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  • mamabearjones: come on! a moon shadow is something that will protect you forever... it is something that will be will you forever and ever... just like that.. like a shadow, your own s hadow, the one that belongs to you only... the one that knows everything about YOU!!! if you want to take away the religious part, good for you, because like this you'll enjoy the song the way it has to be.. best regards and enjoy cat, the catty shadow!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • i wish i was in that crowd, well i wish i was alive in the 70's

  • @tmmurphy89 that's the beauty of the people who recorded these vids back then.just watch and imagine.

  • @tmmurphy89 my parents might have not married that time

  • rhumb line

  • GOD BLESS US ALL. AMEN

  • I love this song so much that a bought the book TEASER AND THE FIRECAT. Written and illustrated by Cat Stevens. done in 1972

  • Chords anyone?

  • To me, the Moonshadow is the bright side of dark thoughts.

  • The song is not dismal. It is a song of optimism. Moonshadow is a song that is subtly religious. This song plays on several levels, all of them with a touch of innocent enjoyment of the wonderment of nature. Cat Stevens captured the feeling of walking alone in a natural place with but the moon's light to accompany him, and then provided speculation as to the meaning of life, but in such a non-intrusive way that you never realize the depths of the song.

  • Actually. the song is optimistic...no matter what the singer will carry on.

  • i love this song but what, exactly, is a moon shadow???? and, to be perfectly honest, though the tune is quite catchy, the song it's self is quite dismal! really! listen to the words! LOL!!

  • saw him sing early 70,s apollo glasgow audience would not let him stop amazing concert and amazing times

  • I was rared listening to this song going on long journeys with my dad from one country to another...

    I love cat!!

  • I've a question. I'm certain his accompanying guitarist is Alun Davies. Is the man with the bass guitar directly behind them Paul Samwell-Smith, his producer and ex-Yardbirds bassist?

  • Music is Universel, like Love and God whatever the name is .

  • Best memory of my childhood. Very first song I learned to sing at the age of 2. This performance was done when I was 3. Brings back a time of peace and innocence.

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  • I agree on the religion thing but think how many beautiful songs like this did his change to a muslim or whatever rob the world of .

  • And if I ever lose my life, I'd lose my sorrow, lose my strife, yea if I ever lose my life, I won't have to live no more... (verse I wrote at a dark time)

  • Just amazing. Why couldn't I have lived to see this live?

  • im learning this song im 21 i love the oldies this is by far a very memorable classic

  • daniel brou

  • Cry

  • I really truly wish i was born in this era, but i sadly had to be born in the era of shit pop. My life really has been ruined by pop because everyone just amuses i enjoy pop while i really think it's shit. God please, send me back.

  • God, if you can please take me back there....

  • O.K. Here it is, Cat/Yusuf, gave everything away from his past as a sacrifice of sorts, He was later told that music is the word to many,if it made them happy then do not give it up, embrace it.

    One Cool Guy.

  • one cool guy.

  • this is fucking awesome. thanks

  • I love this song. When I was 16 or so, I would play it over and over again. It brings me back to the 70's when the music was incredible. I remember the beautiful summers on Vancouver and Hornby Islands. I had such a crush on Cat Stevens and my friend's brother looked like him and I thought I was in love with him, although he showed me little interest being of the other persuasion. Oh well!

  • it just is a statement stuck in time, and history repeats itself or so i was taught; anyhow it is original and has a point and we all can decide to like it or not.... me i love the melody.regards,vern

  • lot's of talent & vision !

  • I'm an atheist, I don't care about any religion.

    My only beleif is that Cat Stevens is the best folk songwriter ever.

    And I thank islam for making him stop music in late seventies, so he didn't make crappy music in the eighties like Bowie, Genesis, and almost every great artist from the seventies.

  • if yu guys think this guys some hippie terrorist your wrong hes a bright religous man with a heart!!!!

  • i think 136 are just war bound bad hearted and unhonest

  • and if I ever lose my wallet

    oh iiiiif, I won't have to pay no more

  • listen to this then listen to eminem or lil wayne or something... i mean i looovee them but this kinda makes me cry im only 11 and i still feel older is better....

  • Today I found out that one of my best friends Janice Garland, whom I grew up with in Haworth, NJ is now with our Lord. I am dedicating the Cat Stevens song as we were always listening to his records when they became popular. When we got in touch about 15 yrs ago we reminisced saying we both thought about each other when we heard any song of his songs... We will always love and miss you Janice ~

  • This song brought back memories from my childhood, when I was taking English lessons...and this one was among the first songs I learnt...Love it!!!!

  • Too bad!! He was sooo good until he became a muslim.... what an idiot!!

  • @vivo883 i think you are a idiot!!!!!Cat stevens is the same!

  • Nice song, thanks for posting

  • @mcdavey105 dude wtf is your problem. you are judging one of the best artists ever because of his riligeon and now everyone knows your catholic.

  • @Derpherpadur....I said it was a nice song, and that's it! What's your problem?

  • 1.55 Leo from that 70's show!

  • that poor stupid old fool........he hasn't written any music thats any good for years

  • Great song. Too bad the pressure of fame made him snap and lose the ability to think for himself.

  • @Mayortwilleger WRONG ....Yussuf (Cat Stevens) coverted to ISLAM and with that came his renouncing of pop music and personal appearances.

    Yussuf is alive and very well he is sane and has always been able to think for himself.

    Yussuf is heavily involved here in the UK in charitable work.

    Please do not post false comments on something you know nothing about !

  • @grooverheliboy Islam is a refuge for those who find contemplating their own existence too daunting. You can just switch off and let the clerics and imams tell you what to think, feel and do till you die with the promise of 72 virgins waiting for you. It just doesnt get any better. Ask Yussuf. Love his music btw.

  • @Mayortwilleger You are talking to the wrong person I am Roman Catholic and very proud to be so.

    My point was to highlight people like you who talk shite on youtube about something you know bugger all about.

    So off you go again slagging off Islam just for the hell of it.

    You are one of the reaons I cannot stand aussies fucking kangaroo shaggers the lot of you !!

  • @grooverheliboy Hang on. For a second there I thought you were being pious and taking the high ground but after your last comment I'm not so sure. "I cannot stand (insert fucking and whatever nationality you damn well please)" Is that what a proud Roman Catholic says? You sir are madder than Yusuf. At least he hates everyone who isnt a muslim equally.

  • @Mayortwilleger I just love winding people up,:>))) especially those that bite like a fish...hooked good and proper eh cobber !!

  • @grooverheliboy Chomp

  • @Mayortwilleger ROTFLMAO....Sorry dude couldnt resist the temptation...Oh and keep our Queen safe we want her back in one peice..

  • Screw his conversion to Islam. When he wrote and performed this, he was just plain Cat Stevens, singer. Groove on that instead of the other bullshit.

  • and if I ever lose my mind

    oh iiiiiif, I won't have to think no more ^^

  • @flesjemelk

    I agree with you. I enjoied listen him!

  • I love the Golf Clap!!

  • Legendary!

  • To be honest, I have no idea why religion was even brought up in the first place. It's MUSIC and it's LEGENDARY. Who cares what religion he is/was?

  • @asxp10 "Yusuf Islam" (the man formerly known as "Cat Stevens") himself made an issue of it, if my own information is in any way correct. So apparently HE cares and is making an issue of it. Whether you care or not (or whether I care or not) may not matter to him--by wrote of Islam he's apparently now completely against all sorts of "idolaltry" (including, presumbably, any sort of idolizing of him, even in his own past).

    Point being? You must (to satisfy him) forget entirely his "legend."

  • @Mulsanne917flatout ^^^ that should properly read:  "[...] by [R]ote of Islam and not "[wr]ote. Error entirely mine.

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  • @asxp10 right on ! music is universal.

    peace

    doc

  • They don't make singers like this anymore, and that really is a damn shame.

  • @bromixsr yea :(

  • i'm glad my parents & grandparents brang me up with the right music i was born in 1996 and you dont hear great songs like this anymore (:

  • dam that moonshadow lol

  • Great stuff here.

  • I like his music!

  • bongrips approved

  • i had this on video an lost it,so good to see it again,how intreeged are the crown,cat has them under a musical spell

  • regardless of his religion cat made some great music he is a true a legend

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  • " I won't have to work no more "

    sweetest words in the english language =)

  • He was an incredible composer/musician...early 70's had his studio down from our little chalet...was a great and gentle person...real person...get over the religion bit...we are all from the same creator.....

  • second song I've heard and I'm in the middle of getting an album :D

  • This is the earliest song I can remember....my dad used to play this to me when I was a baby...Stayed in the back of my mind all this time. <3

  • you shouldve not gone there in the first place,get off his asss~!!!!!

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  • So this is where Patti Labelle and Labelle got the song from.

  • this bastards have joint the Devil !! Only Muslim and hitler have killed like that ! i have see Irannian killed they young people --for allah !! teach them before to try to teach me ! -i will never forget that shit !!!

  • The moon is going to be full tonight and we were just talking about this beautiful song. It is still just as beautiful as we remembered!!

  • Religion never crossed my mind. Wonderful writer, beautiful song.

  • my favorite cat stevens song well beside all the other songs. but this one is very speical to me.

  • i love that i rediscovered cat stevens...what's a moonshadow?

  • hey, I like the second verse!

  • I love his music have since I was a kid...has alot of memories for me when I listened to it on 8 track while waiting on the school bus...

  • it would be nice to read a comment or two that actually relates to his music like "hey i like the second verse" or "this song contains an excellent chord progression" but I guess that would be expecting too much from a site where every moron with a PC can voice their dense and dull witted opinions.

  • i think ,, he take too much drugs ! he denied his religions and his name !!!

  • It is unfortunate he joined the dark side and dropped out of the real world. Many of us did drugs in the 60's 70's but we did not allow the brainwashing to grab us in a moment of weakness. May he find the strength to abandon his controlled life and join us in the real world.

  • Cat Stevens is one of the best. I don't care if he'ss muslim, catholic or morman. IMHO

  • i love him so much tho.....=(

  • @mrshizbot That was a bold statement of what kind of person you are.

  • why cant someone make music like this anymore? I wish i`d been one of the guys on front row there!

  • what i meant to say was i really don't care what religion cat chooses. it's his choice. i'm correcting my typo below. i'm not a great speller. but i would not care if he were dutch, christian, reformed, african, jewish, whatever. who cares. he's a great man and his soul comes out in his music. cat is forever. someday justin beiber will be, what? who is that.? that's the difference.

  • i don't watch fox news. fox news is biast and negative. i love cat stevens. forever. it is an eternal love. I would care if he were christian reformed dutch, jewish, it really dousn't matter. he is a spiritual man. He loves his god, his family and music. it takes a lot of faith to give up music for your religion. I'm sure it wasn't easy. but i respect him completely. He did something that a lot of musicians would not be able to do. Did I mention that I can't stand negative close minded people.

  • can we just enjoy the music, heck, he aint running for president, these dum ass goof balls here would probable vote him in. No experience nessessary here any longer. Wonder why we are in the mess we are in... hange, yea! How did I get on this subject......

  • Heheh, I can totally relate to this song...

    Got the feeling I`m being followed by a Moonshadow too.

  • To all the people that dislike Cat Stevens because he's a muslim..

    he wouldnt be hated if he converted to Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, or Buddhism. But you people persist to dislike him just because he converted to Islam... Yes, maybe some people within the islamic religion are radical, but then again what religion doesnt have its radicals, how about zionism or pro life christians. you canno't hate a person because of a religion or a belief that they choose to associate themselves with.

  • @MrHunter920 wow..well said

  • @ShifWajdi thank you : ) i've spent a lot of my life around people of different cultures and religions, lived in iran for six months, and to be honest, people were lovely there. People that live in the united states have a lot of built up hate towards anyone that isnt in the "mainstream" ethnicity or religion and its just childish, not even childish because children wont discriminate against others unless raised to do so.

  • @MrHunter920 what can I again say Mr.Hunter?? If only people like you exist, then this world will be a much better place with no wars and conflict.. But its sad that most of the people well conditioned to what the government wants them to believe...Good to see and read comments like yours which bring so much positivity. Thanks you :)

  • @ShifWajdi its probably the way that the media negatively portrays the middle eastern area that causes people to dislike the people as well as their practices. Fox news is especially good at digging up only the negative images, and if thats all people see they wont know about all the positive parts of the country in perspective.

  • @MrHunter920 Respect to you and your wise words my friend.

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  • Don't disrespect anyone 'cause they're muslim*

  • @Jonnyeth i think ,, Cats steven are used too much drug !!

  • cat stevens needs to more for us

  • who the hell cares if he's muslim?

    idiots

  • When the Crusaders took Jerusalem way back when they killed every living thing inside the city..

    Galaxies spin in quiet splendor and know not Jerusalem.

  • Cat Stevens music is for the soul and enjoy it.

  • This music was recorded well before he went to muslim. The re-release of his his music and videos has been done to raise money for children..

  • ha ha, \"and if I ever lose my hands"(as in some countries for theft) quit lightly under the kind of laws that Yusuf would like to abide by in this country

  • It's amazing to see how discriminating people from the US are against muslims.

  • Love this song ;)

  • @Kapaist ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT.

    SHEER TALENT NO GIMMICKS, NOT LIKE THOSE BUNCH OF ARSE WIPES, THAT LIVE IN L.A. AND WHO THINK THEY ARE FUCKING SUPERIOR.

    THEY NEED TO BE SECTIONED, AND LOCKED UP, AND FORCED TO HAVE ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT

    THEY HAVE ILLUSIONS OF GRANDUER,

    THEY ARE A DANGER TO SOCEITY, AND NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE GENERAL SAD PUBLIC, WHO LIVE IN AWE OF THEIR SELFISH, LUSTFUL, DECEITFUL WAYS.

    PUSH THE BUTTON OFF, ESPECIALLY THAT WACKO JACKO, WE SHOULD DIG HIM UP AND LET HIM ROT

  • @serenityoooooo Is your Cap Locks stuck or something?

  • I use to listen to this with my dad drivin cross crounty in a semi one of the best memories i got

  • @123dirtyboy

    shut your fucking gob mate

  • @NormbrettaMod suck my fooking dick mate

  • @123dirtyboy

    you ARE a dirty boy!

  • @NormbrettaMod i am a very DIRTY BOY

  • Good Musikc is Good Music - and that should be enough for everybody

  • i used to listen to this 24/7 when i was 5

  • Why do Cat Stevens' videos have millions of views? A hint: because they are music of the highest caliber.

  • Dangit, i was expecting Kat Williams....fail.

  • OMG! It took me 40 years to figure out why he didn't complete the lyrics " no more"

  • @IanHunedoara8 whatchu talking bout?

  • @nineteenninetywon "If I had no mouth then............"

  • @xheyitsowenjx cat steven was a very religious and political man....

    

  • im 12 and i love cat stevens its way better then that top 40 shit

  • @xheyitsowenjx well said...

  • He is an incredible performer.

  • @xheyitsowenjx god bless us everyone.

  • if I ever luz my hands? surely not cutting the hands fr thefts.

  • who cares about religion, i dont i listen to all music from this wonderful artist. all you get is ppl having a go at each other. i am 63 years old. i served with the australian army in vietnam 67-68. i have lived through the scare campaigns. number one, cold war, second. domino theory. now the muslims. not all muslims are bad. but i guess i am not young enough to know everything.

  • @naughtyninth crisss es-tu imécile !! this fucking  assold pray the Devil ! - i had work in Muslim country in africa -- they are cruel and bestial !!! --Never contribution for a poor people ! they ask money --but don't give to the poor peoples --Cats stevens takes too much Drugs ! and now his fucked in his mind !!!

  • @naughtyninth It often takes that kind of distance to see the bigger picture. Good to hear something thoughtful and intelligent said on youtube comments for a change.

  • @naughtyninth I love what you said. i love how u vets like to remind us u are vets

  • @naughtyninth brilliant comment!

  • @naughtyninth completely agree. Great music. Listen carefully and love it for what it is: a message to people to love each other and live together. Any gun toting jingoist who thinks otherwise is a twat

  • @naughtyninth Well said pops, i'm just an 18 year old kid trying to appreciate good music, not religion.

  • Cat Stevens WAS A Christian But Now He Has Converted To Islam And He Sings Nasheeds For Kids. . .

  • @xxxMissSunflowerxxx Nasheeds are the Islamic equivalent of church hymns. Get over yourself.

  • @TheGreatLaugher well actually nasheeds are A BIT like songs but islamic and they most of them dont have drums, guitar etc.