YUSUF ISLAM (CAT STEVENS)

[cyberangel]

Hi all,

I love this version of this song, although I am used to listening to it at a much faster tempo and the first time I heard the song it was sung by 'The Animals'.  But, the way Yusuf sings this just spoke to me, it was like he was saying all the things I have wanted to say, and he does it which such emotion and feeling. This really touched me and I felt such a personal connection to it. I hope you enjoy it but more than that I hope you really listen to the words. Enjoy



Love and Light

[baangus]

Hi cyberangel. Very nice, thanks! Before the song started, I was wondering if he would actually sing "Baby..." like the original. I couldn't imagine him doing that! Happy to see he changed it to "People." AND was pleasantly surprised he changed "man" to "soul," which makes perfect sense from a conscious soul perspective. Also, so wonderful how he transformed the forlorn "Don't mean to do you wrong/you know I love you" aspect, which makes his version much more appealing and universal.

Father and Son and Road to Find Out were the two songs that got me leaving home to go off hitchhiking in 1973. He'll always be Cat to me.

[donq]

Hi angel/lorraine,

I like it (a lot). Thanks.

Yes, I’m always misunderstood for many times, too. Like the duck below:



Duck walks into a bar and says to the bartender: "I´d like to buy some peanuts."

The bartender says: "Sorry, don´t sell peanuts." The duck leaves.

Next day the duck walks into the same bar and says:

"I'd like to buy some peanuts."

The bartender replies: "I already told you, I don`t sell peanuts." Again, the duck leaves.

Next day the duck walks into the same bar: "I want to buy some peanuts."

The bartender yells back: "I told you, I DON`T SELL PEANUTS. If you ask one more time, I`ll nail you to the

wall." So the duck leaves.

Next day the duck returns: "Do you have any nails?"

The bartender says: "Sorry, don´t have nails."

Duck asks: "Do you have any peanuts?"