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Cat Stevens — Hard Headed Woman
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 11:19
 
 shayde wrote:

Wrong, wrong, hateful, and incorrect.  He did not.

Please read this from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens#Salman_Rushdie_controversy

"The singer attracted controversy in 1989, during an address to students at London's Kingston University, where he was asked about the fatwa calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie. The media interpreted his response as support for the fatwa. Yusuf released a statement the following day denying that he supported vigilantism, and claiming that he had merely recounted thelegal Islamic punishment for blasphemy. In a BBC interview, he displayed a newspaper clipping from that period, which quotes from his statement. Subsequent comments made by him in 1989 on a British television programme were also seen as being in support of the fatwa. In a statement in the FAQ section of one of his Web sites, Yusuf asserted that while he regretted the comments, he was joking and that the show was improperly edited.<57> In the years since these comments, he has repeatedly denied ever calling for the death of Rushdie or supporting the fatwa."

 
 
Read the transcripts.  Yusuf clearly had his head way up his own ass during that interview, and whether or not he was joking, he said things he really shouldn't have which he tried to take back.

So, yeah, he sorta did, and then he backpedalled.   But who among us has never said something ridiculously stupid (in jest or not) and regretted it?

My only complaint with the man is that he sings like a supremely talented goat. {#Flamed}

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 11:17
 
 With all that covering..she still emits beauty.. no way to squelch it..johnjconn wrote:
There's a hard head in there.

 


funkyalfonso
(Vancouver Island)
Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 05:42
 
 eswiley2 wrote:
One of the best albums ever recorded.  Timeless..
 
Yes.

Matyx
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 18:07
 
 johnjconn wrote:
There's a hard head in there.

 
and the Quote is:

Do I have Sexy eBalls or am i a chick?

Bobert_ParkCity
(Actually, No longer in Park City Utah)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 18:06
 
De Rigeur back in H.S.

Though personally I don't need any more hard headed wimmins...

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 07:46
 
There's a hard head in there.



ruthless
(Midtown Memphis)
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 09:58
 
What an amazing talent.  Got to see him live back in the 70's.  Wish he was still writing/performing music.

eswiley2
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 09:57
 
One of the best albums ever recorded.  Timeless..

capandjudy
(Huntington, WV)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 06:55
 
 ecyfoto wrote:
Can't get enough Cat Stevens. Equally impressive as the man's music was the effort by A&M to produce really well recorded and engineered product. Head and shoulders above other record companies of the time. Cat's vinyl blows me away to this day.
 



People who have only known the compact disc don't know what they are missing.

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 17:37
 
 Decoy wrote:
you typically don't see radical Buddhists do you?
 
Buddhist LOSES IT; grows hair, eats Big Mac.


PeteyGreens
(Frederick, MD)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 13:38
 
Everybody in my office loves this song!

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 19:47
 
What can I say, It's beautiful Music!

Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 02:09
 
I found one... took me 18 bloody years to get rid of her! Don't do it Cat!!!

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 11:58
 
Eleven

sonic pleasure 

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 11:55
 
Does not fit in this rotation!

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 20:03
 
 ecyfoto wrote:
Can't get enough Cat Stevens. Equally impressive as the man's music was the effort by A&M to produce really well recorded and engineered product. Head and shoulders above other record companies of the time. Cat's vinyl blows me away to this day.
 
Yep, sonic-ly great
Nice deep base sound 

kilroyjoe3
(Farmington, NM)
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 20:03
 
You don't have to look far Cat!  They're all over.  {#Roflol}

Sorry, just went through a breakup.  Catharsis.

ecyfoto
(Tampa)
Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 11:43
 
Can't get enough Cat Stevens. Equally impressive as the man's music was the effort by A&M to produce really well recorded and engineered product. Head and shoulders above other record companies of the time. Cat's vinyl blows me away to this day.

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 11:37
 
 Stingray wrote:

PLEASE NOT!

MORE BUDDHISTS INSTEAD!
 
you typically don't see radical Buddhists do you? 

 

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 02:44
 

Oh please.  I doubt he even turns on the dishwasher when she asks him to. 



shayde
(Berlin, MA)
Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 10:29
 
 aelfheld wrote:

Yup, sure did.  Joined the call for Rushdie to be killed.
 
Wrong, wrong, hateful, and incorrect.  He did not.

Please read this from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens#Salman_Rushdie_controversy

"The singer attracted controversy in 1989, during an address to students at London's Kingston University, where he was asked about the fatwa calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie. The media interpreted his response as support for the fatwa. Yusuf released a statement the following day denying that he supported vigilantism, and claiming that he had merely recounted thelegal Islamic punishment for blasphemy. In a BBC interview, he displayed a newspaper clipping from that period, which quotes from his statement. Subsequent comments made by him in 1989 on a British television programme were also seen as being in support of the fatwa. In a statement in the FAQ section of one of his Web sites, Yusuf asserted that while he regretted the comments, he was joking and that the show was improperly edited.<57> In the years since these comments, he has repeatedly denied ever calling for the death of Rushdie or supporting the fatwa."

 

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 06:48
 
When he wrote and recorded this one he was Cat Stevens,and as that ,he was a very cool cat.Yes I have met him,,,can't see why this song has changed,just because he has.{#Nyah}
Saw him on a TV show some weeks ago,,,from what he said,,still a cool cat.
I don't like any religions or believe in gods or reincarnation,etc..

Just can't see what that has to do with this very cool song.

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 06:31
 
actually I think he's looking for a woman with  bad eyesight, poor taste in men, daddy issues, and a tiny vagina.  NO? oops!   awwwwkward  (sorry,that's me)



Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 06:31
 
 Randomax wrote:
I was always jumping up and down screaming 'here I am, here I am"...
 

But not when Freddie Mercury sang about fat bottomed women, I hope.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 06:30
 
Dear Cat Stevens:

Call me.  I can put you in touch with several hard-headed women.

Love,
Uncle Hud

pannaramma
(here and also there)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 10:45
 
never been a fan

Shawnmcc
(Victoria, BC)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 10:45
 
Cat's music is great, too bad he lost his common sense.

aelfheld
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 10:44
 
 coy wrote:
cat stevens
didn't he go sharia ??
not being islamophobic
i saw something on the book channel interview with salmon rushdie seemed to have some issues with him
but i don't know the whole story
 
Yup, sure did.  Joined the call for Rushdie to be killed.


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 10:43
 
 fingerpin wrote:
Did he do the art work for his album covers?
 
I'm pretty sure he did the artwork for this album; I don't know about the others.


coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:25
 
cat stevens
didn't he go sharia ??
not being islamophobic
i saw something on the book channel interview with salmon rushdie seemed to have some issues with him
but i don't know the whole story

michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:21
 
Still works.
 I don't remember the violin work before,
  was this reworked or was my music system then just that shitty
  or was I that stoned I don't remember the violins

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:19
 
I was always jumping up and down screaming 'here I am, here I am"...

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 19:27
 
 dogpound wrote:
I can hear my mom singing this.
I think she was looking for a guy who was looking for a hard headed woman. 
 
good one dog pound


fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 07:57
 
Did he do the art work for his album covers?

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 07:55
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
i was..pre-pubescent—- a sweet little girl visiting her dad up in Santa Cruz—-he had no work—-all we had were apples from an apple tree, Ramen and two cassettes to listen to. This was the first artist (because I had no radio) where i really listened to the whole album and loved it—-(that and"Harvest" by Neil Young, which was the other album he had.)

 

That's a pretty good selection!{#Clap}

ad4tise
(Hurricane Hell)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 07:55
 
Never tire of hearing Cat Stevens.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 07:54
 
 johnyqd wrote:
More Cat Stevens.  That would be great.

{#Meditate}
 
Yea, I'm wit dat!


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 07:38
 
 drews wrote:
Steady on with the islamophobia! What next, 'Tea for the Taliban'?


 
NO...!!

"OPIUM FROM THE TALIBAN" sounds better to me!


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 07:37
 
 johnyqd wrote:
More Cat Stevens.  That would be great.

{#Meditate}
 
PLEASE NOT!

MORE BUDDHISTS INSTEAD!


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 07:34
 
Looking for a soft-headed Muslim!

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 07:17
 

Not a Cat (Ali Shak Mohammad whatever) Stevens fan, but this is a great album.
My older sister use to play this one in the day.
Very soul full sound



dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 07:16
 
I can hear my mom singing this.
I think she was looking for a guy who was looking for a hard headed woman. 

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 10:27
 
 brander wrote:
Saw Cat at the Troubadour in Hollywood, early 70s. The opening act was some "guy" we'd never heard of.

Carly Simon.

 
Did you read that book "Queen of the Oddballs?" by Hilary Carlip?
It's about a girl that won on the Gong Show for her juggling act and she has a cute chapter about that Troubador gig. (I found the clip of her on the Gong Show on youtube, too!)


Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 10:19
 
i was..pre-pubescent—- a sweet little girl visiting her dad up in Santa Cruz—-he had no work—-all we had were apples from an apple tree, Ramen and two cassettes to listen to. This was the first artist (because I had no radio) where i really listened to the whole album and loved it—-(that and"Harvest" by Neil Young, which was the other album he had.)


dannyboy57
(Somerville, MA)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 14:15
 
from the 2nd cassette i ever owned...the 1st was Teaser & The Firecat{#Wave}

steeler
(Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 14:15
 
Yes. Yes. Yeeeees.

Sublime.



Pharlap
(Bahama, NC)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 14:14
 

Bonnie Raitt was the opener in Boston, 1971. He liked the ladies, I guess.

Incidentally, I believe this is a "10"

 brander wrote:
Saw Cat at the Troubadour in Hollywood, early 70s. The opening act was some "guy" we'd never heard of.

Carly Simon.

 



Coaxial
(543 miles west of Paradis,1491 miles east of Paradise)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 14:13
 
Great song...Ageless.

voicers
(Sausalito, CA)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 14:13
 
Goose bumps!

brander
(Southern California)
Posted: May 19, 2010 - 14:13
 
Saw Cat at the Troubadour in Hollywood, early 70s. The opening act was some "guy" we'd never heard of.



Carly Simon.