Sunday, March 21, 2021

Déjà Vu again

If you were in the early '70s, you almost certainly had one or more Cat Stevens records. Yes, sonny, they were records - vinyl - back in the day. And we liked it.  

Near the end of that decade, Steven Demedre Georgiou decided he'd had enough of the hedonistic, folk-rockstar, free chicks lifestyle, and - having sampled several of the world religions and philosophies - landed as a follower of Mohammed. For the next quarter century, little was heard from him.

Finally, after we had made it through Y2K, he re-emerged. And in 2020, he released Tea for the Tillerman 2, a 're-imagining' of his fourth studio album from 50 years earlier.

Herewith, one of the very best songs from the singer/songwriter era:


One of the things I found cool about the remake is that it pays homage to the original video - at about 2:41, the television is showing a snippet from the decades-old music vid.

2 comments:

TommyBoy said...

Come back Donal, Satan misses your comments!

TommyBoy said...

It's probably best for you to maintain a low profile anyway, Don.