Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!jeff From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Bruce Cockburn & Passport Message-ID: <1622@dciem.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 12:56:32 EDT Article-I.D.: dciem.1622 Posted: Mon Jul 8 12:56:32 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Jul-85 13:29:04 EDT References:Reply-To: jeff@dciem.UUCP ( Richardson) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 20 Summary: > Bruce Cockburn: > > Years ago I got his album "Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws", which I > enjoyed very much. I have since acquired "Human Beings" (Beans?) and > "Stealing Fire". Unfortunately, these two albums are much too > politicized and the music suffers as a result. Can anybody point me > to some of his work that is as good musically as DinDJ? I'll tolerate > the politics if the music is up to snuff. > > Stu Friedberg {seismo, allegra}!rochester!stuart stuart@rochester I've heard every Cockburn album since "Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws", but I don't think my recommendation will help Stu much because I find the music on "Stealing Fire" far more interesting than any of the other albums. "Inner City Front" is my second favourite, and I don't think it's as political as "Stealing Fire" or "Humans". -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsri!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff