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Why does he care more about fucking trees than all the preborn babies that get torn to pieces in the womb at abortion clinics all across this clown country? They cry out during the procedure, does anyone hear them? This clown is just another weak liberal Cuck sorry excuse for a man
A powerful message coupled with an irresistible beat. Bruce Cockburn, whom I've had the pleasure of interviewing twice, is one of Canada's national treasures. We're happy to share him with the rest of the world.
I have about 77% of his beautiful music in my listening library. I play bass and it was my mission to learn the entire first album "note for note"....Mr. Cockburn is my musical Psychotherapist, I listen to him all the time!
Bruce Cockburn has one of Canada's most beautiful singing voices! I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Bruce many years ago in Dawson City at the music festival. He asked me if I was one of the people who prepared the wonderful food and I told him I was not. I was another performer at the festival. He said that the food was great and I agreed. He was so nice that he wanted to compliment someone on taking such good care of us! 🥰
Bruce, I hope you read this: this song touched my heart as a kid, and all these years later, I work trying to help/protect wildlife. It brings a tear to my eye to this day. Thank you.
On July 25th 1991, I lost my girlfriend . she died in a plane crash in a forest of kaoris in the mountains of Santo in Vanuatu . Cassandra Clunies Ross was 25 years old. She was a VSO volunteer working in forestry.WE found her camera ,processed the film and her last shot was of a kaori tree.I also had a cd by bruce Cockburn with this song on it. Probably listened to this song a 1000 times and every time I cried not only because I was devastated but also because this is a superb song.
😟😢😢😢💔💔💔 I'm at this age myself where many old hallmarks of my early life are passing away, my Dad only 20 days ago. He was the one who's musical tastes had a huge impact on me, including Bruce Cockburn, particularly his "Stealing Fire" album, which I was delighted to buy on cd when I got my first job back in 2000 (20 flippin years ago...seems like a blink). I appreciate your remarks. Sorry to hear it, too.
thank you. I am still living in Vanuatu, still doing photography. I have a wife, a son aged 16 and a daughter aged 14. Today april 3rd 2020, still no corona virus in Vanuatu. Not many kaories left in Vanuatu. Keep in touch
Why does he care more about fucking trees than all the preborn babies that get torn to pieces in the womb at abortion clinics all across this clown country? They cry out during the procedure, does anyone hear them? This clown is just another weak liberal Cuck sorry excuse for a man
He exposed many crimes against humanity... a true hero. In today's world- a criminal. What have we let our world become? And can we ever get it back? I fear not
Why does he care more about fucking trees than all the preborn babies that get torn to pieces in the womb at abortion clinics all across this clown country? They cry out during the procedure, does anyone hear them? This clown is just another weak liberal Cuck sorry excuse for a man
Here in Canada, we have a radio programming policy called CanCon. Required # of 🇨🇦 somg airplay. The government requires it to protect our culture and artists. Including Bruce Cockburn. Thank goodness.
As the Amazon today burns, Bruce foretold us 30 years ago of the coming demise. Nobody listened then , nobody listens now. See the forest fall, ...and with it, ourselves.
I listened last night when I saw him live. Everyone there seemed to connected to his message. I hope humanity can move forward with more intelligence. Art is a powerful way to share and he does this so beautifully.
it would be great if there was a way to revive this video through an international environmental protest action whereby people planting trees is mixed with the imagery of the original video...short clips of people doing the same thing...
Grew up on the US Canada border. Picked up this song and a lot of others when they drifted over the border in the 80s. Thank you Lemmington , Ontario for playing them
I worked in the big palm oil plantations many years ago. But I remember the frightened ,sad look on the face of the Orangs that we dispatched to the spirit world.
Agreed! A fantastic song by a great Human Being! And a Canadian!
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No he wasn't ahead . They gave him a narrative and he provided the soundtrack. You've never heard of Greenpeace? It was connected to Canada since the mid 70s and they evolved into organizations that did million dollar charity fund raisers that went into their side coat pockets and they did NOTHING for solutions. It's like Antifa.
Dave Druid ......yes indeed, a man Bruce admired greatly. You may know that in 2001, Bruce was inducted into the “Canadian Music Hall of Fame” by David Suzuki and Gordon Lightfoot.
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Awe, stay positive Mother Earth will make sense of it and she can heal herself or maybe something worse like put a curse upon us. She still loves us so far stay positive 👍😎🌎😎👍
NORMALIZATION OF IGNORANCE sometimes it takes raising awareness of the situation to get more involved and through the collective joining of attention, intention, and forces, coming together to create a solution. He can’t do it all himself! Join in and be proactive yourself instead of grumbling. That’s like complaining when someone has given you the menu at at restaurant. It’s your choice. Your responsibility. Don’t expect one person to do everything and then you get to sit back and say whether it’s worthy or not. It’s your life. Get involved. What’s your plan?
Sorry, but I am in no way grumbling , I am %100 serious . The human race is a not worthy of this planet. What more do you need to see in this world before you come to the same conclusion.You really think there is a solution to this madness, we lost this planet year's ago when the corporations bought it, a death sentence for us all, they do not care for you or me or this planet, nothing will change unless people are willing to die to change it, are you ready to die for your cause ? revolution is the only way, and to be honest, people are to consumed with their own greed and standard of living to give a shit. and you seem smart enough to know that, where you going to go tomorrow, WORK or a SAVE THE WORLD RALLY, I rest my case...peace.
arrow64 64 it is what I am doing and what I do every day; bitching and complaining only makes for a more miserable existence and pushes people away from doing anything about it because they want to get away from misery, so instead of encouraging people to be proactive, the negativity only encourages more people to check out-or that’s what I’ve observed in the last 20 years of my personal activism. Personal responsibility and something to work for other than “we’re doomed” because then it’s just “eat,drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die”.
Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit, world where wild things have to go, to disappear, forever. People like to say his line about kicking at the darkness till it bleeds light is powerful, but that, that line is a soul crusher.
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There's the heart of a thing and the soul of a thing. Some days the heart leads...other days the soul bleeds. One minute you're waiting for the sky to fall...next minute your astounded by the beauty of it all. Voice of the nova Smile of the dew All of our yearning Only comes home to you
I watched with my Mother and her Sister my Aunt Aggie Live at the Forum along with Martha & the Muffins in the early '80,s sitting on the Lawn very few people there at that Time yet what a musical pleasure to behold.!!!
I’m an American so I’m late to the party. I discovered this song last year along with the world of Bruce Cockburn. This is my favorite environmental anthem. It encapsulates everything one feels for this world of wonders.
I heard Bruce Cockburn for the first time when I was 14 at a party.. Making Contact.. had an amazing night.. been an avid BC fan especially his protest songs.. I’m 28 and will be a fan for life, always sharing with all my American friends!!
Bruce Cockburn who gave an exceptionally brilliant, authentic message of hope and inspiration to the Laurier University Teachers College and Music Grads yesterday (June 14, 2024) as he was given an Honourary Doctorate of Music! Degree
I first heard this song when I was 7. I'm 40 now and all I've seen my whole life is the rate of destruction accelerate. The part in the song about Brazilian deforestation mainly driven for methane farting cows is something most people still don't understand.
A consumate musician with a humanitarian conscience. Something that this myopic money hungry world abandoned half a century ago. Unsurprisingly, all that follows is the end!
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Saw Bruce at a church on Bloor near Spadina in like 1981-82. He had was accompanied by Guatemalan refugees. I then realized it was a part of a fund raising campaign for the refugees. We emptied our pockets. He performed many songs and I think it was the first time he performed "If I had a rocket Launcher" live. Good times!
This is a video everyone on Earth should see! Greatness in every aspect of music and video production to truly get a message across ... and to boot being a vegetarian (at least I was from the age of 17 and 3/4) leads to a healthier existence and makes it easier on the planet, the environment and everyone. I'm sharing this baby on Facebook everyday! You should too!
There's some great protest singers in the world and Bruce is one of the best this song If a tree Falls, Call it Democracy, Stolen Land, and many many more from Bruce and an incredible guitar player as well been listening to some of his acoustic finger picking instrumentals he's as good as it gets the world needs to hear this incredible artist some of his lyrics will bring you to tears we're living in very dangerous times gotta make them stair down the throat of the beast they call the REVOLUTION go Bruce.🌍🌎🌏🌐♨️
This guy is great and too smart for the common folk. Any artist who lyrically forces you to think, question things and go against the grain never gets his shine or gets to smell the roses. Sad really
“ IN THE WOODS IS PERPETUAL YOUTH. WITHIN THESE PLANTATIONS OF GOD A DECORUM AND SANCTITY REIGN. IN THE WOODS WE RETURN TO REASON AND FAITH. ” - EMERSON
Asphalt - so much of it - creates urban heat islands that raise the temp by more than most ppl realize. Forests, vegetation, etc actually reduces temperatures
This song is an indictment of big business, with a message 38 years old now, and yet there are still deniers. I spent hours with my Telecaster trying to get that chiming tone. Lotsa Boss effect later…. A great song underpinned with a great riff.
I remember this song so well. So haunting so beautiful. And it was scary to see how much trees were falling back then, but even more that they are still falling 10 times as much than before. We are all doomed....doomed I tell ya!! Theres no turning back. We are beyond the tipping point. Enjoy it as much as you can because.....the ending is just around the corner.
It's now OK to clear-cut vast numbers of trees to make room for "clean energy" wind turbines & solar panels, though. People favor expediency over nature in the end.
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I have seen the best of the best in my time. That probably doesn't come close to what was. This man is not only the best songwriter I've ever heard..hes the the best guitar player I've ever seen. Truly, and what a gentleman. I floated back to my camper trailer at the Winnipeg folk festival 2006....sober and had the best sleep i ever had.. I am 54 years past, and my son is 3. He loves Bruce as much as me. EXTRAORDINARY.
I'm sorry to have to tell you but it will never change! Governments and corporations will do what they want as they always have - and that's just the way it is.
I listened to this song once at work 21 years ago and I've been looking for it until today. Although I knew some songs from Bruce I didn't think it was from him. I found it today. It's a wonderful song. For 21 years I sang the chorus in front of me again and again and never forgot........(:
We hippies have to relive our youth and the revolution continues. The sound track was laid down in the 1900s and the heavy lifting will continue til we get it right. Til then, the band plays on. ShakeUp
30 years later and the Cortez rhythm of falling timber continues. We weren’t listening. Now the Amazon is teetering on the brink of disappearing forever.
this genius artist Mr. Bruce Cockbourn with this song and video makes the world see the thrue politics and government around the world make this artist disappear just because is telling as the thrue. Mr. Cockburn GOD bless you and than you
@@rmlfilms123 Meanwhile, Europe culled seals who were devouring the fish that people ate. Left them to rot. Shame about Canada's Indigenous People using the seals for sustainable furs (unlike the plastics used in synthetic materials that PETA loves so much that clog up the ecosystem) and food.
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I'm not an environmentalist by any means however Bruce Cockburn's song addresses an actual problem and calls attention to it by elevating it to an almost heroic artistic act of concern.
People like you should try to get more eco-friendly. Instead of going the run of the mill way straight into corporate control and a facist military state. When are you going to realize without healthy forests there is no fish, birds, insects, water, mammals, or oxygen?
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First time I’ve heard of Bruce Cockburn. This is a beautiful track. Very impressed with the music and lyrics are something else. Roll a cheeky smoke and chill back listening to great music ☮️❤️
He’s a very talented musician and gifted songwriter. I had the privilege to see him a few years ago, but I’ve been listening to him since I was a tot (my dad and godfather were big fans). Lovers in a Dangerous time and If I had a rocket launcher are some of my other favorites. But, this song is my earth day anthem!
I love the chorus’s contrast of the upbeat rhythm and guitars against the melancholy piano and backing vocals. I would love to hear the piano/backup vocals in isolation.
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Maybe the best Canadian music video of all time.
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Brian Adams is pretty cool though!
It’s a fave of mine and I’m Canadian.
Why does he care more about fucking trees than all the preborn babies that get torn to pieces in the womb at abortion clinics all across this clown country? They cry out during the procedure, does anyone hear them? This clown is just another weak liberal Cuck sorry excuse for a man
A powerful message coupled with an irresistible beat. Bruce Cockburn, whom I've had the pleasure of interviewing twice, is one of Canada's national treasures. We're happy to share him with the rest of the world.
he should get that last name checked out though, i think they have creams for that now
@@jamescheddar4896 Haha. He has one of the most-mispronounced surnames in history.
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Bruce Springsteen and I will meet in Heaven one day. I just want to salute him. ❤
I have about 77% of his beautiful music in my listening library. I play bass and it was my mission to learn the entire first album "note for note"....Mr. Cockburn is my musical Psychotherapist, I listen to him all the time!
This makes me cry..everytime.
Bruce Cockburn has one of Canada's most beautiful singing voices!
I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Bruce many years ago in Dawson City at the music festival. He asked me if I was one of the people who prepared the wonderful food and I told him I was not. I was another performer at the festival.
He said that the food was great and I agreed. He was so nice that he wanted to compliment someone on taking such good care of us! 🥰
Bruce, I hope you read this: this song touched my heart as a kid, and all these years later, I work trying to help/protect wildlife. It brings a tear to my eye to this day. Thank you.
On July 25th 1991, I lost my girlfriend . she died in a plane crash in a forest of kaoris in the mountains of Santo in Vanuatu . Cassandra Clunies Ross was 25 years old. She was a VSO volunteer
working in forestry.WE found her camera ,processed the film and her last shot was of a kaori tree.I also had a cd by bruce Cockburn with this song on it. Probably listened to this song a 1000 times and every time I cried not only because I was devastated but also because this is a superb song.
Philippe Metois why haven’t a thousand people people given a thumbs up to this? I think think this song is an achingly beautiful
My deepest feelings to ,my brother in pain and life. We can still save the world. For our lost loved ones.
😟😢😢😢💔💔💔 I'm at this age myself where many old hallmarks of my early life are passing away, my Dad only 20 days ago. He was the one who's musical tastes had a huge impact on me, including Bruce Cockburn, particularly his "Stealing Fire" album, which I was delighted to buy on cd when I got my first job back in 2000 (20 flippin years ago...seems like a blink).
I appreciate your remarks. Sorry to hear it, too.
Very sorry to hear of your loss Philppe, I hope you are doing well and living a life she would be proud of
thank you. I am still living in Vanuatu, still doing photography. I have a wife, a son aged 16 and a daughter aged 14. Today april 3rd 2020, still no corona virus in Vanuatu. Not many kaories left in Vanuatu. Keep in touch
He made Canada proud. He is a human treasure.
Why does he care more about fucking trees than all the preborn babies that get torn to pieces in the womb at abortion clinics all across this clown country? They cry out during the procedure, does anyone hear them? This clown is just another weak liberal Cuck sorry excuse for a man
this guy is so criminally underrated in america.
really
In Canada too actually
And around the world my friend
But those of us who rate him highly put him WAY WAY WAY up high on our list.
He exposed many crimes against humanity... a true hero. In today's world- a criminal. What have we let our world become? And can we ever get it back? I fear not
The talent and depth of this humanitarian...
YES, I , heard them fall AND the cry was deafening!!!!
Canada loves YA Bruce ❤🙏 for the 🌎 it's all we got
Bruce Cockburn is THE BEST political songwriter.
Sounds like hyperbole at first, but if you think about it, you are right
@Peter A. I disagree. We especially need more political songwriters (of the progressive kind, of course).
Really! Better than Dylan? Joni Mitchell? Joe Strummer? I don’t know about that.
Why does he care more about fucking trees than all the preborn babies that get torn to pieces in the womb at abortion clinics all across this clown country? They cry out during the procedure, does anyone hear them? This clown is just another weak liberal Cuck sorry excuse for a man
"Anybody hear the forest fall?" is a golden lyric. Majestic perhaps.
I might put it on a shirt.
Would've never known about this guy if it weren't for college radio in Amarillo, TX.
Here in Canada, we have a radio programming policy called CanCon. Required # of 🇨🇦 somg airplay. The government requires it to protect our culture and artists. Including Bruce Cockburn. Thank goodness.
One of our most gifted songwriters. He was decades ahead of the rest of us.
As the Amazon today burns, Bruce foretold us 30 years ago of the coming demise. Nobody listened then , nobody listens now. See the forest fall, ...and with it, ourselves.
I listened last night when I saw him live. Everyone there seemed to connected to his message. I hope humanity can move forward with more intelligence. Art is a powerful way to share and he does this so beautifully.
it would be great if there was a way to revive this video through an international environmental protest action whereby people planting trees is mixed with the imagery of the original video...short clips of people doing the same thing...
The wrong Amazon is on fire, pity the fool who doesn't remedy same!
Very well-stated.
They mAy listen to our reply or we .must sing a new song. Bruce?
Love Bruce Cockburn ❤ and most honored to have met him on several occasions 🎼🎵🎶 .
THE WORLD DIDN'T 🌎 LISTEN TO BRUCE... WHAT A SHAME 😢HE WAS SO RIGHT ON EVERY POINT
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There should be no thumbs down option for this song.
Grew up on the US Canada border. Picked up this song and a lot of others when they drifted over the border in the 80s. Thank you Lemmington , Ontario for playing them
Everyone should listen to the whole album. It's just Amazing!!
Peace to humanity, our Earth, and all Beings. Love from Australia.
Truer than ever. Could have been written today. Made me cry.
I worked in the big palm oil plantations many years ago. But I remember the frightened ,sad look on the face of the Orangs that we dispatched to the spirit world.
This song was released in 1988, Bruce was way ahead of his time. We are the epitome of our own demise.
Yep.
Agreed! A fantastic song by a great Human Being! And a Canadian!
No he wasn't ahead . They gave him a narrative and he provided the soundtrack. You've never heard of Greenpeace? It was connected to Canada since the mid 70s and they evolved into organizations that did million dollar charity fund raisers that went into their side coat pockets and they did NOTHING for solutions. It's like Antifa.
Our David Suzuki was saying such things in his Nature of Things Show in the late 70s - early 80s.
Dave Druid ......yes indeed, a man Bruce admired greatly. You may know that in 2001, Bruce was inducted into the “Canadian Music Hall of Fame” by David Suzuki and Gordon Lightfoot.
This man stands for many things. What a great artist 🌍🌎🌏
At the time this guy was spot on......since then the world has sold itself....for what!
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Always raw, always relevant. Cockburn is too honest a songwriter to be recognized as he should have been.
Absolutely incredibly true song ❤
Can't believe only 68000 people have listened to this...can't be right. This is one of the most powerful Save The Earth Anthems I know of
Totally agree with you Kevin Larson.
Cheers
Don't forget, there is a generation of older people that don't give two shits about youtube music videos. They knew about this song long before YT. :D
it's not the only instance that's been on youtube
Too many Trump supporters.....
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I remember this song when I was about 4 years old. I cried everytime I heard it... still do
Awe, stay positive Mother Earth will make sense of it and she can heal herself or maybe something worse like put a curse upon us. She still loves us so far stay positive 👍😎🌎😎👍
The human race committing suicide, " problem solved " but no one will help...
NORMALIZATION OF IGNORANCE sometimes it takes raising awareness of the situation to get more involved and through the collective joining of attention, intention, and forces, coming together to create a solution. He can’t do it all himself! Join in and be proactive yourself instead of grumbling. That’s like complaining when someone has given you the menu at at restaurant. It’s your choice. Your responsibility. Don’t expect one person to do everything and then you get to sit back and say whether it’s worthy or not. It’s your life. Get involved. What’s your plan?
Sorry, but I am in no way grumbling , I am %100 serious . The human race is a not worthy of this planet. What more do you need to see in this world before you come to the same conclusion.You really think there is a solution to this madness, we lost this planet year's ago when the corporations bought it, a death sentence for us all, they do not care for you or me or this planet, nothing will change unless people are willing to die to change it, are you ready to die for your cause ? revolution is the only way, and to be honest, people are to consumed with their own greed and standard of living to give a shit. and you seem smart enough to know that, where you going to go tomorrow, WORK or a SAVE THE WORLD RALLY, I rest my case...peace.
arrow64 64 it is what I am doing and what I do every day; bitching and complaining only makes for a more miserable existence and pushes people away from doing anything about it because they want to get away from misery, so instead of encouraging people to be proactive, the negativity only encourages more people to check out-or that’s what I’ve observed in the last 20 years of my personal activism. Personal responsibility and something to work for other than “we’re doomed” because then it’s just “eat,drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die”.
Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit, world where wild things have to go, to disappear, forever. People like to say his line about kicking at the darkness till it bleeds light is powerful, but that, that line is a soul crusher.
Thanks for your honest and sincere love towards my work,we have you to be most thankful for . 💓🙏
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There's the heart of a thing and the soul of a thing. Some days the heart leads...other days the soul bleeds.
One minute you're waiting for the sky to fall...next minute your astounded by the beauty of it all.
Voice of the nova
Smile of the dew
All of our yearning
Only comes home to you
I watched with my Mother and her Sister my Aunt Aggie Live at the Forum along with Martha & the Muffins in the early '80,s sitting on the Lawn very few people there at that Time yet what a musical pleasure to behold.!!!
I’m an American so I’m late to the party. I discovered this song last year along with the world of Bruce Cockburn. This is my favorite environmental anthem. It encapsulates everything one feels for this world of wonders.
Many moons ago at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz..he was there and I saw him😁
Another masterpiece from Bruce. What a stellar song!
I heard Bruce Cockburn for the first time when I was 14 at a party.. Making Contact.. had an amazing night.. been an avid BC fan especially his protest songs.. I’m 28 and will be a fan for life, always sharing with all my American friends!!
Bruce Cockburn who gave an exceptionally brilliant, authentic message of hope and inspiration to the Laurier University Teachers College and Music Grads yesterday (June 14, 2024) as he was given an Honourary Doctorate of Music! Degree
I first heard this song when I was 7. I'm 40 now and all I've seen my whole life is the rate of destruction accelerate. The part in the song about Brazilian deforestation mainly driven for methane farting cows is something most people still don't understand.
August ‘21: I would imagine Bruce takes little satisfaction in saying “I told you so.”
A consumate musician with a humanitarian conscience. Something that this myopic money hungry world abandoned half a century ago. Unsurprisingly, all that follows is the end!
I saw this on much music in the 80s and loved it then. Love it now
Holy shit this is magic. How can anything modern ever hold a candle to this? This man knows how to whammy bar.
“Forever” gets me every time. 😢
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Saw Bruce at a church on Bloor near Spadina in like 1981-82. He had was accompanied by Guatemalan refugees. I then realized it was a part of a fund raising campaign for the refugees. We emptied our pockets. He performed many songs and I think it was the first time he performed "If I had a rocket Launcher" live. Good times!
This is a video everyone on Earth should see! Greatness in every aspect of music and video production to truly get a message across ... and to boot being a vegetarian (at least I was from the age of 17 and 3/4) leads to a healthier existence and makes it easier on the planet, the environment and everyone. I'm sharing this baby on Facebook everyday! You should too!
Fing beautiful! Thanks, Bruce!!!!
There's some great protest singers in the world and Bruce is one of the best this song If a tree Falls, Call it Democracy, Stolen Land, and many many more from Bruce and an incredible guitar player as well been listening to some of his acoustic finger picking instrumentals he's as good as it gets the world needs to hear this incredible artist some of his lyrics will bring you to tears we're living in very dangerous times gotta make them stair down the throat of the beast they call the REVOLUTION go Bruce.🌍🌎🌏🌐♨️
Most well meaning lyrics and earnest musician. True gentle soul.
Love this song. Bruce is so in touch with our world.
Yes. If I had a rocket launcher, some SOB WOULD die. I would retaliate, not hesitate!
This song needs way more views!!
Never heard this track before til today. It's almost Lou Reed meets Zappa or something. This is strong.
First time for me now, too. I would say Lou Reed set to Country-Rock. It is very strong.
First time here too.
This guy is great and too smart for the common folk. Any artist who lyrically forces you to think, question things and go against the grain never gets his shine or gets to smell the roses. Sad really
“ IN THE WOODS IS PERPETUAL YOUTH. WITHIN THESE PLANTATIONS OF GOD A DECORUM AND SANCTITY REIGN. IN THE WOODS WE RETURN TO REASON AND FAITH. ” - EMERSON
which is exactly why man-unkind is slowly going insane.
1988 but where have we gone from here with this songs message? We are still destroying the planet 🌍
Can not wait to see you tonight in Flagstaff, Bruce. Right On! Power To The People!!
What a simply beautiful song; and good poetry.
Love them .excited to see them in August.😊
Asphalt - so much of it - creates urban heat islands that raise the temp by more than most ppl realize. Forests, vegetation, etc actually reduces temperatures
And now sinkholes happening!!!
welcome to southwest Florida...
outrageous down here.
and nobody gives a shit.
Love the loon. Got to watch loons teaching babies to dive. It was a lot of fun for me. I bet for them, too. I know joy when I see it!
One of the best guitar hooks, so tight and catchy, up there with the best of Nick Lowe or Elvis Costello. He is so underrated as a musician.
There is still time .... Brother and Sister. ... There is still time.
Nice to listen to this yet again. Reminds me of just how talented Bruce Cockburn is, and how sincere his message was and is
This song is an indictment of big business, with a message 38 years old now, and yet there are still deniers. I spent hours with my Telecaster trying to get that chiming tone. Lotsa Boss effect later…. A great song underpinned with a great riff.
Grrr, wish I'd written this SMFH, thanks Bruce Cockburn for being a global conscience for the masses!
I remember this song so well. So haunting so beautiful. And it was scary to see how much trees were falling back then, but even more that they are still falling 10 times as much than before. We are all doomed....doomed I tell ya!! Theres no turning back. We are beyond the tipping point. Enjoy it as much as you can because.....the ending is just around the corner.
It's now OK to clear-cut vast numbers of trees to make room for "clean energy" wind turbines & solar panels, though. People favor expediency over nature in the end.
Sublime made in Canada! Thanks for making sense Bruce.
What a good song, specially for the message in it. Just discovered it by chance and I love it.
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I have seen the best of the best in my time. That probably doesn't come close to what was. This man is not only the best songwriter I've ever heard..hes the the best guitar player I've ever seen. Truly, and what a gentleman. I floated back to my camper trailer at the Winnipeg folk festival 2006....sober and had the best sleep i ever had.. I am 54 years past, and my son is 3. He loves Bruce as much as me. EXTRAORDINARY.
I remember when this song came out over thirty years ago. Thirty years! Why was nothing done? Now are we facing the end?
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@@jamesc4812 What now Bruce? We trashed our home.
I'm sorry to have to tell you but it will never change! Governments and corporations will do what they want as they always have - and that's just the way it is.
Yes
You hit the nail on the head with that one Bruce. If only people would listen. Definitely your best work.
And what solution did he offer?
Oh, I dunno, Brian. IMHO ALL of his music is too great for words!
I listened to this song once at work 21 years ago and I've been looking for it until today. Although I knew some songs from Bruce I didn't think it was from him. I found it today. It's a wonderful song. For 21 years I sang the chorus in front of me again and again and never forgot........(:
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why does some of the best music on youtube have the least hits
Bruce - a great Canadian and an even GREATER song writer
I have a metric tonne of respect and admiration for the man, always have. 🇨🇦
Brilliant man who was way ahead of the curve.
As a Canadian singer songwriter, he’s up there with Joni, Leonard and Neil.
Don't forget Gordon Lightfoot
And Fred Eaglesmith
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Wonderful artist been listening to for decades met him 2019 someone took our picture together ❤!
We hippies have to relive our youth and the revolution continues. The sound track was laid down in the 1900s and the heavy lifting will continue til we get it right. Til then, the band plays on. ShakeUp
This song is boss. Happy Earth Day y'all!
Absolutely brilliant spirit that creative sir was... Hope he is still somewhere out there spreading the word !!
Just played in my hometown 2018, November. Rock on B.C.
Solid tune. Canadian Legend
30 years later and the Cortez rhythm of falling timber continues. We weren’t listening. Now the Amazon is teetering on the brink of disappearing forever.
I so wish this was re-mastered in HD
I do to…it’s a classic. ❤
Best song i have ever had the pleasure to hear
Self sabotage is all humans know. This song always make me cry. I always fight for these causes. We have to do our part
this genius artist Mr. Bruce Cockbourn with this song and video makes the world see the thrue politics and government around the world make this artist disappear just because is telling as the thrue. Mr. Cockburn GOD bless you and than you
Still love this great track!
Beautiful MOTHER EARTH forgive us😭😭😭
Its good Canada has such a unique artist as Bruce Cockburn
Shame about the annual Seal hunt though.
Ya
Rita-Marie Lawlor... shame on you.
Only natives to the land that do a seal hunt. They were doing it long before the white man came and they do not waste the resources that come from it.
@@rmlfilms123 Meanwhile, Europe culled seals who were devouring the fish that people ate. Left them to rot. Shame about Canada's Indigenous People using the seals for sustainable furs (unlike the plastics used in synthetic materials that PETA loves so much that clog up the ecosystem) and food.
Gosh , memory lane , its been a long time since i heard this
I LOVE Bruce Cockburn. But I also love hamburgers. I feel so torn.
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I'm not an environmentalist by any means however Bruce Cockburn's song addresses an actual problem and calls attention to it by elevating it to an almost heroic artistic act of concern.
People like you should try to get more eco-friendly. Instead of going the run of the mill way straight into corporate control and a facist military state. When are you going to realize without healthy forests there is no fish, birds, insects, water, mammals, or oxygen?
'This is the world that we have set on fire.' - Wendell Berry
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He's making a lot of sense now isn't he, our planet is finished with us, very soon!!
I used to jam this on Much Music out of Canada on the old K Band Satalite. I live in Texas. I still have the cd.
First time I’ve heard of Bruce Cockburn.
This is a beautiful track. Very impressed with the music and lyrics are something else.
Roll a cheeky smoke and chill back listening to great music
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He’s a very talented musician and gifted songwriter. I had the privilege to see him a few years ago, but I’ve been listening to him since I was a tot (my dad and godfather were big fans). Lovers in a Dangerous time and If I had a rocket launcher are some of my other favorites. But, this song is my earth day anthem!
Thanks bloke, still rings the heart cord.
Bruce is a living legend. Inspiration for me becoming a vegetarian
He Bruce should inspire yourself to be a Beautiful Human Being and Respecting Humanity as well as Nature.!!!
Great song!
I love the chorus’s contrast of the upbeat rhythm and guitars against the melancholy piano and backing vocals. I would love to hear the piano/backup vocals in isolation.
can we have a minute of silence for this dying earth that we are all responsible for
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Are you still alive?