KATMANDU
YUSUF/CAT STEVENS
SONGWRITER: YUSUF ISLAM
HOW: LIVE
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: MONA BONE JAKON
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: POP DEUX
YEAR: 1970
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 N°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.
Mona Bone Jakon is the third studio album by
singer-songwriter Cat Stevens,
released in April 1970 on the Island Records label in the United Kingdom and on A&M in the United
States and Canada.
I sit beside the dark
Beneath the mire
Cold gray dusty day
The mornin' lake
Drinks up the sky
Katmandu, I'll soon be seein' you
And your strange bewilderin' time
Will hold me down
Chop me some broken
wood
We'll start a fire
White warm light the dawn
And help me see
Old Satan's tree
Katmandu, I'll soon be touchin' you
And your strange bewilderin' time
Will hold me down
Pass me my hat and
coat
Lock up the cabin
Slow night treat me right
Until I go
Be nice to know
Katmandu, I'll soon be seein' you
And your strange bewilderin' time
Will keep me home.
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