Cat Stevens, 1st thread about him? oh man..
 

ok, hope it's in the right category, if not don't blame me, blame ... the ****ty weather, ok?

so.. Cat Stevens.. i hope there aren't 152478451325 threads about him (in fact, i couldn't find any). i love the fact that when i'm depressed and listen to his music, it calms me down and... well his voice annoys me a bit sometimes (why should i lie) but.. i really really like his music. he's really talented

so what are your opinions on him?

Cat stevens is the man, i was raised on him and James Taylor.

I don't know everything, but I like what I've heard. No this forum is fine, in fact im gunna start posting folk threads in the rap forum until we get this place a folk forum.

i like him lots and i'm starting to like him more

i've only heard a few songs by him but he they were all good

He's great!!! I love "If I laugh", "Wild World", "Another Saturday Night", "Ruby Love", "Father & Son", "Morning Has Broken", "Moonshadow" (the last one's pretty annoying sometimes)

i can't believe he's so "unpopular" around here.... you guys should check him out IMMEDIATELY!!

Yes Yes Yes, I go to bed to the Tea for the Tillerman album more than often.

Cat Stevens
 

I know there is already a thread on him in general music but.....
Since the Folk Forum is so dead, and he is indeed folk, I figured I would make one here.

He is a great singer/songwriter.....and he isnt a "second rate Paul Simon" coughBig3cough.

I really like his music and Im gonna pick up Cat Stevens Gold next time I go out.

Reccomendations
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Father And Son
Lady D'Arbanville
Here Comes My Baby
Peace Train
Wild World

Check him out if you havent

Man Cat stevens owns..by far his greatest song is Wild World

I loove Cat Stevens.
My 3 favorites would have to be
Peace Train
Father and Son
Wild World

I enjoyed him until he lost his mind and became a terrorist.

SNFU does a great cover of Wild World

He didnt become a terrorist.
He just converted religions.
I hope you were kidding.
I have a feeling you were.

According to the trustworthy United States government he is a Terrorist.





And yes I am a jerk

Hey!
They said John Lennon was a terrorist:laughing:

And Chuck D

I belive you mean Yusif Islam (know idea how to spell that)

But yes, ive been a massive fan of the Cat. I always compare him to simon and garfunkly though, dont know why. But I think they were (are) better.

love him :D:D

i like Peace Train, If I laugh, Morning has broken, Wild World, Father and Son, Lady D'Arbanville

he's just great
and the other thread belongs to moi :D:D

:ar_15s: He is still a terrorist:ar_15s:

Terrorist. That should be enough to get some big governmental agency come look here.

Since I was name dropped in the OP, Ill say this: He has some song with the refrain "do you remember the days of the old school yard" and its so packed in, and terrible.

I liken it to when people are like "remember when he had recess as kids and snakc time" and then they wax philisophical about how life was great then and children are true free spirits.

Its a song written about something you think, not a song you actually lived and that always, always, makes for a bad song. And thats why I think he's a hack, I like the other stuff I've heard.

what?

i have his greatest hits album and i love every song on it.. so i guess that means i don;t know alot of his music but i like his hits awesomness !!!

Cat Stevens is damn good stuff. Teaser and the Firecat is a classic.

Father and Son is one of my favorite songs of all time

Cat Stevens
 

i really dig this guy, i have tea for the tillerman and teaser and the firecat. does any fans of him recomend any other albums?

http://www.musicbanter.com/folk/12798-cat-stevens.html

:thumb:

You mean Yusuf Islam. Music aside, he is garbage as a human being.

Why is that? I'm really not well read on his life, so maybe he has done some dispicable things, but what?

Actually to be fair, I just don't like him. And it should be noted he was recently greatly mistreated by the American Transportation Security Administration. He converted to Islam and has denounced the Islamo-fascists like Al-Queda. Really I should not even bad mouth him because my dislike is based on interviews he gave in the 1970's that I found to be racist, and anti-American. Still if I'm honest, I don't know anything about who he is now other then what I have told you and his music is pretty solid so I "my bad" on this one.

He also publicly called for the death of Salman Rushdie, when a fatwa was put on him following the publication of his book, The Satanic Verses.

Don't you just love religious people!

whats a fatwa?

what did he say that was racist?

I have many songs I love in his discography. Not my favourite singer, but one of the artists I truly love

A fatwa is made by a mufti...duh.

Pokémon fatwa.

The mufti: Saudi Arabia’s Higher Committee for Scientific Research and Islamic Law

What: Denouncing the lovable Japanese cartoon characters as having “possessed the minds” of Saudi youngsters, Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority banned Pokémon video games and cards in the spring of 2001. Not only do Saudi scholars believe that Pokémon encourages gambling, which is forbidden in Islam, but it is apparently a front for Israel as well. The fatwa’s authors claimed that Pokémon games include, “the Star of David, which everyone knows is connected to international Zionism and is Israel’s national emblem.” Religious authorities in the United Arab Emirates joined in, condemning the games for promoting evolution, “a Jewish-Darwinist theory that conflicts with the truth about humans and with Islamic principles,” but didn’t ban them outright. Even the Catholic Church in Mexico got into the act, calling Pokémon video games “demonic.”

Incredible innit!

Yeah it seems like you're pretty ignorant when it comes to this subject.


Yusuf Islam didn't call for the death of Salman Rushdie at all... What he said was if anyone denounces the Qur'an it is punishable by death in Islamic law.

i've heard "Wild World" about 20 times in the past week and normally i'd be sick of any one song by the 3rd go around but it's so simple yet sounds so good. his voice can get a bit annoying but its also strangely comforting.

Which is a subtler way or calling for his death, yeah it seems like you're pretty ignorant when it comes to this subject.

tea for the tillerman is the perfect lazy summer afernoon album. it takes you to different time and place.

'Trouble' is one of my favorites. Its not one of his that you would hear on the radio. you should give it a listen