This is one of the best, if not the best, break down of Cat Stevens I've watched. He is one of my all time favorites and one of two collections that I want to collect the complete discography. Thank you for this! I ordered both box sets and can't wait to get them in. I'll be doing an unboxing video myself...doubting that I can come close to yours! Great job man. - Chris
'Miles from Nowhere' reminds me of laying in bed during a quiet evening at home, filled with nostalgia. My father introduced me to 'Tea for the Tillerman' on vinyl. Thank you dad!
My dad listened to it every night when he got home from work when I was in high school. Cat Stevens was his favorite musician. Dad passed away when he was only 47 and now, 35 years later whenever I hear a Cat Stevens song, I’m reduced to tears. Coincidentally, dad’s favorite film was “Harold and Maude” with its soundtrack entirely by Stevens.
I discovered Cat Stevens as an 18 year old, holidaying in France, waiting to find out if I had been awarded a place at University. Every time I listen to his songs, I am instantly taken back to simpler times - Chasing girls, discovering music, pushing boundaries like I was the first person to feel this way. 30 years later, the first few notes of any Cat Stevens track always knocks the air out of my lungs and takes me instantly back to those simpler, happy days. Thank you for the music, my friend.
I was 18 and brawling with my dad when this song came out. He had left school at 12 and I was completing my Higher School Certificate at 18 before going to uni. He suffered from PTSD from WW2 and it really came out when he drank. Too many memories.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Yusuf in 2007 when he visited Barbados. He was a very pleasant man and it's good to hear his story here once again. I will always remember something he shared with me: If you can't give anything, give a smile.
Cat Stevens has certainly chartered his own course and I really admire that. He recognises the spiritual path in life is more important than the egoic life that most people live. Respect.
Saw him in 75,of course the large audience 15,000 or so were dedicated fans, totally surprised when he just stopped in the middle of a song and said" Well enough of this, let's do something else!" Ripped into" Mustang Sally" and a few other upbeat numbers! Definitely got our attention as we didn't know what to expect afterwards! Great concert! Thanks for your channel!
Have we all listened to his work from 1966 to 1968. Really enjoyable songs like here comes my baby, the first cut is the deepest, Matthew and son, I love my dog. Really really fun pop
Cat Stevens is why I took voice lessons, and then guitar lessons too. At my mothers funeral I did 'Father and Son' for my father. I play/sing 'Wild World' for my personal loss of a beautiful woman going back to a dysfunctional relationship. "It's hard to get by on just a smile girl". Indeed.
The memories of Tea For The Tillerman and Teaser And The Firecat, the music, the lyrics, the quintessentially 1970s singer-songwriter aesthetic, the iconic album artwork, and the overall context within my life, and of those times, will forever be etched in my being. Right up there with Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Don McLean, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Snow, Janis Ian, and Joan Baez of the 70s (Diamonds And Rust), etc.
Why is no one mentioning Peace Train? That song is so beautiful in its idealized thoughts of world peace. And the background singing is phenomenal and so moving. I tear up every time I hear it. And to think that when he changed his name and converted his religion that people wanted to ban his music! Talk about not listening to his messages. Wow! Oh, and Moon Shadow I would sing to my kids every morning when I got them out of bed when they were just little guys.
Incredible artist wrote so many classic songs that actually sound better as time goes by. Wild World, Father and Son, Morning has Broken, Sun C79 on and on, possibly one of the most underrated artists of all time!
Cat stevens music has been such a huge part of my life and family. My mom loved cat stevens and would always play it real loud while she cleaned the house. My dad would play it at night when my uncles were over. I was born in 1973 and some of my earliest memories have a cat stevens soundtrack. When I was 17 i met the girl who moved in across the street and she quickly became my girlfriend. She had a love for cat stevens and John Lennon. Well 30 years later and 25 years of marriage later. We have four children and we still share our love for cat stevens music. Small town America is the greatest place to grow up!!
I was listening to Cat Stevens while I was preparing for the entrance exam at the university... Every day I was listening to Cat Stevens because just his music kept me calm :) before that I was listening to heavy metal and 80s glam metal when I was in high school :)
@capacitance-rca1981 Regarding his Rushdie comments, it was terrible, but he did apologize and I personally would like he slide on it. I don't know of anything else.
@capacitance-rca1981 I wasn't aware he'd ever apologized for cheerleading the fatwa against Rushdie. In fact, as far as I knew, he's continued to deny he ever said the things he did, even though he's on video doing so.
Love Cat Stevens, but didn’t really know his story. Thanks for sharing it. I always felt there was a hidden depth there. Wild World and Moon Shadow are my favorite Cat songs. But Father and Son speaks to me too.
Age 5 til 10 in my household, replete with hippie mother and step father, Cat Stevens was everything. The music filled our Chicago apartment every weekend. His face was the the wallpaper in an alcove behind our banquet dining table. I love him.
Myself and my girlfriends went to his concert in Greenwich Village in 1972. We were invited “backstage” to hang out with the band. We just partied with them, real fun gentlemen actually. It was quite a memory in my life. Those days were such filled with wonderful experiences, we were naive and trusting. Thanks for all this history and fleshing out his creative intentions.
TFTTMis such a great album. I stole it from my dad when I was 14 and knew it forward and back. At 17 years old I hitch hiked across Idaho, Oregon and Nevada (late 70”s when you could). I’d sing all of these songs. On the Road to Find out, Miles From Nowhere etc became so real to me. Great memories from a great album.
Thank you for your synopsis on the Cat. I grew up with his music being a teenager during his foray of these early albums and the history that you have covered. Paul, the producer and a member of the Yardbirds too (history) what a contribution as well. I can’t wait for round two-a whole mother nother story.. Catch Bull at Four,Foreigner,Buddha and the Chocolate Box,Izitso.... The great unfolding of fame and Cats ultimate Providence.
Oh, man. Cat Stevens' songs really make me very emotional. He touches my soul very deeply. Great melodies and the lyrics are pure poetry. Tears of peace and relief here.
The patches make the goodbye harder still...speaking about my generations favorite piece of clothing...blue jeans with sown on patches make parting that much more difficult. Brilliant poetry. If you didn’t mention Tea for the Tilleman in conversation you just weren’t hip...tenth graders are very judge mental. This is one special artist and I still love his work.
W💓W..Tea For Tillerman set with the new interpretation is superb..sad though reminds me of my late great Dad who supports this child in most of his life decision..Miss U Daddy O.
my personal favorite Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam tune is The Wind from Teaser And The Fire Cat short and sweet haunting guitar and vocals just a beautiful song that will earworm you for days
Thank you so much for this great video ❤️ Yusuf / Cat Stevens is such an amazing artist that is so underrated. He’s probably my most favorite artist of all time.
My top five (I think so, anyway -- this was hard): 5. Bitterblue 4. Morning Has Broken 3. Where Do the Children Play 2. Trouble 1. Into White Honorable mention: Angelsea, The Wind
Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of Cats Stevens, one of my favorite musical artists. During the summer of 74 Tea for the Tillerman played every single day as my friends and lived out our teenage adventures
Cat Stevens is imo one of the greatest song writers in modern music history. He's up there with Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, but never gets mentioned as much of them. Father and son is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in my life
@capacitance-rca1981 I don't think Yusuf would be happy to be compared to Dylan either. He's a plagiarist and can't write a melody or sing. Cat's got the full package and is super humble and relatable. Different paths completely.
I know this is just a promotional video, but for clarity's sake, Cat Stevens' two albums that established him as a major star all over the western rock world were T.f.t.T., covered here, and Teaser and the Firecat, released a year later in 1971, not Mona Bone Jakon, which is not a major album of his. Besides the two I cite, his other great albums are Catch Bull at Four (1972) and Buddah and the Chocolate Box (1974).
As a kid during the 80s, I ended up listening to "Tea for the Tillerman" a lot as my father had this in his collection. It definitely was not the kind of music I'd admit to my peers that I loved, but I did enjoy it.
Just like you, my parents had TftT on 8-track, and this album has been with me all my life in all its formats. Now I need to dig Mona Bone Jakon! Thanks for the unboxing, what a great collector's edition!
Thanks for posting this. I was born in 1969, a year before Tea for Tillerman was released. My parents had the album and I wore it out as a young boy, playing it constantly. I have spent the last few years studying music theory and sing writing and released my first single yesterday, Down To My Soul, on my TH-cam Channel. Cat Stevens was a huge influence
@Carolann Cannuli-Denton Thanks. I just miss good song writing. The 70's were, in my opinion, the best in that regard. I do the best within my limitations.
Patti D'Arbanville? Factory girl. Lorraine. Love, love history! 70 and 71 (Teaser) had my cassette recorder next to my radio to make my mixes. Very nice set, great show, thanks!
The First Cut is the Deepest. CS, Rod, and Wilson Phillips. It's not about being mellow. It's about thoughtful song writing. Paul Simon and George Harrison went to that school also.
cool to be commenter 6. and really looking forward to your take on cat stevens. i met the man briefly in the early 1990s in Jordan. but that’s a story for another time. 🙂
@@ProfessorofRock will share it with you, with some documentation. It’s one of those little interesting stories of my life. Keep up the great work. We kids of the 80’s in Jordan are watching keenly 👍🏼👍🏼
I was watching "Harrold and Maud. A new movie. Cat did the music for the movie. I asked my first love to marry me when "where do the children play" was playing. I didn't get the girl. But 50 years later, I still chat with her.
I love Cat Stevens but that line from that song is comedy gold. 5:43. It sounds like someone who's gonna be anything but a pop star. I just can't stop playing it and laughing my head off.
The great director Hal Ashby and Cat Stevens were pitching to the studio a counter culture musical called "Harold and Maude." They weren't kidding. A couple of years back there's Jewish Art Garfunkle inducting Islamic Cat Stevens into the RRHOF. WTF!? One thing all those 70's singer songwriters had in common was a very distinctive singing voice. Unmistakable. Cat Stevens wrote "The First Cut Is the Deepest." Nough said? "Father and Son," "Peace Train": "Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is, why must we go on hating, why can't we live and let live."
What are you, dense? Why do you think I brought up Art Garfunkle? A Jew inducting an Islamic extremist into the RRHOF? I know what Garfunkle would say, "I was building bridges with the opposition." Except Stevens never disavowed nothing. So who's using who? I was pointing out some anecdotes about Cat Steven's before he turned into an asshole. One thing I'd like to know is what Paul Simon thought of Art G's "gesture" at the RRHOF. I bet he was furious. You should pay attention to what people actually say before you jump to conclusions.
One cannot help but draw comparisons between *Cat Stevens* and *Kerry Livgren of the band Kansas* as the similarities are many! ◾ *Cat Stevens* was born in *1948,* and *Kerry Livgren* was born in *1949* ...just a year apart in age. ◾ Both men had tremendously successful music careers which began in the *60s,* and peaked in the *70s.* ◾ *Cat Stevens* is a *_singer-songwriter_* who wrote his own songs. ◾ *Kerry Livgren* was the *_guitarist and songwriter_* of the legendary group *Kansas,* who had written their biggest hits including *_Carry On Wayward Son, and Dust In The Wind._* ◾ Both men were experiencing existential crises in their lives and were each on spiritual journeys in search of truth. ◾ *Cat Stevens* had looked into *_Buddhism, Zen, I Ching, numerology, tarot cards, and astrology_* before eventually walking away from his successful music career to become a *Muslim* in 1977. In *1979,* he had his final secular performance on the 22nd of November in Wembley Stadium to benefit UNICEF's International Year of the Child. ◾ In like manner, *Kerry Livgren* had tried out virtually *_every major eastern religion,_* and even some lesser known ones before converting to *Christianity* in *1979.* In 1980, Kerry recorded *_the incredible_* album, *SEEDS OF CHANGE.* It would be his first *_Christian album,_* with the song's lyrics reflecting a Christian worldview...and he invited a number of his friends to perform his songs on the album, with such *luminaries* as... *Ronnie James Dio, as well as members of LeRoux, Jethro Tull, Ambrosia, and Atlanta Rhythm Section.* ◾ *_And so, both men walked away from highly successful and lucrative careers in order to pursue their religious beliefs._* ------------------------------- *NOTE* If you've never heard Kerry Livgren's album *SEEDS OF CHANGE,* do yourself a favor and check it out! In particular are two incredible, standout tracks sung by the *_legendary_** Ronnie James Dio...* ◾ *The Mask Of The Great Deceiver* ◾ *To Live For The King* ...here is a link to the album... th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_mwa1JtR3JjrTa8ZyKCuFWXpc0Fkz9FHTw.html In addition, if you are a fan of *Kansas* and in particular, Kerry Livgren's songs such as Carry On Wayward Son and Dust In The Wind, check out his work post-Kansas wherein he formed the group *AD.* ◾ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_(band) ◾ th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=kerry+livgren+ad
@capacitance-rca1981 Did you get a chance to check out *AD* yet? I'm curious what you thought of it. I saw them perform live at the Creation Festival back in 1985 or 86 (I forget which). Outstanding!
WAiT ¡¡/ /(*/!! is that a real Jukebox in the beginning ? it's at your place you upload your professor videos ?? or an old stock video footage of one that is gone .°↑≠
My fav tracks with “wild” in the title : 😀✌️ Wild World by Cat Stevens Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf Wild Boys by Duran Duran I Go Wild by the Stones My Wild Love by the Doors Real Wild Child by Johnny O’Keefe/ Ivan/ Jerry Lee Lewis/ Iggy Pop Running Wild by Roxy Music Wild Side by Motley Crue Wild Thing by the Troggs / X Wild Thing by Tone Loc Wild Wild Life by Talking Heads Wild Wild West by the Escape Club Wildflower by Skylark Wildest Dreams by Iron Maiden Wildest Dreams by Asia In Your Wildest Dreams by the Moody Blues Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row Wild in the Streets by Bon Jovi Running Wild by Judas Priest Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed Wildside by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses by U2 Wild Billy’s Circus Story by Bruce Wild Child by the Doors Wild Flower by the Cult Wild Honey by The Beach Boys Wild Horses by the Stones Wild Night by Van Morrison/ John Mellencamp Wild is the Wind by Bowie The Wild Life by Slaughter Any Day Now My Wild Beautiful Bird by Chuck Jackson/ Ronnie Milsap The Wild Ones by Suede Wild About You Baby by Houndog Taylor and Little Walter Wild West by Joe Jackson Wild Heart by Stevie Nicks The Wild Life by Bananarama Wild Summer Nights by John Cafferty The Wild One Forever by Tom Petty Wild Nights Hot Crazy Days by Judas Priest Wild and Crazy Love by the Mary Jane Girls Wild in the Streets by Circle Jerks Drive Me Wild by Vanity Wildfire by Michael Murphey Wild Wild Angels by Smokie Wild Hearts Run Out of Time by Roy Orbison Wild Heart by the Vamps Wild Child by Scorpions Bad Boys Running Wild by Scorpions You’re My Wildest Dream by Nick Lowe Wild Mountain Honey by Steve Miller
Love the lists! This is a wildly exhaustive one, didn't think I'd be able to add anything! Took a search of my Liked Songs Playlist and may I add... Time Runs Wild by Danny Wilde. Reap the Wild Wind by Ultravox. Wild Things by Alessia Cara 🍁. Wild One by Green Day. 🤟
Yes in the early 70´s he was a superstar. Hit after hit. But his conversion to Islam shattered his musical career. He has obvious contempt for Jewish people and ratified the death Fatwa imposed upon Mr. Rushie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens
so when this guy was riding high I had a roommate who thought Yusuf was the greatest thing since sliced bread...then the roommate went and saw him play live...came back all dejected and disappointed...personally if you liked this guy you were a bit of a wimp...
Good video about Cat but I feel like your hand gestures are excessive. It is really distracting me. I can listen to you but I can’t watch. Honestly this is constructive criticism.
This is one of the best, if not the best, break down of Cat Stevens I've watched. He is one of my all time favorites and one of two collections that I want to collect the complete discography. Thank you for this! I ordered both box sets and can't wait to get them in. I'll be doing an unboxing video myself...doubting that I can come close to yours! Great job man. - Chris
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who's death has he called for recently? Cat Stevens is absolute human garbage
I wore my Tea for the Tillerman album out, I listened to it so many times. One of the greatest albums ❤️.
'Miles from Nowhere' reminds me of laying in bed during a quiet evening at home, filled with nostalgia. My father introduced me to 'Tea for the Tillerman' on vinyl. Thank you dad!
Your Dad is a smart man.
My dad listened to it every night when he got home from work when I was in high school. Cat Stevens was his favorite musician. Dad passed away when he was only 47 and now, 35 years later whenever I hear a Cat Stevens song, I’m reduced to tears. Coincidentally, dad’s favorite film was “Harold and Maude” with its soundtrack entirely by Stevens.
I discovered Cat Stevens as an 18 year old, holidaying in France, waiting to find out if I had been awarded a place at University.
Every time I listen to his songs, I am instantly taken back to simpler times - Chasing girls, discovering music, pushing boundaries like I was the first person to feel this way.
30 years later, the first few notes of any Cat Stevens track always knocks the air out of my lungs and takes me instantly back to those simpler, happy days.
Thank you for the music, my friend.
Father and son to me is one of his greatest songs. It is masterful in the way it is written and performed
I was 18 and brawling with my dad when this song came out. He had left school at 12 and I was completing my Higher School Certificate at 18 before going to uni. He suffered from PTSD from WW2 and it really came out when he drank. Too many memories.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Yusuf in 2007 when he visited Barbados. He was a very pleasant man and it's good to hear his story here once again. I will always remember something he shared with me: If you can't give anything, give a smile.
Cat Stevens has certainly chartered his own course and I really admire that. He recognises the spiritual path in life is more important than the egoic life that most people live. Respect.
Can't take it with you when you go. Yes, indeed!
Tea for the tillerman always reminds me of my childhood. It is one of the best album ever.
The soundtrack of my life-- Cat/Yusuf is the greatest singer-songwriter of our time-and quite possibly of all time.
My dad bought Tea For The Tillerman on 8 track back in '71, definitely a soundtrack to my youth. Still, one of the best albums ever released
tea for the tillerman remains to this day my favorite album of all time.
Saw him in 75,of course the large audience 15,000 or so were dedicated fans, totally surprised when he just stopped in the middle of a song and said" Well enough of this, let's do something else!" Ripped into" Mustang Sally" and a few other upbeat numbers! Definitely got our attention as we didn't know what to expect afterwards! Great concert! Thanks for your channel!
Have we all listened to his work from 1966 to 1968. Really enjoyable songs like here comes my baby, the first cut is the deepest, Matthew and son, I love my dog. Really really fun pop
Cat Stevens is why I took voice lessons, and then guitar lessons too. At my mothers funeral I did 'Father and Son' for my father. I play/sing 'Wild World' for my personal loss of a beautiful woman going back to a dysfunctional relationship. "It's hard to get by on just a smile girl". Indeed.
The memories of Tea For The Tillerman and Teaser And The Firecat, the music, the lyrics, the quintessentially 1970s singer-songwriter aesthetic, the iconic album artwork, and the overall context within my life, and of those times, will forever be etched in my being. Right up there with Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Don McLean, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Snow, Janis Ian, and Joan Baez of the 70s (Diamonds And Rust), etc.
Why is no one mentioning Peace Train? That song is so beautiful in its idealized thoughts of world peace. And the background singing is phenomenal and so moving. I tear up every time I hear it. And to think that when he changed his name and converted his religion that people wanted to ban his music! Talk about not listening to his messages. Wow! Oh, and Moon Shadow I would sing to my kids every morning when I got them out of bed when they were just little guys.
I memorized the lyrics to Moon Shadow when I was a kid. Cat Stevens is one of my favorites. Great song writer.
Incredible artist wrote so many classic songs that actually sound better as time goes by. Wild World, Father and Son, Morning has Broken, Sun C79 on and on, possibly one of the most underrated artists of all time!
Cat stevens music has been such a huge part of my life and family. My mom loved cat stevens and would always play it real loud while she cleaned the house. My dad would play it at night when my uncles were over. I was born in 1973 and some of my earliest memories have a cat stevens soundtrack. When I was 17 i met the girl who moved in across the street and she quickly became my girlfriend. She had a love for cat stevens and John Lennon. Well 30 years later and 25 years of marriage later. We have four children and we still share our love for cat stevens music. Small town America is the greatest place to grow up!!
Father and son really was a great song I'm a huge fan of Cat Stevens. His songs had wonderful meanings and great music and was relaxing to listen too.
His voice is so unique.
I was listening to Cat Stevens while I was preparing for the entrance exam at the university... Every day I was listening to Cat Stevens because just his music kept me calm :) before that I was listening to heavy metal and 80s glam metal when I was in high school :)
One of the greatest singer songwriters of all time. I have "Lady D'Arbanville" in my jukebox right now. I love all of his music!
Alun Davies deserves more recognition for his quiet but important backing for Cat. Nice review!
Cat Stevens has an absolutely beautiful voice.
He wrote the sound track of my youth. Loved his songs and his albums were amongst the first I ever bought.
I think i see the light is my favorite song of his .thank you
Tea for the Tillerman is such a great album. I still listen to it today. It was one of the reasons I became a guitar player.
Legendary singer/songwriter, so unique and melodious, no one like him.
@capacitance-rca1981 Wow, I thought he left music for religion and then went back to music a little bit, didn't know about the hypocrisy.
@capacitance-rca1981 Regarding his Rushdie comments, it was terrible, but he did apologize and I personally would like he slide on it. I don't know of anything else.
@capacitance-rca1981 Sometimes I prefer not to know things about celebrities. It does make me admire them less. I'm sorry to hear that about Cat.
@capacitance-rca1981 I wasn't aware he'd ever apologized for cheerleading the fatwa against Rushdie. In fact, as far as I knew, he's continued to deny he ever said the things he did, even though he's on video doing so.
Love Cat Stevens, but didn’t really know his story. Thanks for sharing it. I always felt there was a hidden depth there. Wild World and Moon Shadow are my favorite Cat songs. But Father and Son speaks to me too.
Age 5 til 10 in my household, replete with hippie mother and step father, Cat Stevens was everything. The music filled our Chicago apartment every weekend. His face was the the wallpaper in an alcove behind our banquet dining table. I love him.
Professor of Rock speaks with such passion! You convey Yusuf Cat Steve's story beautifully!
Myself and my girlfriends went to his concert in Greenwich Village in 1972. We were invited “backstage” to hang out with the band. We just partied with them, real fun gentlemen actually. It was quite a memory in my life. Those days were such filled with wonderful experiences, we were naive and trusting. Thanks for all this history and fleshing out his creative intentions.
Cat’s music was a revelation at eight. Great channel.
Beautiful intro thanks maestro✌️
Fantastic review of a fantastic artist who played an important part in my life as a teenager growing up in Silver Spring, Maryland.
TFTTMis such a great album. I stole it from my dad when I was 14 and knew it forward and back. At 17 years old I hitch hiked across Idaho, Oregon and Nevada (late 70”s when you could). I’d sing all of these songs. On the Road to Find out, Miles From Nowhere etc became so real to me. Great memories from a great album.
Thank you for your synopsis on the Cat.
I grew up with his music being a teenager during his foray of these early albums and the history that you have covered. Paul, the producer and a member of the Yardbirds too (history) what a contribution as well. I can’t wait for round two-a whole mother nother story.. Catch Bull at Four,Foreigner,Buddha and the Chocolate Box,Izitso.... The great unfolding of fame and Cats ultimate Providence.
Oh, man. Cat Stevens' songs really make me very emotional. He touches my soul very deeply. Great melodies and the lyrics are pure poetry. Tears of peace and relief here.
The patches make the goodbye harder still...speaking about my generations favorite piece of clothing...blue jeans with sown on patches make parting that much more difficult. Brilliant poetry. If you didn’t mention Tea for the Tilleman in conversation you just weren’t hip...tenth graders are very judge mental. This is one special artist and I still love his work.
Cat Stevens's "Oh Very Young" is my childhood #1.
This was great. Thanks!
W💓W..Tea For Tillerman set with the new interpretation is superb..sad though reminds me of my late great Dad who supports this child in most of his life decision..Miss U Daddy O.
my personal favorite Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam tune is The Wind from Teaser And The Fire Cat short and sweet haunting guitar and vocals just a beautiful song that will earworm you for days
My introduction to CS was "Catch Bull at Four", the song "Sitting" still resonates more than any other.
Thank you so much for this great video ❤️ Yusuf / Cat Stevens is such an amazing artist that is so underrated. He’s probably my most favorite artist of all time.
Harold & Maude.... would love a recap from the movie.
My top five (I think so, anyway -- this was hard):
5. Bitterblue
4. Morning Has Broken
3. Where Do the Children Play
2. Trouble
1. Into White
Honorable mention: Angelsea, The Wind
Peace Train, Moon Shadow, and If I Laugh are my favorites!
That's Teaser and the Fire Cat.
Awesome, thank you. Just got the tea for tillerman vinyl today and this video was perfect timing.
Wonderful! Hope you enjoy it.
My god I love Cat Stevens!!! Thank you so much for this!!!!!
One great poetry and great songwriter.
Always loved "Sad Lisa"...still do!
Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of
Cats Stevens, one of my favorite musical artists. During the summer of 74
Tea for the Tillerman played every single day as my friends and lived out our teenage adventures
Cat Stevens is imo one of the greatest song writers in modern music history. He's up there with Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, but never gets mentioned as much of them.
Father and son is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in my life
Beautiful song indeed.
@capacitance-rca1981 I don't think Yusuf would be happy to be compared to Dylan either. He's a plagiarist and can't write a melody or sing. Cat's got the full package and is super humble and relatable. Different paths completely.
I know this is just a promotional video, but for clarity's sake, Cat Stevens' two albums that established him as a major star all over the western rock world were T.f.t.T., covered here, and Teaser and the Firecat, released a year later in 1971, not Mona Bone Jakon, which is not a major album of his. Besides the two I cite, his other great albums are Catch Bull at Four (1972) and Buddah and the Chocolate Box (1974).
You made wife very happy with this one!
Love Cat! "Wild World" is my favorite. Mr. Big, who I also love, do a great cover!
I’ve always been a bigger fan of Teaser and the Firecat. For me, that was where Cat really let loose and wrote his best music.
Love Cat Stevens. He was a brilliant writer and singer.
Still is ❤
As a kid during the 80s, I ended up listening to "Tea for the Tillerman" a lot as my father had this in his collection. It definitely was not the kind of music I'd admit to my peers that I loved, but I did enjoy it.
Just like you, my parents had TftT on 8-track, and this album has been with me all my life in all its formats. Now I need to dig Mona Bone Jakon! Thanks for the unboxing, what a great collector's edition!
Wow that is the most amazing box sets I have seen. I wish there would be something like that for ABBA or ELO.
Thanks for posting this. I was born in 1969, a year before Tea for Tillerman was released. My parents had the album and I wore it out as a young boy, playing it constantly. I have spent the last few years studying music theory and sing writing and released my first single yesterday, Down To My Soul, on my TH-cam Channel. Cat Stevens was a huge influence
@Carolann Cannuli-Denton Thanks. I just miss good song writing. The 70's were, in my opinion, the best in that regard. I do the best within my limitations.
My favorite off of Tea for the Tillerman is 'But I might Die Tonight'...the best under 2 minute song in history!
Patti D'Arbanville? Factory girl. Lorraine. Love, love history!
70 and 71 (Teaser) had my cassette recorder next to my radio to make my mixes.
Very nice set, great show, thanks!
My first albums were Tea for the Tillerman and Crosby Stills and Nash. Wore them out!
The First Cut is the Deepest. CS, Rod, and Wilson Phillips. It's not about being mellow. It's about thoughtful song writing. Paul Simon and George Harrison went to that school also.
Loved cat Stevens. I had Morning Has Broken played at my wedding ❤️
cool to be commenter 6. and really looking forward to your take on cat stevens. i met the man briefly in the early 1990s in Jordan. but that’s a story for another time. 🙂
I would love to hear that story sometime my friend. Thank you for commenting!
@@ProfessorofRock will share it with you, with some documentation. It’s one of those little interesting stories of my life. Keep up the great work. We kids of the 80’s in Jordan are watching keenly 👍🏼👍🏼
Waiting for a Harry Chapin episode, with Taxi and Cats In The Cradle ...
I used to aggravate my little brother Matthew by singing ‘Matthew and Son’ to him - he still hates it! Lol
I was watching "Harrold and Maud. A new movie. Cat did the music for the movie. I asked my first love to marry me when "where do the children play" was playing. I didn't get the girl. But 50 years later, I still chat with her.
Tea for the Tillerman Box set is sold out. Mona Bone Jacon is still available.
I love Cat Stevens but that line from that song is comedy gold. 5:43. It sounds like someone who's gonna be anything but a pop star. I just can't stop playing it and laughing my head off.
loved "Was dog a donut" by Cat Stevens.
The great director Hal Ashby and Cat Stevens were pitching to the studio a counter culture musical called "Harold and Maude." They weren't kidding. A couple of years back there's Jewish Art Garfunkle inducting Islamic Cat Stevens into the RRHOF. WTF!? One thing all those 70's singer songwriters had in common was a very distinctive singing voice. Unmistakable. Cat Stevens wrote "The First Cut Is the Deepest." Nough said? "Father and Son," "Peace Train": "Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is, why must we go on hating, why can't we live and let live."
Justify? Lou Pearlman? Idol worship? WTF are you trying to say?
What are you, dense? Why do you think I brought up Art Garfunkle? A Jew inducting an Islamic extremist into the RRHOF? I know what Garfunkle would say, "I was building bridges with the opposition." Except Stevens never disavowed nothing. So who's using who? I was pointing out some anecdotes about Cat Steven's before he turned into an asshole. One thing I'd like to know is what Paul Simon thought of Art G's "gesture" at the RRHOF. I bet he was furious. You should pay attention to what people actually say before you jump to conclusions.
You should do a video on Billy Squier
MTV suicide.
I was actually thinking that yesterday! "Don't say no" is such a great rock album!
Yeah, or/and about his band Piper during the 2nd half of the 70s before going solo.
Please do some videos on Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Croce
One cannot help but draw comparisons between *Cat Stevens* and *Kerry Livgren of the band Kansas* as the similarities are many!
◾ *Cat Stevens* was born in *1948,* and *Kerry Livgren* was born in *1949* ...just a year apart in age.
◾ Both men had tremendously successful music careers which began in the *60s,* and peaked in the *70s.*
◾ *Cat Stevens* is a *_singer-songwriter_* who wrote his own songs.
◾ *Kerry Livgren* was the *_guitarist and songwriter_* of the legendary group *Kansas,* who had written their biggest hits including *_Carry On Wayward Son, and Dust In The Wind._*
◾ Both men were experiencing existential crises in their lives and were each on spiritual journeys in search of truth.
◾ *Cat Stevens* had looked into *_Buddhism, Zen, I Ching, numerology, tarot cards, and astrology_* before eventually walking away from his successful music career to become a *Muslim* in 1977. In *1979,* he had his final secular performance on the 22nd of November in Wembley Stadium to benefit UNICEF's International Year of the Child.
◾ In like manner, *Kerry Livgren* had tried out virtually *_every major eastern religion,_* and even some lesser known ones before converting to *Christianity* in *1979.* In 1980, Kerry recorded *_the incredible_* album, *SEEDS OF CHANGE.* It would be his first *_Christian album,_* with the song's lyrics reflecting a Christian worldview...and he invited a number of his friends to perform his songs on the album, with such *luminaries* as...
*Ronnie James Dio, as well as members of LeRoux, Jethro Tull, Ambrosia, and Atlanta Rhythm Section.*
◾ *_And so, both men walked away from highly successful and lucrative careers in order to pursue their religious beliefs._*
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*NOTE* If you've never heard Kerry Livgren's album *SEEDS OF CHANGE,* do yourself a favor and check it out! In particular are two incredible, standout tracks sung by the *_legendary_** Ronnie James Dio...*
◾ *The Mask Of The Great Deceiver*
◾ *To Live For The King*
...here is a link to the album...
th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_mwa1JtR3JjrTa8ZyKCuFWXpc0Fkz9FHTw.html
In addition, if you are a fan of *Kansas* and in particular, Kerry Livgren's songs such as Carry On Wayward Son and Dust In The Wind, check out his work post-Kansas wherein he formed the group *AD.*
◾ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_(band)
◾ th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=kerry+livgren+ad
@capacitance-rca1981
Did you get a chance to check out *AD* yet? I'm curious what you thought of it. I saw them perform live at the Creation Festival back in 1985 or 86 (I forget which). Outstanding!
WAiT ¡¡/ /(*/!!
is that a real Jukebox
in the beginning ?
it's at your place you upload your professor videos ??
or an old stock video footage of one that is gone .°↑≠
Oooohh I can't keep it in
Can't keep it in I gotta let it out
I only like 'Morning Has Broken'.
Loved Cat Stevens back in the day. Then religion, F..... up everything.
Lisa, Lisa .. .
Sad , Lisa, 🎶💠💜 Lisa
Wasn't he in the Tremeloes at one point?
@Carolann Cannuli-Denton I thought I heard he was in group-you know how accurate the internet is! LOL Thanks for the info.
Excellent commercial.
My fav tracks with “wild” in the title : 😀✌️
Wild World by Cat Stevens
Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf
Wild Boys by Duran Duran
I Go Wild by the Stones
My Wild Love by the Doors
Real Wild Child by Johnny O’Keefe/ Ivan/ Jerry Lee Lewis/ Iggy Pop
Running Wild by Roxy Music
Wild Side by Motley Crue
Wild Thing by the Troggs / X
Wild Thing by Tone Loc
Wild Wild Life by Talking Heads
Wild Wild West by the Escape Club
Wildflower by Skylark
Wildest Dreams by Iron Maiden
Wildest Dreams by Asia
In Your Wildest Dreams by the Moody Blues
Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row
Wild in the Streets by Bon Jovi
Running Wild by Judas Priest
Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
Wildside by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses by U2
Wild Billy’s Circus Story by Bruce
Wild Child by the Doors
Wild Flower by the Cult
Wild Honey by The Beach Boys
Wild Horses by the Stones
Wild Night by Van Morrison/ John Mellencamp
Wild is the Wind by Bowie
The Wild Life by Slaughter
Any Day Now My Wild Beautiful Bird by Chuck Jackson/ Ronnie Milsap
The Wild Ones by Suede
Wild About You Baby by Houndog Taylor and Little Walter
Wild West by Joe Jackson
Wild Heart by Stevie Nicks
The Wild Life by Bananarama
Wild Summer Nights by John Cafferty
The Wild One Forever by Tom Petty
Wild Nights Hot Crazy Days by Judas Priest
Wild and Crazy Love by the Mary Jane Girls
Wild in the Streets by Circle Jerks
Drive Me Wild by Vanity
Wildfire by Michael Murphey
Wild Wild Angels by Smokie
Wild Hearts Run Out of Time by Roy Orbison
Wild Heart by the Vamps
Wild Child by Scorpions
Bad Boys Running Wild by Scorpions
You’re My Wildest Dream by Nick Lowe
Wild Mountain Honey by Steve Miller
Love the lists! This is a wildly exhaustive one, didn't think I'd be able to add anything! Took a search of my Liked Songs Playlist and may I add... Time Runs Wild by Danny Wilde. Reap the Wild Wind by Ultravox. Wild Things by Alessia Cara 🍁. Wild One by Green Day. 🤟
@@deanrobert9953 Thank you, 😊My Friend
And thank you for all of your Great additions 😀🤟
Respect his talent but never was into his style.
Mr. Big in the preview? INSTACLICK
Yes in the early 70´s he was a superstar. Hit after hit. But his conversion to Islam shattered his musical career. He has obvious contempt for Jewish people and ratified the death Fatwa imposed upon Mr. Rushie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens
@Tamar Hannah Whipkey All religions are violent. Remember that Christianity had a 700 year head start with their tyrannical leadership!
What happened to Teaser and The Firecat !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree - another classic and equally as good.
Shouldnt he be in prison for inciting people to try and murder someone?
and supporting hammas
Not to mention, Nick Drake is 10x better.
I remember when he called for the death of Salman Rushdie, which makes him a terrorist sympathizer.
Not just a sympathizer but a financial supporter (allegedly)
I have the master album cut on virgin vinyl. Nothing comes close
Cat is a top 40 imitation of Nick Drake.
To bad he joined the evil cult. I used to like him. Not anymore.
*Too
Don't give credit to hospitals. I escaped one and I should have died years ago according to the hospital doctor.
so when this guy was riding high I had a roommate who thought Yusuf was the greatest thing since sliced bread...then the roommate went and saw him play live...came back all dejected and disappointed...personally if you liked this guy you were a bit of a wimp...
So be it. I'm a bit of a wimp, according to your standards.
@@joeymorvant161 that's sad man...please don't tell me you like Kiss too...
@@mikeadams2351 I like Cat Stevens and KISS, and don't think I'm a wimp for it. YOU do. I'm into probably literally hundreds of acts.
Good video about Cat but I feel like your hand gestures are excessive. It is really distracting me. I can listen to you but I can’t watch. Honestly this is constructive criticism.
Cat Stevens was one-of-a-kind GREAT.