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.''
Arrrgggghh!! NOOOOO!!!! Burn that tape!!!
I like this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h61ffFRFmxw
Thanks for the subtitles...a big help! :-)
Wow...talk about a 70's flashback.
After nearly drowning in the Pacific Ocean, the singer embraced Islam and after changing his name became a strong proponent of Islamic education throughout the world.
Thanks a lot, Pacific Ocean!
Where's a tsunami when you really need one?
Then ... "Teaser and the fire cat"
Now ... "Appeaser and the jihad cat"
I thought all those Taliban buddies of his would be upset if he was making music. Wazzzup wit dat?
Yeah, pretty rotten of him for being thankful.
we had a Cat Stevens song played at our wedding, too .... how very 70s!
Dennis Miller had a Saturday Night Live bit where he sang "I'm being followed by a Big Muslim, Big Muslim, Big Muslim." I guess you had to be there...
Heh, heh. Dunno...sounds pretty funny to me too.
His moslem bros don't like music and they don't like pictures of people, among a lot of things they don't like. Perhaps he has hooked up with a new liberal crowd.
Thank God I got married in the '80s. I liked Cat Stevens' music and I still do, but I can't imagine something like that at a wedding. Reception, maybe - ceremony, no! :)
"Morning Has Broken" is actually an olde Celtic song. My memory is it was even in the Episcopal Hymnal (but then again, that's my increasingly faulty memory)... seemed appropriate at the time with two Celtic-Americans tying the knot.
That one still is in the Episcopal hymnal, and I should have thought of that; somehow I pictured "Moonshadow" or one of his more "pop" songs.
Translated to mooooslim, it goes something like this: AaaaaaahiYaaaaaaaaaaHiYaaaaaaaaaaHiYaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaalllllaaaaahiyahiyaaaaaaaaAkbaaaaaaaaaahiyaaaaaaaaaaaa. They sing it five times a day from those missile launchers they hide next to the mosque.
Is he still barred entry into this country?
Is there a Satanic message in his latest album?
Ummmmm......OK.....
But he still can't come into the country....LOL...
You've forgotten what will surely be this albums biggest hit:
"JIHAD! JIHAD! JIHAD!"... such a happy little tune.
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