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Cat Stevens Nominated for Rock Hall
Fox News ^
 | September 14, 2005
 | Roger Friedman
Posted on 09/15/2005 4:36:35 AM PDT by Brainhose
It had to happen eventually. Cat Stevens  now known as Yusuf Islam  has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 
My sources tell me he's a shoo-in, too. 
Stevens had several huge-selling popular records in the 1970s, until he became a Muslim and changed his name. Those hits were "Moon Shadow," "Peace Train," "Oh Very Young," a cover version of Sam Cooke's "Another Saturday Night," "Father and Son" and "Wild World." 
A decade or more ago, Stevens was roundly denounced for seeming to back the fatwa, or death sentence, placed by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini on the head of writer Salman Rushdie for his novel "The Satanic Verses." 
Last year he was refused entry into the United States on suspicion  ridiculous as it was  that he was a terrorist of some sort.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: catstevens; music; rockhall; yusufislam
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    Is it my misunderstanding or in order to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, shouldn't you have to play Rock and Roll?
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:36:36 AM PDT
by 
Brainhose
 
To: Brainhose
    I'd rather pull my toenails out with a pair of pliers than listen to his whiny garbage. Well, on the other hand, if I needed to fall asleep fast, listening to Yusaf could easily do the trick.
 
2
posted on 
09/15/2005 4:40:57 AM PDT
by 
highlymotivated
(If American ever falls, a STINKING LIBERAL will be behind it.)
 
To: Brainhose
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:41:23 AM PDT
by 
stocksthatgoup
(Polls = Proof that when the MSM want your opinion they will give it to you.)
 
To: stocksthatgoup
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:41:48 AM PDT
by 
stocksthatgoup
(Polls = Proof that when the MSM want your opinion they will give it to you.)
 
To: Brainhose
    Not if your liberal and anti-american. That is much more 'relevant' than such minor concerns, like standards.
  
 (would it be considered a "fatwa" if I said a pox on his house??)
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:42:10 AM PDT
by 
MCCRon58
(Loose slips sink hips)
 
To: Brainhose
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:42:58 AM PDT
by 
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
 
To: Brainhose
    And am I correct that Lynyrd Syknyrd is still not there? Any so-called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that doesn't include them, that would even consider Cat Stevens, is a joke.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:43:21 AM PDT
by 
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
 
To: Brainhose
    I used to buy his LPs when I was in high school in the early 70's. Too bad he turned out the way he did. At least Hendrix has a legacy.
 
To: Brainhose
    If Cat Stevens, does that mean Raffi can get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What about Barney the Dinosour and The Giggles. Yusef is about on the same level.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:45:08 AM PDT
by 
evolved_rage
(Zot away!!!!)
 
To: Brainhose
    Rock and Rollover Hall of Fame. Oooh baby, baby it's a wild world, when Yusuk Islam is considered a rocker.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:52:08 AM PDT
by 
PGalt
 
To: Brainhose
    Will he be going in as Yusuf Islam? 
 
They'd better put him through a metal detector and cavity search before letting this clown in for the ceremony.
 
To: Brainhose
    He also wrote two great tunes made famous by others:"Here Comes My Baby", by the Tremeloes [a great rocker], and "The First Cut is the Deepest", done by both Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crowe.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 4:59:46 AM PDT
by 
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
 
To: Brainhose
    The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame continues to dilute the honor induction should bring. Cat Stevens ain't no Cat Scratch Fever.
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posted on 
09/15/2005 5:02:49 AM PDT
by 
auboy
 
To: Brainhose
    No Lynyrd Skynyrd? No Yusuf Islam (may hog snot and dog poo be upon him)! 
 
BTW, I am old enough to remeber all of the 70's (but young enough to remeber it clearly, without the coke, pot, and LSD-induced fog). He really wasn't all that spectacular.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 5:06:27 AM PDT
by 
PAMadMax
(Islam is the enemy of all mankind...AlJazeera is its PR Firm)
 
To: Brainhose
    Is it my misunderstanding or in order to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, shouldn't you have to play Rock and Roll? One would think..
 
To: mtbopfuyn
    What are they smoking? 
 
Anything they can find.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 5:08:49 AM PDT
by 
television is just wrong
(http://hehttp://print.google.com/print/doc?articleidisblogs.blogspot.com/  (visit blogs, visit ads).)
 
To: PAMadMax
    Agreed. Heard his pablum rock throughout Jr High and H.S. He sucked big-time.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 5:12:45 AM PDT
by 
highlymotivated
(If American ever falls, a STINKING LIBERAL will be behind it.)
 
To: evolved_rage
    YEAH! The Wiggles for the Rock and Roll Hall of fame!
Nothing screams Rock and Roll like 4 homosexual Star Trek cast members.
The dork in the red shirt shouldn't look so happy, he'll get killed by the monster on the away team.

If they all became radical Islamofacists they'd be a shoe in.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 5:12:55 AM PDT
by 
Brainhose
(THINK OF THE KITTENS!)
 
To: Brainhose
    Thank God there was so much great R & B during the 70's so that I didn't have to listen to whiney twerps like Cat Stevens....
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 5:14:29 AM PDT
by 
NRA1995
(When liberals speak I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
 
To: FreedomPoster
    They the liberal music groups are just trying to make the government let the a$$wipe in the country to rub it in the governments face, but according to his current religion singing is not allowed, so let him in if he will sing all of those songs he is famous for.
 
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posted on 
09/15/2005 5:15:04 AM PDT
by 
bdfromlv
(Leavenworth hard time)
 
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