Yusuf Live in Australia DVD

[JaneB]

Dec 8, 2010 9:54:26 GMT -5 flemmishfangent said:

All you lucky ones please Majid when will it be in Europe (Belgium)

Regii - there is no need to wait! Just order it from Australia - that's what the rest of us have done. Go - now! You will be glad you did

[JaneB]

Dec 8, 2010 9:54:29 GMT -5 G-One said:

We should get 3 tickets and take Jane between us :-))

Between her singing and clapping and dancing and trying to get on that stage, there is no way I would enjoy the concert with Richina sitting next to me - exhausting!

BUT - would be lots of fun at the stage door!

[G-One]

We'll add some special herbs for you, Jane, to the hookah, we want to share before the concert :-)

[tediber]

I've just received mine today - it's wonderful! I totally agree about the brilliant reggae rehearsal section and... oh I just loved the whole thing!

My husband fell asleep during the DVD , but since Yusuf said his brother falls asleep to his music too, maybe he's in good company!!!

Jo

[flemmishfangent]

YEAH IN GOOD COMPAGNY LIKE IN THE SONG ,where i you read that about his brother lol

[Marge]

Dec 8, 2010 9:36:14 GMT -5 richina said:

Dec 8, 2010 9:14:59 GMT -5 G-One said:

Would like to see and hear a bit more of the audience - clapping and singing?! Richina, you won't believe it, even with Tuesday's Dead they all stay seated - just one grey-haired woman dancing

How does anyone sit through Tuesday's Dead? ("cept maybe Jane ) Oh well, there will be a brown haired woman dancin' to it if I have a chance! ;D
And I like to hear clapping too...really makes you feel like you're there! I've been known to clap and whoot while listening to a live album! What can I say...I is what I is! ;D

These threads just broke me up - and trust me I need to laugh - thank you "ladies"..............LOL!

[JaneB]

Dec 8, 2010 10:06:05 GMT -5 G-One said:

We'll add some special herbs for you, Jane, to the hookah, we want to share before the concert :-)

Hmm, now you're speaking my language!

[suncatcher]

This is so exciting Can't wait to hear reviews. It's just awful to feel so in the dark!

[Deleted]

I'm still waiting for Sweet Scarlet live :-(

[JaneB]

Dec 8, 2010 16:49:13 GMT -5 suncatcher said:

This is so exciting Can't wait to hear reviews. It's just awful to feel so in the dark!

Did you order the DVD? No need to be in the dark

[paulo]

I got mine yesterday and have since watched it twice!!

But I must say I am disappointed by the absence of Where do the Children Play, Rubylove, Ruins and Peace Train :-(

The rehearsal footage is well worth having a look at though! Yusuf does an awesome Bob Marley style version of Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard!!!!

[Wambaugh]

I'm really looking forward to mine arriving. Shouldn't be long if other Europeans have got theirs. The UK postal network is slow due to weather now, but hopefully it will be here soon.

Dec 8, 2010 23:58:52 GMT -5 paulo said:

But I must say I am disappointed by the absence of Where do the Children Play, Rubylove, Ruins and Peace Train :-(

It's really strange they left those key Cat songs off the DVD. According to a webmasters comment on Yusuf's site:

Sympathy to those who wanted all the songs to be included but the length and flow of the DVD meant certain decisions needed to be taken by the editor. Most people who didn't see the concerts, however, are over the Moon about it.

I've got concerts on DVD that are 2 hours or longer, so I'm not sure why length would be such an issue.

[tediber]

Regi, the thing about Yusuf's brother falling asleep during his music is something he says on the DVD. He refers to his brother George, who's eighty, apparently, who says he goes to sleep listening to the music. Yusuf thinks he should take it as a compliment!

I didn't even know he had another brother - I'm assuming he did mean an actual brother, of course.

Wambaugh, I hope you've had your DVD by now and that you're enjoying it. Horrible weather that so much of the UK and Europe is having at the moment - doesn't it make you want to be in Australia?

Jo

[JaneB]

Dec 9, 2010 10:14:06 GMT -5 tediber said:

Regi, the thing about Yusuf's brother falling asleep during his music is something he says on the DVD. He refers to his brother George, who's eighty, apparently, who says he goes to sleep listening to the music. Yusuf thinks he should take it as a compliment!

I didn't even know he had another brother - I'm assuming he did mean an actual brother, of course.

Wambaugh, I hope you've had your DVD by now and that you're enjoying it. Horrible weather that so much of the UK and Europe is having at the moment - doesn't it make you want to be in Australia?

Jo

Hmm, his brother's name is David...

[G-One]

I've been astonished too to hear about a 80 year old brother called George, living in Greece.
He's not mentioned anywhere. But that's what Yusuf tells us on the DVD.
But as Yusuf's father married Ingrid at the age of 38 - it may well be, that there are some earlier children :-)

[Deleted]

Dec 9, 2010 11:15:51 GMT -5 G-One said:

I've been astonished too to hear about a 80 year old brother called George, living in Greece.
He's not mentioned anywhere. But that's what Yusuf tells us on the DVD.
But as Yusuf's father married Ingrid at the age of 38 - it may well be, that there are some earlier children :-)

Yes, he has mentionned his half-brother George before, can't remember where I heard or read that. Wasn't George a musician too? Bouzoukia player I think, I may be wrong.

[bookworm]

There is an article from NME June 23, 1973 , called Cat Stevens and a Revolution in Athens that has information and a pic of Yusuf's brother. Go to the Articles section of Majicat and scroll down.

[flemmishfangent]

Dec 9, 2010 10:33:04 GMT -5 JaneB said:

Dec 9, 2010 10:14:06 GMT -5 tediber said:

Regi, the thing about Yusuf's brother falling asleep during his music is something he says on the DVD. He refers to his brother George, who's eighty, apparently, who says he goes to sleep listening to the music. Yusuf thinks he should take it as a compliment!

I didn't even know he had another brother - I'm assuming he did mean an actual brother, of course.

Wambaugh, I hope you've had your DVD by now and that you're enjoying it. Horrible weather that so much of the UK and Europe is having at the moment - doesn't it make you want to be in Australia?

Jo

Hmm, his brother's name is David...

Thanks Jo i did not now he had another brother but i knew it was his dad's second mariage and yes if you are 80 IT CAN HAPPEN YOU FELL IN SLEEP but with that sweet music it so gentle it makes you have a night with the sweetest dreams;
I'm waiting with the DVD TO BUY TILL HE IS IN EUROPE so i hope that is before Newyear (i hope you rea this Majid lol)

[flemmishfangent]

Is there now chance they rehearsel King of trees on the DVD?

[suncatcher]

Dec 9, 2010 12:24:37 GMT -5 bookworm said:

There is an article from NME June 23, 1973 , called Cat Stevens and a Revolution in Athens that has information and a pic of Yusuf's brother. Go to the Articles section of Majicat and scroll down.

Thank you, bookworm! Excellent find!
Here's the link: Cat Stevens And A Revolution In Athens
and a quote:

Although he was brought up in London, his family is related to Greece by less than one generation. He’s more than just another tourist passing through. Why, even the commissionaire at the next-door hotel turns out to be George, his half-brother. Explains Stevens:

"My father was born in Greece and brought up a family before coming to London and doing it all over again."

~Sun~

[suncatcher]

Oh, and here's the picture that bookworm mentioned:

Cat Stevens and his half-brother George Georgiou,
a pavement re-union in Athens.

And here's another quote:

[Cat Stevens is] a complicated man, a stark contrast to his half-brother who has now joined us, a simple straightforward soul.

"You know, the family [is] proud of Steve," says George the Commissionaire, with a pleased smile: "Very proud indeed."

So sweet!

~Sun~

[flemmishfangent]

tHE FAMILY PROUD SAID HIS BROTHER GEORGE BET THEY LOVE HIM SO MUCH THE LITTLE BROTHER

[suncatcher]

Dec 9, 2010 12:46:54 GMT -5 flemmishfangent said:

. . . yes if you are 80 IT CAN HAPPEN YOU FELL IN SLEEP but with that sweet music it so gentle it makes you have a night with the sweetest dreams . . .

I totally agree, Regi, and you don't have to be 80!

[JaneB]

Dec 9, 2010 14:06:03 GMT -5 suncatcher said:

Dec 9, 2010 12:46:54 GMT -5 flemmishfangent said:

. . . yes if you are 80 IT CAN HAPPEN YOU FELL IN SLEEP but with that sweet music it so gentle it makes you have a night with the sweetest dreams . . .

I totally agree, Regi, and you don't have to be 80!

You don't have to even close to 80!

[suncatcher]

Dec 9, 2010 14:12:58 GMT -5 JaneB said:

You don't have to even close to 80!

Ha! Ha! Sweet dreams everyone.

[Deleted]

Dec 9, 2010 12:09:15 GMT -5 glaucus said:

Dec 9, 2010 11:15:51 GMT -5 G-One said:

Yes, he has mentionned his half-brother George before, can't remember where I heard or read that. Wasn't George a musician too? Bouzoukia player I think, I may be wrong.

I must be getting on in years ;D

Remember that Canadian article I posted (and typed!) about Cat recording in Morin Heights? That's where I read it (duh):

"I used to go with Dad to a gambling club and sit around digging the music while he - I don't really know what he was doing," Stevens says with a smile, one of very few that long afternoon. My half-brother, George Georgiou, is a professional bouzouki player.

majicat.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=catstevens&action=display&thread=3373

Scroll down to second article.

[suncatcher]

Oh, good memory, Glaucus! It's not age, it's that you have so much information in your mind to search through.

Great thread - I'm gonna disappear and read the whole thing.

Thanks, Glaucus

~Sun~

[rubylove25]

My DVD arrived today - thats my week end organised :-)

[tediber]

Ah, thank you all for solving the mini mystery! I honestly wondered if I'd misheard!

I'm going off to read the article too now - thanks for the link, Glaucus.

Have a good, Yusuf-filled weekend, everyone!

Jo x

[G-One]

Dec 9, 2010 16:03:18 GMT -5 rubylove25 said:

My DVD arrived today - thats my week end organised :-)

enjoy it