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Bruce Cockburn — Justice
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 12:47
 


This is cool...

 

lmic
(Uniondale, NY)
Posted: Sep 11, 2006 - 09:57
 
Probably because I've been living in New York for the last year, this anniversary of the attacks is particularly melancholy. Thanks for the set.


mattt
(Undisclosed Location)
Posted: Sep 11, 2006 - 09:54
 
This particular song is...meh. But it's shaping up to be quite a set.

PatrickSweet
(stockholm)
Posted: May 09, 2003 - 04:40
 
What I like about BC is that he always raises the temperature of the comments in every context. People criticize for too this, too that, arrogant/angry, good/bad, etc. Most songwriters don't even get a rise out of people BC ALWAYS does....and not just about BC, but about what he is saying....which is the greates compliment of all for a poet. Good going BC, as per usual...
//Patrick
Kinniken
(Le Pecq (near Paris))
Posted: Mar 29, 2003 - 10:37
 
The lyrics are interesting, but too much "I want to make a great philosophical song" for me. It's too PC as well. One line that redeems the rest though is:

everybody
loves to see
justice done
on somebody else

Still, "If I had a Rocket Launcher"'s lyrics are much better IMHO... they get basicaly the same point across, but much better, and do not feel arrogant like those can.
strangechord
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Mar 09, 2003 - 00:48
 
His voice is too strained. Also, this is the "type" of song that's forgettable to me, like most Grateful Dead or something.
eric
(Secret Hideaway)
Posted: Feb 06, 2003 - 09:51
 
Socially-conscious but in a white-bread, trite sort of way.
BLADERUNNER
(Cortlandt Manor, NY)
Posted: Feb 06, 2003 - 09:49
 
not a bad song, has a catchy Reggae beat, but might sound better if it didn't sound so polished. to me, this kind of music needs to be raw, more discordant, more rebellious, not as canned as this sounds...but i still like it anyways.
no wonder is Bob Marley was such a genius....his legacy can be heard a million times a day all over the world.
Peace, brothers
:p
lbeaton
(Canada)
Posted: Jan 06, 2003 - 19:21
 
Not a bad song, but not one of his strongest efforts in my opinion. Maybe it's the production on the studio albums, but some of his songs from this era come across much better live (including on his live recordings). The version of "Broken Wheel" on this album is kind of so-so, but the live version just kicks ass.
webmink
(Southampton)
Posted: Jan 06, 2003 - 19:19
 
I just love the line "everybody loves to see justice done - on somebody else"... Edited By webmink at 7:19 pm on 1/06/2003
GF
(zilver zbring, MD)
Posted: Jun 26, 2002 - 14:23
 
I swear we *just* heard this song!
Da_Wiz
(Honolulu, HI)
Posted: May 21, 2002 - 21:14
 
Originally Posted by Jacques:
Radio Paradise: What Radio Could Have Been.

Never give up hope!!! :D
Jacques
(Brossard, Qc)
Posted: May 06, 2002 - 07:57
 
I've always been a big fan of Bruce Cockburn... this track is great, I'd forgotten all about it and it couldn't be more relevant today... a bit of an antithesis to his angrier "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" but as most people do, he's probably had time to rethink his politics too... this should be recorded in several languages and released worldwide...

Cheers
Jacques

Radio Paradise: What Radio Could Have Been. Edited By Jacques at 7:59 am on 5/06/2002