Cat Stevens' rendition of Morning Has Broken is beyond beautiful. I get teary-eyed every time I hear it. ❤️ Peace Train is another fantastic track of his! Wild World... Amazing!💯❤️ Chris Cornell guested on this, with Cat, at a live show~ wonderful version!

@mspfinney

4 жыл бұрын

In Junior High choir we sang Morning Has Broken for one of our concerts. I’ve always loved that song. I haven’t heard it in awhile but just the thought of it brings back good memories! ❤️😁

@MyrnaMinkoff-yy4qd

4 жыл бұрын

Moonshadow is a great song too.

@MyrnaMinkoff-yy4qd

4 жыл бұрын

Moonshadow is a great song too.

In a time when heavy rock was the standard, it took a lot of talent to walk on stage with an acoustic guitar and have everyone in the palm of your hand withing minutes.

@hectorsmommy1717

4 жыл бұрын

Side-by-side with the rock in the late 60's and 70's was the whole singer-songwriter genre (which I was really into). Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Carole King, John Denver, Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristiofferson, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt (although she did not write songs), JD Souther, and on and on. Yes, all they needed was a microphone and guitar or piano. Backing bands were typically just a couple of people. No flash, just great singers and musicians playing great music.

@netzahuacoyotl

4 жыл бұрын

Read that in Morgan Freeman voice.

@hetherpickwell5174

4 жыл бұрын

Folk singers were quite big with the hippy crowd.....was was born in 72 and my mom introduced to my greatest love...late 60s and 70s music!

One of the all time greatest songwriter of the 70’s. We had Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Heart, Harry Chapen, Carole King. Its what made 70’s music ageless.

@haveuforgotten

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Jim Croce

@olefosshaug5565

3 жыл бұрын

70’s is the definition of great music

This is one of the best songs of all time. Cat Stevens was amazing.

@olefosshaug5565

3 жыл бұрын

Still is :)

His song, "Father and Son" was featured on "Gardians of the Galaxy II"

Cat has the most peaceful face I've ever seen on a human being...He's a brilliant artist, his inner peace radiated like a sun when he was doing Tea for the Tillerman or Buddha in the Chocolate box tours...Peace Train, Morning has Broken, Father to Son are some of his best...Watch a live video of him...Just watch his face...No arrogance, just love.

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is a tremendously talented musician. A couple of songs that I wish you react to is "Morning Has Broken" and "Peace Train".

@robertalcala899

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Foshee yes he's a teleconference soldier

@timliston9450

4 жыл бұрын

Love morning has broken this song truly shows his talent because it is a different melody from his normal work.

@me-pm6mx

4 жыл бұрын

Born Steven Demetre Georgiou July 1948. To me, he will always be known as Cat Stevens.

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

3 жыл бұрын

@@me-pm6mx You are correct. All the stuff we are listening to is when he was known as Cat Stevens.

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

3 жыл бұрын

If you are going to use the names Yusuf ? Cat then you have to include Steven Demetre Georgiou. We are not listening to Yusuf we are listening to Cat Stevens. When Yusuf releases something as Yusuf that is when we say Yusuf. Capiche? No malice intended.

I may get in trouble for saying this,but I thought he was one of the finest looking white guys around at the time this song came out. Father and Son and Hard headed Woman are an added bonus. Thanks for choosing this song!

@penname5766

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he was hot! Still is.

@lelleithmurray235

4 жыл бұрын

@Robert Lee Well hello Robert.I didn't realize someone would reply to my comment. You and I both know that there are STILL some misguided souls who can't wrap their minds around anything interracial. Doesn't matter what color you are,you all look the same naked! Same thing can be said about personalities.

@mqb5151

4 жыл бұрын

you should always say what you feel...everyone can go jump in a river...All Lives Matter

@karenvanorden6711

4 жыл бұрын

The song " Anticipation" qas actually written about him. And here we thought it was about ketchup

Omg I love this song! Thank you for this one! This song was popular before I was born but it’s one of my faves! Mr. Big covered it in the late 80’s or early 90’s! My mom loved it and she passed away so I think of her🥰. Cat Stevens actually did a rendition of Morning Has Broken which was a traditional hymn. It’s excellent & was originally written around the 30’s, I believe.

It was in a movie called Harold and Maude. And it's been in commercials....

@debieee

4 жыл бұрын

It is great how the younger generation is introduced to all the great songs through tv and movies :)

@madmann5373

4 жыл бұрын

That is a blast from the past,love that movie.

@me-pm6mx

4 жыл бұрын

@@madmann5373 One of my top five movies of all time. I saw it as the 2nd movie under the top movie playing. Sounded like everyone in the theatre applauded yelled and screamed because they liked it. It's a movie you really should see it twice to catch the nuances in the movie. Her having been in a concentration camp for example.

@madmann5373

4 жыл бұрын

Been watching that movie as much as Star wars, that is 40 years.

@me-pm6mx

4 жыл бұрын

@@madmann5373 Great movies can be like great music. Once is never enough.

As a military family living in Germany in the 1980s, we had only one English TV channel (Armed Forces Network (AFN)) But my parents had loads of vinyl records. One of them was Cat Stevens Greatest Hits. I think we wore the record out playing it so much. 😉

Father and son is one of the most beautiful songs you'll ever hear.

Cat Steven's was the real deal. As cool as they come.

I was in the Navy in the '70's. Got turned on to a lot of different music! One of my roommates was from Detroit and got me listening to Bob Segar!

I have always loved Cat Stevens. I was in high school in the 70's and had some of his albums. I think I wore them out playing them over and over. I thought he was pretty cute back then too! Loved his dark eyes and the plucking on his guitar. I like plucking better than strumming on a guitar and he did a lot of that.

Excellent choice. Have always loved this song since I was young.

This was written after his break up with Patti D'Arbenville, who is an actress. He wrote another song. Lady D'Arbenville. for her too.

I grew up on Cat Stevens my mom absolutely adored him and Chuck Mangione

@lelleithmurray235

4 жыл бұрын

Your mum has good taste!

The song was in "Harold and Maude", however, according to Cat Stevens it uses chords and progressions that are very commonly used in Spanish music, so it might be that that makes it seem familiar. Also, it's been covered multiple times, every body from Jimmy Cliff and Bette Midler to James Blunt and Garth Brooks and Bastille.

Love this one. Gold old classic.

Waiting for this one. It's one of my favorites. I had Buddah and the Chocolate Box back in the day. Unfortunately our stereo was stolen and this was in it.

60s and 70s had the best music of all time. We had Motown, Classic Rock and Folk all from the greatest artist ever

Love Cat Stevens. Especially this song.

Love Cat Stevens music started listening way back in my teens That was sooo long ago, so many great memories. This music makes me smile everytime...♡

Wore the album Tea for the Tillerman out in college.

Love this song! Love the lyrics! The voice, the melody! Thanks MRM! God bless!! ❤️

Father and Son and Moon Shadow.

@debieee

4 жыл бұрын

Moon Shadow was another one of my favorites, I will have listen to the other one

@penname5766

4 жыл бұрын

Debbie B. You'll know Father and Son when you hear it. Everybody does.

One of my favourite singer/songwriters of all time !!!!!

In my high school years (1970) if you played a guitar (acoustic) you had to be able to play a lot of Cat Steven's music. Him, Jim Croce, early Eagles all kept me very busy learning new songs and styles (and let's not forget Janis Ian and her great songs). Cat Stevens has had a very interesting life, but a great voice and musical style. You have heard this song most recently in a commercial.

An oldie but a goodie, have always liked this song. It has a nice melody that feels light and bright, the lyrics are good as well.

Thank you for all you’re doing man great work🙌🏾🙌🏾👌🏾

Cat Stevens song, “I can’t keep it in”, now this is a poetic song!!

Please listen to morning has broken by cat Stevens. It always makes me cry.

Thanks for another great reaction. I really dig the way you always listen to the whole song and take them in before commenting. Keep them coming!

"Peace Train", "On The Road To Find Out", "Another Saturday Night" are other great Cat Stevens' songs.

Wow this is a major flash back to the 70's. One of my sisters was really into his music and we would listen to it for hours

TY it has been ages since i have played any Cat Stevens music..so was a wonderful reminder of the talent of the man now called Yusuf Islam..Tea For The Tillerman is such a wonderful album full of beautiful songs so you must do yourself a favour and play some more from this lovely man Keep Strong Keep Safe

He wrote this song about the actress Patti D'Arbanville. She was in Modern Problems with Chevy Chase.

I can't believe I missed another one, Notifications a day late. This is a great song, love it. I was a Mom or going to be with my second son when this came out.

His rendition of morning has broken is maybe one of the top 1o songs in my list of unforgettable songs.

His songs have been used in 162 movies. He was one of the big guitar/piano/singers/writers that were around in the early 70s. Probably an artist too...

You have probably heard his song “Morning has broken” in church. My favorite is “ Oh very young”. Hopefully you will react to one of them.

@timliston9450

4 жыл бұрын

It is cool I love Morning has broken. A nice fact is that it is often played during Easter holidays and is found in many hymn books of many faiths. I Believe as Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam wants.

@timliston9450

4 жыл бұрын

@UCuzE94U6gsZfWQ8AYipYJOw Yeah but in the hymn books Cat Stevens is credited.

@izzonj

4 жыл бұрын

It was a church song long before Cat Stevens sang it!

Takes me back to Jr. High and High School. Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf, is a wonder. Walked away from music for a number of years to follow his religion, and finally found his balance. He is a great songwriter/singer and has several you might enjoy. My personal favorite is "Father and Son" and "Where Will the Children Play" is a second emotional song. One of the best might be "Morning Has Broken." It is transformative and fills me with gratitude.

Cat Stevens left the record business and became a devout religious person, in a big way. He returned later with much the same voice, only older. We liked him very much.

Great artist and song!

It was in the Harold and Maude soundtrack (an offbeat, darkly humored film). But I grew up with it on the easy listening channel, along with Oh Very Young and the ever beautifully moving Morning Has Broken. Perfect combination of voice, instrument, and lyrics.

Morning has Broken I first encountered in the Methodist Hymnal when I was maybe 10 (that was 1967). It is absolutely beautiful.

One of my favorite artist back in the 70's for sure. I don't remember the movie though. Sorry Ty. Maybe someone mentioned the movie already. Cat Stevens has some awesome songs. Very catchy tunes at that.

Morning Has Broken is a great song he did too. I think you'd love it! Also a band called Mr. Big did a version of THIS song here. I heard it back in the 80's and it led me to this one. It's also worth a listen on your own at least. :) Cat Stevens one though has been in several series. If you go to IMDB and search his name then click on the name itself when it comes up, it will show which songs were in which movies and series. Mostly in series I notice. Most of which I don't recognize, but a few I do. :)

Ahhhh my music of the 70’s.

Ty, Maxi Priest covered this track late 80's ,lovers rock reggae sound ( I prefer Maxi's version, but don't tell the others).

I was born in 1982 but both my parents love 1960s and a bit of 70s and in the car at the weekends and mum cooking Sunday lunch I always remember cat Stevens being played,there was a UK tv series called heart beat and it was based in the 1960s and so they used a lot of cat Stevens,dusty Springfield and other 1960s music during the show

I think the fact it sounds familiar made it such a hit for Cat stevens. Ty, I think you got off on the gentle reggae. By the way I like who you are

I love you. To answer your question-I don’t know. Keep up the great work.

He had a very distinctive voice and his songs showed his spiritual searching. I had tea for the tilman 8 track cassette. Didn’t see in his songs that he would turn muslin.

This was my oldest daughters lullabye.

Ohh, you changed your outro music. Hadn't seen one of your vids in a while and when it came to the end I was looking forward to the music. Ah well. I love this song, mainly for how the guitar is so closely recorded - all that great picking - and of course the lyrics. I only heard it first about 10 years ago, and I don't remember where or why, but I had a friend/fellow student/colleague who is quite spiritual and she would sign off emails with "take good care." I'd never seen/heard it phrased that way, with "good" in there. So every time I hear it now, I think of her. (The phrase and the song...) BTW, I'm glad you did the studio audio with whatever fan vid - it's so much clearer and better than some of the live performances you could find.

The song was in Patrick Melrose (starring Benedict Cumberbatch), which was on TV a year or two ago.

The move Harold & Maude included this and other Cat Stevens songs. I think this is the one you're thinking about.

I think his best is "Morning has Broken" ..I think you would really like it

@sheilameyers152

4 жыл бұрын

Use to sing "Morning has Broken"with my preschool class... they loved it!

This song was a part of the cult classic Harold and Maude a old movie from about 1972 if you get a change check it out. The movie has earned the title of cult classic.

Finally got to Cat Stevens! LOVE this song! Now react to Morning Has Broken, Father and Son and Moonshadow.

Not sure we're you may have heard it, but I use to go to sleep listening to his music on an 8 track back in the early 70's.

Not forgetting Matthew and Son!

Crikey not heard this for yonks, we had such good music in my youth

Connie Leighton I remember when a ticket to see all these artists was about 5.50 and yes that’s five dollars and fifty cents. I think I saw everyone from back in the day. Cat Stevens was a favorite.

I think his most beautiful song is Oh Very Young

Love Cat, two of my personal favourites are Matthew And Son and Lady D'Arbanville.

The bass in this is almost inaudible. It's awesome.

I love this song

My favorite Cat Stevens song.

I was a hippie and this song dug deep into me.

Funny how everybody that hears this for the first time always feel like they’ve heard it.

God, I love this song

Cat Stevens, a British singer-songwriter, absolutely conquered the musical world in the late 70',s and then while he was on top, promptly walked away from all of it. He converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusaf Islam, auctioning all of his guitars off for charity. And then he followed his faith and did not return to music again until almost 30 years later in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

The song "Wild World" has been in several movies and television shows. It's hard to pinpoint the one you would know it from. It's like the song "What A Wonderful World" by Louie Armstrong, or Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," or like how most movies depicting the Vietnam War will have at least one song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on the soundtrack.

I can't find it anywhere, but I seem to remember this song being used in a cartoon movie for kids. If not "Finding Nemo" or "Shark Tale" then some other underwater move like them. One character starts singing the song in Cat Stevens style, and a rasta looking octopus says, "No, not like that" and starts to sing it reggae, Jimmy Cliff style. I've never tried alcohol or drugs, so I don't think I hallucinated it, but I can't find it at all. It could be some other song that had a reggae cover, but in my (suspect at my age) memory, it was this one. Either way, go listen to the Jimmy Cliff version. That is probably the one you are familiar with. I could easily tell from your face that you KNEW this song, but hadn't heard THIS song.

I've always loved his music. Sad Lisa is a good one to

I like Cat Stevens a lot, and I have a lot of respect for him. He came to NZ after the terror attacks and sang peace train at the memorial service and listening to him then was like a calming balm on raw wounds.

It was in the movie “Harold and Maude.” My favorite scene was when Harold takes a hatchet out of his coat and chops his hand off in front of his stunned date.

The other version you have heard is Wild World by Maxi Priest.

somebody sampled the chorus a dozen years ago or so , perhaps that is why it rings in your mind. Good choice for a reaction Ty

The song itself has been used in a few movies and I believe even a commercial once

The song was in Harold and Maude. !!!!! Definitely a thumbs up song.

@vaderjones357

4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest films ever!

@jameskirschling7887

4 жыл бұрын

Harold and Maude was the first thing that popped into my mind when I heard this song tonight. I must have watched the movie at least ten times and enjoyed it every time. I need to find that movie and watch it again, definitely a classic.

The Group Mr Big also did a remake of Wild World.....also really good...listen to both

I don't remember any movie this was on but its possible. It was a huge hit in the early 70s he had a couple of superbe albums back then Tea for the tillerman this song was from that and Teaser and the firecat both excellent

There is a song called Ooh Child by the 5 stair steps. You'll like that one. The song have similar sound and words.

God I love his voice 😁

Cat is back.

The soundtrack of Harold and Maude (film) features many of Cat Steven's songs.

One of my favorites of his! "Morning has Broken" is a hymn from 1931 that he made famous. It is beautiful.We sang it in choir in school. Others that I like of his are "The First Cut is the Deepest", "Lady D'Arbanville", "Oh Very Young", and the whole Numbers album (it is a theme album that needs to be played straight through).

@Modern-Renaissance-Man

4 жыл бұрын

why does it seem like I have't heard from you in a while.

@secolerice

4 жыл бұрын

Modern Renaissance Man I was having problems with my back. I sit at a computer all day and really want to do my own stuff on my laptop at night but after all that sitting there was just no way. I finally got a really good chair and a new bed. Got knee injections this week to help with that. So getting back to watching videos and doing other things on the computer. Unfortunately then staying up too late at night! I hope all has been well with you.

I read his mom was Swedish and his dad was Greek....cool heritage and great looking guy when He was young.

Love love love ..Wild World. listen to ''Peace Train...

Wild world was on the soundtrack of Harold and Maude

Very talented singer/songwriter. Try Moon Shadow next

you have to do morning has broken ok, its very churchy!!! and beautiful.......

How many bedsits in 70s London didn't have their Dansette record player and a well-worn copy of Cat's Tea For The Tillerman or Teaser and the Firecat, or both? Not to mention albums by Bowie, Cream, the Beatles....Happy days!

Trouble hits me in the feels everytime I hear it--- And Harold and Maude is one of my favoite of all time movies--- strange and beautiful --- chuck full of Cat Stevens songs but I dont believe it was in Harold and Maude--- If Im wrong please tell me--- A Must see movie

While I don't know the story of the song, I think of it as a May, December relationship. At first, the girl thinks he's worldly and wise, and she makes him feel young again... but after a while, it becomes a trap, because making mistakes is part of becoming who you are. And if every time you are about to make a mistake you have an older person saying, don't do that, I know from experience, then you will never grow or challenge yourself. So even though there is still love, they both know the relationship is over, now the guy is giving her one last piece of advice before she goes out into the world on her own.

I've always thought "Katmandu" was one of his best. There is so much wonderful instrumentation to go with his voice. It's on the Mona Bone Jakon album.