Cat Stevens – Time – Fill My Eyes (Live At Plumpton Jazz & Blues Festival, 08-08-70) – 4:01 (421 kbps , 12.08 MB) Hitting shelves that day will be 50th anniversary editions of Mona Bone Jakon and Tea For The Tillerman. Released within 7 months in 1970, these albums saw Stevens redefining his sound. Following a battle with tuberculosis and a lengthy stay at in the hospital, Stevens had begun looking inward, exploring literature and meditation, and reflecting on who he was as an artist. Beginning on these two albums, he stripped away many of the production excesses of his late-'60s Deram albums in favor of a more soulful, introspective sound that would dovetail with the burgeoning singer-songwriter movement. This metamorphosis began with Mona Bone Jakon, produced by ex-Yardbird Paul Samwell-Smith and featuring longtime collaborator Alun Davies on guitar along with John Ryan on bass and Harvey Burns on drums. O'Driscoll, Michelle (29 July 1972). "Tea With The Tillerman". Disc Magazine . Retrieved 1 December 2008. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. According to a 1972 interview with Stevens, the inspiration for the title was a name he created to describe his penis: "'Mona Bone Jakon' is another name for my penis. It's the name I give it. It's not some sort of secret vocabulary, it's just something I made up." [1]

Tillerman followed ‘Mona Bone Jakon’ only seven months later that same year, confirming the sensational rebirth of Cat Stevens as a spiritual seeker capable of drawing from a seemingly bottomless well of imaginative inspiration. Here, his new-found gentle and folk-oriented style was artfully weaved with urgent, morally demanding questions beneath bewitching melodies. This soul-searching masterpiece felt simultaneously like a deliberate reaction to what Cat saw in the world as well as his own struggle for answers, and would continue to resonate through countless generations to come.Many of Tea for the Tillerman’s boxed set bonuses are noteworthy, starting with the 2020 rerecording, on which Stevens (again working with producer Samwell-Smith) reimagines his material for the 21st century. Not all of these often dramatically different versions fully succeed, but several—including a jazzy “Wild World” and a dreamy “Where Do the Children Play?”—are well worth hearing. Also excellent are the concert videos, which include versions of most of the songs from the original album. Answer: While there haven’t been many official covers of the song, various artists have performed it live as a tribute to Cat Stevens’ musical legacy and the timeless appeal of “Mona Bone Jakon.” 12. What impact does “Mona Bone Jakon” continue to have on listeners today? amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />
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Inspired by a near-fatal battle with TB and extended period of convalescence during which he studied classical music, metaphysical literature and meditative self-reflection, Mona Bone Jakon is equal parts painful torment, self-referential humour and spiritual awakening. It is deeply revealing of the man he was becoming and the journey he was embarking on that would last a lifetime. Through its stunning and often overlooked crop of songs we encounter an artist who has discovered himself but is unsure of whether the world will accept what he has become. The album has a deeply personal, almost vulnerable quality that, arguably, makes it the most compelling and human of all of Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ work. In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a B+, noting that "this one has a nice post-creative trauma feel, intimate and sensitive. Recommended to singer/songwriter specialists." [5] Later, he revised his review to a B- and expressed a newfound dislike for the songs " Lady D'Arbanville", " Trouble", and "I Wish, I Wish". [4]

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