Wasn't Cat Stevens amazing back in the day?

Question:You'd certainly have to qualify that with "back in the day"... because it was one of those "You kinda had to be there" moments in the 70's when there was no MTV or 500 channels of music to choose from. You were lucky to hear or see something very rarely from an artist you were really into. We children of the late 60's and the whole decade of the 70's had to be ever vigilant. We'd hang out at the Record Store and get to know the people there. You'd check out new releases only on word of mouth, or by reviews in Creem Magazine or Hit Parader. I was turned on to Cat Stevens when one of my sister's boyfriends GAVE me a whole stack of his Eight-Track tapes because he was going off to be a missionary or work in the Peace Corps. All at once I had "Teaser and the Fire Cat", "Tea for the Tiller man", "CatchaBullatFour", and "Buddha and the Chocolate Box" to dissect. That's some heady stuff for a young angst-ridden early teen boy to contemplate...But back to your question, yes he was amazing. One guitar and a voice. (Sometimes two guitars live) Try that now with 99% of what the labels are trying to push down your throats. There are talented people still out there, though. That's what's cool about the prevalence of Indy labels and the downfall of the Major Record Labels. He's still always going to be CAT to me.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: You'd certainly have to qualify that with "back in the day"... because it was one of those "You kinda had to be there" moments in the 70's when there was no MTV or 500 channels of music to choose from. You were lucky to hear or see something very rarely from an artist you were really into. We children of the late 60's and the whole decade of the 70's had to be ever vigilant. We'd hang out at the Record Store and get to know the people there. You'd check out new releases only on word of mouth, or by reviews in Creem Magazine or Hit Parader. I was turned on to Cat Stevens when one of my sister's boyfriends GAVE me a whole stack of his Eight-Track tapes because he was going off to be a missionary or work in the Peace Corps. All at once I had "Teaser and the Fire Cat", "Tea for the Tiller man", "CatchaBullatFour", and "Buddha and the Chocolate Box" to dissect. That's some heady stuff for a young angst-ridden early teen boy to contemplate...But back to your question, yes he was amazing. One guitar and a voice. (Sometimes two guitars live) Try that now with 99% of what the labels are trying to push down your throats. There are talented people still out there, though. That's what's cool about the prevalence of Indy labels and the downfall of the Major Record Labels. He's still always going to be CAT to me.

Yes, I still love Yusuf's music despite his denouncing the works.

NO!

he sure was!

If you want to be free, be free. Cause you can be whatever you want - you know that you can!

(theme to Harold and Maude)

Yes he was, I just barely started to get into him. I started by watching the movie Harold and Maude, its a 70's movie in which Cat lays the Soundtrack for. songs like "dont be shy" and "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out" but overall he is a great musician, even now that he has returned to making music after a long abcense.

Yes! I saw him in the early '70s and he was fantastic. Favorite album (now CD): Tea for the Tillerman

Back in the day, there were three album just about everyone had in their collection. You could go to someones house and know they likely had at least two of the three.
1. Tea for the Tillerman ---Cat Stevens
2. Tapestry-Carole King
3. Lead Zeppelin-self titled.

A lot of people thought so...I was never a big fan...I was into a lot of the bands back in the day....I might have liked him more but I don't remember listening to much of his music....if I would have loved his music I would have remembered him more....Iike I said I was more into the bands of the day !!!!!!!!