What an awesome groundbreaking album from a true poet, in his prime.  I've kind of moved on but BC was my #1 go-to listen in the early/mid 80's.  "I'm a loner, with a loner's point of view." 

Excellent track!  Still a huge fave out of all of his work.

Been listening to this for 30 + years and it's still near the top of my list of favorites. Great guitar work, melody, and lyric.

 And an old one, at that!
rtree wrote: 

 YES!!!
martinc wrote: 

 leafmold wrote: 
yeah, i don't like any of his stuff.

Stand up, salute and tip my hat to RP for playing Bruce's music. 

Geez, can't believe how great Bruce is and people talk about his name.

 fredriley wrote: 
"Limey" is an older slang word than WWII, Fred. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limey

Bad names? My grandparents had a really nice neighbor named Lipton, a farmer originally from Germany. Shortly after he'd immigrated to the US, he changed his name...from Lippschitz.  

 leafmold wrote: 
FYI: No one gives a #2 about your bathroom adventures... 

moved from a two to a one

Beautiful...

 tuttle99 wrote: 
It's right up there for me too!

My Absolute Favourite Bruce Song!!!!!

Everything on this is excellent

 fredriley wrote:
I don't know if that's still going, but It's a bit older than WWII:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Limey

Limey

Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɪmi/

noun (plural Limeys)

North American & Australian informal
 a British person.

Origin:

late 19th century: from lime² + -y¹, because of the former enforced consumption of lime juice in the British navy

I think the "enforced consumption of lime juice in the British navy" may be a couple of centuries older still.
Blimey.

 fredriley wrote: 
A few years back he won a prestigious Canadian music award, nationally broadcast. The lovely young woman announcing his success made the fatal mispronunciation to the delight of all present, including a very gracious Bruce. I know I had a good giggle over it. She looked just mortified when the error was realised. Poor girl.

 meinthecorner wrote: 
Er, any "Limey" (is that term still going? It dates back to WWII) knows exactly how "Cockburn" is pronounced. However, having "cock" in your name, however it's pronounced, would certainly lead to piss-taking at school. A "cheap shot" maybe, but kids like cheap shots and will take any excuse to rip the piss out of someone. Could be worse - imagine the school life of Ed Balls...

 meinthecorner wrote: 
It's called youtube

 jktravl wrote: 
OMG - I've thought the very same thing many times!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Sloggydog wrote: 
It's not. And he did, I'm sure. It's pronounced 'Coburn', as in the actor's name, James Coburn. You're English, I see. I' m surprised that an English name such as Cockburn would suffer such a cheap shot from any Limey.
I hope you didn't have to carry "sloggydog" all the way with you through school! 

Sure hope that is a stage name and he didn't wear it all the way through school

 lily34 wrote: 

Wow, I'd like to know what lyrics you DO like.  IMHO he's one of the best lyricists around.  Very poignant.

i usually dig the guitar on his stuff, but i can't get past the vocals. i wish i could like them...but i never seem to in any of his music.

So your saying your taste for music is in your mouth ?  ckcotton wrote: 

Cheeeeezzzzeeee Ball

 

One on my all-time favourites! I've seen Bruce several times since the early eighties and always enjoyed his performances immensely. My wife and I last saw him in Mission BC in 2010. We managed to get backstage and ending up chatting with Bruce for about an hour and a half. Ten minutes in we felt we were talking with an old friend - he's just a regular guy who happens to be a phenomenal guitarist, song writer, poet.

During our conversation I mentioned kd lang covering One Day I Walk on her album and Bruce told the story about when they were both doing a radio program recently and sang that as a duet. kd asked him later about the verses in the song, "One day I walk in flowers, One day I walk on stones, Today I walk in hours, One day I shall be home." Apparently she didn't get it. Interesting she was unable to perceive the context. Nevertheless, I would have loved to hear them sing together.

I wish I could rewind RP like a DVR on direct TV so I could listen to it again.  good stuff

 Cynaera wrote: 
Thanks Cynaera. I must say, you are everywhere! I appreciate your replies to all three of the song comments I've left in the last few months.

 TwinEngine wrote: 
Very well-articulated, TwinEngine.  I especially love the selection of images you used to accompany Cockburn's lyrics.  The first album I ever bought by him was "Stealing Fire."  I've never looked back since then - it's been quite a journey into the world of Bruce Cockburn's music, and well-worth every minute of it.