{"id":4135,"date":"2021-01-13T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:24:59","slug":"yusuf-cat-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/yusuf-cat-stevens","title":{"rendered":"Episode 200: Yusuf \/ Cat Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Father and Son&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SongExploder200-CatStevens-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SongExploder200-CatStevens-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SongExploder200-CatStevens-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SongExploder200-CatStevens-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SongExploder200-CatStevens.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px; color-scheme: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_845366a6-4ed1-4512-90fd-592f516c33a1&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" title=\"PRX Embed Player\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/yusuf-cat-stevens-father-and-son\/id788236947?i=1000763083746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3jR30nlodpp1NJsjaQP7Q7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/b544ccbb-e908-4df7-b3fd-7088d42652f5\/song-exploder-yusuf-cat-stevens---father-and-son\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The legendary singer\/songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/catstevens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yusuf \/ Cat Stevens<\/a> released his first album in 1967. He\u2019s a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockhall.com\/inductees\/cat-stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame,<\/a> and his albums have sold millions. In 2020, he released <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tea_for_the_Tillerman_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Tea for the Tillerman&#178;<\/em><\/a>, a re-imagining of his hit 1970 album <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tea_for_the_Tillerman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Tea for the Tillerman<\/em><\/a>. In the song &#8220;Father and Son,&#8221; he sings a duet between the two title characters, doing both voices. But in the 2020 version, he approached this song in a kind of astonishing way\u00a0\u200a\u2014\u200a he recorded the part of the father, but for the part of the son, he used a live recording of himself from 1970, taken from a show he played at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troubadour.com\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Troubadour in Los Angeles<\/a>. So the two parts are still both sung in his voice, but 50 years apart. In this episode Yusuf \/ Cat Stevens tells the story of how he created, and then re-created &#8220;Father and Son.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>You can buy or stream the 2020 version of <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/s\/20y3DqwhOEWft7nQncfc9O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Father and Son&#8221; here<\/a> and the original version of <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/s\/2rb8L8rChtziNAoVO9fRXr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Father and Son&#8221; here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_H5XuIb5WM\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/yusuf-cat-stevens-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_End_theatre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The West End, neighborhood<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigel_Hawthorne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigel Hawthorne, actor and collaborator <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mona_Bone_Jakon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mona Bone Jakon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morgan_Studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morgan Studios<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Blackwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Blackwell, Former Head of Island Records<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandrecords.com\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island Records<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Samwell-Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Samwell Smith, producer <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Yardbirds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Yardbirds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catstevens.com\/the-world-premiere-of-moonshadow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moonshadow, The Musical<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Father and Son&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 AMAZON \u00b7 OTHER APPS The legendary singer\/songwriter Yusuf \/ Cat Stevens released his first album in 1967. He\u2019s a member of the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame, and his albums have sold millions. In 2020, he released Tea for the Tillerman&#178;, a re-imagining of his hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episode"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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