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Post by Leonard on Mar 4, 2022 19:00:34 GMT -5
That worked flawlessly.
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Post by Leonard on Feb 7, 2022 16:12:40 GMT -5
Interesting. I guess I'm shooting them an e-mail.
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Post by Leonard on May 25, 2021 15:03:23 GMT -5
A new guitar tab and something a little different: The Wind East and West (2007 version)This song first debuted in 2006 in Abu Dhabi on national television in a much different form, with Arabic-English verses and a much more complex song structure including a chorus section. But perhaps the most famous reincarnation of the song is a medley with “The Wind” as opener for Yusuf’s Cafe Session concert in 2007, with a hauntingly beautiful vocal performance by Yusuf. The song is also meant as direct follow-up to “The Wind,” and to be understood in its most symbolic reading, with the wind meaning spirit or Holy Spirit. It also tells the rare story of the artist having seen both worlds, the East and the West. Since chord changes happen on the upbeat, timing your vocals to your guitar playing can be difficult.
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Post by Leonard on May 22, 2021 16:30:47 GMT -5
New guitar tab: Moonstone (1967)The classical influences in this almost Middle Eastern fiction, which is similar in tale to Aladdin’s lamp, are felt the clearest in the intro. Cat was having fun with lyrics and storylines at the time; that he lived right around the corner of the British Museum certainly had some influence here. The song is very upbeat and has the prescribed Decca big band sound en vogue at the time, but Cat’s composition and, to an extend, the song structure are actually more complex beneath the surface. The key change in the second chorus heightens suspense, and the song ends on a drawn-out outro. We have tried to adapt the song to a guitar playing style that would mirror Cat’s in theory.Other guitar tabs have been much revised in the meantime.
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Post by Leonard on Aug 17, 2020 0:07:41 GMT -5
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Post by Leonard on Aug 16, 2020 23:34:48 GMT -5
May he rest in peace.
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Post by Leonard on Jul 25, 2020 17:01:02 GMT -5
I started this guitar tab in 2006 but must have quickly given up (the intro and bridge parts are difficult to figure out) realizing it went way over my head. Fourteen years later and I managed somehow. Life doesn't seem so bad. Best played on a J-180/185, J-45 or L-00. Heaven / Where True Love Goes (2006)The intro and outro of “Heaven” are pure acoustic heaven and played by Steve on a classical guitar no less; the middle part is very upbeat. For this song, Steve took inspiration from the “Heaven” part of his “Foreigner Suite”, a set of songs more firmly coupled together than he might think and touring through a variety of musical genres. The intimate chords Steve used for this piece (transcribed here as played by Steve on guitar) are quite rare to see for this stringed instrument in standard tuning and definitely take some getting used to when playing (cf. fingering at bottom).
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Post by Leonard on Apr 13, 2020 2:01:15 GMT -5
A new guitar tab with a classical touch inside: Here Comes My Wife (1968) After his contracting, and subsequent convalescing from, tuberculosis Steve apparently did one more recording session with Mike Hurst in 1968. The arrangement is the usual bombastic big band sound Hurst prescribed Steve during his entire time with the Dekka label. Steve was heavily influenced by classical music and musicals (e.g., the fanfare intro he wrote for this is inspired by Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”), so the arrangement is not entirely unfitting, although one has to wonder how a tamer instrumentalization might have impacted the more petite lyrics. Much less so than in his later works, the lyrics here already contain so-called universal mini-truths (“It just makes him better to be there.”) that would prove to be invaluable for pop songs such as this to better stand the test of time.
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Post by Leonard on Mar 8, 2020 12:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by Leonard on Dec 26, 2019 14:43:15 GMT -5
Can't Keep It In (1972) Clocking in at fourty hours, the time spent on the recording of this one album track was enormous. Co-guitarist Alun Davies went even so far to say, “It hung like a cloud over us for ages. I nearly went mad. I’d go out of the studio, pace up and down and end up banging my head against the coffee machine out of sheer frustration. I couldn’t see anything wrong with the first take, but I was really impressed that, after all that time we spent on it, Steve could still make it better.” Guitars and vocals were recorded in the upstairs studio at Morgan Studios, London, while for some reason for the recording of Gerry Conway’s drums the musicians had to transfer to the downstairs studio. For the metallic sound at end of the song, Steve threw a miked up metal tea tray from the canteen at the floor, the timing of which was so difficult to get down that the effect alone took a couple of takes. In terms of playing the song makes excessive use of palm-muting in a percussive rhythm which takes some getting used to.
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Post by Leonard on Dec 14, 2019 10:53:21 GMT -5
Two Fine People (1975) The original 1975 studio recording, which shortly aired on radio networks, didn’t age well due to fairly weak instrumental arrangement with mostly keyboards and synthesizers employed. That the song was written on and for guitar can perhaps best be glimpsed at from Steve’s various life performances of this piece on the Majikat Earth Tour in 1976, where he performed the song several times improving upon the original studio recording. This guitar tab takes the live version into account. In terms of composition, while this song is based on “Wild World,” as Steve has stated multiple times on stage, it quickly trails off into its own direction.
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Post by Leonard on Dec 1, 2019 15:30:26 GMT -5
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Post by Leonard on Nov 9, 2019 9:25:47 GMT -5
Plenty of tabs new and revised including songs from Back to Earth.
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Post by Leonard on Jun 13, 2019 15:42:06 GMT -5
The meaning of the album title is probably a lot simpler than you might think. "An other cup" refers to "a different cup", as opposed to "another cup" which would mean "one more cup (of the same)."
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Post by Leonard on Jun 9, 2019 8:05:29 GMT -5
Well, DJ's guitar tabs are part of the Majicat site, not the message board. And I'm sure that upon migrating onto a new board with new underlying technology that migration will come with the option of archiving old threads. I don't think there's any other option at this point to rescue what's left of the community and site.
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Post by Leonard on Jun 7, 2019 12:52:52 GMT -5
Well, we have all been with Majicat for a long time now, and I am deeply grateful. I use the Majicat site as a Cat Stevens resource (mostly for guitar tabs) even to-date. The work DJ and others had done back then is astonishing and useful to this date. The messageboard of the site is the real crutch. It has become so fragmented, plastered with ads, and awkward to use that there is little incentive for me to post, even though it is, to this date, the only actual Cat Stevens message board open to everyone to use and with a great history. Perhaps it's best to start with a clean slate messageboard-wise and with new technology (looking at you, Glen Campbell Forums)? I tend to agree but I'm not sure.
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Post by Leonard on Jun 7, 2019 9:48:21 GMT -5
I hope you guys initiated a charge-back with your credit card company, because not only was the campaign cancelled by Yusuf several months ago, but backers were never refunded by UK-based PledgeMusic even if refunds were explicitly requested. Inquiries were ignored, and now PledgeMusic is in the process of filing for bankruptcy (aka administration). Artist are left unpaid as well, which is why Yusuf pulled out in the first place.
I just wish Yusuf would have warned his fans what PledgeMusic was up to and that initiating a charge-back was the only way to get your money back and out of this scam by the UK firm.
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Post by Leonard on Mar 3, 2019 16:53:50 GMT -5
For some reason the campaign is on hold due to a problem of the platform holder PledgeMusic. I'm awaiting a refund still.
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Post by Leonard on Mar 3, 2019 6:27:53 GMT -5
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Post by Leonard on Feb 18, 2019 1:43:05 GMT -5
Very interesting indeed.
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Post by Leonard on Jun 15, 2018 10:19:15 GMT -5
New guitar tab: Rubylove (1971) Had I known before how complicated the song structure would turn out to be, I would probably have let this one go. This marks Cat's second song in Open E (besides the sublime "If I Laugh"), and it's a tour de force no doubt. Be sure to get the time signature down first (see notes at bottom). With this one tabbed out, I have the complete Teaser & the Firecat on the site now. Yay! Cat wanted to introduce his Greek influences into his music, and so some friends of his father, who ran a Greek restaurant, came down to the studio to play on the record with their bozoukis. Alun's daughter, then four years old, asked Cat to sing "the Rubylove song" and so the name stayed, but he song was originally called "Who'll Be My Love?" and did not contain the Greek verse until later. Together with "If I Laugh", this song is a tour de force through all kinds of Open E voicings. Even the advanced player will have to overcome the unusual time signature of the song first so be sure to read the bottom notes on rhythm first.
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Post by Leonard on May 1, 2018 15:28:54 GMT -5
New guitar tab: I Wish, I WishWith the advent of his second career and with it his new album MONA BONE JAKON (1970), Steve charted onto a new spiritual journey, and his growing sense of enlightenment is perfectly reflected in the lyrics of this song. Musically, this is a very catchy gigging song that keeps on rolling, one that guitarists can perhaps appreciate the most.
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Post by Leonard on Dec 21, 2017 19:11:39 GMT -5
New guitar tab: Where Are You (1969) catstevensguitar.wordpress.com/other-songs/where-are-you/ "Where Are You" serves as a swan song marking the end of the cooperation with Decca producer Mike Hurst. While it failed to chart, it stands as one of Steve's favorite track from that time with its tamer overall arrangement uncharacteristic of Hurst's prescribed big band sound. Its classical character is reminiscent of song arrangements heard in musicals. The influences of the melancholy French genre are apparent, not only in the lyrics. Its simplified arrangement serves as a look into the things to come for Steve starting with Mona Bone Jakon.
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Post by Leonard on Oct 27, 2017 3:31:36 GMT -5
Well, I promised there would be new content for The Laughing Apple, so here we go: New guitar tab: catstevensguitar.wordpress.com/yusuf-songs/you-can-do-whatever/While deceptively simple due to the employment of a capo on guitar, the song is rather the result of highly sophisticated composing. One wouldn’t be wrong to state that the song consist of only chorus lines trumping each other.
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Post by Leonard on Oct 22, 2017 13:34:19 GMT -5
Welcome back to all the familiar faces returning to where it all began, though I do think this forum is in dire need of modernization.
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Post by Leonard on Sept 16, 2017 4:30:06 GMT -5
If anybody's selling a lefty black Gibson J-180 Everly, please let me know.
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Post by Leonard on Sept 16, 2017 4:28:36 GMT -5
A question for those with access to the new paid-only Red Room: What exactly is being offered here and is it worth it? Anybody dare to make a screenshot?
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Post by Leonard on Jul 30, 2017 6:23:07 GMT -5
Newest guitar tab: I've Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old (1970)“Grandson” was written during Steve’s transitional phase from big-band arrangements—his first career—to a softer, more reflective type of song—his second career starting with the original album MONA BONE JAKON (1970)—that came closer in sound to his own demos. Ultimately, the song ended up on the cutting floor for that album and remained in the archives of Olympic Studios, London, for 30 years until in the 2000s it got released (in various mixes) on two compilation albums only. The song features Steve’s own, prominent licks, without relying on session men anymore, as was often the case during his first career. In the chorus Steve does an unusual Buddy Holly impression, singing “Grow old, oh_____. Oh___________.”
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Post by Leonard on Jul 17, 2017 15:40:18 GMT -5
It seems pretty legit to me.
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Post by Leonard on Jul 17, 2017 15:40:08 GMT -5
Also on the Hofman forums:
"Some news courtesy of IMWAN:
"This is what I found on Maartin Allcock's web site:
"I was delighted to record an album, The Laughing Apple, with Yusuf at ICP Studios in Brussels a while back, which will hopefully appear this year. We've already started work on the follow-up album, this time at Benny Andersson's RMV Studio in Stockholm. Both albums are produced by my favourite producer Paul Samwell-Smith, who I worked a lot with in the 1980s and 1990s. I worked on Yusuf's comeback album, An Other Cup, in 2006. It was a brilliant time and Yusuf is a musical genius and such a nice man. While I was in Stockholm I heard of the death of my mother, and Yusuf was very supportive to me. Yusuf's long-time sideman Alun Davies was on acoustic guitar, singing and general support, Kwame Yerboah was on drums and percussion, and I was on basses, acoustic and electric guitars and keyboards. The engineer was David Hefti from Hansa Studios Berlin."
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