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AARP & Cat Stevens/Yusuf « Thread Started on Feb 9, 2009, 6:28pm »
Those of you, who are now AARP members may be surprised with your newest issue of the AARP magazine. Can you believe they have a small article of Cat Stevens in the March/April 2009 issue? How Cool!
I couldn't find the article on line, just information on the AARP issue and the table of content (where you can see the Cat Stevens article listed)..... AARP TABLE OF CONTENT So I took the liberty of typing it out for you.
Still a Cool Cat But That Peace Train is Running Kinda Late
In a fit of youthful optimism, Cat Stevens wrote that the peace train was “getting nearer/it soon will be with you”
Thirty Eight years, a name change, and a dozen or so wars later, the artist formally known as Cat Stevens – now known as Yusuf – has come to the conclusion that most folks aren’t about to “jump upon the peace train”
“I rewrote those lyrically recently,” says Yusuf 60, at home in London. “It goes: ‘How long has this peace train been gone?…. how long must this world wait for you?”
That acknowledgement of harsh reality – leavened with a spark of enduring hope-runs through Yusuf’s new, yet –to-be-titled album, from Universal Music. It’s his second release, following ‘An Other Cup’ in 2006, after what he calls a 28 year “fantastic respite” from the studio and concerts; he quit the music business in response to his new found Islamic faith. During that time away, in 1989, he ignited the firestorm with comments regarding an Iranian fatwa against author Salman Rushdie – but his subsequent work for international understanding earned him the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates‘ Man of Peace award in 2004.
In recent years his views of the Koran has shifted, and he now believes there is no conflict between his faith and music. “When I first picked up the guitar again, I was amazed to find I where all the chords were,” he says. “And with that came a new discovery of music for me.”
Re: AARP & Cat Stevens/Yusuf « Reply #1 on Feb 9, 2009, 7:23pm »
Thankyou Christine for the article
That 'Peace Train' lost it's tracks somewhere along the way without it's driver. I think it's time YI hops on that 'Peace Train' of his, and starts steering once more. I don't want to put to much weight on his shoulders, but maybe he will help 'the train' back on it's tracks again, towards a better future.
"I let my music take me where my heart wants to go..."
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Re: AARP & Cat Stevens/Yusuf « Reply #5 on Feb 10, 2009, 9:01pm »
LOL... did you ever think you'd see the day when AARP and Cat Stevens would be used in the same sentence?? Much less in the same periodical??
I like that the article shows that he has been through the fire, as we all have at one time or another, and survived. It's a part of life, after all...
LOL... did you ever think you'd see the day when AARP and Cat Stevens would be used in the same sentence?? Much less in the same periodical??
LOL indeed! Good point. But, come to think of it, I never really thought I'd be a candidate for membership in that organization, either. Time flies, whether having fun or not.
In a fit of youthful optimism, Cat Stevens wrote that the peace train was “getting nearer/it soon will be with you”
“I rewrote those lyrically recently,” says Yusuf 60, at home in London. “It goes: ‘How long has this peace train been gone?…. how long must this world wait for you?”
I don't want to put to much weight on [Yusuf's] shoulders, but maybe he will help 'the train' back on it's tracks again, towards a better future.
Thank you for typing this and sharing it with us, Christine. I think Vicki is on to something. It all fits together so perfectly - there're billions of people on the Peace Train - but we need Yusuf as a kind of navigator to help direct the ones at the wheel - the world's leaders. I don't know if Yusuf's songs can reach their hearts, but I sure hope he keeps trying.
Isn't it ironic that Yusuf is asking the question we've asked about him for so long: "How long must this world wait for you?” Maybe he should look in the mirror when he sings this line.
Re: AARP & Cat Stevens/Yusuf « Reply #8 on Feb 12, 2009, 11:36pm »
I want to see a picture of Salman Rushdie and Yusuf together shaking hands. Now, wouldn't that be an incredible image? Front page news, a "shot" heard around the globe. I wonder if his pr people ever tried to accomplish this? Wow, it would be something....
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