the song was written at a time when Cat was searching for a new faith , he stumbled into islam , and this song is a early sign of his eventual conversion to the religion , ( facing east and giving praise to Allah
According to a Catholic hymnal it is a traditional hymn. I love the song in its universal love of the world and I love Cat's version of it. One of my favorite songs by him.
Funny I looked up "Morning has broken reaction" and wouldn't you know you did it just today.This one is special,it's a moment of divinity.The poetry,the contrast of shades and *colors* of those piano chords and of course - the meaning.Thanks for hittin this one.It's timeless.
"Morning Has Broken" is a hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan".
Thanks. All these years I never knew that. And I'm a big fan of both both. I used to have Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII. Who do you think is more accomplished, Rick or Keith Emerson?
Was it a unitarian/universalist church? That's what it was for me. I loved Cat Stevens before I attended my first service. Will never forget looking at the program ignoring the music, then realized I knew the words. Wha!?! Cat Stevens in church, sold! 😜
@@sergebrunet4218 Rick plays on David Bowie's hit singles 'Space oddity' and 'Life on Mars'. Also plays the mini-moog synth on Black Sabbath's 'Sabbra cadabra'.
Wow, thanks for the info; I've been a fanatical fan of both artist for 45 years but; I didn't know that Wakeman did the keys...:)...Makes me love Yusuf even more...:)
This was playing in the house when my 3 year old daughter was found in her bedroom sobbing her heart out, almost inconsolable. I rushed to pick her up and asked what the matter was and in between catching her breath and tears she said in the sweetest voice; "Morning has broken". I love her to bits, she's now 20 and I remember it as clear as yesterday.
Hymn = very old music performed in church for praise and worship -. I'm thinking now these are only found in churches for old white people!.... Same purpose as gospel, but not as much soul to it. Not nearly as fun, - nobody dances or taps their feet or claps their hands to a hymn...and yes, you said it perfectly.
This song and others from his album "Teaser and the Firecat" bring back childhood memories for me. My parents turned up the volume playing that record (vinyl) from our house. "Moonshadow" also touches the happy nostalgia button for me.
My first girlfriend and I used to listen to this album over and over at night staring at the stars. That and Rod Stewart. Such nice times. This was in 86 so we were catching a decade that had more feeling.
Thank you for playing Cat. For a time he rejected music in the name of a rigid Islam as well rejected his former self. But, he did do a lot of charitable works. He seems in recent years to have allowed himself to integrate his past and present and is calling himself Yusef/Cat Stevens and is recording and performing again. Obviously a seeker.
@@danielschaeffer1294 he has admitted that was a mistake. I love Rushdie, a brilliant writer. I am always surprised when intelligent people get swallowed by the religious fervour of extremes. Unfortunately two longtime 30 year friends have done just that recently and I have had to cut ties with them. Maybe someday they will ‘come out of it’ too.
@@ddiamondr1 True, but at least as far as I know, only up to a point. There was a good-sized article on Stevens in “Rolling Stone” when he was making a comeback some years ago, that touched on this. He spent a number of years denying his statements, then saying he was making a joke, that he was misunderstood, that he wishes people would forget about it, that it was a mistake, and the like. But he’s never quite admitted that what he said was MORALLY wrong, let alone apologized to Rushdie. He’s not likely to, because Islam has a PR problem: there’s a death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy built into Muslim law which no moderate Muslim wants to admit exists, for obvious reasons.
@@danielschaeffer1294 that is also true. An apology. A statement saying it was wrong would be a great step forward. But he could end up with a Fatwa on himself. Most moderate Muslims do ignore many egregious parts of the Quran as modern Christians ignore large swaths of the Bible. ‘Rule of thumb” for example, the size of the stick allowed for beating your wife.
Oh man....cat Stevens was so good...had all his albums and got to see him in concert in Tucson AZ. In 1976...one of his last before converting to Islam ❤❤
My family had all his albums, and I really liked the guy - until he called on numerous occasions for the assassination of Salman Rushdie, for which he’s never apologized. He’s a hypocrite and a coward.
@@patsalas5452 Every time I hear his stuff, in a supermarket, for example, I don’t know whether to feel pity or contempt. I don’t think it matters much, though. What DOES matter is Islam’s apostasy law, which has killed, imprisoned or terrorized scores of dissenters over the last few years. Since Cat doesn’t have the courage to see the importance of this matter, I’ve written him off. He’s so,self-absorbed he’s hopeless.
Great song. Enjoy it in perspective. Cat Stevens is dead. What is left is a shell…a brainwashed buffoon. You gotta wonder how such a low-IQ religion could steal away such a gifted musician. I called his place once. I was told, by a depressed woman, “The master is not in.” Good grief, you’re not much a master of anything, if you chose Muhammad over Jesus >
Oh so freaking beautiful. Cat was one of the quintessential singer songwriters of the 70s. Please also do Father and Son, Sitting, Wild World, Peace Train, Sad Lisa, so many others. You will them all J.
We used to sing this in morning assembly in school ,back when singing hymns and saying prayers were allowed in schools. That really should be brought back. I love " morning has broken" . ; a peaceful, celebration of God's work in nature. And Cat/ Jusuf/Joseph 's voice is exquisite. As is the piano p!aying.
Hey Jamel! Let's get right to it--for Cat Stevens/Yusuf: "Moonshadow", "Oh, Very Young", "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out", "Music", "Father and Son", "Bitterblue", "Jesus". All great songs to check out by Yusuf/Cat. I know you couldn't get to them all, but I can hope. 😄 ☮ out! ✌🏼
Very great song of Living Life and appreciating the beauty of it through Nature. Cat Stevens always put out beautiful music with a lot of wisdom behind it.
Yea, listening to his voice will flow into you and you can't help but feel peaceful and love. We all need some of that sense of calm. And you pronounced hymn correct❤
Thank you so so much for reacting to this incredible song. Yes a hymn for church (ur saying it right like him) written by a British lady in the 30s. He does such a beauty full job with this one. Please keep going with Cat. Again, thank you Jamel. Loved ur reaction. FATHER AND SON MOONSHADOW OH VERY YOUNG
thank you, thank you Jamal. Today needed to start off like this. Peaceful and beautiful. I love Cat Stevens/Yusef something or other. I've been requesting him for a while. I didn't think anyone would ever react to him! Today is a good day to hear this gentle music.
Good god THAT VOICE!!! Just unbelievable talent, grace, kindness, generosity. He was just 24 when this was released -the year I saw him live in Miami. His fans, the world, was HEARTBROKEN when he stopped making music, we felt we’d lost our most beloved brother and teacher. I don’t criticise, he had to do what he needed, and we’re all glad he’s happy and has had a long healthy life full of love. Thank you Yusuf for sharing your talents and your love with us.
I'm so glad that you've found Cat Stevens. You should definitely listen to this live version of Morning Has Broken. The choir is simply heavenly. th-cam.com/video/3jbQ-v5RRE4/w-d-xo.html
The era of the singer songwriter was extremely special with those like cat Stevens, Jim Croce, carol king, James Taylor, Carly Simon just very great lyrics with the simplicity of the musical melody and accompaniment.
Thank you for playing Cat/Yusuf, especially today. I think I have bought his albums at least 6 or more times during the yrs. Now it is on my Spotify. Wonderful Man. Never put out a bad song. You should just play Tea for the Tillerman, the whole album, great.
First remember this song as a young kid in the 70's, great memories!!!!!!🤗✌️Cat Stevens, one of the best!!!!! Always enjoy the music of those great singer song writers of yesteryear's!!!!! Keep bringing them on!!!!! Thank God for Utube!!!!!
I remember a young teacher that taught my class when I was maybe 6 or 7 that brought this in to play for us. We all loved it. I wonder, what ever became of this teacher? It would have been 1969 or 1970 in Lansing, MI.
I remember this on the radio the same time as Chicago's "Color My World" and everybody was plunking the piano trying to play them. Beautiful. We sang this at church too.
Jamel, you need to look up the English poetess, Eleanor Farjeon, who wrote this hymn in 1931 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Farjeon ). It is remembered by many of the faithful singing it on a Sunday before Cat Stevens/Yusuf arranged it for his album 'Teaser and the Firecat'. It is very uplifting.
Fun little known fact, when he was recording hired for 25 pounds the piano player he heard on the next recording room.... It was Rick Wakeman,, the keyboard player from Yes..
I owned an album of Cat's/Yusef's greatest hits during my teenage years back in the 70s. I had never heard of him before and don't even remember where I got the album, but I was immersed with this greatness all at the same time. Needless to say, I fell completely in love with it, and played it constantly. My mom, being used to yelling "turn down that music!" surprised me with "what was that song?" I told her and she got me to play it for her, a very unusual request. She absolutely loved this song (as of course, did I). My mom passed 6 years ago and there are several things that instantly remind me of her. I cannot hear Morning Has Broken without thinking of her tears welling. Absolutely beautiful and poignant. Thanks for the reaction. ;)
Tears never fail to come when I hear this. Perfect rendition. Roberta Flack's " The first time ever I saw your face" is another. The gifts the LORD gives...
Morning has Broken has got to be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard!!!!!!! Certainately the most awesome song Cat Stevens had ever done for me!!!!!! Radio stations will play Peace Train or others of his to death, Peace Train is a good song don't get me wrong, just wish they would play this one on the radio every now and then especially with all that's going on. That would be nice!!!! A very spiritual type of song and I feel it!!!!!! Rock on everyone!!!!!!!
Funny story Rick Wakeman tells at his concerts: he played piano as a session musician on this but never got paid. When Cat went on tour after the album's release, nobody could figure out the piano arrangement. Cat's manager called Rick and asked if he could send the arrangement over to them. Rick's reply: "No problem, as soon as I get paid for that session, I'll send it to you." Needless to say, they never got the arrangement. If Rick ever plays in your area, I highly recommend going to see him. Half the concert he plays music and the other half he tells the most hilarious stories. This one is IMO his best: th-cam.com/video/yxoTiXx3w2U/w-d-xo.html
When I saw Rick, he told a slightly different version. He said he couldn`t send the arrangement because he doesn`t write his music down. He just plays, and does it all from memory...and talent. And in the end, he finally has been paid and credited many years later for this piece with Cat Stevens.
This song is one of my very favorite songs that Cat sings. So beautiful! My favorite song by his is "Moonshadow". Hope you will react to that song some day. Or, have you already done that and I missed it? ha! ;-) Thank you, Brother Jamel! Thank for these Cat Stevens songs of love, peace, and hope. We need this music in our lives right now. Our hearts are heavy with fear and sadness at what is happening in our beloved Nation. We need much love, peace, hope, and many prayers. Bless you, Jamel. Peace to all!
This song is perfect for centering yourself and a reminder to be still and experience the beauty of the Divine Creation. We sang this is school choir right after Cat made a hit of it and it was always a joy to sing. I love the piano in this.
This hymn is in our hymnal at church and we sing it a couple of times a year. To sing this on a Sunday morning with the sunlight coming through the stained glass windows- beautiful and worshipful.
I had forgotten about this song. I was in 5th or 6th grade when this came out. We used to have a music hour once a week and this was a song that we were taught to sing and play on the harpsichord.
This was happening during Cat’s spiritual awakening. He became immersed in religion & converted to Islam. His name is Yusuf Islam & he just started performing his songs again occasionally
@@sillysausage4549 I met him in the big central mosque in London back in the late 80's. I was an enthousiastic evangelical christian at the time and he was the speaker that day in the mosque. It was a somewhat confrontational event you might say! He was doing muslim apologetics and I was doing christian apologetics. I still think he was a great songwriter and performer though and I left christianity for atheism a long time ago. Haven't regretted it :)
I discovered a couple of years ago that the song with him when we were singing it in church. I love the song since the 70s this is my favorite Cat Stevens song and I always thought it had a very spiritual feel to it even not knowing it was a him. I just thought it was beautiful ever since I was a child I love the imagery of it and just it's just sees your soul it's beautiful
i ve loved a lot of singers and bands as favorites, but it was always cat stevens as the answer to who is your favorite singer...and i still say it :) and you finally found him lol
Such a beautiful song, sung by a beautiful voice. I adore Cat Stevens. I'm so glad you got to hear this song. We should all look at each new day as a blessing.
My father was the Minister of Music at Sharon Baptist Church in Charlotte North Carolina. We had a gifted French horn player and adapted this for the Sunrise Service. As the sun rose over the Crosses...magnificent.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written! Praise God! You can appreciate it even more if you ever sleep outside somewhere in a forest, or wherever, under the stars and wake up early enough to see the sunrise and it's light playing on the early morning mist and dew.
This was one of my favorite pieces of music 🎶 to play on my guitar 🎸 and piano 🎹 when I was young. Not as easy as it sounds but, beautiful to play. I could spend hours alone just trying to perfect it and record on my little cassette player. Never had the equipment to overlay the 2 and lost the tapes growing up. Sure wish I had them to see how bad I was! LOLOL 😸
i fondly remember my primary school years filled with us singing cat stevens songs. his don is a musician and is the spitttimage of his father. they sing his song ‘father and son’ together in a video, and it looks like he’s singing to himself through time.
grew up on t his stuff, blessed, he turned over everything and moved to india, if i recall...he came back years later..... Lord blessed him with a good voice.....
A beautiful composition, performed by a great melodist of the 1970's. "Father and Son", "Where Do THE Children Play", MoonShadow", "Peace-Train", 'Oh Very Young", "Wild World", "Sitting", etc.... these are beautiful tunes, harkening back to a more innocent time and my youth. Rick Wakeman performed piano on "Morning Has Broken", and his immense talent that would go on to propel the Progressive Rock group Yes was evident.
I was visiting a home in Iran near the Caspian Sea. In the morning the morning prayer was delivered (broadcast? ) from the local mosque. There was no other ambient noise. After this was finished the song Morning Has Broken came into my head. It was about as close to magical as I have ever been.
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the song was written at a time when Cat was searching for a new faith , he stumbled into islam , and this song is a early sign of his eventual conversion to the religion , ( facing east and giving praise to Allah
According to a Catholic hymnal it is a traditional hymn. I love the song in its universal love of the world and I love Cat's version of it. One of my favorite songs by him.
Funny I looked up "Morning has broken reaction" and wouldn't you know you did it just today.This one is special,it's a moment of divinity.The poetry,the contrast of shades and *colors* of those piano chords and of course - the meaning.Thanks for hittin this one.It's timeless.
"Morning Has Broken" is a hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan".
Right you are!
We sing it at my church.
Gaelic is Irish... not Scottish
He became a Muslim.
@@rinkle396 actually it is Scottish. However, Irish “Gaelic” is in the same Celtic language family.
The piano player on this track is Rick Wakeman of Yes!!
That's awesome.
I never knew that all of these years. I've always loved Rick Wakeman.
Wakeman is great!
Seriously? What a lovely and restrained performance by the usually dramatic Rick.
Thanks. All these years I never knew that. And I'm a big fan of both both. I used to have Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII. Who do you think is more accomplished, Rick or Keith Emerson?
This is a hymn we sang at school and in church, my all time favourite.
I had totally forgotten, but I remember singing this song in music class when I was a kid, probably around 79 or 80
Quinny?
Was it a unitarian/universalist church? That's what it was for me. I loved Cat Stevens before I attended my first service. Will never forget looking at the program ignoring the music, then realized I knew the words. Wha!?! Cat Stevens in church, sold! 😜
That’s funny since Cat Stevens is now known as Yusuf since he converted to Islam.
Yup, this was a staple song I had to sing in school, back in the day. Hated it then...... love it now.
That’s a beautiful song. Can’t go wrong listening to Cat
What a perfect way to start a Saturday: Morning has Broken with coffee, Cat Stevens, and Jamel. Perfect 👍
My 18 year old self wore out his albums..his voice is beautiful. Every teenaged girl had a huge crush on him!
One of Wakeman's mostly fluid piano deliveries, months before he joined Yes.
Well i like Rick s works he s very good in YES ! and i didn t know he was the one on the piano ??wow thanks !
@@sergebrunet4218 Rick plays on David Bowie's hit singles 'Space oddity' and 'Life on Mars'. Also plays the mini-moog synth on Black Sabbath's 'Sabbra cadabra'.
I never knew this was Wakeman on piano. I thought I knew everything about ever Cat song!
Wow, thanks for the info; I've been a fanatical fan of both artist for 45 years but; I didn't know that Wakeman did the keys...:)...Makes me love Yusuf even more...:)
Great reference 👌
This was playing in the house when my 3 year old daughter was found in her bedroom sobbing her heart out, almost inconsolable. I rushed to pick her up and asked what the matter was and in between catching her breath and tears she said in the sweetest voice; "Morning has broken". I love her to bits, she's now 20 and I remember it as clear as yesterday.
This is the most heartwarming story. Brings a tear to me as well!
Must be an old soul.
Oh that is heart warming. Thanks for sharing!
I never knew this song was an ole Scottish song. It’s always been a favorite of mine that The Cat . 💕
Hymn = very old music performed in church for praise and worship -. I'm thinking now these are only found in churches for old white people!.... Same purpose as gospel, but not as much soul to it. Not nearly as fun, - nobody dances or taps their feet or claps their hands to a hymn...and yes, you said it perfectly.
My God Jamal, the 70s was such an outstanding decade for music. Stuff like this is nectar for the soul. Thank you for posting this.
This song and others from his album "Teaser and the Firecat" bring back childhood memories for me. My parents turned up the volume playing that record (vinyl) from our house. "Moonshadow" also touches the happy nostalgia button for me.
My 7 y/o granddaughter asks me to "play that Moonshadow song again'.
I had his Teaser and the Firecat album. All the words were inside so it made it easy to sing along until you memorized all the lyrics.
Love.Moonshadow.
My first girlfriend and I used to listen to this album over and over at night staring at the stars. That and Rod Stewart. Such nice times. This was in 86 so we were catching a decade that had more feeling.
Mine too, except it was my big sis.
Where Do the Children Play is another of his great ones.
Love this song. Haven’t heard it in a long time. Why can’t we hear music like this on the radio anymore?
Yes! Another great one.
The melody is called Bunessan and is based on an old Scottish folk tune.
33 likes….. repeating numbers everywhere…I am visiting Scotland asap
@@TheSchuyler75 you can’t go wrong visiting Scotland. It’s Heavenly.
@@TheSchuyler75 it's 88 now as i just read your comment lol
No wonder I’ve always loved this! Scottish ancestry, here.
Thank you for playing Cat. For a time he rejected music in the name of a rigid Islam as well rejected his former self. But, he did do a lot of charitable works. He seems in recent years to have allowed himself to integrate his past and present and is calling himself Yusef/Cat Stevens and is recording and performing again. Obviously a seeker.
He called on multiple occasions for the assassination of Rushdie, and he’s still running from that. He’s not a seeker. He’s a fraud.
@@danielschaeffer1294 he has admitted that was a mistake. I love Rushdie, a brilliant writer. I am always surprised when intelligent people get swallowed by the religious fervour of extremes.
Unfortunately two longtime 30 year friends have done just that recently and I have had to cut ties with them.
Maybe someday they will ‘come out of it’ too.
@@ddiamondr1 True, but at least as far as I know, only up to a point. There was a good-sized article on Stevens in “Rolling Stone” when he was making a comeback some years ago, that touched on this. He spent a number of years denying his statements, then saying he was making a joke, that he was misunderstood, that he wishes people would forget about it, that it was a mistake, and the like. But he’s never quite admitted that what he said was MORALLY wrong, let alone apologized to Rushdie. He’s not likely to, because Islam has a PR problem: there’s a death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy built into Muslim law which no moderate Muslim wants to admit exists, for obvious reasons.
@@danielschaeffer1294 that is also true. An apology. A statement saying it was wrong would be a great step forward. But he could end up with a Fatwa on himself.
Most moderate Muslims do ignore many egregious parts of the Quran as modern Christians ignore large swaths of the Bible. ‘Rule of thumb” for example, the size of the stick allowed for beating your wife.
@@ddiamondr1 "Rule of Thumb" Is not in the Bible. That is taken from English Common Law.
Lady D'Arbanville is my favorite song by Cat Stevens.
Me too, especially the choir
Mathew and Son is cool too
His girlfriend at the time was Patty D'Arbanville.
Oh man....cat Stevens was so good...had all his albums and got to see him in concert in Tucson AZ. In 1976...one of his last before converting to Islam ❤❤
My family had all his albums, and I really liked the guy - until he called on numerous occasions for the assassination of Salman Rushdie, for which he’s never apologized. He’s a hypocrite and a coward.
@@danielschaeffer1294 I agree daniel..I was in my 20's when i loved his music...still love his voice but not the turn he took in his path..😥🇺🇸❤
@@patsalas5452 Every time I hear his stuff, in a supermarket, for example, I don’t know whether to feel pity or contempt. I don’t think it matters much, though. What DOES matter is Islam’s apostasy law, which has killed, imprisoned or terrorized scores of dissenters over the last few years. Since Cat doesn’t have the courage to see the importance of this matter, I’ve written him off. He’s so,self-absorbed he’s hopeless.
@@danielschaeffer1294 the 60's and 70's were a different time...🤷♀️😁
Great song. Enjoy it in perspective. Cat Stevens is dead. What is left is a shell…a brainwashed buffoon. You gotta wonder how such a low-IQ religion could steal away such a gifted musician. I called his place once. I was told, by a depressed woman, “The master is not in.”
Good grief, you’re not much a master of anything, if you chose Muhammad over Jesus >
Oh so freaking beautiful. Cat was one of the quintessential singer songwriters of the 70s. Please also do Father and Son, Sitting, Wild World, Peace Train, Sad Lisa, so many others. You will them all J.
Father and son my clear favorite
I was a kid when this came out.
I almost cried.
Beautiful song.
📻🙂
It has always been one of my favorite Cat Stevens' song. We sing a song with this melody in church.
Welcome to my English childhood. Yusuf lslam (formally Cat Stevens)
Wrote great songs & now after 40yrs he’s back playing live. 👏🏻
One of my and my grandmothers absolute favorite church hymns. I think they played this at her memorial service.
We used to sing this in morning assembly in school ,back when singing hymns and saying prayers were allowed in schools. That really should be brought back. I love " morning has broken" . ; a peaceful, celebration of God's work in nature. And Cat/ Jusuf/Joseph 's voice is exquisite. As is the piano p!aying.
Yes, I definitely remember from school assembly, Church of England UK 🇬🇧
which religion's prayers? Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Judaism, Hindu, etc. All are equal...
@@davidburgess3882 Therein lies the issue. Hence the necessity for a separation of church and state.
Mr Rick Wakeman on piano
NOPE! Separation of Church and State is paramount!
Hey Jamel! Let's get right to it--for Cat Stevens/Yusuf: "Moonshadow", "Oh, Very Young", "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out", "Music", "Father and Son", "Bitterblue", "Jesus". All great songs to check out by Yusuf/Cat. I know you couldn't get to them all, but I can hope. 😄 ☮ out! ✌🏼
Love 'Moonshadow' & 'Oh Very Young'!
Fun to see someone recommend the track ”Music”. One very good and underappreciated song.
I forgot about “If you want to sing out, sing out.” Great one!
Bitterblue!💙
Hell yeah. If you want to sing out, sing out. Yes indeed:)
Very great song of Living Life and appreciating the beauty of it through Nature. Cat Stevens always put out beautiful music with a lot of wisdom behind it.
It's 4:10 AM here in Michigan...and I'm watching Jamal's videos...Way to keep great music ALIVE!
It's 9:25am in Michigan and I've been up close to 24 hours. Insomnia sucks. I knew I should have had that ice-cream at 4am. 🤣
@@Sharon-pb7so I thought I was the only one who didn't sleep, lol. I retired from DTE a while back, sleep has been ....."rare" ever since.
South Bend, IN here. 2 am. Born and raised in Michigan though! Roots in SW Michigan, and the U.P! Hi neighbor!
Yea, listening to his voice will flow into you and you can't help but feel peaceful and love. We all need some of that sense of calm. And you pronounced hymn correct❤
Thank you so so much for reacting to this incredible song. Yes a hymn for church (ur saying it right like him) written by a British lady in the 30s. He does such a beauty full job with this one. Please keep going with Cat. Again, thank you Jamel. Loved ur reaction.
FATHER AND SON
MOONSHADOW
OH VERY YOUNG
Teaser and the Firecat is superb from start to finish. lf l laugh and How Can I Tell You two more beautiful songs.
Two of my favorites from that album. 🎵👍👍👍👍🎵
thank you, thank you Jamal. Today needed to start off like this. Peaceful and beautiful. I love Cat Stevens/Yusef something or other. I've been requesting him for a while. I didn't think anyone would ever react to him! Today is a good day to hear this gentle music.
This beautiful song was a hymn written around 1906. The melody came from Scotland.
You’re not tripping! I hear the similarities too.
Cat Stevens is a genius. His songs were HUGE in the 70s.
Good god THAT VOICE!!! Just unbelievable talent, grace, kindness, generosity. He was just 24 when this was released -the year I saw him live in Miami.
His fans, the world, was HEARTBROKEN when he stopped making music, we felt we’d lost our most beloved brother and teacher.
I don’t criticise, he had to do what he needed, and we’re all glad he’s happy and has had a long healthy life full of love.
Thank you Yusuf for sharing your talents and your love with us.
Beautiful! Captivates the soul. Such an uplifting song. Another of my favorites.
Beautiful, I told you this was my favorite Cat Stevens song. I GEt lost in this song. Thank you Jamal. ~~~~~Sherry.
I met my future husband when I was listening to my first Cat Stevens song. He even looked like Stevens too! Heard that for years that followed.
I used to sing that in the school choir, when I was in primary school in the early and mid 70s. It’s still my favourite. Very calm and soothing.
Such a calming peaceful voice...like others, I used to sing this hymn in school in the U.K.
I'm so glad that you've found Cat Stevens. You should definitely listen to this live version of Morning Has Broken. The choir is simply heavenly. th-cam.com/video/3jbQ-v5RRE4/w-d-xo.html
The era of the singer songwriter was extremely special with those like cat Stevens, Jim Croce, carol king, James Taylor, Carly Simon just very great lyrics with the simplicity of the musical melody and accompaniment.
Thank you for playing Cat/Yusuf, especially today. I think I have bought his albums at least 6 or more times during the yrs. Now it is on my Spotify.
Wonderful Man. Never put out a bad song. You should just play Tea for the Tillerman, the whole album, great.
First remember this song as a young kid in the 70's, great memories!!!!!!🤗✌️Cat Stevens, one of the best!!!!! Always enjoy the music of those great singer song writers of yesteryear's!!!!! Keep bringing them on!!!!! Thank God for Utube!!!!!
I remember a young teacher that taught my class when I was maybe 6 or 7 that brought this in to play for us. We all loved it. I wonder, what ever became of this teacher? It would have been 1969 or 1970 in Lansing, MI.
I remember this on the radio the same time as Chicago's "Color My World" and everybody was plunking the piano trying to play them. Beautiful. We sang this at church too.
Jamel, you need to look up the English poetess, Eleanor Farjeon, who wrote this hymn in 1931 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Farjeon ). It is remembered by many of the faithful singing it on a Sunday before Cat Stevens/Yusuf arranged it for his album 'Teaser and the Firecat'. It is very uplifting.
Interesting! Thank you 🙂
It is based on a 16th century Scottish hymn.
@@margaretkinnaman8585 The air or music is definitely Scottish and has its origins from the town of Bunassen but the words are definitely Eleanors.
I knew you would like this one, first Cat Stevens song I remember hearing, not so long after it was released!
This song is so beautiful, it always makes me sob.😭
My favorite song of all time.
Fun little known fact, when he was recording hired for 25 pounds the piano player he heard on the next recording room.... It was Rick Wakeman,, the keyboard player from Yes..
I feel like I could listen to this song forever. Thank you Jamal for hangin with Cat :)
One of my favorites I learned for a piano/voice recital. Still love it years later.
Years (& years) back I was in the folk group and we performed this at church often. Cat had some amazing songs.
The MOST used hymn at weddings, funerals and anything. Cats version is just amazing...I can never get bored of it....
CORRECT!!!! I just love the way he made the fabulous song, sends you to heaven. 🌞🌞🌞
I owned an album of Cat's/Yusef's greatest hits during my teenage years back in the 70s. I had never heard of him before and don't even remember where I got the album, but I was immersed with this greatness all at the same time. Needless to say, I fell completely in love with it, and played it constantly. My mom, being used to yelling "turn down that music!" surprised me with "what was that song?" I told her and she got me to play it for her, a very unusual request. She absolutely loved this song (as of course, did I). My mom passed 6 years ago and there are several things that instantly remind me of her. I cannot hear Morning Has Broken without thinking of her tears welling. Absolutely beautiful and poignant. Thanks for the reaction. ;)
Tears never fail to come when I hear this. Perfect rendition.
Roberta Flack's " The first time ever I saw your face" is another. The gifts the LORD gives...
Morning has Broken has got to be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard!!!!!!! Certainately the most awesome song Cat Stevens had ever done for me!!!!!! Radio stations will play Peace Train or others of his to death, Peace Train is a good song don't get me wrong, just wish they would play this one on the radio every now and then especially with all that's going on. That would be nice!!!! A very spiritual type of song and I feel it!!!!!! Rock on everyone!!!!!!!
Funny story Rick Wakeman tells at his concerts: he played piano as a session musician on this but never got paid. When Cat went on tour after the album's release, nobody could figure out the piano arrangement. Cat's manager called Rick and asked if he could send the arrangement over to them. Rick's reply: "No problem, as soon as I get paid for that session, I'll send it to you." Needless to say, they never got the arrangement. If Rick ever plays in your area, I highly recommend going to see him. Half the concert he plays music and the other half he tells the most hilarious stories. This one is IMO his best: th-cam.com/video/yxoTiXx3w2U/w-d-xo.html
When I saw Rick, he told a slightly different version. He said he couldn`t send the arrangement because he doesn`t write his music down. He just plays, and does it all from memory...and talent. And in the end, he finally has been paid and credited many years later for this piece with Cat Stevens.
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Church Camp sing-a-longs... this was a favorite of everyone!
Thank you for reacting this one. I knew you would love it!
This song is one of my very favorite songs that Cat sings. So beautiful! My favorite song by his is "Moonshadow". Hope you will react to that song some day. Or, have you already done that and I missed it? ha! ;-) Thank you, Brother Jamel! Thank for these Cat Stevens songs of love, peace, and hope. We need this music in our lives right now. Our hearts are heavy with fear and sadness at what is happening in our beloved Nation. We need much love, peace, hope, and many prayers. Bless you, Jamel. Peace to all!
We used to sing this in church when I was a kid.
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Another awesome song Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville. Nice was a see reaction on live version this song.
One of THE most beautiful songs ever written!
I remember singing this in church from a hymnal. We are to sing praises to God for His creations which were all gifts for us to enjoy.
It`s a classic British Hymn, sang in every assembly hall in every School before lessons.
This song is perfect for centering yourself and a reminder to be still and experience the beauty of the Divine Creation. We sang this is school choir right after Cat made a hit of it and it was always a joy to sing. I love the piano in this.
This hymn is in our hymnal at church and we sing it a couple of times a year. To sing this on a Sunday morning with the sunlight coming through the stained glass windows- beautiful and worshipful.
I had forgotten about this song. I was in 5th or 6th grade when this came out. We used to have a music hour once a week and this was a song that we were taught to sing and play on the harpsichord.
This was happening during Cat’s spiritual awakening. He became immersed in religion & converted to Islam. His name is Yusuf Islam & he just started performing his songs again occasionally
Spiritual descent to madness you mean.
I believe he was nominally Muslim from birth, but wasn't actually involved in the religion until he broke down after his psychedelic period.
@@sillysausage4549 I met him in the big central mosque in London back in the late 80's. I was an enthousiastic evangelical christian at the time and he was the speaker that day in the mosque. It was a somewhat confrontational event you might say! He was doing muslim apologetics and I was doing christian apologetics. I still think he was a great songwriter and performer though and I left christianity for atheism a long time ago. Haven't regretted it :)
@@Dialetheist Cat didn't write this song. Are you a true athiest or rather agnostic?
You need to watch this song live, it's breath taking, pure heaven sent.
I discovered a couple of years ago that the song with him when we were singing it in church. I love the song since the 70s this is my favorite Cat Stevens song and I always thought it had a very spiritual feel to it even not knowing it was a him. I just thought it was beautiful ever since I was a child I love the imagery of it and just it's just sees your soul it's beautiful
I sang this in junior high choir. Beautiful song. Still remember the words and my soprano part even after 45 years! Powerful song.
i ve loved a lot of singers and bands as favorites, but it was always cat stevens as the answer to who is your favorite singer...and i still say it :) and you finally found him lol
Cat Stevens is one of my favorite artist of the 70’s! His song writings are masterpieces
Such a beautiful song, sung by a beautiful voice. I adore Cat Stevens. I'm so glad you got to hear this song. We should all look at each new day as a blessing.
Have always loved this from early years, so many beautiful emotions from that guys music.. ;)
My father was the Minister of Music at Sharon Baptist Church in Charlotte North Carolina. We had a gifted French horn player and adapted this for the Sunrise Service. As the sun rose over the Crosses...magnificent.
This song feels so awesome to appreciate things as they are. A new beginning every day.
Such a great voice and song. Love all his music!
Just heart warming! So beautiful and so refreshing!
always loved this song AND singer!!
My mom used to woke me and my brother up singin this song. In the 80’s. Hearing this makes me feel loved❤️
beautiful - a love song to our creator with gratitude
One of my favorites!! Love his voice!!
I remember this song from Church in the late 60' early 70's. Such a spiritual song. God Bless Yusef for his God given talent.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written! Praise God! You can appreciate it even more if you ever sleep outside somewhere in a forest, or wherever, under the stars and wake up early enough to see the sunrise and it's light playing on the early morning mist and dew.
Sublime.
My body tingles as he begins to sing.
This was one of my favorite pieces of music 🎶 to play on my guitar 🎸 and piano 🎹 when I was young. Not as easy as it sounds but, beautiful to play. I could spend hours alone just trying to perfect it and record on my little cassette player. Never had the equipment to overlay the 2 and lost the tapes growing up. Sure wish I had them to see how bad I was! LOLOL 😸
i fondly remember my primary school years filled with us singing cat stevens songs. his don is a musician and is the spitttimage of his father. they sing his song ‘father and son’ together in a video, and it looks like he’s singing to himself through time.
Cat Stevens music for me was theraputic and soothing as well. He was a great influence in the 70's. Check out oh very young by Cat Stevens.
My favorite hymn. We always sing this song at Easter mass. I want it played at my funeral.
What an incredibly beautiful song. ❤️
OMG Cat Stevens my childhood sweetest memories 🥰♥️🎶
We used to sing this in church. Had a bunch of guitars and a piano. Love this song.
grew up on t his stuff, blessed, he turned over everything and moved to india, if i recall...he came back years later..... Lord blessed him with a good voice.....
A beautiful composition, performed by a great melodist of the 1970's. "Father and Son", "Where Do THE Children Play", MoonShadow", "Peace-Train", 'Oh Very Young", "Wild World", "Sitting", etc.... these are beautiful tunes, harkening back to a more innocent time and my youth. Rick Wakeman performed piano on "Morning Has Broken", and his immense talent that would go on to propel the Progressive Rock group Yes was evident.
Absolutely lovely .. so soothing #PeaceandLove
I was visiting a home in Iran near the Caspian Sea. In the morning the morning prayer was delivered (broadcast? ) from the local mosque. There was no other ambient noise. After this was finished the song Morning Has Broken came into my head. It was about as close to magical as I have ever been.
I remember doing this song in music class when I was in 6th grade. Beautiful song.🎶❤️
This is my favorite Cat Stevens song. Hands down. Such a beautiful uplifting song and the piano is superb 🌺✌️