The Cat Stevens Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:02 am
This thread is dedicated to all things Cat Stevens. Begin.
This thread is dedicated to all things Cat Stevens. Begin.
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The Cat Stevens Thread
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This thread is dedicated to all things Cat Stevens. Begin.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:12 am
I hated Rod Stewarts cover of First cut is the Deepest.
Sheryl Crow did an okay job..but Cat did the best version.
Sheryl Crow did an okay job..but Cat did the best version.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:13 am
As Sung by Cat Stevens
lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
G-ds re-creation of the new day
lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
G-ds re-creation of the new day
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:01 am
i have nothing to say
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:19 am
i love me some cat. and have even enjoyed some yusef. i enjoyed the maniacs cover of peace train.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:39 am
nothing at all
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:48 am
Its Yusuf Islam, actually
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:24 pm
My fave - Portobello Road
grrr not on youtube.Getting hung up all day on smiles
Walking down portobello road for miles
Greeting strangers in indian boots,
Yellow ties and old brown suits
Growing old is my only danger
Cuckoo clocks, and plastic socks
Lampshades of old antique leather
Nothing looks weird, not even a beard
Or the boots made out of feathers
I'll keep walking miles 'til I feel
A broom beneath my feet
Or the hawking eyes of an old stuffed bull across the street
Nothing's the same if you see it again
It'll be broken down to litter
Oh, and the clothes everyone knows
That dress will never fit her
Getting hung up all day on smiles
Walking down portobello road for miles
Greeting strangers in indian boots,
Yellow ties and old brown suits
Growing old is my only danger
Cuckoo clocks, and plastic socks
Lampshades of old antique leather
Nothing looks weird, not even a beard
Or the boots made out of feathers
I'll keep walking miles 'til I feel
A broom beneath my feet
Or the hawking eyes of an old stuffed bull across the street
Nothing's the same if you see it again
It'll be broken down to litter
Oh, and the clothes everyone knows
That dress will never fit her
Getting hung up all day on smiles
Walking down portobello road for miles
Greeting strangers in indian boots,
Yellow ties and old brown suits
Growing old is my only danger
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:20 pm
I like Cat Stevens...some great lyrics. But doesn't this belong in Vespers?
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:26 pm
This is about Cat Stevens, the man and the myth, not the music.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:45 pm
if i'm not mistaken..."all things cat stevens" means...ALL things cat stevens but...i'll delete my post and you can talk about cat stevens in
whatever other way you wanted to talk about him.
and unless you're gonna talk about his religion (the close) or his politics (the tank) or both (still the tank) this belongs in vespers anyway.
whatever other way you wanted to talk about him.
and unless you're gonna talk about his religion (the close) or his politics (the tank) or both (still the tank) this belongs in vespers anyway.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:08 pm
Cat Stevens is among my top half-dozen favorite musical acts. (Beatles, Cat, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen) As for non-musical thoughts...
I've always thought that his music spoke of someone searching. Seeing tv specials on him later said that was, indeed, the case. He went through religions, philosophies, even numerology (ence the album Numbers).
Finally, of course, he became a Muslim. Some of the interviews from after he converted are great. We see a man who found all the peace and joy he had so obviously been looking for. I was extremely happy for him.
Here's a half-hour to watch that says a whole lot more.
youtube.com/watch?v=pcgCdn8I8kU&feature=related
Alas, I strongly disagree with the most publicized aspect of his beliefs: that Salman Rushdie should be killed for having written whatever it was he wrote. In the interview I saw, he was repeatedly asked if he believed Rushdie should die for it. He would never give a Yes or No answer. He just kept saying something like, "It's not a matter of belief. It's in the Qu'ran."
I've always thought that his music spoke of someone searching. Seeing tv specials on him later said that was, indeed, the case. He went through religions, philosophies, even numerology (ence the album Numbers).
Finally, of course, he became a Muslim. Some of the interviews from after he converted are great. We see a man who found all the peace and joy he had so obviously been looking for. I was extremely happy for him.
Here's a half-hour to watch that says a whole lot more.
youtube.com/watch?v=pcgCdn8I8kU&feature=related
Alas, I strongly disagree with the most publicized aspect of his beliefs: that Salman Rushdie should be killed for having written whatever it was he wrote. In the interview I saw, he was repeatedly asked if he believed Rushdie should die for it. He would never give a Yes or No answer. He just kept saying something like, "It's not a matter of belief. It's in the Qu'ran."
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:35 am
Flat out broke into tears in front of Cailette this summer seeing him perform last summer at the Diana concert.
Cat Stevens is the soundtrack to some of my best childhood memories.
Cat Stevens is the soundtrack to some of my best childhood memories.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:46 pm
Why isn't this thread in Vespers?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:14 pm
because neither you nor cail moved it and i'm not a vespers mod anymore? (or i would have)
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:40 pm
**In before the move**
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:41 pm
We can't move it, only a GenDisc mod can.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:48 pm
Or, I can-which I did... 
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:18 pm
Well, now that that's been settled... 
Tuesday's Dead, Bitterblue, Where do the Children Play, Changes IV, Into White...
...heck, all of Teaser, Tillerman, and Catch Bull at Four... Grreat Stuff.
Tuesday's Dead, Bitterblue, Where do the Children Play, Changes IV, Into White...
...heck, all of Teaser, Tillerman, and Catch Bull at Four... Grreat Stuff.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:23 pm
My favorite Steven's album is The Foriegner Suite. I say album not CD because a cardboard print of Cat's drawing of a polar bear was included in the record packaging that I framed and hung on my wall for about 6 years.