Bruce Cockburn
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Immensely popular in his native Canada, singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn has found only cult success south of the border, in spite of a rich, varied body of work and considerable critical nods. He has won numerous Juno Awards and has kept the quality control on most of his albums at a high level. cockburn's first decade of work (1970-1979) is largely literate, singer-songwriter folk rock, often with a strong Christian tone and mystical, devotional lyrics. In 1979, cockburn had his only major U.S. single, "Wondering Where the Lions Are," which peaked at number 21. The accompanying album, Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, saw him augmenting his music with worldbeat rhythms, an approach he would continue over his next few albums. cockburn toned down his Christian viewpoint for much of the 1980s, partially as a way of disconnecting himself from the American religious right, which he found antithetical to his own spiritual beliefs, and partially to concentrate on more humanitarian, political subject matter. In 1984, cockburn produced an AOR hit, "If I Had a Rocket Launcher," whose accompanying video depicted conditions in war-torn Central America and gained a fair amount of MTV play.
Read More...cockburn's later 1980s work took on a more streamlined rock sound, and his political agenda was weighted toward environmental concerns, as well as oppression. In the 1990s, cockburn returned to a more introspective feel recalling his earlier work, but moved toward a more global and political perspective with the issue of the angry and polemical You've Never Seen Everything in 2003. Speechless from 2005 was an all-instrumental affair, showing off the artist's skill on guitar, while the next year's Life Short Call Now showed an artist at the prime of his musical maturity. A live set, Slice O Life - Live Solo, arrived in 2009. After a brief tour, cockburn returned to the studio in 2010, where he finished work on a new collection entitled Small Source Of Comfort, which was released in early 2011; the set is an intimate set of songs and guitar-based instrumentals (including the live but never recorded cockburn standard "The Gift"). The album was produced by Colin Linden and features violinist Jenny Scheinman. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi
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If I Had A Rocket Launcher - (6:08) - 3,255 playsLyricsHere comes the helicopter -- second time today
Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered only God can say
If I had a rocket launcher... I'd make somebody pay
I don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hate
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- Lovers In A Dangerous Time - (4:05) - 3,113 plays
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- Adeste Fidelis - (0:52) - 1,553 plays
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- Pacing The Cage - (4:39) - 1,418 plays
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- Last Night Of The World - (4:50) - 1,287 plays
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- A Dream Like Mine - (3:54) - 936 plays
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