Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( KOH-bərn; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories. His lyrics reflect interests in spirituality, human rights, environmental issues, and relationships, and describe his experiences in Central America and Africa.
Cockburn has written more than 350 songs on 34 albums over a career spanning five decades, of which 22 have received a Canadian gold or platinum certification as of 2018, and he has sold more than one million albums in Canada alone. In 2014, Cockburn released his memoirs, Rumours of Glory.
from this album in RP library
length: 5:31
albums by Bruce Cockburn
listen:
The Main Mix
hahaaaa cockburn hahahaaaaa
Says the man who named himself after excrement.
hahaaaa cockburn hahahaaaaa
Who let the middle school kids on RP?
Consider one of these suggestions:
* Islands in a Black Sky
* Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse
* All the Diamonds
* In the Falling Dark
* Silver Wheels
* Outside a Broken Phone booth
* Red Ships Take Off in the Distance
* After the Rain
* Grim Travelers
* You Get Bigger as You Go
* You Pay Your Money As You Take Your Chance
* Broken Wheel
* Loner
* The Trouble with Normal
* Hoop Dancer
* Going Up Against Chaos
* Berlin Tonight
* If a Tree Falls
* Tibetan Side of Town
* Understanding Nothing
* Night Train
* Look How Far
* Put It in Your Heart
* You've Never Seen Everything
* Spring Song
Apologies if you have played any of these...I just seem to hit the others.
Nice post, memoryboxer.
I'll be seeing him in November in the intimate confines of Vancouver's Chan Centre.
I saw Bruce live in Burlington, VT, years ago, right after Big Circumstance. He was sublime.
Nice post, memoryboxer.
I'll be seeing him in November in the intimate confines of Vancouver's Chan Centre.
source: i am a canadian
Gosh....I'll have to go 7 to 8 on this one despite the grower vs. shower analogy....Long Live RP!!
Sounds like a bad Bruce Springsteen imitation to me. Or maybe a bad effort at mimicking Mark Knopfler.
the_jake wrote:
Sounds like Tom Waits in the song Bill just played "The Heart of Saturday Night" to me.
Well, to me this seems to be some strange exploit of Tom Waits' "Clap Hands".
The verses are a pretty standard, minor-key, two-chord, chord progression, the same as that of "Clap Hands". Springsteen and Knopfler generally use traditional "roots music" chord progressions as well. So there are reasons why all of their song structures may sometimes sound similar. His vocals don't sound quite as desperate or convincing as Tom Waits' do though; this sounds more "accessible".
Sounds like a bad Bruce Springsteen imitation to me. Or maybe a bad effort at mimicking Mark Knopfler.
BC is a fabulous guitarist, and for that alone, he's worth listening to.
Sounds like a bad Bruce Springsteen imitation to me. Or maybe a bad effort at mimicking Mark Knopfler.
Sounds like Tom Waits in the song Bill just played "The Heart of Saturday Night" to me.