Good to see Cat Stevens back after 33 years......missed you man.....thought we had lost you forever. woo_hoo
what .. did he ditch his tea towell head cover .. thats the reason he gave up singing , converted to tea towel on head religion , and yes commited the sin of wasting his god given talent ... mm ..maybe he come to his senses .??. if so welcome back Cat .. and yes dithch the tea towell name you took on as well ..
You're right Sandy. He lives in Dubai ...
Cat (or Yusuf Islam, as he prefers to be known) has been back for 3 or 4 years now. The first DVD he released after his "come back" was Yusuf's Cafe which was recorded at Porchester Hall, London, in 2006. This was also a CD release at about the same time. I would recommend the DVD to all CS fans. The footage includes an extensive, and extremely illuminating, interview with him about his conversion to the Moslem faith and all that implied and brought to his life. The DVD includes some of his old great hits, together with newer material. He is presently working on a new album. He has not abandoned his faith but believes that he has found a compromise, whereby he can continue to record "European/Western-type" commercial songs without putting his religious beliefs at risk. He is particularly anxious about the current perception of Moslems, given the events of 9/11 and so on. When you hear his new material there's one thing for sure...he hasn't lost his touch.
Thanks for the info Pete ,, now thats what I wanted to hear ,, he reached a compromise .. I was doing my bitchy biting bit cos I got peed off by the rigid approach after his conversion ,, he had a god given gift and abaondoned and stifled it ,, so silly .. pretty sure even the Q'ran even had passages in it about not wasting talent .. he has reached a maturity of mind and yes I will look at the new albums .. I have one or two of his old Cd's and yes they are soulfood ,,
Hi Sandy ~
Indeed. The sad thing is the media today feeds us garbage most of the time, way more concerned with sales and circulation figures than the truth. On reflection, I don't think CS was ever given a fair chance to explain his "conversion". May I recommend that you buy or borrow (whoops...nearly said "steal"!!) the Yusuf's Cafe DVD and watch the interview. It really is enlightening.
Beg ,, Borrow or " steal " I will
I have a few of Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam, born Steven Demetre Georgeion) Cd's the words to his music are magic
One of my favorites O VERY YOUNG (You're only dancing on this earth for a short while) he was active in the
mid sixties to 1980 in Skiffle and Folk Rock.
One thing about him was you could understand all the Lyrics.......Frank
Oh Frank you got the same favourite song ... its very wise words sit so right in my heart ..