This year also marks the 30th anniversary of one of Cockburn’s signature tunes “If I Had A Rocket Launcher.” Given the current international instability and conflict, he says he’s not shocked the song still resonates three decades later.
“I can’t say I’m really surprised by the fact that it’s still relevant,” he says. “It’s the sort of thing one hopes would become out-of-date or become a piece of history instead of having any current relevance. But obviously there’s a lot of that kind of stuff going on. I was going to say it gets worse and worse but that’s not really true, it’s always been worse. It’s who gets to be the victim and who doesn’t. For the victims, each one of these horrors is just as bad as the rest.”
Thanks Erik for the suggestion.
