fissinger

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In our usual farsighted fashion, we figured out what you need before you did. After reading Big Country features in every magazine, newspaper, and periodical printed in the English language, the last thing you need is one more ‘ ‘impassioned young men” article. In fact, what you probably need is a chance to take this test, empty your head, and then go back to the music that caused all these dumb stories in the first place.

And don’t think that the sainted Scots themselves wouldn’t approve of this irreverence. At the end of a very serious and (sort of) strained interview, I prefaced a question by telling them it was going to be silly. Stuart Adamson and Tony Butler looked like monks being offered hot oil massage and women of sin. “Please,” Stuart moaned, “silly questions! We love silly questions.” For you, dear unwitting rock saint and hero, a motherlode. Sharpen your pencils!

JL. Big Country is most often asked in interviews:

a. How big is it?

b. So, do they drink Scotch in Scotland, ha-ha?

c. How do you get your guitars to

.. sound like bagpipes?..o}:

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