If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
by Cat Stevens
"There's a million ways to go"

Day 6, apparently.

Listen to it here!
..and enjoy :)

I Love My Dog
by Cat Stevens
"I love my dog
As much as I love you;
You may fail
My dog will always come through"

Genius. I'd love to use this song in a documentary about bestiality.

Listen to it here!
..and enjoy :)

Here Comes My Baby
by Cat Stevens
"In the midnight moonlight Ill be walking a long and lonely mile.
And every time I do, I keep seeing this picture of you."

Phwoar. Now here's a jaunty tune. You've got to have a little boogie. Maybe. I'm very tired whilst typing this so it may sound a little drunken. Again, I absolutely adore the instrumentation. It's completely perfect for the song. One of the things I have found about Cat Stevens that I love is how complex the layers of instrumentation are. Gorgeous. I always notice something new and delicious :)

Listen to it here!
..and enjoy :)

Don't Be Shy
by Cat Stevens
"You know, love is better than a song
Love is where all of us belong"

The piano at the beginning of this song is so beautiful, and then the way the guitar creeps in. I love it. And the way he uses his voice is just spectacular. How anyone can not be in love with this man is a mystery to me. Seriously. I find this song really comforting... Comforting is definitely the right word :)

Listen to it here!
..and enjoy :)

Lady D'arbanville
by Cat Stevens
"My lady darbanville, you look so cold tonight.
Your lips feel like winter,
Your skin has turned to white"

This is easily one of my favourite Cat Stevens tracks because it's got a real air of pre-raphaelite and gothic storytelling and illustration. The lyrics are beautiful, yet quite dark and macabre. I absolutely adore the instrumentation in this song... and the background vocals... They fit perfectly with the lyrics

Listen to it here!
..and enjoy :)

The First Cut is the Deepest
by Cat Stevens
"I would have given you all of my heart
But theres someone whos torn it apart
And shes taking almost all that Ive got
But if you want, Ill try to love again
Baby Ill try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest"

I'd like to apologise first, not to you but to myself really. This blog is for me more than it is for anyone else. I need to keep doing stuff to stay busy and I've not been keeping up with any of my blogs for a while now.

I decided that I'd return with a Cat Stevens week. I realise that Thursday is an odd day to start a week... but shh.

So I thought I'd post this song because I've not posted it on Facebook yet, basically. I bought the 'best of' recently and since then I have tried listening to something else once (The Raconteurs) and had to turn it off before even the first track was finished. And then Cat Stevens returned promptly.

Cat Stevens. His lyrics are gorgeous, his guitar playing is gorgeous, his voice is gorgeous. In short, he's the love of my life. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THIS TIME, CAT?! To think for ages I kept listening to 'Father and Son' again and again and completely missed other tracks.

I hope you'll come back to hear more Cat Stevens this week, especially Tom, you Cat Stevens virgin, you.

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)