MOONSHADOW
CAT
STEVENS
SONGWRITER: ISLAM YUSUF
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: TEASER AND THE FURECAT
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1971
Yusuf Islam(born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21
July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf/Cat
Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical
style consists of folk, pop,
rock, and, later in his career, Islamic music.
He returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2014.
His 1967 debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son"
both reached top ten in the UK charts. Stevens' albums Tea for the
Tillerman(1970) and Teaser and
the Firecat(1971) were certified triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four went to Nº 1 on Billboard Pop Albums and spent weeks at the top of
several major charts. He earned ASCAP songwriting
awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First Cut
Is the Deepest", which has been a hit for
four artists. His other hit songs include "Father and
Son", "Wild World",
"Moonshadow",
"Peace Train",
and "Morning Has Broken".
In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam and adopted the
name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all of his guitars
for charity, and left his musical career to devote himself to educational and
philanthropic causes in the Muslim community.
He has since bought back at least one of these guitars as a result of the
efforts of his son Yoriyos. He was embroiled in a long-running controversy
regarding comments he made in 1989 about the death fatwa on author Salman Rushdie.
His current stance
is that he never supported the fatwa: "I was cleverly framed by certain
questions. I never supported the fatwa." He has received two
honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace as well as other humanitarian
awards.
In 2006, he returned to pop music by
releasing his first new studio album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. With
that release and subsequent ones, he dropped the surname "Islam" from
the album cover art – using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym. In 2009,
he released the album Roadsinger and, in
2014, he released the album Tell 'Em I'm Gone and began his first US tour since 1978. His second North American
tour since his resurgence, featuring 12 shows in intimate venues, ran from 12
September to 7 October 2016. In 2017, he released the album The Laughing Apple,
now using the stage name Yusuf/Cat Stevens, using the Cat Stevens name for the
first time in 39 years. In September 2020, he released Tea for the
Tillerman, a reimagining of his classic
album Tea for the Tillerman to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio
album by Cat Stevens,
released in October 1971. English keyboardist Rick Wakeman played
piano on "Morning Has Broken"
and English musician Linda Lewis also
contributed vocals on "How Can I Tell You". At the Australian 1972 King of
Pop Awards the album won Biggest Selling L.P
Yes, I'm being
followed by a moonshadow
Moonshadow, moonshadow
Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow
Moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my
hands
Lose my plow, lose my land
Oh, if I ever lose my hands
Oh, if, I won't have to work no more
And if I ever lose my
eyes
If my colours all run dry
Yes, if I ever lose my eyes
Oh, if, I won't have to cry no more
Yes, I'm being
followed by a moonshadow
Moonshadow, moonshadow
Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow
Moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my
legs
I won't moan, and I won't beg
Oh, if I ever lose my legs
Oh, if, I won't have to walk no more
And if I ever lose my
mouth
All my teeth, north and south
Yes, if I ever lose my mouth
Oh, if, I won't have to talk
Did it take long to
find me?
I ask the faithful light
Oh, did it take long to find me?
And, are you gonna stay the night?
I'm being followed by
a moonshadow
Moonshadow, moonshadow
Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow
Moonshadow, moonshadow
Moonshadow,
moonshadow
Moonshadow, moonshadow
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