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Fun Music Information -> Cat Stevens
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Jusef Muhammed (Cat Stevens), Cat Stevens (Originally by Sam Cooke in 1963), Cat Stevens/Boyzone, Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)Band Name Origins:
- Okay, I know this is a sole singer, not a band, but the origin is that the guy's first name was actually steven. He had a nickname given to him by friends - "Cat Stevens." Way back when he had begun recording music he mentioned it to the recording company and they loved it, so he kept it. Now, however, you know he has changed his real name to Yousef Islam after converting to the Islamic faith years ago. Yousef is arabic for Joseph. Submitted by: helen
Music Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Steven Demetre Georgiou. Submitted by: Bobo
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Bad Penny" | "Oh, no, don't say those same idle lies I-I've heard them before." From the album "Buddha and The Chocolate Box". - oldsongs |
| "Father and Son" | It's more of a scripted song where the father sings one part and the son sings the next. And "I have to go away" is mentioned more in this song. - Paul Warren |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Creep Train" | "Peace Train" | MOR |
| "Dishes Are Broken " | "Morning Has Broken" | MOR |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "King Of Trees," | No one rules trees. | Olive Pitt |
| "Morning Has Broken," | Morning does not literally break. | Lynne O'Leahy-Cassid |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Lord, I'm Just A Baby," B.J. Thomas | "Oh Very Young," Cat Stevens | |
| "Who's That Lady?," The Isley Brothers | "Lady D'Arbanville," Cat Stevens | |
| "He's So Shy," The Pointer Sisters | "Don't Be Shy," Cat Stevens | |
| "Sing About The Moon," Paul Simon | "Moon Shadow," Cat Stevens | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Wild Word" originally "Wild World"
Samantha Wayland
"Pace Train" originally "Peace Train"
Thessaly Danes
"Longer Bats" originally "Longer Boats"
Bridget Andrews
"Longer Oats" originally "Longer Boats"
Bridget Andrews
"Longer Boas" originally "Longer Boats"
Bridget Andrews
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Father And Song" originally "Father And Son"
Calop
"Longer Bloats" originally "Longer Boats"
Joanna Whitmire
"Gold Schoolyard" originally "Old Schoolyard"
Nora Aaron
"Mold Schoolyard" originally "Old Schoolyard"
That would be disgusting.
Nora Aaron
"Cold Schoolyard" originally "Old Schoolyard"
Nora Aaron
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Where Do The Children Pray?" originally "Where Do The Children Play?"
Sutch
"Where Do The Children Plan?" originally "Where Do The Children Play?"
Sutch
"Moot Shadow" originally "Moon Shadow"
Joe
"I'm Gonna Get Me A Sun" originally "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun"
Cynthia Avery
"Odd Schoolyard" originally "Old Schoolyard"
Ed
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Another Saturday Night" | "Another Late Thursday Night" | Old Man Ribber |
| "Morning Has Broken" | "Monday Has Broken" | Warren Baker |
| "Morning Has Broken" | "Morning Has Broken" | John A. Barry |
| "Morning Has Broken" | "Horny And Broke, Da*n!" | Tommy Turtle |
| "Peace Train" | "Fleece, Gain" | John A. Barry |
| "Morning is Breaking" | "Burbank in Morning" | 2Eagle |
| "Morning Has Broken" | "Mornings in Coffin" | John A. Barry |
| "Moon Shadow" | "Eyeshadow" | Mare Garrel |
| "Morning Has Broken" | "Teachable Moments" | Old Man Ribber |
| "Moonshadow" | "Goons I Owe" | blackjack21 |
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Morning Has Broken | Insomnia Group | Kilgore |
| I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun | National Rifle Association | FussBudgetVanPelt |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Dear Prudence Beatles | Where Do the Children Play? Cat Stevens | Dear Prudence, Where Do the Children Play? | Sutch |
| I'd Tell You, But... Anti-Flag | But I Might Die Tonight Cat Stevens | I'd Tell You, But I Might Die Tonight Better that than, but then I'd have to kill you! | Josh |
| Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree The Andrews Sisters | King of Trees Cat Stevens | Don't Sit Under The King of Apple Trees | MOR |
| My Name Is Eminem | Lady D'Arbanville Cat Stevens | My Name Is Lady D'Arbanville Why was this left off of "Who's Who?" | Eac Zefron |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Counting Cats
Counting Crows combined with Cat Stevens
Another twisting of the first band's name, from the same Full House episode.
Submitted By: nally
Uncle Dog And Cat Stevens
Uncle Dog combined with Cat Stevens
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Curiosity Killed Cat Stevens
Curiosity Killed The Cat combined with Cat Stevens
Editor's note: There is NO such performer as 'Demolition Cat'. I looked up on Wikopedia, Google, and Allmusic.com, and it's not there. Sorry!
Submitted By: crazydon
Curiosity Killed Cat Stevens
Curiosity Killed The Cat combined with Cat Stevens
Submitted By: Candy Welty
There are additional Cat Stevens Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Oh Very Young"
Misheard Lyrics: Will you ride the great white bird into together?
Original Lyrics: Will you ride the great white bird into Heaven?
| "Oh Very Young"
Misheard Lyrics: Over young
Original Lyrics: Oh very young
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"Wild World"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I'm breathin'
Original Lyrics: Baby I'm grievin'
| "Sitting"
Misheard Lyrics: I keep on wondering if I sleep too long,
Will I always wake up the same Arse-hole. Original Lyrics: I keep on wondering if I sleep too long,
Will I always wake up the same (or so)? |
| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Another Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: I let her walk away
Original Lyrics: I'm in an awful way
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Story about this misheard lyric by: RJM Wife thought Jimmy Buffet was the original singer/song writer for this. (Sam Cooke) Wife and I were talking about how we did not have any money to go out to a movie and she started to sing the song like "Another Saturday night and I ain't got no money". After I corrected her she sang the other line wrong. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Moonshadow"
Better Lyrics:
I'm being followed by a wheelbarrow, Wheelbarrow, wheelbarrow
Original Lyrics:
I'm being followed by a moonshadow, Moonshadow, moonshadow
Submitted by: redsky
Dirty Song Lyrics:
"The Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head"
The Dirty Lyrics: A gardener's daughter stopped me on my way, on the day I was
To wed It is you who I wish to share my body with she said Why They're Dirty: He was on his way to marry someone else when this happened!
Submitted by: Robert Ballinger
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Ghost Town"
The Lyrics: Buster Keaton & King Tut
Are waiting for Disney to wake up Who They Mention: Walt Disney
Submitted by: britrock
| "Ghost Town"
The Lyrics: Buster Keaton & King Tut
Are waiting for Disney to wake up Who They Mention: King Tutankhamen
Submitted by: britrock
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| There are additional celebrity lyrics available. | |
Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Ghost Town"
The Lyrics: Bill Bailey said he'd be around
If Mr G Robinson would just put That bad Havana down. Product Brand Name: Havana cigars
Submitted by: Li'l Bit
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Jesus"
Opening Lines: They used to call him Jesus
Comments: Submitted by: Sutch
| "Oh Very Young"
Opening Lines: Oh very young, what will you leave us this time?
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
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| There are additional spelling lyrics available. | |
Song Title Space Change:
"Ban Apple Gas" originally "Banapple Gas"
Submitted by: Sutch
"I Think I Seethe Light" originally "I Think I See The Light"
Submitted by: Job Lowe
"I Love The Mall" originally "I Love Them All"
Submitted by: Ag Bengip
"Another's A Turd, Ay, Night" originally "Another Saturday Night"
Submitted by: Regina Haniger
Band Name Anagrams:
A Vest Scent Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
Scan Vet Set Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
A Vet's Scent Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
Can Set Vest Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
Vest Ascent Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
There are additional Band Name Anagrams available.
Song Title Anagrams:
"Sting It" originally "Sitting"
Submitted by: Claire Grayson
Songs That Are Banned:
"All Recordings"
As I recall, many L.A. radio stations (and others accross the U.S.) refused to play, and even made media events of noisely destroying ALL their Cat Stevens records after reports came out that he told his students in England that, yes, as a devout Muslim, he was obliged to fulfill the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, i.e. kill Mr. Rushde, if he had the opportunity. Not exactly the sweet, loving Cat Stevens I remembered. Mr. Rushdie became the subject of a fatwa after his book "Satanic Verses" was published which was considered blasphemous by the Muslim community. According to Wikipedia, the fatwa cannot be rescinded since the Ayatollah Khomeini, who issued the fatwa, is the only one who can rescind it but is no longer living.
Submitted by: Bridgette
Super Short Pop Songs:
"Tea For The Tillerman" Length: 1:01
This little ditty, which closed the album of the same name, used to freak me out as a kid with all those people singing "For that happy day!" at the very end.
Submitted by: JD
"The Wind" Length: 1:41
A nice little song that opens the Teaser album. The song was used in the movie Almost Famous.
Submitted by: JD
Song Title Acrostics:
HITS: "Home In The Sky"
Unfortunately, this wasn't one of his biggest hits
Submitted by: MOR
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Brad Bakes" originally "Bad Brakes"
Submitted by: Hank E. Panky
"Fee Tore the Miller Tan" originally "Tea for the Tillerman"
Fake Thor, see stun
Submitted by: Benski Korhonen
"Saw There and Fun" originally "Father and Son"
~from the album "Fee Tore the Miller Tan"
Submitted by: Benski Korhonen
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Wild World"
The Lyrics: Now that I've lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new And it's breakin' my heart you're leavin' Baby, I'm grievin' But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you have a lot of nice things to wear But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there Why: This song's fairly upbeat and catchy. However, it's about a woman leaving a man (who then practically pushes her out the door and half-begs her to stay at the same time).
Submitted by: Kristy
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Stat Keevens originally "Cat Stevens"
Submitted by: MOR
Stet Cave-ins originally "Cat Stevens"
stet: Latin word meaning, "Let it stand".
Submitted by: Peter
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Converted to Islam"
Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1978 and is now under the name Yusuf Islam. Yusuf is Arabic for Joseph.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
"His alleged "Death To Solomon Rushdie" statement"
After Solomon Rushdie released his book Satanic Verses; Cat Stevens was being interviewed made the mistake of saying that "the penalty for blasphemy against the muslin religion is death." Many people who saw Cat on TV thought that he was saying "Kill Rushdie" but Cat went on to clarify his statement saying that he was new to the muslin faith and never meant what he said as an incentive to "kill Rushdie."
Submitted by: Celeste
"Traded in Mid-Season"
"Pulled the ultimite "360". Abruptly left the music world, sold off all his material goods, and now makes money for that ol' peace-nick known as Osama bin Laden
Submitted by: princejellyfish
