Cat talks about "Moonshadow"

[JaneB]

I found this old (1971) Rolling Stone review of "Teaser and the Firecat", and the review first quotes Cat from an interview. I love how he describes how "Moonshadow" came to him. Can't you just picture him out there dancing on the rocks in the moonlight?

"I get the tune and then I just keep on singing the tune until the words come out from the tune. It's kind of a hypnotic state that you reach after a while when you keep on playing it where words just evolve from it. So you take those words and just let them go whichever way they want.... "Moonshadow"? Funny, that was in Spain, I went there alone, completely alone, to get away from a few things. And I was dancin' on the rocks there ... right on the rocks where the waves were like blowin' and splashin'. Really, it was so fantastic. And the moon was bright, ya know, and I started dancin' and singin' and I sang that song and it stayed. It's just the kind of moment that you want to find when you're writin' songs."

– Cat Stevens to a Boston DJ

Here is the link to the review if you care to check it out:

www.rollingstone.com/artists/catstevens/albums/album/116642/review/6212900

[sunspark*]

There are reviews of all the LP's right here on magicat, article pics included; check it out! Plus some live concert reviews, etc

www.majicat.com/articles/teaser_review.htm

[JaneB]

Thanks, sunspark*. I clearly have not hunted around this site enough!