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Cat Stevens — Miles from Nowhere
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dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA)
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 09:53
 
Spiritually beautiful soul!

SanFranGayMan
(San Francisco)
Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 23:04
 
 max_p wrote:

But has he repeated any success since? 

Hit songs are nice work if u can get 'em 
 
Well, as a devout atheist (thank god!) just because the art of the Renaissance was religiously, piously derived, didn't mean the art wasn't good (or was, for that matter). Trains go off the rails, people do too, but the good they delivered before they went is still good, nes pas?

max_p
Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 07:48
 
 linden wrote:

He's recanted those statements many times since. People say pretty strange things when they are hot with enthusiasm for a new religious faith.
 
But has he repeated any success since? 

Hit songs are nice work if u can get 'em 

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 14:08
 
 AlienRelic wrote:

This is a man who said that the assassination of Salmon Rushdie for writing "The Satanic Verses" would be completely justifed. That's nutso in my book. The same kind of narrow minded thinking that led to 911. To hell with him.
 
He's recanted those statements many times since. People say pretty strange things when they are hot with enthusiasm for a new religious faith.

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 14:50
 
well...in 1970, I would take my turn listening to my older sisters albums, and "Tea for the Tillerman" was mesmerizing, unlike anything else.
Changed my perspective, it was also great music!
I read down the comments for his music, and try to continue learning how each of have our world views, and try to show some respect. 

AlienRelic
(east of Eden)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 14:35
 
 dew34 wrote:

Totally agree!! He was a white English pop singer who developed incredible writing and performing skills. and so he's a Muslim? He is a magical human being and this sing is a 9 on a 10 album. Judge the music, if you must, not the man.{#Hug} 
 
This is a man who said that the assassination of Salmon Rushdie for writing "The Satanic Verses" would be completely justifed. That's nutso in my book. The same kind of narrow minded thinking that led to 911. To hell with him.



dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 17:34
 
 drcrnp wrote:
 GF, I'm with you.
GuiltyFeat wrote:

Why nuts-o? Because he's a Muslim? Not cool, dude!

He's back to making great music. His first album in many years as Yusuf was called An Other Cup and it's magical.

Whatever he calls himself, he remains one of the most talented songwriters of his generation with a voice like melting chocolate.

This is the first time I have encountered this kind of bigotry at RP. I hope it's the last.
 
 
Totally agree!! He was a white English pop singer who developed incredible writing and performing skills. and so he's a Muslim? He is a magical human being and this sing is a 9 on a 10 album. Judge the music, if you must, not the man.{#Hug} 

Tamster
(Thousand Islands Canada)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 17:32
 
{#Cheers}

drcrnp
(Philly and Floyd VA (Crooked Road))
Posted: May 21, 2012 - 21:55
 
 GF, I'm with you.


GuiltyFeat wrote:

Why nuts-o? Because he's a Muslim? Not cool, dude!

He's back to making great music. His first album in many years as Yusuf was called An Other Cup and it's magical.

Whatever he calls himself, he remains one of the most talented songwriters of his generation with a voice like melting chocolate.

This is the first time I have encountered this kind of bigotry at RP. I hope it's the last.
 



jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 11:41
 
Nice treat. Thanks B& R!

jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)
Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 17:54
 
One of my top 10 albums!  Love CS!  {#Sunny}

Kimbolini
(Vancouver Island, Canada)
Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 17:54
 
 hanssachs wrote:
Holy moly ... just the first notes can drag you back to the past ... This isn't my favorite music, and I haven't listened to it in years, but just the sound catapults me back 40 years.. Forty years, fer cryin' out loud!  I'm getting old ...  
 
Yep.... ditto!


hanssachs
(Hawaii)
Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 23:53
 
Holy moly ... just the first notes can drag you back to the past ... This isn't my favorite music, and I haven't listened to it in years, but just the sound catapults me back 40 years.. Forty years, fer cryin' out loud!  I'm getting old ...  

Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 23:57
 
Ohh yeeaahh!
But it's all right!
I'll make my own rules........
I'll drink to that!

JGM
Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 11:45
 
TunAge: if you have access to a commercial station that plays this, count your blessings. 

TuneAgeWhereWoof
Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 11:37
 
Sometimes I get tired of RP playing these "classic hits" so much...  if you're going to play cat stevens, dig deeper.  Damn this isn't AM radio, is it?

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 20:26
 
more {#Meditate}

PeeBee
(Down South in The Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 09:03
 
BRAVO!

 GuiltyFeat wrote:

Why nuts-o? Because he's a Muslim? Not cool, dude!

He's back to making great music. His first album in many years as Yusuf was called An Other Cup and it's magical.

Whatever he calls himself, he remains one of the most talented songwriters of his generation with a voice like melting chocolate.

This is the first time I have encountered this kind of bigotry at RP. I hope it's the last.
 



GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 01:43
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Classic Cat. Before he went nuts-o. He's still nuts-o. A shame.
 
Why nuts-o? Because he's a Muslim? Not cool, dude!

He's back to making great music. His first album in many years as Yusuf was called An Other Cup and it's magical.

Whatever he calls himself, he remains one of the most talented songwriters of his generation with a voice like melting chocolate.

This is the first time I have encountered this kind of bigotry at RP. I hope it's the last.

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 01:30
 
He was a cool cat back then !

histiocytosisX
(Toronto, ON)
Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 18:04
 
There are four lights!

 TerryS wrote:
Is he rehabilitated yet?

His music has withstood the test of time better than many of his political critics` carping.
Just listen to the music.

Is he rehabilitated yet?
 



Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 18:00
 
This was our Wedding song and my wife and I just danced in our own kitchen, with our 4 year old. Thank you for playing this great great music.
Cheers and Happy New Year!

michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 17:58
 
Classic Cat. Before he went nuts-o. He's still nuts-o. A shame.

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 11:12
 
{#Doh}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 19:25
 
I was having one of the worst days of my life, and I got a phone call from my friend Rich (the radio programmer). He said softly, "Listen." And he held the phone out, and I heard "Where Do The Children Play?" from this CD, which I'd given him a couple of days earlier, along with a compact stereo system I'd bought for him. I sat and cried, and he just let me listen until I was finished crying. We hung up without a goodbye, but I think we both knew the healing power of Cat Stevens.

I know this probably makes no sense to anyone but me and Rich, and that's all right. Cat Stevens will always hold a place in my soul.

roulleau
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 19:18
 
My inexplicable distaste for Cat Stevens' music has nothing to do with his politics, then or now.  Just can't stand his voice for some reason. And his songwriting is ridiculously overrated.

calypsus_1
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 21:05
 

Tea For The Tillerman by *ivankorsario
©2009-2010 *ivankorsario

Tea For The Tillerman

Bring tea for the tillerman
Steak for the sun
Wine for the women who made the rain come
Seagulls sing your hearts away
'cause while the sinners sin, the children play

Oh lord how they play and play
For that happy day, for that happy day

Cat Stevens



TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 19:41
 
Is he rehabilitated yet?

His music has withstood the test of time better than many of his political critics` carping.
Just listen to the music.

Is he rehabilitated yet?


ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 19:41
 
 Droidac wrote:
Now where did I put my Harold & Maude dvd?
 

{#Roflol}

I was going to bed, but had to stay and listen to this.  Old Cat is wonderful.  No matter what he does now.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 22:49
 
Oh, jayzus, I love Cat Stevens. Don't care what he's gone through, politically or spiritually - his music resonates with me (except for "Another Saturday Night" was a dismal failure for him.)  I have most of his stuff on CD and when it's raining and I'm feeling blue, I just love to listen to something like "Tea For the Tillerman" - it heals me...

bachbeet
Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 22:45
 
I don't think this version is actually from that album.  sounds more like a live version.

ugly
(Compton, CA)
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 03:02
 
I spent hours and hours and hours in my bedroom listen to this album over and over, back when you had albums, and they came in a big cardboard holder that often had lyrics (big enough to read, not like the cd lyrics some cd's come with). I would sometimes listen to side a and sometimes side b and I thought it was brilliant and true and loving and meaningful. It's on my iPod these days and since the people who I am usually with are young adults, like my children or their friends and stuff like that, I can only listen to it alone. So far all my young companions hate that Cat Stevens record. I don't blame them. I have such wonderful memories of staying up late, going out and smoking a joint in my Volkswagen and then coming back in and turning on that album and totally letting myself get enveloped by the songs and the lyrics of this particular album.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 16:57
 
 BC_Night_Heron wrote:
Part of me rebels even as I still enjoy early songs like this, due to what this performer has become, but, then I think of Syd Barrett and the anger subsides. Madness comes in many guises.
 
Yes, how true!


BowTieDad
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 09:41
 
/me sighs
 

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 09:40
 
I heard Cat is no longer a fan of the Comedy Channel.

Dgradeworkunit
(Shenandoah Valley)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 09:40
 
 jkhandy wrote:

or how much more beauty he would have spread. 
 
One thing is certain - he would absolutely NOT drink to that.

BowTieDad
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 09:40
 
top grade from me, top grade!

wadda voice! 

jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 09:39
 
 fallview wrote:
Good thing he was kept out of the country. No telling what damage he might have done.
 
or how much more beauty he would have spread. 


jarrudy
(Rocky Mountains)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 09:38
 
 fallview wrote:
Good thing he was kept out of the country. No telling what damage he might have done.
 
oh yes, he's quite the threat, isnt he???


fallview
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 19:01
 
Good thing he was kept out of the country. No telling what damage he might have done.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 17:06
 
 Droidac wrote:
Now where did I put my Harold & Maude dvd?
 
Great movie, with some great music. DVD appears to be available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Harold-Maude-Ruth-Gordon/dp/6305882592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1266627924&sr=1-1


Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 21:00
 
well i've loved it since i was 11.

rbigelo
(Spanish Town)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 19:16
 
This cat rates an 8! ^..^~

steeler
(Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 09:21
 
To a young and impressionable mind, this resounded.  Now, to an aging and diluted mind, this rejuvenates.

Emotions. Concepts. 

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 23:41
 
 psg wrote:
One of the first albums on vinyl I bought as a teenager. Had totally forgotten 'bout it, until now. Thanks!
 
Me too!


psg
(Ottawa)
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 12:38
 
One of the first albums on vinyl I bought as a teenager. Had totally forgotten 'bout it, until now. Thanks!

jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 12:38
 
Not a fan. Never was.

Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 12:37
 
Now where did I put my Harold & Maude dvd?

Pearhead
(Hovering the gutters)
Posted: Sep 25, 2003 - 14:48
 
catmaven wrote:
Given Stevens's weird singing voice, this is superior to any of his songs I have yet heard. There are fewer melismatic gyrations, I can understand the lyrics, the music is more sophisticated and varied, and the topic is not inane. How *do* you do it? .........



With a little help from his friends.


My upload
simple
(Santa Rosa, CA)
Posted: Dec 04, 2002 - 19:59
 
Hey, Miles is my name, I'm from nowhere, It's great to hear the Cat, thanks!