Steven Demetre Georgiou, dit Cat Stevens, est un chanteur, musicien et auteur-compositeur britannique né le 21 juillet 1948 à Londres. Après avoir rencontré un grand succès dans les années 1970, il se convertit à l'islam en décembre 1977 et prend le nom de Yusuf Islam. Il abandonne la musique pour se consacrer à diverses causes philanthropiques. Toutefois, il revient à la musique dans les années 1990 et entame, en 2010, une tournée internationale. Wikipedia
“Come the morning I’ll be far from here
Slowly rising in another sphere”
Home In The Sky
Song lyrics, Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
“Her breath a warm fire
In every lovers heart
A mistress to magicians
And a dancer to the gods”
Angelsea
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Miles From Nowhere
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
As quoted in "Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie," by Craig R. Whitney, in The New York Times (23 May 1989), p. C18 http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html
(I Never Wanted) To Be A Star
Song lyrics, Izitso (1977)
The First Cut Is the Deepest, from New Masters (1967)
Song lyrics
Silent Sunlight
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Lady D'Arbanville
Song lyrics, Mona Bone Jakon (1970)
“How can I tell you that I love you, I love you
But I can’t think of right words to say.”
How Can I Tell You
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
“I listen to the wind
To the wind of my soul
Where I’ll end up well I think,
Only God really knows”
The Wind
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
Father and Son
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
“O love! O love!
Be with us always
We who will perish salute death
Life alone goes on!”
O caritas, O caritas
nobis semper sit amor
mos perituri mortem salutamus — ah, ah
sola resurgit vita
O caritas, O caritas
nobis semper sit amor
mos perituri mortem salutamus — ah, ah
sola resurgit vita
"O' Caritas" (co-written with Andreas Toumazis and Jeremy Taylor)
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Tea For The Tillerman
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Father and Son
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
“I don’t want to work away
Doing just what they all say”
But I Might Die Tonight
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
Miles From Nowhere
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
“She moves like and angel
And seven evening stars
Dance through the window
Of her universal house”
Angelsea
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)
“Life is a journey, you know; and a lot of journeys, you go out, you come back.”
From an interview with Yusuf Islam on London Tonight, an ITV (UK) television news programme, 8th December 2009
Changes IV
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
Hard Headed Woman
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
Tuesday's Dead
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
As quoted in "Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie" by Craig R. Whitney, in The New York Times (23 May 1989), p. C18
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out, originally recorded for the 1971 film Harold and Maude
Song lyrics, Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits (1984)
Moonshadow
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)
“All those days are frozen now and all those scars are gone
Ah, but the song carries on … so holy”
Sweet Scarlet
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)
“And if my mind breaks up
In all so many ways
I know the meaning of
The words, “I love you””
King of Trees
Song lyrics, Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
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