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"If I Had a Rocket Launcher" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter 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 counterinsurgency campaign of dictator Efraín Ríos Montt . [ 1 ]
U2 would also later attempt a cover of Cockburn's hit song "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" in rehearsal, but did not formally record the results. "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" and "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" were covered by the Canadian bands Barenaked Ladies and Cottage Industry, respectively, on the 1991 Cockburn tribute album Kick at the ...
Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC (/ ˈ k oʊ b ər n / KOH-bərn; born May 27, 1945) [1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories.
However, especially in light of Cockburn's next single "If I Had a Rocket Launcher", the song has also been interpreted by listeners and critics as referring to the same Guatemalan refugee crisis that inspired the later song, or to the then-emerging HIV/AIDS crisis. Cockburn stated in later interviews that he was pleased by both of these ...
The Trouble with Normal is a 1983 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn.The album contains nine songs (eleven in the 2002 remastered release). It marks a continuing shift from Cockburn's early folk-influenced and "mystic" acoustic works, featuring electric guitar and synthesizers, but the lyrical themes build on earlier albums.
Dart to the Heart is an album by the Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn, released in 1994. [2] [3] Cockburn considered it to be primarily an album of love songs. [4] The album peaked at No. 176 on the Billboard 200. [5] Its first single was "Listen for the Laugh", which was a hit on adult alternative airplay radio.
Bruce Cockburn is singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn's debut album. The album was originally released in 1970 and is the first album to be released by True North Records . The album received a Canadian gold record award in 1995.
Pages in category "Songs written by Bruce Cockburn" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... If I Had a Rocket Launcher; L. Lovers in a ...