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He Used to Be Cat Stevens - And He's Releasing A New Album
The Whittier Daily News ^ | September 08, 2006 | Unknown

Posted on 09/08/2006 2:48:12 PM PDT by truthkeeper

He Used To Be Cat Stevens - And He's Releasing A New Album

The artist formerly known as Cat Stevens will release his first pop album in 28 years this fall. Stevens, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam after converting to Islam in the late 1970s, has signed with Atlantic Records in conjunction with his Ya Records label, it was announced Thursday.

``I feel right about making music and singing about life in this fragile world again,'' the 58-year-old singer-songwriter said in a statement. ``It is important for me to be able to help bridge the cultural gaps others are sometimes frightened to cross.''

The album, ``An Other Cup,'' is set for release in November. His last studio album was 1978's ``Back to Earth.''

``Yusuf's new songs are as moving and timeless as the classics that inspired a generation,'' Atlantic Chairman/CEO Craig Kallman said in a statement. ``His spiritual quest is one of the most extraordinary stories of our time a life journey marked by courage, devotion and transformation.''


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: catstevens; crappymusic; religionofpeace
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Didn't he come out pretty hard against Salmon Rusdie way back when?
1 posted on 09/08/2006 2:48:12 PM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: truthkeeper

Will he be killed for it?


2 posted on 09/08/2006 2:49:25 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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To: truthkeeper
He can do it in Arabic and change his name to Cat Strangler.
3 posted on 09/08/2006 2:49:47 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: truthkeeper

may the force be with him and his camel too..........


4 posted on 09/08/2006 2:50:17 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
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To: truthkeeper

How about "The `Prophet' Mohammed was a fraud and a con man"?

The lyrics write themselves.


5 posted on 09/08/2006 2:50:19 PM PDT by AmishDude (`[N]on-state actors' can project force around the world more easily than Canada". -- Mark Steyn)
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To: truthkeeper

"OOHH allah allah it's a muslim world
and it's hard to get by without jihad, allah"


6 posted on 09/08/2006 2:51:13 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (the war on poverty should include health club memberships for the morbidly poor)
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Wonder if the mullahs will decide that his music goes against tenents of the "religion of peace" and call for his death. That would be hilarious.


7 posted on 09/08/2006 2:51:26 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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To: freedumb2003

LOL


8 posted on 09/08/2006 2:52:06 PM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: samadams2000

Featuring new songs:

"Come here little boy"

"Quick drag out the women and children"

"Im no Coward I'm a Koranimal"

"Lets all kill each other like animals"


9 posted on 09/08/2006 2:53:23 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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>>Didn't he come out pretty hard against Salmon Rusdie way back when?<<

He supported the death threat against Rushdie.

He also said that if his (what do you call them...Mullah or whatever) asked him to kill for Allah, he would do it.


10 posted on 09/08/2006 2:55:19 PM PDT by SerpentDove (Just think what Reagan would have done if he had both houses of Congress.)
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I'm bein followed by a moonbat, moonbat,a moonbat.


11 posted on 09/08/2006 2:55:26 PM PDT by pipecorp ( muhammed .....................8(_o_)8 .................p b & j mercy is wasted on the merciless.)
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IIRC, even when he was Cat Stevens, he was 'celibate.' I'm thinking, what, couldn't pick a preference? Or couldn't convince anyone else to?


12 posted on 09/08/2006 2:59:34 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: samadams2000

You forgot "Piece Train." Not to mention "Vertebra Has Broken."


13 posted on 09/08/2006 2:59:47 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: pipecorp

He had no idea how priscent he was when he sang "if I even lose my head"...


14 posted on 09/08/2006 3:00:13 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (the war on poverty should include health club memberships for the morbidly poor)
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To: truthkeeper

Possible new song titles.

"Beat Your Woman Like a True Believer"

"Do the Jihad Polka"

"Get On The Religion of Peace Train"


15 posted on 09/08/2006 3:03:09 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

"Im being followed by a Nuke shadow"


16 posted on 09/08/2006 3:04:21 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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To: truthkeeper

"Learn to Blow Up Like Daddy"

"In Islam, There Is No Such Thing As a Landing"

"Don't Work, Just Pray and Wait for Allah to Feed You"


17 posted on 09/08/2006 3:05:50 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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I might buy it just to hear "Sad Infidel".


18 posted on 09/08/2006 3:06:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: samadams2000

You're having entirely too much fun!


19 posted on 09/08/2006 3:07:16 PM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: samadams2000

"Love Democrats Until the End, Then Off With Their Heads To"

"Do The Cell Phone Detonation"


20 posted on 09/08/2006 3:08:31 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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