Cat Stevens

[Azeater]

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[ohio]

Heard mention of that- writer at Bloomberg pans it pretty much: http://tinyurl.com/yfjqxb

I talked to Cat Stevens once on the phone. Unbeknownst to me,
a mutual firend of a friend of his had gotten him to call this girl I knew, as a surprise on her birthday. We were having a small party for her at her house. So the phone rings and she's in the other room and asks me to "please answer the phone":

(me) Hello?
(Cat) Yes, this is Cat Stevens calling...
(me) Yeah, right.
(Cat) No really, this is Cat Stevens and I'm calling Barbara on her birthday!
(me) Sure. (covering the phone, yelling) Barb, some a-hole is calling, says he's Cat Stevens....

She comes running into the room and rips the phone from hands- Hello...
She shrieked and cried and couldn't even talk- hey, we were like 14 at the time. So anyway, I talked to Cat Stevens once on the phone...

[Earthmother]

I don't mean to be sexist, or disrespectful, and I hope no one shoots a missile thru my home but.... GOD ,HE WAS BABE-A-LICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!And a tremendous talent, too. I read alot of his music was powered by his search for spirituality. I'm happy to hear he isn't shelving his talent any more.

[Staxsun]

Heard mention of that- writer at Bloomberg pans it pretty much: http://tinyurl.com/yfjqxb

So anyway, I talked to Cat Stevens once on the phone...

Great story!

[Staxsun]

I don't mean to be sexist, or disrespectful, and I hope no one shoots a missile thru my home but.... GOD ,HE WAS BABE-A-LICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!And a tremendous talent, too. I read alot of his music was powered by his search for spirituality. I'm happy to hear he isn't shelving his talent any more.

"If you want to be you, be you, and if you want to be me, be me. There's a million ways to be, you know that there are....."

[dewey]

Am I wrong but didn't he convert to the muslem faith and had said some very bad things about Americans ?

[Earthmother]

Am I wrong but didn't he convert to the muslem faith and had said some very bad things about Americans ?

Yes to both (well, I am unsure how "bad" things were that were said, but he did denounce our western ways publicly and burned a bunch of his own albums). I saw an interview w/ him not long ago, and although he is still a devout muslim, he doesn't seem as fanatical (for lack of a better word) as he used to be. Anyway, he did have a good voice, and while his lyrics were at times ridiculously simple, some were quite powerful. He is a teacher now, has a self proclaimed arranged marriage, and several children.I hope he is happy in his life as he did burn some bridges w/ fans here. I still like his music. I did here the new CD is rather mundane.

[PaulC]

and whose dat with it??...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6518827&ft=1&f=4703895