Cat Stevens - Teaser & Firecat animated + live Intro - 1973

[BethBaez15]

I wanna get a cat and name it firecat :)

[scoobystar97]

If you say it's trippy ...you just don't understand....*sigh* ...oh modern world..

[Neonb88]

Pretty trippy.

[Paulmarti]

Oh man, this is so trippy

[madahad9]

I first saw this in a film called The Fantastic Animation Festival with a lot of other similarly psychedelic animated short films that can be located on Youtube but sadly the film itself in whole is not yet available on DVD. I wish I knew to whom it could be petioned to release this wonderful collection.

[BODYSLAMwrestling]

You can definitely tell the "Yellow Submarine" influence on the animation.

[willowblack1]

Absolutely wonderful!! Thank you for sharing!!

[sowhosasking]

This is just perfect. I'd always wondered if there was a story behind the "Teaser and the Firecat" album cover art...

And, I was so lucky to find the original children's book for sale at my local library!

[darkfey1963]

@sowhosasking My little sister had it-our mom was a big Cat Stevens fan.Wish it was still around,neat little book.Lucky you,I might have to look myself.

[Dawnrazor1]

I saw this so many years ago as part of the "Fantastic Animation Festival". Great to see it again.

[nanipabon67]

qué lindo!!!

[Planetsfriend]

I love this music and video!

[NicoOfCourse]

i am going to smoke weed and watch this again, i can already tell its going to be amazing

[nanhoward510]

Happy Birthday, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam!!! Eternally, one of our most favorite singer songwriters!!!:)

[ThoughtTraveler]

Take me BACK to 1973 man. I have had ENOUGH of the 21st century already.

[carolshewolf]

@ThoughtTraveler dude i'm right with you on that

[cdifrances]

I love Cat Stevens!! His religion is his business.

[cdifrances]

I just love Cat Stevens. He's just so brilliant. I don't know if he did the cartoon, but he wrote the book, "Teaser and the Firecat".

[CelestialBlessings]

As-Salamu Alaykum!

[71KAZA1]

Creative, Imaginative cartoon about floating into the universe on a moon light express.

[hardstreetbambi]

this is like a moving picture book, its just perfect..

[CandiceYeager]

Love this!

[rayplugger]

i luv it

[jzerony]

This part 2:00 reminds me of that old animated cartoon, Harry Nilsson's THE POINT.... yes??

[dexterpointexter]

look...everybody!..its a piece of one of the white circles that got dislodged and slipped out of the movie cut from Yello Submarine..the sea of holes! where's bilbo baggins?

[Faerie75]

Oh, I totally loved this... thank you so much!!! :)

[slobomotion]

I saw this when it was broadcast. Steve Dmitri georgiu, a good graphic artist and animator and voiceover artist, too. I have adopted this as a life philosophy, and it hasn't been far off. I used to sing and dance with the Moroccan grocery store owner in my Paris suburban nabe, where I moved to from the USA to get healthcare. He loved CAT, but had no turntable, or I'd have lent him my vinyl!

[ShmellyCat1]

I love this to death!

Thanks so much for putting this up!

[alaskadotnet]

Listened to Cat Stevens so much in the 70's...now that I seek God, Cat's music now favors my spiritual quest

TY

[bigsissypufff]

Reminds me a little bit of Sid Croft shows from the 70's. A Wonderful thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PeaceTrainFan]

Love the cartoon, makes me laugh! and the song sounds grea with the cartoon! I'm being followed by a moonshadow! Thanks.

[JackStarkey57]

You don't have anything to loose if you believe in this magic animation...great song of great Cat Stevens.

[uhyhuy]

I think someone was under the influence of...well, use your imagination, when this cartoon was put together. The story, the psychedelic images and colors, not to mention a guy flying around on a moon visiting talking trees. Reminded me of "Puff the Magic Dragon". Very entertaining for my 3 year old though. Classic Cat Stevens.

[doorcat13]

AND it's a TRUE story

[lowellsaur]

great

[jeannevdb]

great songwriter, I love it! lovely animation!

[emmtampa]

that was funny and the song is great!

[tailendcharlie]

this is so cool,always loved that cover but didnt know it was an animation tfp

[rotenpoet]

Someone please tell me... did he actually do this cartoon himself? Cuz I know he did the artwork for that album featuring Teaser and the Firecat himself... and is it him narating??

[socialisto75]

Cat Stevens was the producer, animation was done at London's TRICKFILM around 1972, with Errol Lecain as chief animator. The narration is by Spike Milligan.

[mastertusk]

@socialisto75 Spike got all the good jobs back then...

[hardstreetbambi]

@socialisto75 do you know what style of animation it is? like, is it cut outs, or using a computer?

[chemicalcarlos]

@socialisto75 So awesome. I love Spike Milligan, and I love that he did the narration. He slipped a bit of Eccles (a character from the 1950s BBC Goon Show radio program he did w/ Peter Sellers) in there.

[ascotphill]

Yes the art work was drawn by Cat Stevens himself. The narration was by Spike Milligan. It was also the title of a children's book. The story features the title characters from the album cover, top-hatted young Teaser and his pet Firecat, who attempt to put the moon back in its place after it falls from the sky. Published in 1972, the book has been out of print since the mid-1970s. Although I think you can stil get a few second hand copies.

[paisleybabee]

I never knew this!Thank you!

[TaliesinEmrys]

@rotenpoet Cat Stevens not only did the cover art for both Teaser and the Firecat and Tea for the Tillerman albums, but the artwork was sourced from the children's book that he wrote and illustrated also called "Teaser and the Firecat"

The cartoon is the animated version of "Teaser and the Firecat", the book.

It was a great book, (I did have a copy once), but I'm not sure if it would still be available.

Cheers.

[roberuto0]

neat...really neat

[Jerwen02]

Yes, Yusuf one of ur really great strikes this song and this lovely cartoon

[CrystalWolf15]

I Love that song...

[Tall58]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MUSIC !As a HARMONICA PLAYER from DETROIT MICHIGAN ! TALL58

[Hotzenplotz69]

wow, thats just incredible!

i never knew there was this animation though i have the original cover

thanks a lot to socialisto75 for posting this graet vid of one of the best songwriter ever

[Tulkastaldo]

This reminded me of the Yellow Submarine animated film, only less terrifying.

[a742246]

Here is a trivia question? On Don Kischner's Rock Concert on 11/09/73 who else performed on that same show as Cat Stevens?

[BOBWRITER]

There may have been others but I distinctly remember Linda Ronstadt doing "Fill My Eyes" and Dr. John doing "Pop Star". The whole show was a tribute to Cat.

[AlexHoHonKuen]

I love the song and i remember my parents telling me that the song remained in the top 10 in Hong Kong in the 70s

[bobjfs]

Where did you find this! This is the original from In Concert! Thank you so very much for posting it!

[MaxGentle]

Veronica, sweetheart - it was _Spike_ Milligan! A great comic genius himself - check him out - and Cat Stevens is now a Muslim called Yussuf Islam. Strange Days indeed...!

[marie2see]

great vid....! cat stevens was so creative huh:) love him.

[bdvzim]

was?? still IS, love :)

[jpdevin]

Great video. I believe though, there is an animated version of Moonshadow from Don Kirschner's Rock Concert TV show, that was actually animated by Cat Stevens himself. From what I recall, the pictures were very similar to the Teaser and The Firecat album.

[hippieflower66]

that's because it is the original, if i remember right. =^_^=

[WondurrMousie126]

jezze i love that song ...and the animation alll of it just makes me smile=)

[CathyDP]

Never seen it before.Thanks for sharing it. Cat

Stevens brings back so many memories to me.

[sadlisa26]

I love this song and this animation! And even my kids love it. They always want to watch it and try to sing this song though they don't speak English.

[skeeza069]

i f--king love this song and the animation!!!

[VeronicaDreadful]

Gotta love Scott Milligan!

[Sabuesito2000]

This song is one of my favorites. I love the animation... it's great !!!

[hippieflower66]

the song is also very powerful! =^_^=

[OSAAMA]

Loved this, miss old Spike Milligan from our Woy Woy days

as a child.

[KayakFreak]

This was absolutely delightful. So refreshing after so much angst.

[6Impure6Evil6]

WONDERFUL!!!!

[dmdeleted]

A great restored copy is available now on the Cat Stevens MAJIKAT EARTH TOUR 1976 DVD. Cool to see it again -as I first did - on ABC! Check out my "Cat Stevens - Bitterblue - Changes IV - C79" video too. Lots of rare pictures and vinyl art!

[sandgrownun]

Did Cat animate this?I know he illustrated his LP covers sometimes.

[ProductionX]

The animation was produced by some British studio I know that. It was highlighted in the 1977 feature-length compilationn, "Fantastic Animation Festival".

[Dawoodcock]

He released an illustrated book of the story and this was made from that. I bought my sister a copy which I hope she still has.

[dsietz]

what book???

[hippieflower66]

awesomenessess!!! =^_^=

[hippieflower66]

nbc was showing that a few years ago. and yes, it is AWESOMENESSES!!!! =^_^=

[gilgamess]

Also, it's great to hear the late Spike Milligan's narration. This was one of the first times I heard him; I couldn't figure him out! I haven't seen this since the first animation festival I attended. Thank you.

[yosoylaura]

cuánta dulzura, amor y ternura trasmite este video..hermosa voz del gran maestro Yusuf. thanks to share this.

[deadheadtrea]

MTV not only killed radio, it killed video as well. Wicked awesome!

[CirrusBluesummers]

right on bra!

[zaraphud]

I remember this from years ago. One of my favorite Cat Stevens songs and a great animation. Thank you for posting it!

[MusicIsLoveXx]

I love this vidio,,,The music is so beautiful it takes me away to another world and the vidio is grat too. Firecat Rox!!! I know i am onli young but i think that Cat Stevens is the greatest music artist ever!!!! xxx