I too got into Cat Stevens in high school, was into it pretty heavy. When he left the scene, and changed his name, I never thought twice about it. I still love those old songs.

Bigotry and paranoia.

I have seen said performance. I was not there. I live in the PNW (Seattle). I was also raised to be a hippie (it didn't stick).

I don't wish to offend you, but I have to say something. I grew up on that era music. Still listen to it daily. (Love Flower Power radio online). When a teenager I thought The Cat was the coolest guy on the planet. Everything I could never be. Time passed. Then he became Yosef Islam. Didn't hold that against him. Then came the 80s and I watched him on a TV hypothetical show, dressed like a Arabic Sheik. Asked a question about S. Rushdie he said if he saw him he would call Iran. If Rushdie was attacked then it would be the Will of Allah. Charming. Kill people for writing books. Then I heard he didn't play guitar for many years because it was the Devil's instrument. I see. Then he changed his mind. Someone pointed out a reference in the Koran, so it was ok again. He said they shouldn't attack Afghanistan because they were his brothers in Islam. Same thing about Saddam. They may have been disastrous war decisions, but not for that. Now he's Yosef Islam version 3 or something like that. Well I think he's a religious fundamentalist at heart. He keeps reinventing himself, name and style, in ways that maybe Dr Phil might like to analyse. I don't listen to his Peace Train music anymore; it's too ironic. I don't take any notice of him anymore. The young man who was Cat Stevens, and the spirit that drove him, has long since left the stage. Sorry.

He had a concert on PBS I watched right before the holidays, Yousef Cat Stevens was the name of the special. To keep within the hippie framework, it was groovy and right on! IN 1970 OR 1971, whenever it was, I bought 2 albums in cassette form, Tea For The Tillerman and Paranoia. I still have them both, 2 of my favorites. Around the time of the u.s. invasion of Iraq Cat Stevens did a very cool remake of Peace Train with African musicians and African or world music style, so very cool!

Cat Stevens (Yasuf Islam) is one of those artists who has never stopped putting out quality material. Some artists from the 60's and 70's, such as the Moody Blues, Aerosmith and Van Halen put out their last good record in the early 80's and haven't made a decent album since. Some artists from those decades are still going strong.

I would also encourage everyone to look into the post 80's work of Bob Dylan, Deep Purple, Herbie Hancock, Bruce Springsteen, Rush (perhaps recently retired) and The Scorpions. All have put out one or more very solid records over the past thirty years.

Love to watch Harold and Maude now and then. Cat did the music and it's perfect.

I hadn't heard any of his new songs and just recently listened to The Laughing Apple. It was so moving to hear his voice again - which doesn't seem to have been affected by age at all - that it brought tears to my eyes.

Cat Stevens was one of the earliest artists I followed. What a kind soul.

I loved Cat. I still do actually and I'm on the road to find out whoa oh oh oh whoa oh oh OH....

CoExist is on Prime! Watching it now.

No... but I remember cat Stevens right before i went to war in 71. He was cool. I played some of his songs last night. This is interesting!

Awesome-Love Tea for the Tillerman album-I'd be cryingtoo. Gotta love Ozzy-my ex named my dog that. Coexist Comedy Tour looks interesting.