catchem
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Post by catchem on Sept 12, 2009 10:46:09 GMT -5
Hey everyone  , Just thought I make a thread. Lets see, yeh make a list of your favourite songs(1 to 10) of Yusuf as Cat stevens and as Yusuf. You can also give description where they were sung, what year, what album. Mine goes like this; Yusuf as Cat Stevens1. Father and Son (Island record Promo) 2. Peace Train (Majikat Earth Tour) 3. Lady D'arnville (Majikat Earth Tour) 4. Moonshadow (from Teaser and Firecat Album) 5. The Wind (Teaser and Firecat Album) 6. Wild World (Majikat Earth Tour) 7. Longer Boats extended version (BBC live 1971) 8. Boy with a moon and Star on his head (Catch bull at Four) 9. Sitting (Catch Bull at four) 10. How can I tell you (Teaser and Firecat) Yusuf as Yusuf1. Roadsinger (Roadsinger) 2. World of Darkness (Roadsinger) 3. Where do the children play (Royal Porchester hall performance) 4. In the End (Royal Porchester Hall Performance) 5. Welcome Home (Roadsinger) 6. All Kind of Roses (Roadsinger) 7. Father and Son (Shephard Bush Empire) 8. May there is a world and The Beloved (An other cup) 9. Dream on... (Roadsinger) 10. One day at a time (An other cup) I must admit when writing the list of my favourite songs, I felt it unfair to restrict it to top 10 because all of yusuf songs fall into the top anyway. Have fun making your list and have a great weekend  . Peace. |
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on Sept 13, 2009 11:29:31 GMT -5
Great topic, catchem! We Majicatters will have fun with this one. Talk about having an embarrassment of riches to choose from... wow!  For the purpose of my lists, I shall include only 'officially released' recordings... Yusuf as Cat Stevens (Subject to change... D-A-I-L-Y!): 1) King of Trees (Buddha & The Chocolate Box, 1974) 2) Lilywhite (Mona Bone Jakon, 1970) 3) How Can I Tell You (Teaser & The Firecat, 1971) 4) Oh Very Young (Buddha & The Chocolate Box, 1974) 5) Into White (Tea For The Tillerman, 1970) 6) The Wind (Teaser & The Firecat, 1971) 7) I Want To Live In A Wigwam (Mona Bone Jakon sessions, '70) 8) Two Fine People (Greatest Hits, 1975) 9) Jzero (Numbers, 1975) 10) Just Another Night (Back To Earth, 1978) Yusuf as Yusuf (Loved the way you put that, catchem!): 1) Thinking 'Bout You (Roadsinger, 2009) 2) Midday [Avoid City After Dark] (An Other Cup, 2006) 3) Welcome Home (Roadsinger, 2009) 4) Maybe There's A World (An Other Cup, 2006) 5) Peace Train (Footsteps In The Light, 2006) 6) Roadsinger (Roadsinger, 2009) 7) Be What You Must (Roadsinger, 2009) 8) One Day At A Time (An Other Cup, 2006) 9) Wild World [Bana, Bana] (Footsteps In The Light, 2006) 10) Greenfields, Golden Sands (An Other Cup, 2006) Whew! One of the hardest things I've ever had to do... but I had one heck of a good time doing it. -Bud |
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Post by catchem on Sept 13, 2009 14:43:05 GMT -5
Sir Lorry Load, I am glad you enjoyed making the list but I must confess that list was rather hard to make myself. Like you said too many gems too little to choose. Have a great sunday. |
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Post by JaneB on Sept 13, 2009 15:16:20 GMT -5
I cheated with Yusuf as Yusuf - I have 11 songs on that list. I don't know why it was harder to whittle that list down to 10, but it was. Here goes:
Yusuf as Cat Stevens
Fill My Eyes (Mona Bone Jakon)
How Can I Tell You (9 Lives Demo Track)
Last Love Song (Back to Earth)
Lady D'Arbanville (Mona Bone Jakon)
Peace Train (9 Lives Demo Track)
Child for a Day (Izitso)
O Caritas (Catch Bull at Four)
100 I Dream (Foreigner)
King of Trees (Buddha and the Chocolate Box)
Drywood (Numbers)
Yusuf as Yusuf
Welcome Home (Roadsinger)
Thinking ‘Bout You (Roadsinger)
Roadsinger (Roadsinger)
Boots and Sand (As sung on the Chris Isaak Hour April 2009)
Greenfields, Golden Sands (An Other Cup)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (An Other Cup)
The Rain (Roadsinger)
Be What You Must (Roadsinger)
Blackness of the Night (as performed at the BBC Radio Theatre 6-3-2009)
Heaven / Where True Love Goes (An Other Cup)
Midday (Avoid City After Dark) (An Other Cup)
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on Sept 13, 2009 15:39:27 GMT -5
Sir Lorry Load, I am glad you enjoyed making the list but I must confess that list was rather hard to make myself. Like you said too many gems too little to choose. Have a great sunday. Thank you so much, catchem, and I hope that you are having a nice Sunday, as well. I greatly enjoyed reading the lists that you and Jane formulated, and I can't wait to see what some more of our fellow Majicatters choose as their top ten favorites. Again, you've come up with a really neat topic!  -Bud |
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Post by Vivian on Sept 13, 2009 21:10:09 GMT -5
Hey everyone , Just thought I make a thread. Lets see, yeh make a list of your favourite songs(1 to 10) of Yusuf as Cat stevens and as Yusuf. You can also give description where they were sung, what year, what album. Mine goes like this; Yusuf as Cat Stevens1. Father and Son (Island record Promo) 2. Peace Train (Majikat Earth Tour) 3. Lady D'arnville (Majikat Earth Tour) 4. Moonshadow (from Teaser and Firecat Album) 5. The Wind (Teaser and Firecat Album) 6. Wild World (Majikat Earth Tour) 7. Longer Boats extended version (BBC live 1971) 8. Boy with a moon and Star on his head (Catch bull at Four) 9. Sitting (Catch Bull at four) 10. How can I tell you (Teaser and Firecat) Yusuf as Yusuf1. Roadsinger (Roadsinger) 2. World of Darkness (Roadsinger) 3. Where do the children play (Royal Porchester hall performance) 4. In the End (Royal Porchester Hall Performance) 5. Welcome Home (Roadsinger) 6. All Kind of Roses (Roadsinger) 7. Father and Son (Shephard Bush Empire) 8. May there is a world and The Beloved (An other cup) 9. Dream on... (Roadsinger) 10. One day at a time (An other cup) I must admit when writing the list of my favourite songs, I felt it unfair to restrict it to top 10 because all of yusuf songs fall into the top anyway. Have fun making your list and have a great weekend . Peace. This is a toughie, but I'll give it a shot. Yusuf as Cat 1. I love my dog-BBC 1971 2. Rubylove-Teaser and the firecat 3. Katmandu-French TV 1970 4. Boy with the moon and star....ABC special 5. Morning has Broken....ABC special 6. Silent Sunlight---Catch Bull at four 7. Banapple Gas....Majicat tour 8. Peace Train....Majicat Tour 9. Father and Son Majicat Tour 10. Moonshadow-Teaser and the Firecat Yusuf as Yusuf 1. maybe theres a World....Nobel Peace Prize 2. Roadsinger.....Jay Leno show 3. Saturn....Earth Day concert.Yeah I know it's a Stevie Wonder Cover 4. Father and Son--Porchester Hall 5. Where do the Children Play...Porchester Hall 6. Indian Ocean 7. Heaven-Where true love is----An Other Cup 8. Peace Train......Earth Day concert 9. Wild World(BANA BANA) Nelson Mandela concert for AIDS 10. Welcome Home(RoadSinger) I would like to mention an honerable mention, as I;m not quite sure where this goes but: Child for a Day-Year of the Child concert-he walked on the stage as Cat but walked off as Yusuf! And yes, I reserve the right to change my mind at a split second notice. Peace,Vivian |
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on Sept 14, 2009 10:53:47 GMT -5
Say, Viv, I really like your list (I love the fact that you have included Yusuf's appearance on Jay Leno!), and may I say that you have exquisite taste! I see that Jane has included selections from the "9 Lives" demo recordings that were done at Morgan Studios in her top ten. Wow, is that a SUPERB collection! A very kind and thoughtful Majicatter generously provided me with a copy of this gem, and I just can't play it enough. In fact, if I were to have included selections other than 'official/commercial' releases among my "Yusuf as Cat Stevens" top ten, a majority of 'em might very well have been from "9 Lives"... it is that great! -Bud |
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Post by aurelia on Sept 22, 2009 12:47:44 GMT -5
Cat Stevens
1. Peace train
2. Ruins
3. How can i tell you
4. I think i see the light (piano version)
5. Fill my eyes
6. Boy with a moon and Star on his head
7. The first cut is the deepest
8. I wish i wish
9. Miles from nowhere
10. Blakness of the night
Yusuf as Yusuf
1.Tala al Badru Alayna
2.Welcome home
3. Wind east and west
4. Midday(settee version)
5. All kind of roses
6. The rain
7. Where the children paly?(Shephard Bush Empire)
8. Saturn(live earth)
9.Salli ala Muhammad
10. Angel of war
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Post by soitis on Dec 2, 2009 17:18:08 GMT -5
My Yusuf/Cat top 11......
1. Lady D'arnville -This rose will never die, this rose will never die
2.Morning has Broken-God’s recreation of the new day
3.Can This Be Love-So don't treat me rough
4.Home in the Sky-Come the morning I’ll be far from here
5.Father-Is it true what they say,
That life is a dream?
6.Peace Train-Everyone jump upon the peace train
7. In the End -There’ll be nowhere else to run – in the end
8.Two Fine People-Two fine people should love each other
9.Welcome Home-Time rolls on, and so we travel on
10.Wild World-But if you wanna leave, take good care
11.Father and Son-Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go – away
and so on and so on
I wonder if we could chose The No 1
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Post by downunder72 on Dec 2, 2009 18:16:45 GMT -5
Even though I often come to this page to read everyones favourites, and think "yes that's my favourite too", I have not yet attempted to make such a list. It would take a lot of thought, but it's so nice to be reminded of all the different versions of some songs. Soitis, I really liked how you also wrote the words that stand out in your mind, next to your favourite songs. I think we relate to some words in a special way. They seem to touch our heart with a sweet ache. Can't explain it any other way. |
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Post by tiffany on Dec 3, 2009 12:39:16 GMT -5
Welcome to those who listed many of their faves by Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, and hope to interest you with a few of mine, so here's to name a few starting with these ones which I play on the zither.
As Cat Stevens
1. The Wind (Teaser)
2 Where Do The Children Play (Tillerman)
3. Miles From Nowhere (Tillerman)
4. How Can I Tell You (Teaser
5. Moonshadow (Teaser)
6. Oh Very Young (Buddha)
7. Peace Train (Teaser)
8. Longer Boats (Tillerman)
9. Into White (Tillerman
10 Fill My Eyes (Mona Bone Jakon(
11. Trouble (Mona Bone Jakon)
12. Lilywhite (Mona Bone Jakon)
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Post by tiffany on Dec 3, 2009 12:59:24 GMT -5
Yusuf as Yusuf Here are some of Sonia's faves, which really lifts her heart:
1. Maybe There's A World (An Other Cup)
2. Midday (City After Dark) (An Other Cup)
3. In The End (An Other Cup)
4. There Is Peace (An Other Cup)
5. Roadsinger (Roadsinger)
6. Thinking 'Bout You (Roadsinger)
7. Oh Very Young (Buddha)
8. All Kinds Of Roses (Roadsinger)
9. Boy With The Moon And Star On His Head (Catch Bull at Four)
10 Where Do The Children Play (Tillerman
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Post by soitis on Dec 3, 2009 17:20:42 GMT -5
Soitis, I really liked how you also wrote the words that stand out in your mind, next to your favourite songs. I think we relate to some words in a special way. They seem to touch our heart with a sweet ache. Can't explain it any other way. Thank you my dear, Yes,these are the words that touch me with a sweet ache.That is the reason why I like THIS MAN so much. Soitis |
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Post by tiffany on Dec 4, 2009 14:43:30 GMT -5
Still in the Cat Stevens era, and here are some faves which my parents like to listen to, but with just my vocals, starting with my Dad's favourite.
As Cat Stevens
Sad Lisa
Father & Son
Hard-Headed Woman
The Boy With The Moon And Star On His Head
I Never Wanted (To Be A Star (IZITSO)
I'm Gonna Be King
Blackness Of The Night (with zither)
Crazy (IZITSO)
Wild World
Where Do The Children Play
Miles From Nowhere
But I do love to play my zither, and pick each chord to make a pitched sound, to sing along with it
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Post by tiffany on Dec 4, 2009 14:49:49 GMT -5
And, last, but by no means least, more favourites of mine
How about
Where Are You
Just Another Night
Child For A Day
Daytime
Roadsinger
Katmandu
The View From the Top and many others
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Post by tiffany on Dec 5, 2009 13:34:15 GMT -5
AND HERE'S A FEW MORE OF THE FAVES
How about
Morning Has Broken
I Want To Live In A Wigwam
Foreigner Suite
How Many Times
Last Love Song
Randy
Don't Be Shy
I've Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on Dec 5, 2009 13:51:41 GMT -5
AND HERE'S A FEW MORE OF THE FAVES How about Morning Has Broken I Want To Live In A Wigwam Foreigner Suite How Many Times Last Love Song Randy Don't Be Shy I've Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old Hey, Tiff, I really like all of the choices that you've been listing. I'd especially like to wish you and your Mom a glorious time at the Yusuf concert at the RAH in London. I know how long you've waited for this evening, and I am so happy for you that the big night is near. To Tiffany, her Mom, and to all you Majicatter attendees: enjoy the times of your lives at the upcoming shows (which I know that you will)... and then please hurry back to Majicat to tell us every memorable detail (which you always so thoughtfully do)! -Bud |
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Post by tiffany on Dec 5, 2009 17:02:35 GMT -5
Great hearing from you, Bud, and as I always say in all of my emails "many grateful and kind thanks for thinking of me. Yes, the 8th is on its way, and Mum and I are looking forward to seeing Yusuf's performance live at the RAH, and yes, this is the event we've waited eagerly for, since his coverting to the Islamic faith, which us fans were mystified, unwilling, and unable to understand why the music ended abruptly, but we're all glad to hear that his music brought us back, after all this time.
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Post by catchem on Dec 23, 2009 14:43:16 GMT -5
My latest list goes as follows;
Yusuf as Cat
1. Sweet Scarlet (Catch bull at four)
2. Home (Numbers)
3. I want to live in a wigwam (Footsteps in the dark)
4. Sitting (Catch bull at four)
5. Child for a day (Izitso)
6. Blackness of the night ( The New Masters)
7. I love my Dog (Matthew and Son)
8. On the Road to find out (BBC 1971)
9. The view from the Top (New Masters)
10. Changes IV (Teaser and the Firecat)
Yusuf as Yusuf
1. God is the light (footsteps in the Light)
2. Dont let me be misunderstood (Another cup)
3. Father and son (Shepard bush's empire'09)
4. Wild world (Zulu version RAH)
5. Tuesdays dead (RAH 09)
6. Where do the children play (RAH 09)
7. World of Darkness (Roadsinger)
8. The Wind (Live in Naples)
9. lilywhite new chorus (Guess I take my time tour 09)
10. Here comes my baby (Guess I take my time tour 09)
woooooho! it was hard as always to compile the list. But thats what I have been listening to lately, lovely songs.
peace.
Catchem
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valleycreeper
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Post by valleycreeper on Jan 17, 2010 2:55:24 GMT -5
I've never heard anything recorded as Yusuf. A low fixed income is mostly responsible for that, including a computer with very limited capabilities.
Miles From Nowhere
Trouble
Maybe You're Right
Hard Headed Woman
I Wish I Wish
Katmandu
I Think I See The Light
Lilywhite
Where Do The Children Play?
But I Might Die Tonight
Sad Lisa
I hate not getting to other albums, but MBJ and TftT tower over the others so much that I really couldn't...
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Post by richina on Jan 17, 2010 11:16:18 GMT -5
I'm sorry you can't enjoy Yusuf's latest stuff Creeper. You are really missing a treat....but hey, we only got him back a few years ago so there's still time for you to catch up! If you have to live with only his older music...well, you could do worse! Like none at all  ...I shiver at the thought! Enjoy what you have, we ALL know how fabulous it is! ;D  ;D |
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Post by Katmandu on Apr 22, 2010 13:46:48 GMT -5
1) Sitting(the first song that got my attention)
2)Time/Fill My Eyes
3)Katmandu
4)Tuesday's Dead
5)Where Do the Children Play
6)On the Road to Find Out
7)Moonshadow
8)Angelsea
9)18th Avenue
10)Father&Son
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Post by tiffany on Apr 25, 2010 6:56:17 GMT -5
When I was fourteen, I was introduced to a stringed musical instrument known as the zither, and ever since then, I've had great fun playing it. I play it by using the chords, to make a gentle tone. I like playing this zither, and I sing along with it. At the moment I'm writing a song about Cat/Yusuf, which I hope all fans of Majikat will enjoy hearing very soon, with other Cat Stevens songs.
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valleycreeper
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Post by valleycreeper on May 27, 2010 3:52:53 GMT -5
Well, now I want to play the zither. It's like when you hear someone else has a fly in his soup, suddenly you want one too.... I'd love to be able to say to someone, "I play the zither, you know." "Zither" is fun to say as well. Zither.
Thanks belatedly, richina!
My thought when looking through all these favorites lists tonight is first, how radically different they are, not at all greatest hits lists which is what I might have expected, given how people tend to go with what's popular....
My main thought is that it's interesting to look at the top ten of each individual (Cat, since I still don't know a single Yusuf song), linger on the choices... then try to get a feel for what the individual listener is like, based on an amalgamation of the emotional impressions from all of the songs. The lists are all very different. None of these lists are what I'd have guessed any one person would have chosen. There are surprises with every choice. What, she lists x as #1... and y as #2?! Often I can't imagine the personality that would combine those #1 and #2 choices.
That's a good thing. Individual personalities should confound our expectations. We should be surrounded in life by an infinite crowd of apparently impossible people, who like impossible combinations of things as if it were the most natural thing in the world. We should not be easily understandable to each other, because that's the adventure of life.
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Post by Wambaugh on Jun 26, 2010 7:20:09 GMT -5
Cat era:
1. Father & Son
2. The Wind
3. Tuesday's Dead
4. Where Do The Children Play?
5. Lilywhite
6. Fill My Eyes
7. I Want To Live In A Wigwam
8. King of Trees
9. I've Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old
10. Oh Very Young
Yusuf:
1. Midday
2. Roadsinger
3. The Rain
4. Boots & Sand
5. Welcome Home
6. Maybe There's A World
7. In The End
8. Greenfields, Golden Sands
9. All Kinds of Roses
10. Thinking 'Bout You
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Post by ilovemycat on Jun 26, 2010 21:22:02 GMT -5
Playing this game is a bit masochistic - its just too hard! But I'm a trooper and I will do it anyway...
Foreigner Suite
Rubylove
The Beloved
O'Caritas
Can this be Love
Two Fine People
Dream On/All Kinds of Roses
If I Laugh
Oh Very Young
Changes IV
Can't keep it In
Whistlestar
and I could not agree more with your last paragraph there valleycreeper.
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Post by valleycreeper on Jun 27, 2010 4:36:42 GMT -5
and I could not agree more with your last paragraph there valleycreeper. Cool... |
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