Bruce Cockburn - Progfolk?
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Topic: Bruce Cockburn - Progfolk?
Posted By: marktheshark
Subject: Bruce Cockburn - Progfolk?
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 11:52
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Probably not, but he did have his prog moments. I've been into him since the early 80's when I first heard Dancing In The Dragon's Jaw which I still consider my favorite album of his. Nice blend of folk/rock with a little jazz thrown in. Any fans out there? |
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Posted By: Nanook
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 19:48
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I like his work, the disc I like best is Nothing but a burning light. Good stuff. Stealing Fire and as you said Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws are excellent. The man is prolific to say the least, I lost count of the number of albums he's done. It's got to be in the high 30's. When I bought my XM radio back in February, it just so happened one of the channels had a live in the studio concert of Cockburn. He did a great job, playing pretty much by himself. Still has a good voice, and plays guitar well. Like most good music, he almost never gets any air play on regular radio. You may hear Rocket Launcher once in a while, but not much else. ------------- Bring me my broadsword, and clear understanding. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 25 2006 at 03:59
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Before getting in consideration Cockburn, I think we should first look at John Martyn and Tim Buckley whose fused folk and jazz well before Cockburn has. And Joni Mitchell dids that in a few albums as well.
Noyt in the near foreseeable future and certainly not before Martyn and Buckley, will I be able to look at Bruce's case, >>> especially given that I consider my Prog Folk inclusion team colleagues AWOL, and soon MIA if not DOA ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: July 25 2006 at 11:39
You maybe right, but Cockburn has never once been mentioned here as Martyn and Buckley have. So I just thought I'd throw him in the pot with the other competitors. |
Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 25 2006 at 11:55
But you did right, as when I first got aware of Cockburn's music in my early 20's , I did not give him much a chance. But I did follow his earlty career from afar. I fully agree with you that Dragon album being his apex in his oeuvre.
I promise to listen to him again in the coming months  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: July 26 2006 at 00:48
I would probably say that the most proggy thing about him is his lyrics. They can get really out there, especially on the opening cut on the Dragon album called "Creation Dream". It's downright hallucinagenic! Musically he gets pretty prog, but those lyrics are something else. CREATION DREAM Centred on silence Counting on nothing I saw you standing on the sea And everything was Dark except for Sparks the wind struck from your hair Sparks that turned to Wings around you Angel voices mixed with seabird cries Fields of motion Surging outward Questions that contain their own replies... You were dancing I saw you dancing Throwing your arms toward the sky Fingers opening Like flares Stars were shooting everywhere Lines of power Bursting outward Along the channels of your song Mercury waves flashed Under your feet Shots of silver in the shell-pink dawn... See what I mean? 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 26 2006 at 03:16
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I know.
I have the same envy to call Nick Drake also Folk Prog, partly because of his superb texts (and his music also) , but I fear we are rather out of focus (great band BTW ) for the Archives------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |