Yusuf, "Father And Son 2020"

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In late 1970, before my friends and I were born, Cat Stevens came out with Tea For The Tillerman . While we were in early childhood, Stevens' kind of folk-influenced, nursery rhyme music was acceptable. "Father And Son" depicted the real-world misunderstanding between a father and his ostensibly teenaged son. In the end, it marked a time when the son, in order to grow, should leave home.

In the late-70s, Stevens converted to Islam, and changed his name to Yusuf. He faced backlashes, and all the adults stopped listening to his music. Yusuf himself stopped making music.

In the early-90s, when we were in college, the 70s made a comeback, and "Father And Son" took on new meaning. 'Cuz now we were the sons (and daughters) who had left home.

In 2020, 50 years after originally recording Tea For The Tillerman , Yusuf re-recorded it, in part to reimagine it for modern times. He even brought back guitarist Alun Davies, and producer Paul Samwell-Smith. On the revamped "Father And Son," Yusuf sings the role of the dad, while "dueting" with Cat Stevens playing the son.

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Topic - Yusuf, "Father And Son 2020" - Luminator 10:52:23 04/5/21 (7)

"and all the adults stopped listening to his music"? - LtMandella 10:58:38 04/6/21 (6)

s/b all the adults "around me" - Luminator 11:17:49 04/6/21 (5)

Converting to Islam when an Islamic revolutionary is holding US citizens as prisoners - Goober58 15:13:00 04/6/21 (2)

RE: Converting to Islam when an Islamic revolutionary is holding US citizens as prisoners - semuta 19:58:08 04/8/21 (1)

RE: Converting to Islam when an Islamic revolutionary is holding US citizens as prisoners - JDK 15:12:26 04/13/21 (0)

RE: s/b all the adults "around me" - LtMandella 11:48:38 04/6/21 (1)

1978, perhaps? - Luminator 12:11:15 04/6/21 (0)

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