STEALING FIRE
Stealing Fire is an album by Bruce Cockburn released in 1984. It featured the hit singles “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”, an angry political commentary on refugees under fire, and “Lovers in a Dangerous Time”. John Naslen received a Juno Award for “Recording Engineer of the Year” for his work on this album, and producers Goldsmith and Crawford received a nomination for “Producer of the Year”. (More from Wikipedia)
After a time, Bruce Cockburn became more political in his beliefs and more polemic in his performances, culminating in his excellent album Stealing Fire (1984). The first single from the album, “Lovers in a Dangerous Time” was inspired by seeing children expressing romantic love in a school playground. His next release from the album was the first overtly political Bruce Cockburn single, “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”. Cockburn wrote this song after visiting Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico following political unrest in that country.
(November 2014)
