@drdotislovinlife wow and you are 28 years old and you think like that ! I pity you all the more that you don't know how to write W-E-A-K ! Check out Cat's biography moron, stevens took H and gave all his money to go in an ashram so as to avoid taking drugs. (by the way, the week people fuck you in the arse bitch!)
Its all about fip'n situations that are negative to a positive. Like an egg in the skillet. When I hear this jam, I feel promise and hope. Oh Yeah...I'm Flip! hahahaha Love Cat, thanks for the download!
Cat Stevens had all of our human weaknesses figured out within his lyrics long before it was cool to approach this type of content within pop song music structures. By singing the words that he did, they (the words), were a little more than just foreshadowing of the drama in all of our lives in the decades and years since then, but even today they are as cogent as they every were.
this song makes me chocked up everytime i hear it i have had sucha rough time dealing w/ bi polar &&+having a parent dealing w/ alchohol addiction and such and when i ever i go to the dark place i always put this song on makes me feel like im not alone
Cat Stevens the singer/song writer was a beautiful and sensitive man who made us think and feel with his music. Yusuf Islam the muslim is something totally different, I can't understand what the hell happened. And it will always break my heart!
you dont hear emotion like this in new music. people can try to judge his spiritual beliefs but that is just an obtuse distraction to the true meaning of his expression that is in his music. so what if your religion is not the same they all have the same values until evil people corrupt them. you know that there are good and bad people everywhere. good music is a treasure and should be respected.
@ThevanGoghBlues its nice to hear someone listens to the words and feels them as they're intended instead of judging cat... if only we could all be so wise
This has always been one of my favorite songs all time...its amazing that anyone can identify with it. If you replace the word trouble with any vice you have...drugs, debt, or even an ex love...you can relate. Amazing song, Amazing Artist!
This might not be a common view for many, but when I listen to this, I always take it as something of an alcoholic trying to quit, more so because of the line, "I've drunk your wine, and you have made your world mine..."
cat stevens is a wonderful singer and songwriter there is no fucking negative word to say about him the only thing that I don't like is his yussuf shit
i drank your wine and u have made your world mine so wont u be fare. i don't want no more of u so wont u be kind to me just let me go where i have to go there. trouble oh trouble move away, i have seen your face and its too much for me today. trouble oh trouble can't u see you have made me a wreck now wont u leave me in my misery.... i have paid my debt so wont u leave me in my misery.
@goodfellas1001 No, that's not strange...I can't listen to it with out tears streaming...We watched Harold and Maude in my Humanities college class, and when this song came on, it took all I had not to cry in front everybody...It's just one of those songs
@goodfellas1001 Actually Yusuf is a man who can teach us a lot about life just find out what he is doing right now in his life not just music or songs, he is really an inspiration
@katydidscorner How many people have been murdered in the name of Islam since its founding? Millions! So all that happened was that one evil was traded for the other. What a shame.
@katydidscorner it is a mystery to all men we'll know when we parish my opinion is we are all wrong with these organized religions set up by man judging other for what ever way they chose to worship GOD.Judge not lest ye be judge!!!!
@soldieronedge1 Well generally each book says prayer to the higher being (God, I guess you could call it), so humans natural instinct is to gather and interact. Mix that with the prayer thing and you get the foundation of organised religion. I don't know where it went south, but I imagine those first few years were wonderful.
It galls me to say I like Cat but hes cool enough to realise that all forms of encouraged hatred are deplorable and this is a song full of humanity .My point being drop the religious/quasiphilosophical debate as no one here dislikes this music , enjoy
We are all people here. Tolerance is what America is made of. No islam ever crashed a plane to those i loved only those her were radicals. That is evil and we have our own here
Trouble was never about religion...... it was about life.... it was written when Cat was sick with TB,,,, enhanced with his life style.... his close friend at the time was Jimmi Hendrix...... need I say more
What emerged from an 18 month recuperation from tuberculosis was a Soul that was replenished. A quiet summers rain of introspection. Flakes of snow fallen
across the flat roofs of Soho. The seeds were planted and the Gardner
pick the petals with a Guitar and songs of timeless beauty..........
You'll have to forgive me, it was a reaction to ABWEndon; it irritates me when someone fills the comment section of a song this good with christian propaganda and poorly understood theological rhetoric.
That said I'm guilty of perpetuating this argument, so I apologise.
@ABWEndon I have spoken to a lot of christians, one of my favourites was an evangelical calvinist who took philosophy with me, definitely one of the brightest people I have met, and he knew the bible and christian theology like the back of his hand. Having said this no christian has been able to convince me that the Bible is the word of god, what makes you so sure it isn't a demon misleading you? Or some kind of cosmic joke.
What I'm trying to say is get off your high horse and let it be.
@ABWEndon I don't believe in God; that said he is a metaphysical entity and therefore can neither be proven nor disproven, at the end of the day it comes down to faith which is why we must all respect other people's beliefs and choices. If you do believe in a christian God you then have the duty of trying to prove various things: that the christian god is the true god, that he is a benevolent god, that he even cares at all...etc.
You gitz ruin a perfectly good song with talk of old tribal drivel that's taken for granted by the stupid, ignorant and insane. Chances are there is no "god(s)", get on with your life and BE HAPPY. That is if you can do that without your stupid deities. I'm in good company in my atheism: Einstein, Jefferson, Paine, Hume to name a very few.
You are clearly ignorant... Maybe just maybe your perception on "religion" is just that your own perception. Jesus in your life can be the savior but in mine he is just that a name and a face that is attached.
@AdamAlexRyan Oh, yes, wonderful peace song by a man who would later call for the death of nonbelievers. Ask Salman Rushdie how peaceful Cat Stevens is...
@zona999 Why don't you get your whinning backside out of here, nobody is interested in you snivelling anti-religious bigoted views. If you don't like his music, stop watching and let others enjoy, you anti muslim idiot
katydids, can't believe this one got by me. (Well, yes I can judging by the date, but anyway...) I just wanted to say I really enjoyed what you did with the filters. I was reading some of the comments and thought how lucky you must be to know this truly gifted man. I hope he has seen and appreciates the work you do with his photos too. Elizabeth
Invariably non-Christians find it difficult to accept what Christians say because it sounds so harsh but that's due a lack of understanding, so I wanted to reassure that your Native Americans are not in hell! Why? Well, Abraham was considered righteous because he believed in God... which will apply to everyone who was alive "BC". Those who lived/are alive after Christ are in the same position as "BC-ers" UNTIL they hear the Gospel, when they have a chance to either accept or reject the message.
The Prophet Mohammed wasn't a liar, BUT he may have been deceived by a demon pretending to be Gabriel. If this is true (and no-one can ptove it isn't true because there is no irrevocable historical evidence to conclusively say otherwise) then the whole Islamic religion is based on a lie. Mohammed MAY have thought he had received true knowledge, but he may also have been deceived... which still makes him a godly man and I respect him for that. The demon who impersonated Gabriel is to blame.
@ABWEndon Actually, it was Xenu impersonating *the demon* impersonating Gabriel...
seriously, though... I remember how right-wing "christ"-ians always liked to mention that it was Abraham's "lack of faith" in conceiving Ishmael (Mohammed's forebear) by his handmaiden that was responsible for the whole of Islam. ("If it hadn't been for that one sin..." one would say). Sheesh... the whole "my religion is true, yours/theirs is a deception" is a joke, albeit a deadly one.
the puritans deliberatley starved to death Christian Indians out on deer island now an airport their vile right wing evil still lives on in pukey places like Massachusetts
AND wheaton, Illlinois. Katydid how could
natives be killed in north and south America and then be enslaved? I don't uinderstand can you explain;)))))))))
He released a 4 CD boxed set of his best hits in 2001 and gave the proceeds to victims' families of 9/11. He gives most of his money (and he still makes millions) to orphaned children who are victims or war, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. He has won numerous peace awards for his unselfish endeavors and activism towards world peace. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. How can anyone say he is a real poop as a person?
I know him and his son Yoriyos. I support his charity organization "Small Kindness" which helps injured children, widows, and orphans of war and very poor victims of natural disasters. His activism in the cause of peace, education, and tireless efforts in bridging the gap of understanding of true Islam has earned him numerous international awards and honorary doctorates. He will be knighted by the queen sometime within the next 5 years. Now, tell me what you've done for peace.and charity?
a fair question. I gave money to charities World Vision, but now with the taxes being shifted from richie to stupid middle class and poor folks I can't afford it. how precisely does the infidel help these persons and how much does he support . does he support them for years he helps maybe iraqi armless child victims of british filth terror bombers when girls grow up and become women do you think they will be married? his charity just prolongs their agony
Giving yourself and your time to charity or for peace doesn't have to cost you a penny. You could donate 8 hours of your precious time per year and join a group such as Habitat for Humanity to help repair a poor elderly person's home. There are thousands of things you can do for the less fortunate which would only take a little of your time, not money. I don't know precisely how much money and time Yusuf gives to charity and peace efforts, but it's far more than you or I give.
Condoning the religious murder of Rushdie for practicing free speech far outweighs any good he has done unfortunately. FREE SPEECH MUST BE PROTECTED EVEN IF IT OFFENDS PEOPLES' RIDICULOUS NOTIONS OF GOD! FREE YOURSELF FROM ORGANIZED RELIGION AND ITS PROPENSITY TO CONDEMN ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT PROMOTE ITS POWER OR GLORY OR ABSURDITY.
I don't belong to any organized religion. There's no doubt that like most Muslims he was angry over the Rushdie book depicting Mohammed as a liar and a fake prophet. But he has explained that he was naive and wrong about his comments and never did he call for the death of Rushdie. It was a mistake he will never be able to live down, but he regrets it nonetheless. Free speech is one thing, but Rushdie knew exactly what sort of violent reaction he'd get and that is exactly why he wrote it.
Rushdie KNEW the Muslim world would explode with anger, and he KNEW that anger would generate publicity so he could sell millions of copies of a mediocre book. He didn't give a damn who it would hurt. He got more than he bargained for since he had to go into hiding for 10 years, looking over his shoulder. I believe in free speech, too, but not hate speech that incites violence. That book dripped with venom and hatred for a man that 1/4 of the world loves and calls their prophet of God.
Brainwashed victims of organized religion kill for very little provocation. Rushdie's writings are critically acclaimed. Cat Stevens or whatever his name is now said the correct penalty for Rushdie's blasphemy is a fatwa/death. THIS IS CONDONING THE MURDER OF A HUMAN BEING because he slighted one of the major organized religions; ABSURD!
It doesn't matter what you or even I think about organized religion. They exist period! Christians killed my ancestors (Cherokee) if they refused to accept Jesus as their true god and savior. Actually Christians killed any natives from both N & S America if they refused to convert, then they enslaved them.
Yusuf was in a discussion of HYPOTHETICAL questions and answers. He gave a HYPOTHETICAL answer on what the Quran states as penalty for blasphemy...same as the penalty in the Bible.
Amazing how Mexican Indians became such religious Christians and Catholic. But, all organized religions are about getting more power and money, and yet many of them are non-profit orgs! Polygamy, pedophilia, war, violence is what organized religion stands for. Islam doesn't even try to hide the fact.
claiming this idea with that certainty makes you adopt a strict belief as a security blanket which reliefs your pain for your horrific problems that you already had.
Some people just can't live with the reality that we live in a godless universe where there is no meaning so they find something really silly to believe in.
just like you: to believe not to believe should be the silliest belief. we do not claim that you have to believe something but you do. and you try to convince people believing that "the universe has no god". yeah in that point i agree with you: there is no god, but Him.
Cameron Crowe, hosted a Hal Ashby tribute held in June, featuring a showing of Harold and Maude,A clip of Mr. Ashby speaking about the collaboration between him and Cat was played and suddenly Yusuf apeared on stage and sang IN PERSON, Don't be Shy, and Miles from Nowhere, then Cameron stated:
"After a few words explaining that he hadn't played the next song in many years, Yusuf began playing "Trouble." There was an audible gasp from the crowd. Tears were heard all around me."
OMG I love this song. I've been hearing it since I was four in the backseat while my dad and mom sat in front, singing along. Thank God for Mona Bone Jakon.
Good song! Love the movie, Harold and Maude. I hope someone decides to post it here on YouTube soon! I have the movie on my iPod now! I watch it most every day! I wish I knew what Bud Cort thought of this movie, if he liked it or not, but I doubt anyone can get in touch with him now, he's like 60. Anyways, great video! You must have gone to a lot of work putting the pics together, and although I'm not really a fan, Cat's songs are great!
Lazyhand, we can all get along, no matter what our beliefs. we just have to realize that everyone has everyone has the right to believe the way they want. No one has the right to dictate how everyone should believes. We all have our right to believe what feels right to us. we are all different, all over the world, that's why there are so many belief systems. But the Golden Rule to all of them is Do unto others as you'd have done to you.
This is My goodnight Prayer...
Fisherrotts 1 month ago in playlist Oldie Acoustics
Where have all the great songwriters gone? This is an incredible song.
Johnmadwiscclem 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
*cries a little* Poor Harold...but what a song <3
HeSheYouMeTheyWeUsOk 4 months ago
HAROLD AND MAUDE!!!
ECTwilightgirl 4 months ago in playlist ECTwilightgirl's Favorited Videos
music carry on strong emotions to everybody, this is the most important thigs. cat steven transmit me all of that.
mrGnii 5 months ago
<3 fucking love this song! <3
GonzoPrincess71 5 months ago 4
15 and injoyed watching harold and maude
laretuna 5 months ago
Just...beautiful.
locanico100 5 months ago
love this...
Poemsapennyeach 6 months ago
The song of someone who have definitely known heroin and despair, as deep as a bottomless pit
dega723 6 months ago
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drdotislovinlife 6 months ago
@drdotislovinlife wow and you are 28 years old and you think like that ! I pity you all the more that you don't know how to write W-E-A-K ! Check out Cat's biography moron, stevens took H and gave all his money to go in an ashram so as to avoid taking drugs. (by the way, the week people fuck you in the arse bitch!)
dega723 6 months ago
@dega723 I second that observation....
withit062714 5 months ago
Its all about fip'n situations that are negative to a positive. Like an egg in the skillet. When I hear this jam, I feel promise and hope. Oh Yeah...I'm Flip! hahahaha Love Cat, thanks for the download!
marlinfish128 7 months ago
Cat Stevens had all of our human weaknesses figured out within his lyrics long before it was cool to approach this type of content within pop song music structures. By singing the words that he did, they (the words), were a little more than just foreshadowing of the drama in all of our lives in the decades and years since then, but even today they are as cogent as they every were.
funwelldone 7 months ago
@kimberlyexpects
Catstevens the singer/songwriter is still a beautiful and sensitive man who made us think and feel!
Why? What happened? He found islam and islam found him! Says something about the religion. Pity it broke your heart.
cicakkibin 7 months ago
this song makes me chocked up everytime i hear it i have had sucha rough time dealing w/ bi polar &&+having a parent dealing w/ alchohol addiction and such and when i ever i go to the dark place i always put this song on makes me feel like im not alone
Xxmusicequalslife 8 months ago
wow Cat Stevens makes GREAT music couple generations late but blame it on my parents lol
JRobdakid2 8 months ago
Cat Stevens the singer/song writer was a beautiful and sensitive man who made us think and feel with his music. Yusuf Islam the muslim is something totally different, I can't understand what the hell happened. And it will always break my heart!
Kimberlyexpects 8 months ago
you dont hear emotion like this in new music. people can try to judge his spiritual beliefs but that is just an obtuse distraction to the true meaning of his expression that is in his music. so what if your religion is not the same they all have the same values until evil people corrupt them. you know that there are good and bad people everywhere. good music is a treasure and should be respected.
georgelfc76 8 months ago
@ThevanGoghBlues its nice to hear someone listens to the words and feels them as they're intended instead of judging cat... if only we could all be so wise
frankfriedrice86 9 months ago 2
Seven people don't understand beauty.
zaneearldufour 10 months ago
@zaneearldufour Make that eight.
deftones9000 9 months ago
Harold and Maude - incredible poignant song for that magnificent movie. Cat Stevens was really cute when he was young!
hurricanekiki 10 months ago
This has always been one of my favorite songs all time...its amazing that anyone can identify with it. If you replace the word trouble with any vice you have...drugs, debt, or even an ex love...you can relate. Amazing song, Amazing Artist!
Karen24781 11 months ago 2
This might not be a common view for many, but when I listen to this, I always take it as something of an alcoholic trying to quit, more so because of the line, "I've drunk your wine, and you have made your world mine..."
Anyone else have something similar?
RockRican 11 months ago 2
@RockRican wine is a metaphor for anything that ales (pun intended) you and wont let go
lilackine 8 months ago
Excellent
Fashizle20 1 year ago
Harold & Maude is a wonderful movie, but it definetely wouldn't be the same without Cat Stevens' magical songs
julianalacerda100 1 year ago 12
love this scene in harold and maude.
twilightedwardbella9 1 year ago
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cat stevens is a wonderful singer and songwriter there is no fucking negative word to say about him the only thing that I don't like is his yussuf shit
oli2766 1 year ago
Islam doesnt kill people, people kill people... they always have and probably always will
MrHairymanback 1 year ago 3
6 people need trouble to set them free
fourtoedsloth 1 year ago 6
i drank your wine and u have made your world mine so wont u be fare. i don't want no more of u so wont u be kind to me just let me go where i have to go there. trouble oh trouble move away, i have seen your face and its too much for me today. trouble oh trouble can't u see you have made me a wreck now wont u leave me in my misery.... i have paid my debt so wont u leave me in my misery.
kills me everytime
ChristopherMintz 1 year ago 4
I just listened to this song and cried my eyes out! is that strange?
goodfellas1001 1 year ago
@goodfellas1001 No. You might be searching for othere's who understand. We do.
killfroggy26 1 year ago
@goodfellas1001 No, that's not strange...I can't listen to it with out tears streaming...We watched Harold and Maude in my Humanities college class, and when this song came on, it took all I had not to cry in front everybody...It's just one of those songs
fotwunny 1 year ago
@goodfellas1001 Actually Yusuf is a man who can teach us a lot about life just find out what he is doing right now in his life not just music or songs, he is really an inspiration
mshisha007 1 year ago
HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS.
It's a fucking cat stevens song.
Calm the fuck down.
slinko27 1 year ago 3
Great song. Can someone delete all the religious argument comments and anything else that doesn't apply to the song? sheesh.
tman12563 1 year ago
@katydidscorner How many people have been murdered in the name of Islam since its founding? Millions! So all that happened was that one evil was traded for the other. What a shame.
polarphilately 1 year ago
I made a video for this song if anyone's interested: watch?v=F7ccbQeQ31I
MrSirSnoozealot 1 year ago
@katydidscorner it is a mystery to all men we'll know when we parish my opinion is we are all wrong with these organized religions set up by man judging other for what ever way they chose to worship GOD.Judge not lest ye be judge!!!!
soldieronedge1 1 year ago
@soldieronedge1 Well generally each book says prayer to the higher being (God, I guess you could call it), so humans natural instinct is to gather and interact. Mix that with the prayer thing and you get the foundation of organised religion. I don't know where it went south, but I imagine those first few years were wonderful.
44Unoriginal44 1 year ago
just listen to the music and the lyrics and apply it to yourself and find whatever path is your path
Wildflowers1961 1 year ago 3
It galls me to say I like Cat but hes cool enough to realise that all forms of encouraged hatred are deplorable and this is a song full of humanity .My point being drop the religious/quasiphilosophical debate as no one here dislikes this music , enjoy
MrFlatmint 1 year ago
Why cant people stop arguing about his religion, music like this transcends all walks of life.
esmond70 1 year ago 2
He preached love and understanding He is missed so hope we love him
derekshot 1 year ago
We are all people here. Tolerance is what America is made of. No islam ever crashed a plane to those i loved only those her were radicals. That is evil and we have our own here
derekshot 1 year ago
Religion is what u believe and all deserve respect never hate
derekshot 1 year ago
Cat Stevens!!?? He leave this life, money, fame and singing & every thing people think the happiness with them and converted to Islam, Why ??
Because he find the happiness inside in the heart with Islam, Not with money, fame, singing and women.
watch some videos on my youtube channel to know more about Islam
osabbr 1 year ago
good song
elchupirichups 1 year ago
@ABWEndon what if man created god just to seem meaningful? To give ourselves a reason to live.....
infectoid13 1 year ago
I always feel like I'm right where this song lead me to understand, describing the empty spaces where those who left us used to smile and touch us.
JustinSage 1 year ago
Trouble was never about religion...... it was about life.... it was written when Cat was sick with TB,,,, enhanced with his life style.... his close friend at the time was Jimmi Hendrix...... need I say more
ozawaian 1 year ago
too much for all of them, trop pour tout ce que j'aime
pesufa 1 year ago
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too much for all of them
pesufa 1 year ago
What emerged from an 18 month recuperation from tuberculosis was a Soul that was replenished. A quiet summers rain of introspection. Flakes of snow fallen
across the flat roofs of Soho. The seeds were planted and the Gardner
pick the petals with a Guitar and songs of timeless beauty..........
Cattwo12 1 year ago
@ABWEndon religon is going to be the end of all of us if we don't learn to let it go
MusicFetish94 1 year ago
Omg, this reminds me of the scene and it makes me wanna cry
MarissaRay94 1 year ago
Never get tired of listening to Cat or this song in particular....perfect compliment to the movie too.
barkingsheltie 1 year ago
If only this song lasted forever.
ginnyxwotsit 1 year ago
@rachem908 exactly! I love this song....that's my reason for listening...hope you enjoy it as much as i do. :)
19ksm79 1 year ago
You'll have to forgive me, it was a reaction to ABWEndon; it irritates me when someone fills the comment section of a song this good with christian propaganda and poorly understood theological rhetoric.
That said I'm guilty of perpetuating this argument, so I apologise.
Algydyce 1 year ago
the words of john lennon IMAGINE!!!!!!!!
jamminjack11 1 year ago
@rachem908 what the hell thats so random... this song has nothing to do with religion
manifestdestiny17 1 year ago
@ABWEndon I have spoken to a lot of christians, one of my favourites was an evangelical calvinist who took philosophy with me, definitely one of the brightest people I have met, and he knew the bible and christian theology like the back of his hand. Having said this no christian has been able to convince me that the Bible is the word of god, what makes you so sure it isn't a demon misleading you? Or some kind of cosmic joke.
What I'm trying to say is get off your high horse and let it be.
Algydyce 1 year ago
@ABWEndon I don't believe in God; that said he is a metaphysical entity and therefore can neither be proven nor disproven, at the end of the day it comes down to faith which is why we must all respect other people's beliefs and choices. If you do believe in a christian God you then have the duty of trying to prove various things: that the christian god is the true god, that he is a benevolent god, that he even cares at all...etc.
Algydyce 1 year ago
@Algydyce Agreed. But what has all that got to do with this song? Just enjoy it for what it is,a beautiful, heartfelt piece of music.
geraldinevallely 1 year ago
it almost make's me cry
SachaTheEvilOne 1 year ago
Cat Stevens and Gordon Lightfoot, my top two folk heros.
minaroar 1 year ago
this song is beautiful
lehcarsaile 1 year ago
@ABWEndon "...the correct path and there can be only one path." It is this type of thinking that has destroyed countless lives.
PirateSygnal 1 year ago
You gitz ruin a perfectly good song with talk of old tribal drivel that's taken for granted by the stupid, ignorant and insane. Chances are there is no "god(s)", get on with your life and BE HAPPY. That is if you can do that without your stupid deities. I'm in good company in my atheism: Einstein, Jefferson, Paine, Hume to name a very few.
Grow the fuck up or just shut the fuck up.
jamesbain00 1 year ago
@ABWEndon WELL SAID.
Lightning1369 1 year ago
@ABWEndon
You are clearly ignorant... Maybe just maybe your perception on "religion" is just that your own perception. Jesus in your life can be the savior but in mine he is just that a name and a face that is attached.
kimcj86 1 year ago
my favorite song from my favorite movie!
thenaturalboxer 1 year ago
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Widespread Panic does this song better. KEANEFIRMED!
weswsp01 1 year ago
one the most peaceful and wonderful songs of all time
AdamAlexRyan 1 year ago 42
@AdamAlexRyan couldn't agree more
unemployable777 1 year ago
@AdamAlexRyan Oh, yes, wonderful peace song by a man who would later call for the death of nonbelievers. Ask Salman Rushdie how peaceful Cat Stevens is...
zona999 9 months ago
@zona999 Why don't you get your whinning backside out of here, nobody is interested in you snivelling anti-religious bigoted views. If you don't like his music, stop watching and let others enjoy, you anti muslim idiot
Britz4Gaza 7 months ago 2
Yusuf is the best songwriter of the generation
TheEnigma7111 1 year ago 2
true...he is amazing.
along with Lennon/McCartney
Claire1Rogers 1 year ago 4
Indeed
TheEnigma7111 1 year ago
one of the best
he is not better than Dylan!
gabepizza 1 year ago
I also enjoyed Elliott Smith's cover of this song.
Reivaxbeastly 2 years ago 21
cat stevens had so much of an influence over elliot's music in general
kcazorP 1 year ago
@Reivaxbeastly
Ive just heard it...Its just...Never mind...
TheHouseAddict 1 year ago
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Widespread Panic's cover of this song is better
hphockey66 2 years ago
Just listened to it and they don't really add anything. How is that better than the guy who wrote it and put his heart into it?
curtaink 2 years ago 3
If for some insane reason you do like that cover better..don't share it on a f'n Cat Stevens link. get out
shoebobs 2 years ago 3
Im a huge Panic fan, but this is the better version.
forbin009 2 years ago
I'm Shelly Lyons Nee Duenweg and i am Katydid. I adore Yusef as a person and as a songwriter he is moving.
BluestBuddha 2 years ago
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i used to get stoned and fuck my girlfriend with this song on repeat. she turned out to be a psycho bitch but this song takes me back.
ciderman69 2 years ago
haha
wholio415 2 years ago
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orthoman1000 2 years ago
Timeless classic. Cheers to Cat for all his great music.
Fade9150 2 years ago 4
katydids, can't believe this one got by me. (Well, yes I can judging by the date, but anyway...) I just wanted to say I really enjoyed what you did with the filters. I was reading some of the comments and thought how lucky you must be to know this truly gifted man. I hope he has seen and appreciates the work you do with his photos too. Elizabeth
pocuddm2 2 years ago
Actually Harold and Maude was released in 1971 not '72
thEannoyingE 2 years ago 2
I don´t want no fight and I haven´t got alot of time.
I LOVE this song, it is beautiful
tsopuaifa 2 years ago 3
I know trouble like the back of my hand...and it seems to follow me....
deeanna50 2 years ago 2
very good sound.
brahmcalk 2 years ago
Religion is the Philosophy of man..
There is no proof that God had anything to do with any books.
God gave man freewill and the wisdom to learn right from wrong.
Man creates his own Heaven or Hell by the choices they make in their lives.
With every action there is a reaction.
Religion was the first form of government using the fear of God to govern the people..
To create order and control.
coolrayfruge 2 years ago 2
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Jesus is Lord.
88Opeth88 2 years ago
@88Opeth88 God is God
deeanna50 2 years ago
Right on!!!!
crazydancer1963 2 years ago
i have no religion>>
deeanna50 2 years ago
it´s the right way to live =)
pedracaneta 2 years ago
Invariably non-Christians find it difficult to accept what Christians say because it sounds so harsh but that's due a lack of understanding, so I wanted to reassure that your Native Americans are not in hell! Why? Well, Abraham was considered righteous because he believed in God... which will apply to everyone who was alive "BC". Those who lived/are alive after Christ are in the same position as "BC-ers" UNTIL they hear the Gospel, when they have a chance to either accept or reject the message.
ABWEndon 2 years ago
The Prophet Mohammed wasn't a liar, BUT he may have been deceived by a demon pretending to be Gabriel. If this is true (and no-one can ptove it isn't true because there is no irrevocable historical evidence to conclusively say otherwise) then the whole Islamic religion is based on a lie. Mohammed MAY have thought he had received true knowledge, but he may also have been deceived... which still makes him a godly man and I respect him for that. The demon who impersonated Gabriel is to blame.
ABWEndon 2 years ago 2
@ABWEndon Actually, it was Xenu impersonating *the demon* impersonating Gabriel...
seriously, though... I remember how right-wing "christ"-ians always liked to mention that it was Abraham's "lack of faith" in conceiving Ishmael (Mohammed's forebear) by his handmaiden that was responsible for the whole of Islam. ("If it hadn't been for that one sin..." one would say). Sheesh... the whole "my religion is true, yours/theirs is a deception" is a joke, albeit a deadly one.
scottyperey 1 year ago
the puritans deliberatley starved to death Christian Indians out on deer island now an airport their vile right wing evil still lives on in pukey places like Massachusetts
AND wheaton, Illlinois. Katydid how could
natives be killed in north and south America and then be enslaved? I don't uinderstand can you explain;)))))))))
atfatw 2 years ago
Religion was the first form of Governmet, It is the Therory and Philosophy of man not the word of God.
There is no proof that God had anything to do with the writings of any books.
It just those seeking power and control over the people by
using the fear of God to manipulate the will of the people.
coolrayfruge 2 years ago
I'm sure alot of people that are going through hard times right now because of this recession, can relate to this song.
I sure can.
coolrayfruge 2 years ago
great musician, real poop as person
atfatw 2 years ago
He released a 4 CD boxed set of his best hits in 2001 and gave the proceeds to victims' families of 9/11. He gives most of his money (and he still makes millions) to orphaned children who are victims or war, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. He has won numerous peace awards for his unselfish endeavors and activism towards world peace. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. How can anyone say he is a real poop as a person?
katydidscorner 2 years ago
katydid
how do you know this person has given any money too charity which organizations did he contribute to?,
atfatw 2 years ago
I know him and his son Yoriyos. I support his charity organization "Small Kindness" which helps injured children, widows, and orphans of war and very poor victims of natural disasters. His activism in the cause of peace, education, and tireless efforts in bridging the gap of understanding of true Islam has earned him numerous international awards and honorary doctorates. He will be knighted by the queen sometime within the next 5 years. Now, tell me what you've done for peace.and charity?
katydidscorner 2 years ago
katydidscorner,
a fair question. I gave money to charities World Vision, but now with the taxes being shifted from richie to stupid middle class and poor folks I can't afford it. how precisely does the infidel help these persons and how much does he support . does he support them for years he helps maybe iraqi armless child victims of british filth terror bombers when girls grow up and become women do you think they will be married? his charity just prolongs their agony
atfatw 2 years ago
Giving yourself and your time to charity or for peace doesn't have to cost you a penny. You could donate 8 hours of your precious time per year and join a group such as Habitat for Humanity to help repair a poor elderly person's home. There are thousands of things you can do for the less fortunate which would only take a little of your time, not money. I don't know precisely how much money and time Yusuf gives to charity and peace efforts, but it's far more than you or I give.
katydidscorner 2 years ago
Condoning the religious murder of Rushdie for practicing free speech far outweighs any good he has done unfortunately. FREE SPEECH MUST BE PROTECTED EVEN IF IT OFFENDS PEOPLES' RIDICULOUS NOTIONS OF GOD! FREE YOURSELF FROM ORGANIZED RELIGION AND ITS PROPENSITY TO CONDEMN ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT PROMOTE ITS POWER OR GLORY OR ABSURDITY.
nakedwaterskier 2 years ago
Where did you read that Cat Stevens ever condoned the murer of anyone for free speech.
coolrayfruge 2 years ago
I don't belong to any organized religion. There's no doubt that like most Muslims he was angry over the Rushdie book depicting Mohammed as a liar and a fake prophet. But he has explained that he was naive and wrong about his comments and never did he call for the death of Rushdie. It was a mistake he will never be able to live down, but he regrets it nonetheless. Free speech is one thing, but Rushdie knew exactly what sort of violent reaction he'd get and that is exactly why he wrote it.
katydidscorner 2 years ago
Rushdie KNEW the Muslim world would explode with anger, and he KNEW that anger would generate publicity so he could sell millions of copies of a mediocre book. He didn't give a damn who it would hurt. He got more than he bargained for since he had to go into hiding for 10 years, looking over his shoulder. I believe in free speech, too, but not hate speech that incites violence. That book dripped with venom and hatred for a man that 1/4 of the world loves and calls their prophet of God.
katydidscorner 2 years ago
Brainwashed victims of organized religion kill for very little provocation. Rushdie's writings are critically acclaimed. Cat Stevens or whatever his name is now said the correct penalty for Rushdie's blasphemy is a fatwa/death. THIS IS CONDONING THE MURDER OF A HUMAN BEING because he slighted one of the major organized religions; ABSURD!
nakedwaterskier 2 years ago
It doesn't matter what you or even I think about organized religion. They exist period! Christians killed my ancestors (Cherokee) if they refused to accept Jesus as their true god and savior. Actually Christians killed any natives from both N & S America if they refused to convert, then they enslaved them.
Yusuf was in a discussion of HYPOTHETICAL questions and answers. He gave a HYPOTHETICAL answer on what the Quran states as penalty for blasphemy...same as the penalty in the Bible.
katydidscorner 2 years ago
Amazing how Mexican Indians became such religious Christians and Catholic. But, all organized religions are about getting more power and money, and yet many of them are non-profit orgs! Polygamy, pedophilia, war, violence is what organized religion stands for. Islam doesn't even try to hide the fact.
nakedwaterskier 2 years ago
cat stevens became a muslim to worship god in the purest way..and because it is a peaceful religion and he is a peaceful man
rudainah 2 years ago
Some people cannot handle uncertainty or loss of parents so they adopt strict religions as a security blanket which has caused horrific problems.
nakedwaterskier 2 years ago
claiming this idea with that certainty makes you adopt a strict belief as a security blanket which reliefs your pain for your horrific problems that you already had.
encodedbyae 2 years ago
Just finished rewatching Harold and Maude on TCM--one of the best films with one of the best soundtracks.
redreh 2 years ago 2
So how did he turn into a muslim condoning the fatwa on Rushdie?
nakedwaterskier 2 years ago
Some people just can't live with the reality that we live in a godless universe where there is no meaning so they find something really silly to believe in.
joestephenmcnair 2 years ago
Exactly how have you gained the knowledge, allowing you to so confidently conclude, that we live in a godless universe? Just wondering :-)
Ravatten 2 years ago
just like you: to believe not to believe should be the silliest belief. we do not claim that you have to believe something but you do. and you try to convince people believing that "the universe has no god". yeah in that point i agree with you: there is no god, but Him.
encodedbyae 2 years ago
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i just heard this song on a great film i've just seen - recognizing your saints, i just had 2 listen 2 this song hehe
MrEcho32 2 years ago
Cameron Crowe, hosted a Hal Ashby tribute held in June, featuring a showing of Harold and Maude,A clip of Mr. Ashby speaking about the collaboration between him and Cat was played and suddenly Yusuf apeared on stage and sang IN PERSON, Don't be Shy, and Miles from Nowhere, then Cameron stated:
"After a few words explaining that he hadn't played the next song in many years, Yusuf began playing "Trouble." There was an audible gasp from the crowd. Tears were heard all around me."
KatAshley2 2 years ago
One of my favorite songs
MrLala12321 2 years ago
I could listen to this song all day long! You rock, Cat Stevens!
EatLotOfStuff 2 years ago 4
Best voice of a singer/song writer of the era bar none. 5*****z Thanks. ~cg5
curiousgeorge555 2 years ago
beautiful.
MoisheKapoyr 2 years ago
Amazing song.
OrisLover 2 years ago
awesome song
docwhispr 2 years ago
a four star film with one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time, a film with heart and a soundtrack with soul
bhite41 2 years ago 11
possibly my favourite lyrics and song eva
and the film is immense too
Rojoco88 2 years ago 4
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best song ever!
whw524 2 years ago
Doug Martsch from Built to Spill does a great cover of this too...
jucquin 2 years ago 2
I really enjoyed the video. It's such a great song, I've always loved it.
MysteriousMickie80 2 years ago
Song always makes me sad! Elliott Smith did it really well.
blackbird0013 2 years ago
love this song. Widespread Panic covers this sometimes and they do ole cat justice.
thefisherking09 2 years ago
I had 'morning has broken' played at my grandmother's funeral.
ednshell 2 years ago
OMG I love this song. I've been hearing it since I was four in the backseat while my dad and mom sat in front, singing along. Thank God for Mona Bone Jakon.
blood0sucking0author 2 years ago
o ya harold and maude ftw
LinkinParkPwns7 2 years ago
:) Great Song (:
Kingty1005 2 years ago
beautiful song...
conni70 2 years ago
I'd want this to play at my funeral too...
but then I would want played " Well, if you want to sing out, sing out "
-just to cheer everyone up :P
astraid17 2 years ago 2
Irish655, I'd say that was a good pick.
I would like that played at my funeral too.
And that is one of my fav parts of Harold and Maude, when Harold finds love and death aren't a game or an act.
ryoushii 2 years ago 2
My favorite song from harold and maude.
BrassMunkey19 2 years ago 3
played it at my brothers funeral
irish655 2 years ago 5
great song..
heard it in a great movie
"a guide to recognizing your saints"
w/ Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr., and Channing Tatum..
burnsrt 2 years ago
Hear it in a better movie:
"Harold and Maude"
w/ Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
Directed by the peerless Hal Ashby
tabber87 2 years ago 11
such a simple, powerful song... etched in my heart and soul forever
ttoflea 2 years ago
...Such a simple yet great song.
oldedrum 2 years ago 4
...without noise, just music and sound and feeling....
Zedisch 2 years ago
...Ja Wohl! :o)
oldedrum 2 years ago
One of those that gets locked in the psyche.
oldedrum 2 years ago
yes, oh so true..
ttoflea 2 years ago
This is the personification of a true troubled soul=
bjbhappy 2 years ago
P.S. I meant to say what a beautiful job you did on the production of the video.
Thank you for posting it.
OregonRuthie 2 years ago
I AM a fan from way back "in the day".
Music is the soundtrack of our lives...the day my husband died....this is what came to my mind. We both loved Harold and Maude.
OregonRuthie 2 years ago
lazyhand, you've got that right! mark twain said it "I have been through some terrible things, some of which accually happened"
kimdenise200 2 years ago
cat stevens is such a great artist, love h + m too!
forestwhimsy 2 years ago
Good song! Love the movie, Harold and Maude. I hope someone decides to post it here on YouTube soon! I have the movie on my iPod now! I watch it most every day! I wish I knew what Bud Cort thought of this movie, if he liked it or not, but I doubt anyone can get in touch with him now, he's like 60. Anyways, great video! You must have gone to a lot of work putting the pics together, and although I'm not really a fan, Cat's songs are great!
HannahBonanza96 2 years ago
Chanson fabuleuse. Ma préférée car elle symbolise pour moi le film Harold et Maude qui est le plus beau film qu'il m'est été donné de voir.
Merci Mr Stevens pour cette composition.
allezfrance04 2 years ago
Lazyhand, we can all get along, no matter what our beliefs. we just have to realize that everyone has everyone has the right to believe the way they want. No one has the right to dictate how everyone should believes. We all have our right to believe what feels right to us. we are all different, all over the world, that's why there are so many belief systems. But the Golden Rule to all of them is Do unto others as you'd have done to you.
Yoacham1 2 years ago 2
could you tell me where the first still is from? i love that one!
Bloompje 2 years ago