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Bruce Cockburn: Lyrical Genius and Activist 📜
Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics have walked the line between poetic & political.
Since the '70s, the #Canadian singer-songwriter has woven environmentalism, spirituality, & human rights into intricate arrangements. With tracks like If I Had a Rocket Launcher & Lovers in a Dangerous Time, he shaped folk-rock into a vehicle for both introspection and action. 🇨🇦 #Canada #BruceCockburn #CanadianMusic #FolkRock -
Bruce Cockburn: Lyrical Genius and Activist 📜
Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics have walked the line between poetic & political.
Since the '70s, the #Canadian singer-songwriter has woven environmentalism, spirituality, & human rights into intricate arrangements. With tracks like If I Had a Rocket Launcher & Lovers in a Dangerous Time, he shaped folk-rock into a vehicle for both introspection and action. 🇨🇦 #Canada #BruceCockburn #CanadianMusic #FolkRock -
2025 in Music
According to Soundcloud I spent most of my time listening to various shows on Afropop Worldwide, Rinse FM and Sleep’s Dopesmoker. All of which made on appearance on previous years lists. The new addition for 2025 was Jay Electronica’s “A Written Testimony” EP trilogy (?). Compared to last year, my Soundcloud list is about the same, while a quick review of my history/timeline for a few other platforms indicates I’ve still been repping lots of Bad Bunny, KEXP, LaRussell, Tiny Desk and Western AF. What is perhaps most interesting about that is that 90% of my Soundcloud time is logged from my work-station and given how/when I listen, each platform has a distinct vibe/represents a particular set of activities and their corresponding soundtrack. So John Carroll Kirby was still a top artist (Tuscany serving as a regular soundtrack for family dinners) and I listened to about the same amount of Alice Coltrane (mostly while keeping up my yoga practice) and Keith Hudson (while hanging outside/working in the yard).
Some new favorites were Eladio Carrion, Hugh Mundell, LA LOM and as already mentioned I played this track repeatedly. One new trend was a return to alt and 90s rock (Beastie Boys, Fugazi, Nirvana et al.), mostly as a result of trying to find music all three of us (my son, wife and I) can agree on. Especially, when in the car together.
In terms of concerts, Bitchin Baja’s and Prairiewolf at glob were a blast and included a bonus hang-night with a buddy visiting from West Cost. While the first night of Denver Metal & Beer Fest with my BIL was fun and the surprise for me was OKC based Chat Pile. Plus, he and I caught a couple of great sets at the 2025 Bluegrass on the Arkansas (in Salida, CO), including night one’s closer, Magoo.
While I listen primarily to digital-streaming, I did make an effort to dig into my vinyl collection more. Especially, in the second half of the year. There were a handful of records added to the collection this year, with the best being World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever – The Existential Soul of Tim Maia and 400% Dynamite Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in Jamaica, both gifted by friends. The former has been on heavy rotation for at least last few years so I was pumped to unexpectedly get my own copy and while I wasn’t aware of the later, it is chock full of classics! In terms of my own finds, I thrifted a copy of Stealing Fire by Bruce Cockburn along with 1 or 2 LPs from Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson.
Otherwise, I still use an old dedicated MP3 music player for running and it’s library hasn’t been updated in some years. It a weird mix of early/mid aughts London bass and grime mixes, DatPiff downloads and stuff like Pink by Boris. I probably listen to this from Elijah & Skilliam (ft JME and Skepta) the most. For me it’s perfect running energy/vibes!
Finally, this Butthole Surfers mix has become a regular evening (usually to kickoff or end the weekend) listen and I unwind from many a weekday, with NTS Radio. In particular the Raja Vibrations show.
I really dug that Night Slugs with Scotti Dee & Spidey G setBad Bunny tracks made 3 of my top 5 on AmazonFor a total of 152 hours but that’s just the one platform#Boris #BruceCockburn #Dopesmoker #JayElectronica #JME #JohnCarrollKirby #Music #RagaVibrations #RinseFM #Skepta
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Slice of Canadiana in a cover song.
#GoinDownTheRoad #BruceCockburn #cover #SCTV #JoeFlaherty #JohnCandy #DonShebib #Canada #music -
Bruce Cockburn: Lyrical Genius and Activist 📜
Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics have walked the line between poetic & political.
Since the '70s, the #Canadian singer-songwriter has woven environmentalism, spirituality, & human rights into intricate arrangements. With tracks like If I Had a Rocket Launcher & Lovers in a Dangerous Time, he shaped folk-rock into a vehicle for both introspection and action. 🇨🇦 #Canada #BruceCockburn #CanadianMusic #FolkRock -
Bruce Cockburn: Lyrical Genius and Activist 📜
Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics have walked the line between poetic & political.
Since the '70s, the #Canadian singer-songwriter has woven environmentalism, spirituality, & human rights into intricate arrangements. With tracks like If I Had a Rocket Launcher & Lovers in a Dangerous Time, he shaped folk-rock into a vehicle for both introspection and action. 🇨🇦 #Canada #BruceCockburn #CanadianMusic #FolkRock -
@SocraticEthics Can a certain #BruceCockburn #resistance song be heard playing from a boom box among the ‘Welcome’ crowd in Anchorage, #Alaska ? 🤔
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@SocraticEthics For the listening pleasure of the #fediverse near Anchorage, #Alaska , #BruceCockburn the great folk musician from #Canada singing one of his most celebrated #resistance songs, “If I Had A Rocket Launcher”: https://youtu.be/_AG7g0eCtcI?si=XXMCac3q1AT-Lhf3
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Bruce Cockburn: Lyrical Genius and Activist 📜
Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics have walked the line between poetic & political.
Since the '70s, the #Canadian singer-songwriter has woven environmentalism, spirituality, & human rights into intricate arrangements. With tracks like If I Had a Rocket Launcher & Lovers in a Dangerous Time, he shaped folk-rock into a vehicle for both introspection and action. 🇨🇦 #Canada #BruceCockburn #CanadianMusic #FolkRock -
If only listen to one single #BruceCockburn album in your life, let it be this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09bvxlDwPEU&list=PLvcZIP8ignRMym89F5iKjYYdb0Si88LOK
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Bruce Cockburn: Lyrical Genius and Activist 📜
Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics have walked the line between poetic & political.
Since the '70s, the #Canadian singer-songwriter has woven environmentalism, spirituality, & human rights into intricate arrangements. With tracks like If I Had a Rocket Launcher & Lovers in a Dangerous Time, he shaped folk-rock into a vehicle for both introspection and action. 🇨🇦 #Canada #BruceCockburn #CanadianMusic #FolkRock -
#OnThisDay in 1945, #BruceCockburn, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter ("Wondering Where the Lions Are"; "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"), born in Ottawa, Ontario.
#HappyBirthday #80 🎉🎂🎀💗🥳 -
Bruce Cockburn: Lyrical Genius and Activist 📜
Bruce Cockburn’s lyrics have walked the line between poetic & political.
Since the '70s, the #Canadian singer-songwriter has woven environmentalism, spirituality, & human rights into intricate arrangements. With tracks like If I Had a Rocket Launcher & Lovers in a Dangerous Time, he shaped folk-rock into a vehicle for both introspection and action. 🇨🇦 #Canada #BruceCockburn #CanadianMusic #FolkRock -
Bruce Cockburn: If I Had a Rocket Launcher Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Here comes the helicopter
Second time today
Everybody scatters
And hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered
Only God can say, hey
[Chorus]If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I'd make somebody pay
[Verse 2]
I don't believe in guarded borders
And I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals
Or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors
Of things too sickening to relate
[Chorus]If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I would retaliate[Verse 3]
On the Rio Lacantún
One hundred thousand wait
To fall down from starvation
Or some less humane fate
Cry for Guatemala
With a corpse in every gate
[Chorus]If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I would not hesitate
[Verse 4]
I wanna raise every voice
At least I've got to try
Every time I think about it
Water rises to my eyes
Situation desperate
Echoes of the victims cry
[Chorus]If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
Some son of a bitch would diegenius.com/Bruce-cockburn-if-i…
#Music #Lyrics #Resistance #Oldies #BruceCockburn #RocketLauncher
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40 years ago this week, "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" by #BruceCockburn entered the #Top100 at 89. It peaked at 88 on 16 Feb 1985. It did better here in Canada, getting to 49, and I remember hearing it a lot on the radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vCww3j2-w #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo
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It's a good thing I don't have a rocket launcher, because I know where it would be aimed, but I'll let #BruceCockburn tell you all about it in this live #Music clip. #CanadianArtists #Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azYxPf_Ahp4&list=LLUwhfey9MublWMilUTVvxBQ&index=30
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Listening to the album "Sun, Salt and Time" by Bruce Cockburn today. Record is over 50 years old, but it is perfect for addressing my stress today. Bruce is a Canadian treasure.
Here is the title track: https://youtu.be/XY8M_9FP7Ec?si=eLUnRMdcwEIYB03q #BruceCockburn