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Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam

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His new cd is highly anticipated. Early reviews look very promising.

I like "father and Son" myself.

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Originally posted by badmoon
His new cd is highly anticipated. Early reviews look very promising.

I like "father and Son" myself.
Agreed - that's his best song.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
People as old as me probably remember the music of Cat Stevens from the early 1970s. He sold millions of records, and had some truly great songs. I remember when my son was a toddler I could always get him to fall asleep by singing "Moonshadow" to him.

After a near-drowning he converted to Islam and left pop music behind.

My local radio stations just ...[text shortened]... ercial LP in 28 years very shortly.

I certainly interested to hear what he comes up with.
with a greater sense of irony, you could have sung that 'cat's in the cradle' song to your son...

anyway, what a wuss - i nearly drowned a few years back, but do you see me converting to Islam and leaving pop music behing? no siree!

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Originally posted by dfm65
with a greater sense of irony, you could have sung that 'cat's in the cradle' song to your son...

anyway, what a wuss - i nearly drowned a few years back, but do you see me converting to Islam and leaving pop music behing? no siree!
"Cats in the Cradle" was Harry Chapin. He died in an auto accident so never got to convert to anything. I like many of Chapin's songs, though Cat's in the Cradle never did it for me.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
"Cats in the Cradle" was Harry Chapin. He died in an auto accident so never got to convert to anything. I like many of Chapin's songs, though Cat's in the Cradle never did it for me.
but Cat did cover it, didn't he? i haven't heard the HC version, but thanks for the info...

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Originally posted by dfm65
but Cat did cover it, didn't he? i haven't heard the HC version, but thanks for the info...
"Harold and Maude" Soundtrack.

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Originally posted by mochiron
"Harold and Maude" Soundtrack.
Nope. This directly pasted from http://catstevens.com/faq/#00003



Q: DID CAT STEVENS SING/WRITE "CAT'S IN THE CRADLE?":
No. "Cat's In The Cradle" was written and recorded by Harry Chapin. This is a VERY common misconception. Recently there have been a number of Cat's In The Cradle MP3 files on file sharing services that claim to be either Cat Stevens (Bio), or Harry Chapin and Cat Stevens. They are not, it's just Harry. Or in some cases some other artist who recorded the song. Cat not only didn't write the song but never performed it. Not live, not in the studio, and not even privately.

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Cat Stevens was not:
Harry Chapin
Elton John
John Prine
Steve Goodman
Michael Oldfield
or Bette Midler

What he was was a very excellent singer/songwriter who delved into family relationships and religous themes quite freely and quite well.

What I hope he still is will be very much the same.

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Originally posted by badmoon
His new cd is highly anticipated. Early reviews look very promising.

I like "father and Son" myself.
fantastic song......

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Originally posted by slimjim
Morning has broken was another good song he sang. I saw him in concert in 72 I believe.
is that really you SlimJim????

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Originally posted by mokko
OLD??????
Well I'm not THAT old...
Yes, you are.😳