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augolf1716 21,103 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Love this song and of course Bruce to bad he wasn't around during Nam. Seen Bruce to many times to mention. I will always go see him if I am able The song was inspired by Cockburn's visit to Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico following the counterinsurgency campaign of dictator Efraín Ríos Montt In the song, Cockburn despairs of waiting for a political solution to the crisis, and expresses the desire to take matters into his own hands. Each verse ends with a line stating what Cockburn would do if he had a rocket launcher: in the first verse, "I'd make somebody pay". In the second, "I would retaliate". In the third, "I would not hesitate". The fourth and final verse ends with the song's most famous and controversial lyric: "If I had a rocket launcher, some son-of-a-bitch would die". Here comes the helicopter -- second time todayEverybody scatters and hopes it goes awayHow many kids they've murdered only God can sayIf I had a rocket launcher...I'd make somebody payI don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hateI don't believe in generals or their stinking torture statesAnd when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relateIf I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliateOn the Rio Lacantun, one hundred thousand waitTo fall down from starvation -- or some less humane fateCry for guatemala, with a corpse in every gateIf I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitateI want to raise every voice -- at least I've got to tryEvery time I think about it water rises to my eyes.Situation desperate, echoes of the victims cryIf I had a rocket launcher...Some son of a bitch would die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 11 hours ago, augolf1716 said: Love this song and of course Bruce to bad he wasn't around during Nam. Seen Bruce to many times to mention. I will always go see him if I am able The song was inspired by Cockburn's visit to Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico following the counterinsurgency campaign of dictator Efraín Ríos Montt In the song, Cockburn despairs of waiting for a political solution to the crisis, and expresses the desire to take matters into his own hands. Each verse ends with a line stating what Cockburn would do if he had a rocket launcher: in the first verse, "I'd make somebody pay". In the second, "I would retaliate". In the third, "I would not hesitate". The fourth and final verse ends with the song's most famous and controversial lyric: "If I had a rocket launcher, some son-of-a-bitch would die". Here comes the helicopter -- second time todayEverybody scatters and hopes it goes awayHow many kids they've murdered only God can sayIf I had a rocket launcher...I'd make somebody payI don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hateI don't believe in generals or their stinking torture statesAnd when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relateIf I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliateOn the Rio Lacantun, one hundred thousand waitTo fall down from starvation -- or some less humane fateCry for guatemala, with a corpse in every gateIf I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitateI want to raise every voice -- at least I've got to tryEvery time I think about it water rises to my eyes.Situation desperate, echoes of the victims cryIf I had a rocket launcher...Some son of a bitch would die Damn, that's heavy. And to the point. Some of the most blunt "protest" lyrics I've ever heard. And for good reason. What atrocities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,103 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 hour ago, McLoofus said: Damn, that's heavy. And to the point. Some of the most blunt "protest" lyrics I've ever heard. And for good reason. What atrocities. And most people have never heard about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, augolf1716 said: And most people have never heard about them I had to look it up. It's crazy how easy it is to just be like, "Yeah, all those Central American countries have seen some rough times", but then you hear the specifics and it really changes your perspective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnacle 9,064 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Really been listening to Marcus King a lot lately. This kid has so much life still ahead of him - it's makes me glad to know that we'll be getting to enjoy him writing music for a long time. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,662 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 @Barnacle I was literally coming here to post MKB. Dude is killer. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,362 Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ShocksMyBrain 9,362 Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 Feeling some sort of way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,362 Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Don’t expect any of you to listen to this. 3 hours of the darkest, grimiest, opiate filled jams from Phish 2004(no lyrics). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 10 hours ago, ShocksMyBrain said: Don’t expect any of you to listen to this. 3 hours of the darkest, grimiest, opiate filled jams from Phish 2004(no lyrics). Clicked play on this and the skipped over to reddit. This video was on the dash. The first jam on your video syncs up pretty well. Makes me wish the drone video was also 3 hrs long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,362 Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 🤫 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,662 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 https://mississippitoday.org/2019/05/17/ken-burns-country-music-documentary-relies-heavily-on-the-stories-from-mississippis-deep-music-history/ This should be very interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 21 hours ago, Tiger Refuge said: https://mississippitoday.org/2019/05/17/ken-burns-country-music-documentary-relies-heavily-on-the-stories-from-mississippis-deep-music-history/ This should be very interesting. Can't wait! I'm sure somebody somewhere can tell me all kinds of things that are wrong with Ken Burns docs but I'm not going to listen and I'm going to stay on these like stink on shinola. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,662 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 The beginning guitar riff in this song was triggered in the deep recesses of my brain yesterday. I can’t remember how long it’s been since I listened to it or this album. I love how awesome it still is. Got the music goose bumps when I listened to it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,103 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,662 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 SIAP Hell, I may have... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,103 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Just getting ready for the holiday weekend 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/23/2019 at 8:28 PM, augolf1716 said: Bruh can sang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,362 Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 Sit back and enjoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTiger 7,789 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just got in from a great trip to NOLA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,662 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Seems appropriate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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