2007-11-01 03:27:32 · 10 answers · asked by b n r 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
You'd certainly have to qualify that with "back in the day"... because it was one of those "You kinda had to be there" moments in the 70's when there was no MTV or 500 channels of music to choose from. You were lucky to hear or see something very rarely from an artist you were really into. We children of the late 60's and the whole decade of the 70's had to be ever vigilant. We'd hang out at the Record Store and get to know the people there. You'd check out new releases only on word of mouth, or by reviews in Creem Magazine or Hit Parader. I was turned on to Cat Stevens when one of my sister's boyfriends GAVE me a whole stack of his Eight-Track tapes because he was going off to be a missionary or work in the Peace Corps. All at once I had "Teaser and the Fire Cat", "Tea for the Tiller man", "CatchaBullatFour", and "Buddha and the Chocolate Box" to dissect. That's some heady stuff for a young angst-ridden early teen boy to contemplate...But back to your question, yes he was amazing. One guitar and a voice. (Sometimes two guitars live) Try that now with 99% of what the labels are trying to push down your throats. There are talented people still out there, though. That's what's cool about the prevalence of Indy labels and the downfall of the Major Record Labels. He's still always going to be CAT to me.
2007-11-01 04:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by B Rock 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes he was, I just barely started to get into him. I started by watching the movie Harold and Maude, its a 70's movie in which Cat lays the Soundtrack for. songs like "dont be shy" and "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out" but overall he is a great musician, even now that he has returned to making music after a long abcense.
2007-11-01 03:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by fernando V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day, there were three album just about everyone had in their collection. You could go to someones house and know they likely had at least two of the three.
1. Tea for the Tillerman ---Cat Stevens
2. Tapestry-Carole King
3. Lead Zeppelin-self titled.
2007-11-01 05:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Cat Stevens, who has publicly suggested that he's in want of stoning to loss of life women human beings stumbled on in command of adultry, and who additionally publicly suggested that he no longer in basic terms approves of the loss of life fatwa against Rushdie for writing his e book, yet that he needed he could take part in the genuinely homicide of Rushdie for his "crime" of insulting Islam, replaced right into a staggering addition to the rally.... So staggering, in reality, that it in simple terms completely blows my recommendations.
2016-10-03 02:21:26 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! I saw him in the early '70s and he was fantastic. Favorite album (now CD): Tea for the Tillerman
2007-11-01 04:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by tacka.... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people thought so...I was never a big fan...I was into a lot of the bands back in the day....I might have liked him more but I don't remember listening to much of his music....if I would have loved his music I would have remembered him more....Iike I said I was more into the bands of the day !!!!!!!!
2007-11-01 06:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by chessmaster1018 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I still love Yusuf's music despite his denouncing the works.
2007-11-01 03:30:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be free, be free. Cause you can be whatever you want - you know that you can!
(theme to Harold and Maude)
2007-11-01 03:39:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
he sure was!
2007-11-01 03:35:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
2007-11-01 03:34:22 · answer #10 · answered by tuberk768 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋