American Horse
AKA "Mustang"
But, But, But Cat stevens is a Muzlim, he must be bad right?In the early 70's Cat Sevens was the voice of lost and urequited love:
His "Lady D'Arbanville" was a song about a lover lying in her grave (Patti D'Arvanville?), or Sad Lisa...
But "How Can I Tell You" seemed to be about a lover only dreamed of and not yet known; "it's a song about someone with love ready to give to and share with someone who has not come into his life yet. Idealized love or whatever, it's still a longing, a profound longing"
Here are two versions; one with a female voice and the second with Cat's voice, the original version.
(BTW there is some beautiful and moving artwork in both these videos. I suggest clicking on the expansion arrows in the bottom corner of the video to get the full impact of it's beauty and poignance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq26qyp9OpY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9cZe2bzEc&feature=related
This is a song (lament?) a "loner" is best able to understand or appreciate.
Here's a scene from the second version - notice the lonely figure walking the flooded shoreline, as close as he
(or she) can get to the unknown land, the island projecting through the surf, just out of reach . . . Terra Incognita
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Not to go off-thread here, but Cat has said some damaging things, and he has paid accordingly. None of that reduces the beauty of his music. He was a great artist in his yourger days, on the scale of Neil Young, who also has said some improvident things, but neverless is still a favorite here. I'd ten times rather listen to either than the Beetles.
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