Bruce Cockburn

Biografía del artista Bruce Cockburn

Bruce Cockburn Pronounced "CO-Burn" Born May 27 1945 In Ottawa Ontario Canada Has Had A Long And Distinguished Career With Much Success In His Native Canada. He Has Written Songs In Styles Ranging From Folk To Jazz-Influenced Rock To Rock And Roll. Cockburn Was Inducted Into The Canadian Music Hall Of Fame In 2001. In 2012 He Received The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal In Canada The Award Was To Honour "significant Contributions And Achievements By Canadians" . Cockburn's Early Albums Were Fairly Straight Ahead Folk Music Spotlighting His Brilliant Guitar Playing. In Fact There Were A Good Number Of Instrumental Guitar Numbers On Those Early Recordings. A Christian Element Came Into His Music Around The Time Of The Album Salt Sun And Time And Over Time His Writing Has Taken On A Stronger And Stronger Political Orientation. Perhaps The Most Consistent Element Of Cockburn's Music Has Been His Willingness To Change And Evolve Over Time. In This Way He Is Similar To Fellow Canadians Joni Mitchell And Neil Young. He Has Had A Couple Of Radio Hits In The United States Including Wondering Where The Lions Are And If I Had A Rocket Launcher . His Albums In The 80s Are Considered Some Of His Strongest Including Humans Inner City Front Stealing Fire And Big Circumstance. After Big Circumstance He Struggled With Writer's Block And His Output Began To Slow Down But He Recovered With The Formidable Nothing But A Burning Light Which Led The Way Back To A Sparer More Folk-Oriented Form Of Music. His Later Album The Charity Of Night Contains One Of His Most Thoughtful Songs Pacing The Cage. His 2006 Album Life Short Call Now Was Preceded By Speechless A Collection Of Instrumentals Many Of Them From Earlier Albums. The Album Highlights Cockburn's Prodigious Abilities As A Guitarist. Cockburn's 31st Studio Album Small Source Of Comfort Was Released In March 2011. BruceCockburn.Com Called The Album "an Adventurous Collection Of Songs Of Romance Protest And Spiritual Discovery. The Album Primarily Acoustic Yet Rhythmically Savvy Is Rich In Cockburn’s Characteristic Blend Of Folk Blues Jazz And Rock."

Frogtoon Música - Información de la canción: If I Had a Rocket Launcher

Bruce-Cockburn - Stealing Fire

If I Had A Rocket Launcher Is A Song By Bruce Cockburn From His 1984 Album Stealing Fire. The Song Was Inspired By Cockburn's Visit Sponsored By OXFAM To Guatemalan Refugee Camps In Mexico Following The Military Torture Campaign Of Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt. Although Cockburn Had Occasionally Touched On Political Themes In His Earlier Songs "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" Was His First Explicitly Political Song To Be Released As A Single And Earned Him A New Reputation As An Outspoken Musical Activist. In The Song Cockburn Despairs Of Waiting For A Political Solution To The Crisis And Expresses The Desire To Take Matters Into His Own Hands. Each Verse Ends With A Line Stating What Cockburn Would Do If He Had A Rocket Launcher In The First Verse I'd Make Somebody Pay. In The Second I Would Retaliate. In The Third I Would Not Hesitate. The Fourth And Final Verse Ends With The Song's Most Famous And Controversial Lyric If He Had A Rocket Launcher Some Son-Of-A-Bitch Would Die. In A Later Interview Cockburn Stated That The Song "is Not A Call To Arms This Is A Cry." Chart Performance
Although The Song Received Considerable Airplay On Canadian Radio In Early 1985 Many Radio Stations Played An Edited Version Which Faded Out Before The "son-Of-A-Bitch" Lyric Was Heard. Consequently The Song Failed To Reach The National Top 40 Peaking At #49 On The Canadian Charts In The Week Of March 9 1985. It Did However Reach The Top 40 In Some Individual Markets — For Example It Peaked At #24 On The CHUM Chart In Toronto. The Song Also Reached #88 On The Billboard Hot 100 Charts In The United States. It Was Cockburn's Only Single Besides Wondering Where The Lions Are To Even Reach The Top 100 In That Country. Other Notes
During Their Maybe You Should Drive Tour Barenaked Ladies Often Inserted The "some Son-Of-A-Bitch Would Die" Lyric Into Their Own Song If I Had $1000000. Following Their Album Rattle And Hum U2 Reportedly Rehearsed The Song A Number Of Times With The Intention To Record A Cover Although This Never Materialized.

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Bruce Cockburn Pronounced "CO-Burn" Born May 27 1945 In Ottawa Ontario Canada Has Had A Long And Distinguished Career With Much Success In His Native Canada. He Has Written Songs In Styles Ranging From Folk To Jazz-Influenced Rock To Rock And Roll. Cockburn Was Inducted Into The Canadian Music Hall Of Fame In 2001. In 2012 He Received The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal In Canada The Award Was To Honour "significant Contributions And Achievements By Canadians" . Cockburn's Early Albums Were Fairly Straight Ahead Folk Music Spotlighting His Brilliant Guitar Playing. In Fact There Were A Good Number Of Instrumental Guitar Numbers On Those Early Recordings. A Christian Element Came Into His Music Around The Time Of The Album Salt Sun And Time And Over Time His Writing Has Taken On A Stronger And Stronger Political Orientation. Perhaps The Most Consistent Element Of Cockburn's Music Has Been His Willingness To Change And Evolve Over Time. In This Way He Is Similar To Fellow Canadians Joni Mitchell And Neil Young. He Has Had A Couple Of Radio Hits In The United States Including Wondering Where The Lions Are And If I Had A Rocket Launcher . His Albums In The 80s Are Considered Some Of His Strongest Including Humans Inner City Front Stealing Fire And Big Circumstance. After Big Circumstance He Struggled With Writer's Block And His Output Began To Slow Down But He Recovered With The Formidable Nothing But A Burning Light Which Led The Way Back To A Sparer More Folk-Oriented Form Of Music. His Later Album The Charity Of Night Contains One Of His Most Thoughtful Songs Pacing The Cage. His 2006 Album Life Short Call Now Was Preceded By Speechless A Collection Of Instrumentals Many Of Them From Earlier Albums. The Album Highlights Cockburn's Prodigious Abilities As A Guitarist. Cockburn's 31st Studio Album Small Source Of Comfort Was Released In March 2011. BruceCockburn.Com Called The Album "an Adventurous Collection Of Songs Of Romance Protest And Spiritual Discovery. The Album Primarily Acoustic Yet Rhythmically Savvy Is Rich In Cockburn’s Characteristic Blend Of Folk Blues Jazz And Rock." read less

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If I Had a Rocket Launcher is a song by Bruce Cockburn, from his 1984 album Stealing Fire. The song was inspired by Cockburn's visit, sponsored by OXFAM, to Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico following the military torture campaign of dictator Efraín Ríos Montt. Although Cockburn had occasionally touched on political themes in his earlier songs, "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" was his first explicitly political song to be released as a single, and earned him a new reputation as an outspoken musical activist. In the song, Cockburn despairs of waiting for a political solution to the crisis, and expresses the desire to take matters into his own hands. Each verse ends with a line stating what Cockburn would do if he had a rocket launcher: in the first verse, I'd make somebody pay. In the second, I would retaliate. In the third, I would not hesitate. The fourth and final verse ends with the song's most famous and controversial lyric: if he had a rocket launcher, some son-of-a-bitch would die. In a later interview, Cockburn stated that the song "is not a call to arms; this is a cry." Chart performance Although the song received considerable airplay on Canadian radio in early 1985, many radio stations played an edited version which faded out before the "son-of-a-bitch" lyric was heard. Consequently, the song failed to reach the national Top 40, peaking at #49 on the Canadian charts in the week of March 9, 1985. It did, however, reach the Top 40 in some individual markets — for example, it peaked at #24 on the CHUM Chart in Toronto. The song also reached #88 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States. It was Cockburn's only single besides Wondering Where the Lions Are to even reach the Top 100 in that country. Other notes During their Maybe You Should Drive tour, Barenaked Ladies often inserted the "some son-of-a-bitch would die" lyric into their own song If I Had $1000000. Following their album Rattle and Hum, U2 reportedly rehearsed the song a number of times with the intention to record a cover, although this never materialized. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.