He wrote this while walking with his then five year old daughter. He was gloomy about the state of the world and wondered how it would be for her in coming years.He was inspired by her innocence and fascination with the world. This was what I heard today on CBC radio 2 . made me love this even more.
@ Robin Gladstone yes ur excately right now it's 3 years later 2018 and the USA has a chump for president yup Mr. Trump what a F'in joke .. hopefully there won't be a WW111 but who the fuck knows 😕
Really? Cause I also see alot of Queer themes in this song cause back then it would be dangerous to be gay and there's even the line "you're made to feel as if your love is a crime"
Yes, he's up there with 4 of the original five band members of "The Band"! With Levon Helm being the lone loyal American and-talented artist in this group.
"Gotta kick at the darkness, 'til it bleeds daylight." This is one of the most powerful statements ever made in a song lyric. Leonard Cohen would want to have written it.
I used that line when I kicked my addiction to Cigarettes. when getting over depression addiction, ANYTHING you have to kick the darkness within till it bleeds the sun.
Bruce came to play at a church in our town along with two local musicians as a special treat. Everyone left their volunteer posts to go watch but I simply did the dishes & just listened. That was a magical moment. This song should have more views.
My wife died a week ago today. She was 21years my elder. We had a different interpretation of this song than the writer, but it worked for us. It was our consolation song when someone brought up our age difference. I love both this and the cover by bare naked ladies.
Growing up in Detroit in the late 80’s many of us were introduced to Bruce via radio station 89X…what an under-appreciated artist…thanks CIMX Windsor-Detroit for expanding our horizons.
@@onthevergechristianrockradio Really? I never knew that! What was on air before midnight? I only remember it coming on the scene from seemingly nowhere…and loving it.
I just heard this on the Radio. I live in Blaine Washington near the Canadian Border and the Radio Stations always play a lot Canadian Artists. So I get to hear some great music.
@J D Americans listen to Justin Bieber...🤣 xpn.org plays good music and nothing main stream really. They have a broad spectrum as they are a public radio station streaming from the University of PA. One of their "Vinyl at heart" slogan's is "Rhythms. Not Algorithms."
Decades later, when I hear the immediacy of Bruce Cockburn's performance, the lyrics, chords and rhythm overwhelm my since jaded memories of lover's in a dangerous time of my life. For me this is a timeless and inspired song acknowledging the fragility and risks of love in the here-and-now, and once past, the realization that all who love are lovers in a dangerous time. Thank you Bruce Cockburn.
No doubt my unknown friend, no doubt what so ever. Join us as we do our little bit using our music and messages to shine some light in these dangerous times. UNITY IN DIVERSITY, TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.
every decade even before it was written and since this song has meaning to each new generation where the older generation is trying to prevent progress of growth of diversity. Kick at the door till it bleeds daylight. 🍻
@@socaljusticewarrior558 i disagree with your comment somewhat but do believe it helped broaden our horizon. these artists were already established before these laws came into effect. if you had a sirius xm radio subscription you would realize there is probably only 2% canadian content wich is rather disappointing in my opinion
I grew up in the 80's. I don't know how I missed this song. I'm listening to it now on repeat. "Gotta kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight." Best line ever!
I prefer "One day you're waiting for the sky to fall. And next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all." Much more powerful line as it applies to any point in history.
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This has problably been mentioned, but a rock footnote: U2 quote this song on a track ("God Part 2") on the Rattle and Hum album. The Swedish singer Tomas Andersson Wij also uses a translated version of the "gotta kick..." line on his track "Slå". I asked him when it was released as a single, and he laughed and said: "Yes, I nicked that from Bruce, but unlike U2 I did't give him a footnote on the album cover" :)
As a youth in the 80s, listening to Bruce, esp his 70s and 80s tunes, was like listening to mystical verse and social commentary at the same time. Sometimes soft, other times harder, his music always had heart and soul. What a great performer!
I have a vague idea of having heard this song a lot when I was a child, I was probably around 7 vears old, this is a brutality of song, I can't express how happy I am to find this again, this is top of the top.
The genius of this song cannot be overstated. The lyrics are hauntingly brilliant and capture both the euphoria and sheer terror of falling in love. Sonically, the guitar playing is actually quite complex yet gently whisks you off on a wonderfully spiritual and optimistic journey. The bass and drums meld seamlessly into the melody all the while driving it deep into your soul. But it is always the bridge that slays me. I get a feeling of flying, floating above it all. It takes me to a place no ticket can buy. It is so unbelievably beautiful it still sometimes moves me to tears. It really does. This song is on my desert island list - if I were stranded on one, I could listen to this until the end of time. And it’s a pretty short list…
The guitar underlick happening beneath the melody at 1:57-2:25 of the song brings tears to my eyes as well. It's simply one of the most majestic songs of my life.
The 16 who voted thumbs-down on this are clueless. This man is a consummate musician in every sense of the word--a great singer, songwriter, poet, guitarist, voice of the times. I have seen him three times in concert over the previous 2 decades and am going to see him again in Solana Beach on July 26th. He is also a true gentleman with his fans; it was a pleasure and honor to speak briefly with him & get autographs/pictures. I got turned onto his music in a stereo store in Grand Island, Nebraska, in the summer of '78--on one of the stereo systems, one of the employees was playing his just-released FURTHER ADVENTURES OF album, and I just stood there in the store and & listened to it, amazed & transfixed by what I was hearing. That was how it all started for me, and it's still my favorite album of his. If you guys get a chance, check it out, along with IN THE FALLING DARK, CIRCLES IN THE STREAM, DANCING IN THE DRAGON'S JAWS, STEALING FIRE, INNER CITY FRONT, and his eponymously-titled first album from 1970. He has released MANY incredible albums, but these are my personal favorites. You will be amazed.
I don't know why but Canadian pop music from the 1980s was quite likable -. Maybe for a whole generation of kids who watched "Videohits" after school or "Good Rockin' Tonite" on the CBC had something to do with it, but we were exposed to all this music from such a young age and it kind of stays with you for the rest of your life. I hadn't heard this song in eons but the chorus suddenly popped into my head today and here I am :-)
One of the good synergies of having Canadian content rules is that it kickstarted our domestic music industry, and the arrival of music video (Much, VideoHits, Good Rockin’ Tonite, and a generation of kids with cable at home) propelled artists into homes in a way that radio didn’t. Local rock radio near me was one station that rarely played anything new, just 1950s classics, British Invasion through 70s prog rock. MuchMusic was a never ending stream of new music across multiple genres. Nobody played hip-hop on the radio but Much had RapCity, etc.
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight Gotta kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight. I mean....it doesn't get better than that. It became my mantra.
Forgot about this song for so many years ! My sister & brother-in-law Paula & Fred Gage gave me a cassette tape yrs ago when we lived in KeyWest/Homestead, FL. I heard a re-make by Barenaked Ladies. Bruce Cockburn has my heart though. And I’m putting that cassette out & playing it !
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Reminds me of my best friend who passed away a few months ago. We would always get into our 80s music and I would always add this record into the mix. I use to tell him to just listen to the lyrics. Still on regular rotation.
Heard this for the first time coming home from summer camp at Kenesserie in 84. The album had just been released, and I begged Dad to pick it up for me. He let me crank it on the way home in our pos amc concord and it was sonic ear candy and still is!
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Just saw him again for the third time, now in Basalt, Colorado. Been a fan since he first came on the scene. Brought his first self-titled album from 1970 and Sunwheel Dance from 1972. He invited me backstage where he signed both original albums. What a fine guy and incredible artist. ❤️🙏🏼
What a great song of a great guy... It was in the summer of 1989 when I went with a few friends to an open-air concert of Bruce Cockburn in the city "Karl-Marx-Stadt" (GDR). (Today this city is called Chemnitz again...:-) Live concerts with musicians from Western countries were still a minor sensation in the GDR back then. It was a great concert - even though it rained the whole time. After the concert we walked along the barrier fence because one of us had the crazy idea of breaking into the backstage area to see the musicians up close. It's hard to believe, but there was actually a loophole that we crawled through and quickly we were at the large container that Bruce Cockburn was about to go into. The "FDJ" stewards - a kind of security guards back then - had of course noticed us and wanted to intercept us, but too late, Bruce had discovered us (and protected us) and invited us into the container where his musicians were already. We were offered hot tea and Coca Cola, sat down with them and talked for a while, maybe 15 or 20 minutes (for us it was an eternity) - so we talked (with our limited English) about the political situation in the GDR and of course also about music. We were totally over the moon - we were backstage with our star and were able to talk to him, get autographs written on the tickets and posters - it was unbelievable that this was possible!!! When I listen to his music today, I always remember this experience with a smile...
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by You never get to stop and open your eyes One day you're waiting for the sky to fall The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time These fragile bodies of touch and taste This vibrant skin, this hair like lace Spirits open to the thrust of grace Never a breath you can afford to waste When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time When you're lovers in a dangerous time Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight When you're lovers in a dangerous time When you're lovers in a dangerous time When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Songwriters: Bruce Cockburn
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No one knows that I jam to this on a monthly basis. I’ve had to keep it at bay and not listen to it so I don’t wear this track out lol… I fist pump the air and pop my collar and and sing along. I usually repeat this song around 3 times back to back because if I listen to it only 1 time, it will send me on a psychosis where I’m playing it in my head for like half the day.. Nope, I’m not a psycho. Nor am I an obese man-child living in my parents basement. I simply have impeccable taste in music. Bruce is a 💎 gem of an artist. This is an amazing song. The lick is so friggin 80s nostalgia that it is considered timeless at this point. The lyrics of this song ring so true. Such a masterpiece actually. So yup… 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✊🏽
In the late '70s I worked at Squires Tavern on Rideau Street in Ottawa. It was a live entertainment venue and in the winter of 1979 we put on an Indoor FolkFest featuring artists like Ian Tamblyn, Eugene Smith and theoretically featuring David Wiffen as the headliner along with lots of unknown locals.. The timing was awful as there was a huge snowstorm on the Tuesdaythat paralyzed the city and then Wiffen was unable to fulfill his commitment as we was too wasted to perform. By Friday it was obvious it was going to be a financial disaster. Just after midnight our booker got a phone call from Cockburn. He said he liked the concept and would do a set on Saturday no fee. It saved our ass financially and I'll always remember it
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Only a glimpse of the guy playing a Chapman Stick. . . I saw them Live in NYC and heard this instrument. Made the songs much more interesting. Tony Levin with Peter Gabriel plays on it too.
Bruce Cockburn is a genius songwriter and singer, very political and spiritual. Another legendary Canadian musical icon. He's up there with Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. He is a fantastic guitarist and much underappreciated. this is the perfect 2023 song. I used to see Bruce at the Y on College street in Toronto the early 1980s. He was a neighbour, I knew who he was from the folk guitar scene, a very modest guy. Deserves ot be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
This was the album undiscovered by Bruce. I've been a fan ever since. I love his songwriting...lyrics as in Child Of The Wind and he's one of the best guitarists I've ever heard.
@@unkownoflife5959 He's a follower of Jesus. The grace of God to a broken world is the overarching theme of Jesus' message in the Bible. So there's that!
Simply said…it is a woefully sad song, but in the same breath a very inspiring one…only a mastered songwriter as Mr. Cockburn could pen such a great set of lyrics to music….
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He wrote this while walking with his then five year old daughter. He was gloomy about the state of the world and wondered how it would be for her in coming years.He was inspired by her innocence and fascination with the world. This was what I heard today on CBC radio 2 . made me love this even more.
Robin Gladstone Nova scotia?
Bruce wrote this song after seeing two young lovers, wondering if there would be a world left for them in the future (Cold War era).
@ Robin Gladstone yes ur excately right now it's 3 years later 2018 and the USA has a chump for president yup Mr. Trump what a F'in joke .. hopefully there won't be a WW111 but who the fuck knows 😕
Ronaldo Lacradria heh, WWIII is inevitable.
Really? Cause I also see alot of Queer themes in this song cause back then it would be dangerous to be gay and there's even the line "you're made to feel as if your love is a crime"
Amazing singer from my hometown Ottawa
Lyrically, this is one of the greatest pop or rock songs ever composed.
Timeless classic. Truly transcends the ages.
Only 1 million views for a song of such greatness is a crime.
We are the lucky ones.
lol
Half of them are me
Saw this guy live 4 times. Wish it was 40 times. Bruce is fantastic.
We grow a lot of musical poets, don't we? 🇨🇦
Nope. per capita we have mostly drug addicts and wage slaves.
You damn Canadians… never fucking up the world, just chilling in the frozen north… only adding to the world and never seeming to take away from it…
Fact.
Tons of crazy talent in Canada
And the world beats them down when they start singing the truth.
Cockburn is one of Canada's best ever.
Alongside Leonard Cohen!
Yes, he's up there with 4 of the original five band members of "The Band"! With Levon Helm being the lone loyal American and-talented artist in this group.
Umm ever heard of a band called RUSH.
Correction: One of the worlds best ever.
"Gotta kick at the darkness, 'til it bleeds daylight."
This is one of the most powerful statements ever made in a song lyric. Leonard Cohen would want to have written it.
“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.”
― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968
That lyric stood out for me too 🥰
I used that line when I kicked my addiction to Cigarettes. when getting over depression addiction, ANYTHING you have to kick the darkness within till it bleeds the sun.
Absolutely the best line of the song.
Right the f*** on
Kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight. Now that's a great lyric!
zigzagbigbag
gotta come up with stuff like this first.... :-)
+zigzagbigbag One of my favorite lyrics of all time, actually!!
Absolutely one of the best lines ever written. Etched into my soul.
Jason Hochhausen and timely too.
I use this song to teach poetic devices to high school students. That's a perfect example of "personification."
Bruce came to play at a church in our town along with two local musicians as a special treat. Everyone left their volunteer posts to go watch but I simply did the dishes & just listened. That was a magical moment. This song should have more views.
My wife died a week ago today. She was 21years my elder. We had a different interpretation of this song than the writer, but it worked for us. It was our consolation song when someone brought up our age difference. I love both this and the cover by bare naked ladies.
Condolences to you and your family. My mom passed in Feb this year. A classic 80's song, great lyrics and truly memorable. Take care.
Growing up in Detroit in the late 80’s many of us were introduced to Bruce via radio station 89X…what an under-appreciated artist…thanks CIMX Windsor-Detroit for expanding our horizons.
89x was the BEST radio station! I still have a sticker on my dead dad’s toolbox 🧰
@@reginaldbowls7180 And remember the 89X Card? Good times!
In the beginning we used to have to wait for 89X to come on after midnight. That's where I learned to love alternative rock!
@@onthevergechristianrockradio Really? I never knew that! What was on air before midnight? I only remember it coming on the scene from seemingly nowhere…and loving it.
I loved Detroit radio, soul forever
I just heard this on the Radio. I live in Blaine Washington near the Canadian Border and the Radio Stations always play a lot Canadian Artists. So I get to hear some great music.
Jack FM?
I love Blaine! It's a beautiful little town.
I can remember when porn was illegal in Canada, Blaine was a popular nightspot. The main street was like 1/2 porn theaters lol.
I just heard this on xpn.org
@J D Americans listen to Justin Bieber...🤣
xpn.org plays good music and nothing main stream really. They have a broad spectrum as they are a public radio station streaming from the University of PA. One of their "Vinyl at heart" slogan's is "Rhythms. Not Algorithms."
One of the best Canadian artists all time for that matter one of the best artist's around
Decades later, when I hear the immediacy of Bruce Cockburn's performance, the lyrics, chords and rhythm overwhelm my since jaded memories of lover's in a dangerous time of my life. For me this is a timeless and inspired song acknowledging the fragility and risks of love in the here-and-now, and once past, the realization that all who love are lovers in a dangerous time. Thank you Bruce Cockburn.
Possibly even more relevant today than it was when it was written? Great song, truly underrated.
No doubt my unknown friend, no doubt what so ever. Join us as we do our little bit using our music and messages to shine some light in these dangerous times. UNITY IN DIVERSITY, TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.
every decade even before it was written and since this song has meaning to each new generation where the older generation is trying to prevent progress of growth of diversity. Kick at the door till it bleeds daylight. 🍻
timeless truth
Love this song. Canadian music rocks! :)
as a Canadian i thank you
Yeah. It's really good. The law requiring the radio to play a certain percentage of Canadian artists really cultivated some good artists.
@@socaljusticewarrior558 i disagree with your comment somewhat but do believe it helped broaden our horizon. these artists were already established before these laws came into effect. if you had a sirius xm radio subscription you would realize there is probably only 2% canadian content wich is rather disappointing in my opinion
@@janesimmonds8845 we are number one
jane child...dont wanna fall in love
I grew up in the 80's. I don't know how I missed this song. I'm listening to it now on repeat. "Gotta kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight." Best line ever!
Same, heard it in the background through the 80’s, when the barenaked ladies did their cover in ‘91 I knew I had heard it before..
Gotta catch up man! One of my favorite tracks from 1984. I first heard this on WXRT way back when.
I prefer "One day you're waiting for the sky to fall. And next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all." Much more powerful line as it applies to any point in history.
@@cloudparter Me too! Exactly.
well, it's never too late
I often wished that there was a short film or a long film form video telling a story for this song.
A legend in Canadian songwriting - Bruce you are the penultimate! You make me proud to be Canadian. Peace and love to all
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Canada outside of alan Thicke and hockey players you're a bunch of American Rejects
AAA!AA!!!
He’s the second last?
Yeah! Canadian Dylan
Now retired and living life to the max and enjoying listening to BC in 2023
This has problably been mentioned, but a rock footnote: U2 quote this song on a track ("God Part 2") on the Rattle and Hum album.
The Swedish singer Tomas Andersson Wij also uses a translated version of the "gotta kick..." line on his track "Slå". I asked him when it was released as a single, and he laughed and said: "Yes, I nicked that from Bruce, but unlike U2 I did't give him a footnote on the album cover" :)
no one can replicate what this man has done. make great intelligent music and never sell out for a quick buck.nuff said
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Moonrunner83 would beg to differ.
Born in '78, and im surprised ive never heard of Bruce before now. This is a beautiful song. Wow!
How this did not become a big hit in America is something I'll never be able to either comprehend or come to grips with.
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It did brother
I always loved this song and moved by the meaning. Nice video as well🥰
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Timeless song. Bruce Cockburn........you are a poet and.........a great singer/songwriter.
As a youth in the 80s, listening to Bruce, esp his 70s and 80s tunes, was like listening to mystical verse and social commentary at the same time. Sometimes soft, other times harder, his music always had heart and soul. What a great performer!
Still listening in 2024
I have a vague idea of having heard this song a lot when I was a child, I was probably around 7 vears old, this is a brutality of song, I can't express how happy I am to find this again, this is top of the top.
The genius of this song cannot be overstated. The lyrics are hauntingly brilliant and capture both the euphoria and sheer terror of falling in love. Sonically, the guitar playing is actually quite complex yet gently whisks you off on a wonderfully spiritual and optimistic journey. The bass and drums meld seamlessly into the melody all the while driving it deep into your soul.
But it is always the bridge that slays me. I get a feeling of flying, floating above it all. It takes me to a place no ticket can buy. It is so unbelievably beautiful it still sometimes moves me to tears. It really does.
This song is on my desert island list - if I were stranded on one, I could listen to this until the end of time.
And it’s a pretty short list…
The guitar underlick happening beneath the melody at 1:57-2:25 of the song brings tears to my eyes as well. It's simply one of the most majestic songs of my life.
Yes and yes. Well said
Well said.
This song hit different when you actually met someone during this dangerous times
The 16 who voted thumbs-down on this are clueless. This man is a consummate musician in every sense of the word--a great singer, songwriter, poet, guitarist, voice of the times. I have seen him three times in concert over the previous 2 decades and am going to see him again in Solana Beach on July 26th. He is also a true gentleman with his fans; it was a pleasure and honor to speak briefly with him & get autographs/pictures. I got turned onto his music in a stereo store in Grand Island, Nebraska, in the summer of '78--on one of the stereo systems, one of the employees was playing his just-released FURTHER ADVENTURES OF album, and I just stood there in the store and & listened to it, amazed & transfixed by what I was hearing. That was how it all started for me, and it's still my favorite album of his. If you guys get a chance, check it out, along with IN THE FALLING DARK, CIRCLES IN THE STREAM, DANCING IN THE DRAGON'S JAWS, STEALING FIRE, INNER CITY FRONT, and his eponymously-titled first album from 1970. He has released MANY incredible albums, but these are my personal favorites. You will be amazed.
Olias Lives that was a great show at the Belly Up!
Johnson Hagood Indeed it was. Bruce never fails to put on a great show. And to think, he just turned 70... Living proof that age is only a number.
And he is coming to Comox July/17~~~~~
The Governor Grow up.
Gino Vanelli is better.
I love, love that line too. Also the line that precedes it, "Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight"
so many years. and still love this song. a classic . time tested.
One of the best records of the 1980s - hands down!
Should have millions of views.
True Canadiana...
Bruce Cockburn is an icon.
❤ Barenaked Ladies and Bruce Cockburn - this is such a wonderful song thanks for sharing!
Happy 77th Birthday Bruce, really love your voice it's so nice and haunting in a good way!!
This song has always haunted me. A call for courageous hope amid dark times.
along with Rush, Bruce is one of my favorites from Canada.🙂
This was the first song I ever sang and played guitar live. I was moved by the song to sing it!
I don't know why but Canadian pop music from the 1980s was quite likable -. Maybe for a whole generation of kids who watched "Videohits" after school or "Good Rockin' Tonite" on the CBC had something to do with it, but we were exposed to all this music from such a young age and it kind of stays with you for the rest of your life. I hadn't heard this song in eons but the chorus suddenly popped into my head today and here I am :-)
Gowan
Corey Heart
Kim Mitchell
Chilliwack
Lots more
@@MrKongatthegates all awesome! Glass Tiger as well and if you like a good one hit wonder Men with Hats 😊
Spoons are super underrated. Arias and Symphonies, Nova Heart and Romantoc Traffic are really great songs.
One of the good synergies of having Canadian content rules is that it kickstarted our domestic music industry, and the arrival of music video (Much, VideoHits, Good Rockin’ Tonite, and a generation of kids with cable at home) propelled artists into homes in a way that radio didn’t. Local rock radio near me was one station that rarely played anything new, just 1950s classics, British Invasion through 70s prog rock. MuchMusic was a never ending stream
of new music across multiple genres. Nobody played hip-hop on the radio but Much had RapCity, etc.
Gino Vannelli, Honeymoon Suite, Moev, The Spoons, One to One, Platinum Blonde, Loverboy, Dalbello so many others
This song is mesmerizing. I heard it for the first time today and wondered why it had never been in my life before.
sheltered , or iy may be just your age
hard to believe this song is becoming inmportant again, kicking at the darkness till it bleeds daylight. 02/26/2022!!!!!
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
Gotta kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight.
I mean....it doesn't get better than that. It became my mantra.
Forgot about this song for so many years ! My sister & brother-in-law Paula & Fred Gage gave me a cassette tape yrs ago when we lived in KeyWest/Homestead, FL. I heard a re-make by Barenaked Ladies. Bruce Cockburn has my heart though. And I’m putting that cassette out & playing it !
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Reminds me of my best friend who passed away a few months ago. We would always get into our 80s music and I would always add this record into the mix. I use to tell him to just listen to the lyrics. Still on regular rotation.
Almost forgot that this banger existed. Great song
ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC!! 80'S MUSIC RULES!! the dj
Yeah, but not like the 60's! 😁👍
This song seems very relevant this morning.
Truth Jones, true.
It's relevant to me too 2 years later.
Heard this for the first time coming home from summer camp at Kenesserie in 84. The album had just been released, and I begged Dad to pick it up for me. He let me crank it on the way home in our pos amc concord and it was sonic ear candy and still is!
80s synth sounds amazing now❤
Brilliant! Top 10 ever
BRUCE IS A NEAR-CULT FIGURE, AND I AM HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN THERE AND TO HAVE MET HIM. THE CONSUMMATE GENTLEMAN/MUSICIAN IS NOT TO PASS UNNOTICED
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Couldn't care so much as to why he wrote it, just extremely glad he did. Excellent song, great lyrics
Just saw him again for the third time, now in Basalt, Colorado. Been a fan since he first came on the scene. Brought his first self-titled album from 1970 and Sunwheel Dance from 1972.
He invited me backstage where he signed both original albums.
What a fine guy and incredible artist. ❤️🙏🏼
Our secret gem of a human being.
A true masterpiece.
Spirits open to the thrust of grace.... that's been my mantra for going on 3 plus decades.
This song changed me!
What a great song of a great guy... It was in the summer of 1989 when I went with a few friends to an open-air concert of Bruce Cockburn in the city "Karl-Marx-Stadt" (GDR). (Today this city is called Chemnitz again...:-) Live concerts with musicians from Western countries were still a minor sensation in the GDR back then. It was a great concert - even though it rained the whole time. After the concert we walked along the barrier fence because one of us had the crazy idea of breaking into the backstage area to see the musicians up close. It's hard to believe, but there was actually a loophole that we crawled through and quickly we were at the large container that Bruce Cockburn was about to go into. The "FDJ" stewards - a kind of security guards back then - had of course noticed us and wanted to intercept us, but too late, Bruce had discovered us (and protected us) and invited us into the container where his musicians were already. We were offered hot tea and Coca Cola, sat down with them and talked for a while, maybe 15 or 20 minutes (for us it was an eternity) - so we talked (with our limited English) about the political situation in the GDR and of course also about music. We were totally over the moon - we were backstage with our star and were able to talk to him, get autographs written on the tickets and posters - it was unbelievable that this was possible!!!
When I listen to his music today, I always remember this experience with a smile...
What a great song. The 80's was a great time to be in.
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by
You never get to stop and open your eyes
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
These fragile bodies of touch and taste
This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
Spirits open to the thrust of grace
Never a breath you can afford to waste
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Songwriters: Bruce Cockburn
Absolutely amazing lyrics and recording.
Trust of grace
@@neighborscomplaint6859 Thrust is a word too!
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@Neighbor's Complaint it's definitely "thrust"
I remember listening to this in the 1980's while I was running up Terwilliger from PSU...fun times.
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This song was probably Bruce Coburne's best hit. He is an amazing singer.
Yeah it's indeed an amazing Song
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I am fine, thank you. I am not sure who I am replying to as just noticed this now. I did have Covid but it was very mild. It was a year and a half ago.
So many good memories for me are associated with this song. Thank you Bruce!. By the way, yours is the ONLY version that matters ❤️
This is an awesome tune
Loved the Barenaked Ladies version of this. Never realised it was a cover!
It was originally covered as an HIV awareness Canadian government commercial, I believe.
@@drbobdrake No, it was from a tribute album of Bruce Cockburn covers by different Canadian artists. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_at_the_Darkness
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@@jamesc4812 wonderful song, thankyou!
Never would have thought I'd wish for a Cockburn for my younger self. I discovered this way too late in my life. A true gem.
Yeah it's indeed an amazing Song
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Can guarantee most people have never heard this killer song or haven't heard it in a while.
It's should have been top 10i in America
I love Bruce’s version better. Bare Naked Ladies also did a great job covering it. 🇨🇦 ❤️
It’s November 18th, 2022 and this this the first time I’ve heard this song. Playing it on repeat. Beautiful!
I met Bruce after a show in Milwaukee a few years back. I asked about this video and he said it was the first he ever made.
Yeah it's indeed an amazing Song
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"Gotta kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight": what a lyric. Great bass line too.
I’m still listening in 23 :-)
And in 24!
Can't believe I heard this today for the first time. I feel like I've missed out my whole life. 🤍
Then give the Bare Naked Ladies cover.
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Great song Amanda 60 years and love this.
Yup. These are some trying times. You gotta stick together and love the ones who are close to you.
Bruce's best song
I got to see him preform in my hometown, than got to meet him. He signed my vinyl. His fave when I pulled them out. Great man, and a great song.
No one knows that I jam to this on a monthly basis. I’ve had to keep it at bay and not listen to it so I don’t wear this track out lol…
I fist pump the air and pop my collar and and sing along. I usually repeat this song around 3 times back to back because if I listen to it only 1 time, it will send me on a psychosis where I’m playing it in my head for like half the day..
Nope, I’m not a psycho. Nor am I an obese man-child living in my parents basement.
I simply have impeccable taste in music.
Bruce is a 💎 gem of an artist. This is an amazing song. The lick is so friggin 80s nostalgia that it is considered timeless at this point.
The lyrics of this song ring so true. Such a masterpiece actually.
So yup…
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In the late '70s I worked at Squires Tavern on Rideau Street in Ottawa. It was a live entertainment venue and in the winter of 1979 we put on an Indoor FolkFest featuring artists like Ian Tamblyn, Eugene Smith and theoretically featuring David Wiffen as the headliner along with lots of unknown locals.. The timing was awful as there was a huge snowstorm on the Tuesdaythat paralyzed the city and then Wiffen was unable to fulfill his commitment as we was too wasted to perform. By Friday it was obvious it was going to be a financial disaster. Just after midnight our booker got a phone call from Cockburn. He said he liked the concept and would do a set on Saturday no fee. It saved our ass financially and I'll always remember it
Only few people can write lyrics like this. Timeless
This is awesome music, very good and rare, is music that good.
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This is too underrated!
Only a glimpse of the guy playing a Chapman Stick. . . I saw them Live in NYC and heard this instrument. Made the songs much more interesting. Tony Levin with Peter Gabriel plays on it too.
It fits for today. 🇨🇦
This is real music with meaning
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I'm old now but so glad this was current music when I was a teen!!!
This has been my favorite song of his. To me, it rocks and has profound lyrics. Lucky to have had access to 95.5 WBRU in Providence, RI.
Bruce Cockburn is a genius songwriter and singer, very political and spiritual. Another legendary Canadian musical icon. He's up there with Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. He is a fantastic guitarist and much underappreciated. this is the perfect 2023 song. I used to see Bruce at the Y on College street in Toronto the early 1980s. He was a neighbour, I knew who he was from the folk guitar scene, a very modest guy. Deserves ot be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
This was the album undiscovered by Bruce. I've been a fan ever since. I love his songwriting...lyrics as in Child Of The Wind and he's one of the best guitarists I've ever heard.
Best line, " Spirits open to the thrust of grace."
I agree.... I've used that line as my personal mantra for going on 3 plus decades.
Ronald Rushing what does it mean
A great lyric is one that lets you decide that for yourself.
@@philmason9653 got to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight :)
@@unkownoflife5959 He's a follower of Jesus. The grace of God to a broken world is the overarching theme of Jesus' message in the Bible. So there's that!
The eighties just keep on givin'.
A great song..
I had the CD miss place it somewhere..👍🎸🤠🕶️
I like it just as much as I ever did, I mostly listen to dead people, BC long may u run!
Great song, never tire of hearing it. A true classic!
Love this song so much. I come back to it now every few months or so because it's just that good. Definitely one of the best 80s tunes out there.
Discovered Bruce in college. Awesome songwriter.
Simply said…it is a woefully sad song, but in the same breath a very inspiring one…only a mastered songwriter as Mr. Cockburn could pen such a great set of lyrics to music….