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Music Appreciation

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hlthe2b

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Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:32 PM Thursday

Bruce Cockburn (Live): If I had a Rocket Launcher (apropos right now especially) [View all]


I am thinking of all those countless lost Iranian girls killed by either our or Israeli missiles in their school (and all the Gazan children killed before). (No, I am quite obviously no fan of the Islamic Republic's Ayatollahs, but having spent time in Tehran and Iran before the overturn of the Shah, I see things differently from the average American who knows nothing more than decades of US semi-propagandized assessments). This song came to mind early this morning and this is a great rendering. A great Canadian artist with message...although Cockburn, himself stated this was not a "call to arms" but a cry. That I can do...

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