Peace Train - Cat Stevens | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!

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  • @vespoint
    @vespoint 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +682

    My favorite Cat Stevens song is whichever one I’m listening to.

    • @fenderfox5080
      @fenderfox5080 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Same😂

    • @pattyliedel6485
      @pattyliedel6485 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Agree. 😂

    • @macelven
      @macelven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Spot on!

    • @terriemartinez9989
      @terriemartinez9989 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      True. pure 👂🍬
      🕊️♥️🎶

    • @Dr_Bombay
      @Dr_Bombay 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Truth.

  • @kishka7
    @kishka7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +282

    "Morning Has Broken" is a MUST!!! calming, peaceful and meditative

    • @Meandmymirror
      @Meandmymirror 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes! Like butter!

    • @ChrisMehl-h2z
      @ChrisMehl-h2z 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Great song, He took this song from an old Methodist Hymnal, I believe.

    • @Ivartshiva
      @Ivartshiva 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@ChrisMehl-h2z It's often sung in church even today

    • @kben036
      @kben036 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      With Rick Wakeman on the piano!

    • @mandarinlearner
      @mandarinlearner 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Rick Wakeman of Yes does the piano on that song

  • @andyman58
    @andyman58 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +369

    Hearing this as an 8th grader back in 1971 I was convinced that we would be the ones to finally get it together and have peace throughout the world. Sorry to say that never happened. Sad. Cat had the dream just like we did.

    • @larky368
      @larky368 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do more research. He converted to Islam which is an evil murderous ideology even if he is too stupid or dishonest to realize it.

    • @JamesDimond-l7u
      @JamesDimond-l7u 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Marxist Utopia eh

    • @codjh9
      @codjh9 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      1000% on your entire comment.

    • @Historian212
      @Historian212 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JamesDimond-l7uNot Marxist.

    • @keithralston1133
      @keithralston1133 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@JamesDimond-l7u Yeah, cause peace is such an awful thing to aspire to. Will it happen, probably not but nice of you to just bash the idea

  • @SteelyDaddy59
    @SteelyDaddy59 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +281

    Tea For The Tillerman would be a great album listen.

    • @spicy321
      @spicy321 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I've been saying that for a long time.

    • @richardsimpson9039
      @richardsimpson9039 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      100%

    • @jons3808
      @jons3808 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @ChuckHackney
      @ChuckHackney 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Absolutely. Inspired album!

    • @ChuckHackney
      @ChuckHackney 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How about "Morning has Broken" or the sentimental "Father and Son."

  • @victoriabarr255
    @victoriabarr255 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +248

    Amazing how an older song can be so relevant today. Glad you finally got to it.

    • @1960FR
      @1960FR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Great Songs Last 4ever.

    • @onsesejoo2605
      @onsesejoo2605 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding ? 🙂

    • @denroy3
      @denroy3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because it's drivel

    • @denroy3
      @denroy3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@onsesejoo2605 drivel is what this is. Not funny, just juvenile

    • @denroy3
      @denroy3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@1960FRthis ain't one.

  • @magicbrownie1357
    @magicbrownie1357 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +275

    You can actually HEAR his conviction toward peace and love in his voice. Inspired song.

    • @andytraiger4079
      @andytraiger4079 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      What happened to him though?:
      Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves to die?
      Y. Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie?
      Robertson: Yes.
      Y. Islam: Yes, yes.
      Robertson: And do you have a duty to be his executioner?
      Y. Islam: Uh, no, not necessarily, unless we were in an Islamic state and I was ordered by a judge or by the authority to carry out such an act - perhaps, yes.
      [Some minutes later, Robertson on the subject of a protest where an effigy of the author is to be burned]
      Robertson: Would you be part of that protest, Yusuf Islam, would you go to a demonstration where you knew that an effigy was going to be burned?
      Y. Islam: I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.

    • @evek2501
      @evek2501 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andytraiger4079 Meanwhile, 35,000 actual people, 25,000 of whom are women and children have actually been killed in just the past 200 days -- using American weapons. 2 million have been forced to flee their homes. 2.2 million are being intentionally starved. Just to be clear about laying blame and judgment at someone else's feet. You know, glass houses and all that.

    • @larky368
      @larky368 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andytraiger4079 Thank you! He converted to a perverted and murderous "religion." And here is an example of how he understands the evil that is required of him.

    • @kcronin7211
      @kcronin7211 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@andytraiger4079 yes, his conversion to Islam was accompanied by a subversion of his ideals to his duties. This was why 10,000 Maniacs, who had covered this song for "In My Tribe", requested that subsequent pressings of the record be released without it.

    • @magicbrownie1357
      @magicbrownie1357 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andytraiger4079 ALL religion is hogwash. I thought he was a better person before he took on the baggage of orthodoxy as well.

  • @dwinkleman
    @dwinkleman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +245

    My favorite Cat Stevens was "Oh Very Young." It's sweet with a touch of melancholy.

    • @kevinburnson
      @kevinburnson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I also love "C79" from that album. What a gas!!

    • @andyrunton
      @andyrunton 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Second, “Oh Very Young.”That daddy’s best jeans verse is still single-handedly one of the most impactful verses I’ve ever heard. The man is a true poet.

    • @tracycampbell3060
      @tracycampbell3060 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Morning is broken is mine

    • @denismansfield8876
      @denismansfield8876 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@tracycampbell3060 ... My favorite is Banapple Gas

    • @denismansfield8876
      @denismansfield8876 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tracycampbell3060... OK,I was joking. My favorite is "Foreigner Suite". I love the transitions. However, is there a bad Cat song from the 60s and 70s? "I Love My Dog" is a nice song too.

  • @DorothyFarias
    @DorothyFarias 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

    This song came out in 1971 and we are still all waiting for that Peace Train. Love this song.

    • @kathosborne3484
      @kathosborne3484 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No shit. Still waiting. Damn

    • @joannmerver
      @joannmerver 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My bags are packed….

  • @chueysmama2622
    @chueysmama2622 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I can not listen to "Peace Train" without crying. It is such an anthem for peace and love, tolerance and joy. I love Cat Stevens, have for 50 years plus.

    • @BobSoltis1
      @BobSoltis1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yet the man became a religious nutbar and fully supported the Fatwah against Salman Rushdie.

  • @mickell241
    @mickell241 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

    every politician in every country should give the peace train a listen..... over and over until it sinks in

    • @williamstlouis3368
      @williamstlouis3368 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Good thought but it will never happen. Peace out.

    • @mickell241
      @mickell241 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@williamstlouis3368 all we are saying is, Give Peace a Chance.... i keep the faith, one day it will happen. right now? nope

    • @Jelsick
      @Jelsick 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Not just politicians, everyone. But to quote Arnold in T2, It’s human nature to destroy yourselves.

    • @mickell241
      @mickell241 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Jelsick true, but it is the politicians who drive the war horse and ill will. i disagree with arnie, most people want to live in peace

    • @zitabraun1176
      @zitabraun1176 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We can hope.

  • @robertpearson8798
    @robertpearson8798 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Everyone was playing “Total Eclipse of the Heart” during the recent solar eclipse, I think it should have been “Moonshadow” because that’s exactly what it was.

    • @rhondahandley9595
      @rhondahandley9595 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This....YES!

    • @bethcrumpton476
      @bethcrumpton476 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Absolutely!

    • @reneemaciag3084
      @reneemaciag3084 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      My little tribe and I were singing Moonshadow during the eclipse!

    • @adrianstevens2146
      @adrianstevens2146 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly my thought at the time! We were singing it, too.

  • @wpollock1
    @wpollock1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    Best claps in a song ever....not sure how they recorded that - they are so clean.

    • @ksaint7
      @ksaint7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Evert time I hear this song I have to do the claps at lease once. I got some strange looks when I was working in a big box store and for seemingly no reason start clapping.

  • @strngenchantedgirl
    @strngenchantedgirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    To me this song is S tier. It’s deep for me and makes me cry when I really let myself get lost in it.

    • @denisediamond293
      @denisediamond293 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Me too!! Made me 😭 remembering the hopes & dreams we had in 1971 for a more peaceful 🌎 world 🌍

    • @bethcrumpton476
      @bethcrumpton476 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Moonshadow does that for me.

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Watch him perform this at his RRHOF induction.

    • @markcourson3151
      @markcourson3151 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      agreed. i'm a hard rocker fan but the passion in this song is incredible!

    • @yol.7177
      @yol.7177 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@denisediamond293So true! Those days we had so much hope.

  • @chrisjenkins6120
    @chrisjenkins6120 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

    🎼There was nobody like Cat Stevens. He had so much to say back “then” and is still going strong. So come and join the living!🎼☮️💟

    • @personalcheeses8073
      @personalcheeses8073 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yusef Islam

    • @foxandscout
      @foxandscout 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He’s not “still going strong”-he left the music industry for 2 plus decades after becoming muslim and changing his name. He only started performing secular music again in 2006. We are very happy he’s back.

    • @marktait2371
      @marktait2371 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeh i get bbc music saw a bit of glasto

    • @Shan-5544
      @Shan-5544 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes, your 💯% correct. Cat was a very open minded kind caring compassionate person. JUST LITERALLY A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN !!🦋✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽Peace train baby, hop on and let’s see where it takes us. ✌🏽✌🏽 ☮️🚂.
      Cat was on fire in his day. 🔥🔥Great tunes

    • @Shan-5544
      @Shan-5544 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@realitywave
      Oh wow, I had no idea. That’s not cool at all. Maybe he should have gone into acting.
      Seems as tho he can do that well. I had no idea. Thanks for telling me that .

  • @1960BobD
    @1960BobD 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    Morning Has Broken- one of the most beautiful piece of music ever

    • @NancyMoran-r3b
      @NancyMoran-r3b 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve read that it is a church hymn.

  • @thomasdmuhalajr.1274
    @thomasdmuhalajr.1274 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    It's heartbreaking when I think that we went from "Peace Train" in 1971 to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in 1991. 20 years to go from "Dreaming about the world as one" to "Whatever, Nevermind". Sort of reflects the emotional arc from childish innocence to adult cynicism many individuals go through as we grow up. Very bittersweet when you consider that journey from beginning to end. Mostly bitter when you consider that the Nirvana generation started their journey at the cynicism end of the spectrum. Would be nice to hope the arc could somehow reverse itself, but I'm not seeing any of that right now.
    When you get a chance you might want to give a listen to Melanie Safka's Lay Down Candles. I would suggest the video of Melanie performing with the Edwin Hawkins Singers live in 1970. Same spirit of hope tinged with the melancholy of the onset of disillusionment. Both songs are bittersweet.

    • @Dr_Bombay
      @Dr_Bombay 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Well, not to throw stones, but speaking as a member of the Nirvana generation, it didn't help that a lot of the people in the Baby Boomer generation who sang and believed this song when it came out ended up growing up and deciding to elect Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and that "Greed is good". That being said, Yusuf/Cat is one of my all-time favorite artists, and i credit his music and his steadfast resolve in his beliefs to have genuinely influenced and changed my life for the better. So there's that. : )

    • @JamesJoyce12
      @JamesJoyce12 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      To paraphrase the obvious: when a society tells you who they are-believe them.

    • @goreyfantod5213
      @goreyfantod5213 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@Dr_Bombay Yes, yes, a thousand times YES.
      Fellow Slacker, here. I grew up with Cat Stevens, "Free To Be You & Me," Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street & The Electric Company, the Monterey, Woodstock & Isle of Wight festival soundtracks, living memories of the Civil Rights movement, Kent State, Little Rock, Stonewall...
      We were raised on peace, love, hope & equality, but what we got in adulthood was a post-Reagan fever dream of unfettered greed, exploitation & selfishness. We were lied to as children by adults who gave up on the dream of remaking society. Of course we became disillusioned.

    • @Dr_Bombay
      @Dr_Bombay 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@goreyfantod5213 it's true! same experience. it's no wonder we got angry and threw up our hands and said "Whatever -- nevermind!" haha

    • @Skeezer66
      @Skeezer66 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      With Cat Stevens, I remember when he first became Yusuf Islam and for a time renounced his music, and how it disillusioned so many fans. I'm glad he came back around to performing again!

  • @nelliejewell2665
    @nelliejewell2665 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I have a special love for “Moonshadow”.

    • @devonvergiels5185
      @devonvergiels5185 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When I have the opportunity I dance in my backyard to the Moon Shadow Always a special thing

  • @marinamartinez6886
    @marinamartinez6886 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Cat Stevens Fun Fact: There's a cult film classic called "Harold and Maude", the entire soundtrack is Cat Stevens. Its also a great movie! 👍👍👍

  • @howardhandville2107
    @howardhandville2107 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    When I was young, we used to get cheap concert tix at a local amusement park ($6 total for the park & a concert @ Pirates World circa 1970). I get there in the afternoon to scope out a decent seat, and this guy was just sitting on a wood stool in the center while tuning a guitar, like a crew-member does beforehand. More folks were trickling in, it wasn't even dark yet and nobody is really noticing him much. Suddenly without saying a word, he launched into Peace Train. Everyone FROZE in place & turned their heads to find out WTF this guy was all about. He did only a few more songs and then thanked everyone & told us his name as he left the stage. I don't recall if he was even on the list of performers that night, but I am sure I'd never heard of him or any of his songs. Been a fan ever since. Hope you both get to enjoy such memories of the times & music in your lives as you've given some of us Boomers.

    • @LadyIarConnacht
      @LadyIarConnacht 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's very sad. It reminds me of how we went from believing we had some sort of control over the world, that regular people could end a war, to knowing that corporations and banks own the world, and we will never come together enough to actually shake them off. What's next for our kids?

    • @denisediamond293
      @denisediamond293 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don't give up HOPE & BELIEVING in 🌎 WORLD 🌍 🕊️ PEACE 🕊️starting at 🏠 HOME 🏡

  • @steveturner3999
    @steveturner3999 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Moon Shadow and Oh Very Young are great also. Wild World was the very first of his songs I ever heard but Father and Son holds a special place in my heart since I lost my father nearly 51 years ago, two days after my fifteenth birthday. I had an 8-Track tape of various songs by him and they were all good.

    • @terriemartinez9989
      @terriemartinez9989 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was in the "Moons Shadow" a couple weeks ago.
      🌑
      "Boy With The Moon And Star On His Head" is, I think, my very favorite.

    • @girl_overthinx
      @girl_overthinx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I have a decorated sign above my alarm. Clock that says "Oooh Baby, Baby its a wild world." First words I see everyday.

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh I forgot MOON SHADOW.

  • @LoisChisholm
    @LoisChisholm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was fortunate to have seen Cat Stevens introduce "Peace Train" and "Moonshadow" in a live performance before the "Teaser and the Fire Cat" album was released. The show was brilliant! One of my favorite music memories from decades ago.

  • @JSBIRD69
    @JSBIRD69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    If you were an 18 year old American male, like I was when this came out, you were hoping this song was prophecy.

  • @CrankyHermit
    @CrankyHermit 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    You will never get tired of this song.

  • @jtf2dan
    @jtf2dan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    became such a BIG hit when it first came out......propelled Cat into upper levels of stardom....and then he left it all behind....

  • @jimmyaye4204
    @jimmyaye4204 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Another of Cat's many masterpieces - he is indeed a musical genius. 😃

  • @joepohlen1662
    @joepohlen1662 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I love how the song evokes images of an actual steam train. If you've ever been around one starting up with a very heavy load, it starts with a slow easy chug then often the wheels slip and it belts out a loud huff. Soon as it picks up speed, the rhythm gets more smooth. It makes me feel that peace is a very heavy load, but with patience the burden eases

    • @lgeyser1
      @lgeyser1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Very well said, Joe.

  • @SurvivorBri
    @SurvivorBri 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I want this song played at my funeral. I'll be on that peace train. To me, that's the only way to achieve peace.

    • @jenniferg749
      @jenniferg749 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What a beautiful idea.♥️

  • @threekidzmom04
    @threekidzmom04 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I was so in love with Cat Stevens and his music in high school in the 70's.

  • @MarkChappell1
    @MarkChappell1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    The whole album is gem after gem. His simplistic but clever song writing, his voice and harmonies, the melodies, there has never been anyone like him.

  • @joeluciano
    @joeluciano 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The background vocals are a huge part of the complexity of this fantastic song. The way they are treated is amazing

  • @kdogusna77
    @kdogusna77 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The music of my high school days. "Tea for the Tillerman" is a masterpiece of an album.

    • @adrianstevens2146
      @adrianstevens2146 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree! This song is from "Teaser and the Firecat", which equals "Tea for the Tillerman" in my view.

  • @brianh9358
    @brianh9358 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I was 7 years old when this song came out. I remember listening to it from the backseat of the car with my parents in the front seat. Almost every evening I would watch footage of the Vietnam war continuing on and on and it bothered me a lot as a child. I just remember saying to my father "I like this song!" and he replied in a rather darkly morbid way "Unfortunately peace isn't something that is going to happen..." Unlike my father I can't stop hoping and doing what I can.

    • @Sunshinedaydream_108
      @Sunshinedaydream_108 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      i was a little older when this came out and can really relate to what you’re saying about watching the war on TV…I love your little child spirit, loving this song, and wishing for peace❤

    • @Judymoe
      @Judymoe 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was eight, and just loved the sound.. I didn't get the meaning for many years.

    • @brianh9358
      @brianh9358 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JudymoeI guess due to my obsession with watching Vietnam coverage I made the connection. Obviously I don't remember everything from my younger years, but that particular conversation with my parents I remember clearly. It kind of marks where I first diverged in thought from my parents. They were religious and of course saw the world as damned. I didn't ever see it that way.

  • @58BURST
    @58BURST 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    He also did the water color artwork on many of his album covers. Talent abound.
    Great choice guys. 🎸

  • @marksimpson1991
    @marksimpson1991 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Brings me back to the days of reading Khalil Gibran.

    • @timgeary4550
      @timgeary4550 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I am currently re-reading The Prophet!!

  • @hollydeitrick2515
    @hollydeitrick2515 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Peace Train, Oh Very Young, and How Can I Tell You are my favorite Cat Stevens songs. Class of 1975 ❤

  • @PAPilot53
    @PAPilot53 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I went to my first concert in 1971. Cat Stevens opened for Traffic. He blew the crowd away! Bought Tea for the Tillerman next day.

    • @derdin8
      @derdin8 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What a great line-up! Steve Winwood is still kicking around, too!

  • @robertsale1354
    @robertsale1354 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Hope you guys find the time to check out "Harold and Maude", the 1971 black comedy with music by Cst Stevens. Great movie, perfect soundtrack!

    • @caroline-s
      @caroline-s 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes, yes and yes!

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YES!!! I found the movie like 20 years ago in Target.

    • @THOMMGB
      @THOMMGB 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Don’t Be Shy at the beginning of the movie and If You Want to Sing Out Sing Out at the end are personal favorites. Such a good movie.

  • @henriksylvestolsen4885
    @henriksylvestolsen4885 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    with Cat theres always a great acoustic guitar.

  • @steveandme63
    @steveandme63 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    "Heart welling" is my description for this song. I've never not had a positive reaction to any version of this song, sometimes even tears but always smiles.

  • @stupeters8409
    @stupeters8409 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Cat Stevens was huge in my household, my Dad played the albums all the time, and played the Guitar to us and sang this song, The great thing that Cat Stevens does is that he makes me feel safe, Thanks Dad for an awesome childhood.

  • @charlesharris2749
    @charlesharris2749 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Cat Stephens was a revelation; he came on the scene when I was in college. Looking back, though, this wonderful song brings back a Joni lyric about peace.
    Sitting in a park in Paris, France
    Reading the news and it sure looks bad
    They won't give peace a chance
    That was just a dream some of us had
    - Joni Mitchell, California

    • @jamesrawlins735
      @jamesrawlins735 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It still made me sad when he supported the fatwa against Salmon Rushdie. I know he's a devout Muslim and Muslims were deeply offended by Rushdie's book, but for a man of peace it just seemed so out of character for a man who wrote Peace Train and Father and Son. (I know he's clarified and clarified over the years - and he has a different opinion these days - but that period was tough for those of us who absolutely adored Yusuf.

  • @rickgarms7656
    @rickgarms7656 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "The First Cut Is The Deepest" a much covered and loved Cat Stevens song. Cheers Guys.

  • @TheFairyintheFishBowl
    @TheFairyintheFishBowl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    My favourites are “How can I tell you” & “The Wind” - I ADORE Cat Stephens! ❤

  • @judyjohnson6180
    @judyjohnson6180 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've loved Cat Stevens' music since I first heard him. He still moves me.

  • @lauriemartin490
    @lauriemartin490 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Peace Train was and is a reflection of his heart. I love Cat Steven's music SO much and am really, really glad you reacted to this song. We still need to find his Peace Train today.

  • @janetroberts3202
    @janetroberts3202 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Sad Lisa is beautiful. Hard Headed Woman, one of my favorites too

    • @twncintiohio
      @twncintiohio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I totally agree!

    • @neilyoungfan
      @neilyoungfan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@twncintiohio Me too! I also love "Into White".

    • @twncintiohio
      @twncintiohio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@neilyoungfan yes!!

  • @clare1061
    @clare1061 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Cats music was so cool, I was in my pre-teens when he was on the radio. Early 70’s music really set my style in music.

  • @bruceday4036
    @bruceday4036 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    More than 50 years later and the peace train is farther away than ever. What a talented man

  • @MrMusic-nd5to
    @MrMusic-nd5to 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    With all the turmoil in Vietnam, "Peace" was frequently discussed. From Cat Stevens and "Peace Train" in 1971... to the O'jays with "Love Train" in 1972. ☮💟

  • @tonylyons7104
    @tonylyons7104 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    For another Cat Stevens song, try "Morning has broken". This song went from being a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 to being a hymn in the Baptist Hymnal.

    • @sallyphillips9175
      @sallyphillips9175 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It started out as a hymn, written in the 30s.

    • @stupeters8409
      @stupeters8409 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It was a Hymn first written in 1931 and it was A Methodist Hymn

    • @tonylyons7104
      @tonylyons7104 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stupeters8409 Yes, I looked it up, and your post, and that of Sally's above, are indeed true. However, my original statement is still true. It did peak in the Top 10, and then, a year or two later, a new edition of the Baptist Hymnal was published with this song as one of the hymns. It wasn't in the previous edition of the Baptist Hymnal. All told, it's a very interesting history for a song.

  • @nevinashe6014
    @nevinashe6014 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I can tell you that for me, this song has gone from “A” when I was a kid in the 1970s to S tier today. A rare blend of artistic genius and huge popular appeal.

  • @toreedstrom1172
    @toreedstrom1172 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In 1967 I saw him here
    in Gothenburg, Sweden.
    With him on the tour was
    also Jimi Hendrix. My
    favourite Cat song is
    Matthew and son.

  • @GaryCain-qf5vi
    @GaryCain-qf5vi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Me and my friends in High School 1969-1972 would listen to Cat, we were wannabe Hippies with our tie-dyed T-shirts, flared jeans and long hair and riding on the Peace Train,✌️ " Tea for the Tillerman" was our favorite album 😂 Peace ✌️ Gary 😊

  • @rebeccacoffey454
    @rebeccacoffey454 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how every sound in this song is designed to sound like a train moving. The Claps that are the wheels on the tracks. The background vocals that are the sound of the whistle nearby. The ooh Ahhs echoing the whistle from afar. And so many others

  • @RonnieT44
    @RonnieT44 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Teaser and the Firecat - my all time favourite album. Every track is sensational - 'How Can I Tell You' being the best track on the album IMO.

  • @rogeriolima9974
    @rogeriolima9974 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    S song all the way. And the live version when he was young, you can see him jumping on the chair, rocking the song

  • @heyheyjk-la
    @heyheyjk-la 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    If you like Cat Stevens, you should watch the great 70's film "Harold and Maude". A black comedy that features all Cat Stevens songs for the soundtrack, all from around the time this album was out. In my top 20 films of all time.

  • @skwervin1
    @skwervin1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The claps are the sounds of the train on the track, the wail is the sound of train whistle in the distance...getting closer....
    Feel in love with this at the age of 6... and I'm 58 now and loved his work since then. SO many great songs.....

  • @vigilaunty4541
    @vigilaunty4541 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Cat Stevens showed us early on what a pure heart and soul looked like.

  • @stephenhuber1219
    @stephenhuber1219 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    A few years ago, you didn't know Boston. Imagine life without all the great bands you now know

  • @sedatedape315
    @sedatedape315 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    It seems I hear more depth and get more meaning every time I hear "Peace Train." And I remember when it first hit the radio stations!
    Cat Stevens is.....a national treasure. There's no way around it. His music always lifts my soul.

  • @technoforever888
    @technoforever888 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    So glad I grew up with this positive generation of music. ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

  • @KimSimful
    @KimSimful 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    LOVE Cat Stevens! ❤️

  • @ian8241
    @ian8241 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome review guys, great channel, it's such a wonderful song. Another great song by Cat Stevens is (Remember the days of the) old school yard.

  • @jessicaleblanc-nh1yl
    @jessicaleblanc-nh1yl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    This gentleman has always offered a bit of magic with this sounds & music. Lyrical genius. I grew up with his music & I am very grateful for that. He also does many of his own album covers. Again, genius. This song was part of the production Playing for Change. Very well done. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Flowerchick1967-tq1vn
    @Flowerchick1967-tq1vn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    AaaaahhhMAZING!
    So many memories.
    Love it. ✌🏻

  • @rogerdavenport9618
    @rogerdavenport9618 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Moon Shadow is my favorite, worth a listen, thanks guys.

  • @garryokeefe1605
    @garryokeefe1605 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't have a favourite song by this artist because he's written so many great songs - and so brilliantly recorded.

  • @jiminut
    @jiminut 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I was born in the 70s and whenever I heard Cat Stevens, I thought that his was the obvious way of thinking, that everyone could agree.

  • @DanDolphin4
    @DanDolphin4 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How cool that he says I've been smiling lately twice and then he ends it with I've been crying lately.
    Absolutely amazing.

  • @rockerforlife194
    @rockerforlife194 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Been listening to Cat Stevens since I was 13 in 1973,
    It don't get any better.
    Great job guys.

  • @chab1rd155
    @chab1rd155 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have this album and the cover is SOOO trashed from years of playing it over and over! Classic and WONDERFUL!

  • @pegasus5287
    @pegasus5287 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Having a good laugh at myself, for the last 50+ years I have been singing, "light on the B string", never knew it was called peace train Untill today, thank you Alex and Andy.

  • @SWLinPHX
    @SWLinPHX 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The sad things is that song is as relevant and as needed now as during the tumultuous times during which it was written.

  • @Mr05Chuck
    @Mr05Chuck 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    These Cat albums of this period are the sound track of my college years. Saw him live in Seattle 1976. Huge show.

    • @guytaylor6891
      @guytaylor6891 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was stationed at fort lewis at that time and i missed that concert and to this day I’ve regretted not going he was definitely on my radar!

  • @DA-lf7jc
    @DA-lf7jc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your videos are so rewarding ~ your sensitivity and knowledgeability about what musical aspects contribute to the emotionality of the songs. I grew up with a lot of this music, just enjoying it, and it's fun at this late date to explore in more depth with you why the songs are so enduring. I don't always agree with your conclusions, but vive la difference! Many thanks!

  • @jamesaaron7211
    @jamesaaron7211 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He grew up in the theatre district of London, his parents owned a large store, and almost every night he would go up on the roof and listen to the performances from the nearby theatres.

  • @montyeason3973
    @montyeason3973 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A song of hope! Simply beautiful.

  • @janetroberts3202
    @janetroberts3202 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Foreigner Suite , a masterpiece, 18 minutes and every second of it is awesome. LIVE version is worth a watch

    • @roughmatch3899
      @roughmatch3899 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes!

    • @benoitdesmarais2948
      @benoitdesmarais2948 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, but after going through the studio version, otherwise the so-so sound quality of the live tv show doesn't make it easy to appreciate on first listen.

  • @pattymckitrick7436
    @pattymckitrick7436 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤As relevant as ever ! We can do better as humans. Can't we ?!!

  • @stratfanstl
    @stratfanstl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I would highly recommend The Wind as a next Cat Stevens song. The best 2 minutes you could spend.

    • @chrisdelisle3954
      @chrisdelisle3954 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree. As the song is so short, they should review this one and another one.

    • @TheFairyintheFishBowl
      @TheFairyintheFishBowl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Aaaah! I just wrote about that song…no one talks about it…I love “How can I tell you” too!

  • @waitn4theharpazo
    @waitn4theharpazo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up hearing Cat Stevens playing in my brother's room next to mine as he played along on his guitar. That's what made me want to play guitar as well.

  • @markcourson3151
    @markcourson3151 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was not really a folk singer fan until this came out... I could not believe the passion!

  • @hudahekizzy8402
    @hudahekizzy8402 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't hear this song anymore without getting choked up. Thanks for the reaction.

  • @moniphil
    @moniphil 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Aside from Stevens' original recording, a cover version of "Peace Train" was recorded by the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. The song originally appeared on the band's 1987 album, In My Tribe, but it failed to chart. After Stevens' comment which some interpreted as calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, 10,000 Maniacs lead singer Natalie Merchant had "Peace Train" removed from all future pressings of the album in the U.S.
    I have an original copy of the CD containing it that I bought when it was released.

    • @c.j.lindberg8197
      @c.j.lindberg8197 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is a great song, though I prefer the 10,000 Maniacs version.

    • @gfmiller
      @gfmiller 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Peace Tain

    • @Skeezer66
      @Skeezer66 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have the cassette!

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love both versions.

    • @davidschmidbauer3930
      @davidschmidbauer3930 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "He must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die."
      It’s pretty tough to interpret it any other way

  • @ScottPothan
    @ScottPothan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An utter anthem of the age. Guys you have no idea, so let me explain this in context. When this hit the radios as a high schooler I was on threat as all males were for conscription to Vietnam. Yes in Australia we high schoolers had this enforced ballot conscription at the very date we turned 18 to be sent to Vietnam to fight your bloody American war. It was the sword of Damocles for every single one of us. Cat Stevens sang to our souls. But of course he was singing about all wars. But in that time/place he was singing to us. Thankfully I didn’t go to Vietnam. But you have no idea of living that teenage horror. And one reserved only for males. Women could at least volunteer. So that’s why Cat Stevens, O’Jays and Marvin Gaye we’re total gods of music to us. They spoke directly to that.

  • @kentmains7763
    @kentmains7763 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    No bad songs in his catalogue.

  • @michaellombard894
    @michaellombard894 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lyrics and ideals as relevant, perhaps even moreso today than ever before. This received so much airplay back in the 70s.

  • @komakafox4207
    @komakafox4207 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love, love, love this one. Thank you gentlemen.

  • @AndICanTalk2
    @AndICanTalk2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A wonderful message. Lovely song. One of my mom's favorite artists.

  • @scotstevens5263
    @scotstevens5263 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I found the Catch Bull at Four album in the late 70’s. Freezing Steel ( like Peace train)and The Boy with the Star and Moon on his Head mellow tune. Are really moving songs.

    • @benoitdesmarais2948
      @benoitdesmarais2948 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Freezing Steel - now that's hardcore Cat Stevens!

  • @moehogan1
    @moehogan1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks, guys, I had forgotten how beautiful this song is!

  • @craigbustin1293
    @craigbustin1293 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    For context, "Peace Train" was on the radio about the same time as John Lennon's "Imagine" and Ten Years After's "I'd Love to Change the World." ... For a deeper dive into Cat Stevens, you guys might like "Sitting", "The Hurt" and if you're really adventurous, "Foreigner Suite." He also wrote "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (P.P. Arnold, Rod Stewart) and "Here Comes My Baby" (Tremeloes).

  • @charlesshonat8295
    @charlesshonat8295 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ten years old when this was released, and I’ve never tired of hearing it. A touchstone song of the peace movement.

  • @bobbabai
    @bobbabai 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I really liked Cat Stevens when I was in my teens. Completely gave up on him after his declaration in the late 1980s that he would like to participate in the murder of Salman Rushdie for publishing "The Satanic Verses". This was after Cat Stevens had converted to Islam and became extremely fundamentalist. He has never apologized for that, even though his declaration indirectly contributed to the knife attack in New York on Rushdie 2 years ago.

  • @ch194wh
    @ch194wh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    After the Christchurch mosque massacre here in New Zealand in 2019, a memorial for the victims was held shortly afterwards. Cat Stevens performed Peace Train live, and it brings me to tears every time. This is an absolutely beautiful song, and performed in that setting made the song so much more meaningful.

    • @dawood121derful
      @dawood121derful 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s too bad Muslims don’t exercise peace at any level.

  • @kimmomaki
    @kimmomaki 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    his 1966 smash hit 'Matthew & Son' is just a great intro to his talent.

    • @marktait2371
      @marktait2371 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yes i have the double vinly deram record 2 has some demos extras etc pretty cool

  • @BuckForearm
    @BuckForearm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    First album I ever bought as a 15-year-old was Cat Stevens greatest hits. Still listen to it 45 years later.

  • @bomagosh
    @bomagosh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So sublime. I love how it changes at the end.

  • @thequeendt
    @thequeendt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm confident that someday soon this will become an S tier song for both of you. It rises to the top of all S tier songs for me!