Yusuf Islam, es un artista británico mejor conocido como Cat Stevens. Nació con el nombre Stephen Demetre Georgiou, hijo de madre sueca y de padre griego chipriota. Cuando tenía 8 años, sus padres se separaron pero siguieron conviviendo como familia en la misma casa. Habitaban el piso superior del restaurante de su propiedad, donde todos trabajaban.
Su primer instrumento musical fue el gran piano que había en la casa. No sólo por parte de padre y madre asimiló diferentes culturas en su infancia, sino que su casa estaba además abierta a diferentes amigos y familiares. Musicalmente es el heredero de una formación clásica pero también del amor por lo popular y por las danzas y canciones folklóricas griegas que escuchaba su padre.
A los 15 años descubrió que quería ser un músico y poco después que, además, quería ser una estrella pop.
Con el nombre artístico Cat Stevens, vendió millones de discos especialmente en los años 1960 y 1970.
Después de una experiencia cercana a la muerte decidió convertirse al islam y abandonar la música alrededor de 1978. Es entonces cuando adoptó el nombre Yusuf Islam.
Su primer instrumento musical fue el gran piano que había en la casa. No sólo por parte de padre y madre asimiló diferentes culturas en su infancia, sino que su casa estaba además abierta a diferentes amigos y familiares. Musicalmente es el heredero de una formación clásica pero también del amor por lo popular y por las danzas y canciones folklóricas griegas que escuchaba su padre.
A los 15 años descubrió que quería ser un músico y poco después que, además, quería ser una estrella pop.
Con el nombre artístico Cat Stevens, vendió millones de discos especialmente en los años 1960 y 1970.
Después de una experiencia cercana a la muerte decidió convertirse al islam y abandonar la música alrededor de 1978. Es entonces cuando adoptó el nombre Yusuf Islam.
FATHER AND SON
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?)
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?)
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