First Time Hearing Cat Stevens - “Where Do the Children Play” Reaction | Asia and BJ

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@keithjones7390 2 года назад

There have been many talented singer/songwriters, Cat Stevens was one of the best, and wrote some of the most beautiful songs.

@michellepetrillo2235 2 года назад

From Songfacts: In this anti-pollution song, Cat Stevens admits we've progressed a long way through technological advances, but in doing so, he protests that we have destroyed much of our environment by trucks "pumping petrol gas" and by building over and cementing our children's play areas in cities. Stevens grew up in London, where open spaces for children to play were rare. As a schoolboy, his playground was in a basement with little exposure to the open air. When he read a story in Time Out London about how green spaces were vanishing in towns, it prompted him to write the song as a reminder that progress shouldn't come at the expense of nature.

@izzonj 2 года назад

Back when children played outside, in nature.

@michellepetrillo2235 2 года назад

@@izzonj the kids in my neighborhood do- we have a 10 mph speed limit due to all the kids on scooters, bikes, roller blades, or just playing.

@tarafoley6030 2 года назад

Also ... Not @ the expense of a child's chilhood ...

@maozedung7270 9 месяцев назад

I would understand it like you but it goes farther

@Eowyn187 2 года назад

Y'all wanna really experience this man?!... Hear *"Morning Has Broken"* Stunning beauty.

@robinlabouche2230 2 года назад

Cat Stevens was the biggest thing in the world in the seventies, love him as he is a great singer/songwriter !!!!! Give his "Peace Train" a listen.

@scapito 2 года назад

Cat Stevens is one of my favorite singer/songwriters. Looking forward to you discovering more of his music. 💜

@Eowyn187 2 года назад

Lord knows I love my hard jam. But Cat Stevens music is hippy heaven. Just so peaceful and beautiful. Nothing else like it.

@Bill_Jones. 2 года назад

Cat Stevens has tons of great songs to review.

@j.kevvideoproductions.6463 7 месяцев назад

His voice still has gravitas today. Such great recordings, crisp, clean and real.

@bkm2797 2 года назад

Asia and BJ, Cat is talking about all of the spaces in our environment being taken up with other things, i.e.; cosmic trains and the like, where are the Children suppose to play and be children, (remember this was 1970 when it was safe for kids to go out and play). Hope that helps. See ya

@valerieh84 2 года назад

‘You’ is you Asia. You are destroying this planet along with me and every one of us. This song was 50 years ahead of its time. If only we had listened to the poet!

@TheGreatGig73 2 года назад

Do you notice what the songs did back in the 70's? They were not about the high notes or the endless runs, It was about the story and the journey. The songs took you to a special place that only lived inside of you and nowhere else.

@kimlong-sf9ke 2 года назад

Absolutly.

@carollittle1059 2 года назад

He is a legend!!

@Cheryltwin2012 2 года назад

Every song on "Tea For The Tillerman" is excellent. This one is a favorite of mine. My 7th grade home room teacher (would have been 1973) had a poster in our classroom with the lyrics to this song on it. I'm a Cat fan from very far back!

@jerickson725 2 года назад

My sister and I played his "Greatest Hits" album from the 70's over and over again. I can't wait for you to do more from him. He is a lyrical genius!

@Serai3 2 года назад

The word that best describes Cat's music is "earnest". Not just earnest, but EARNEST. He was very good at being very serious in a very melodious way. He wasn't really a protest singer, but he wrote a number of beautiful protest songs, this one paramount among them. In this song, at least as far as I understand it, he's speaking with the basic voice of youth speaking to the "powers that be", the adults, the ones who let things get so bad and don't seem to care how bad they are. (This is an eternal generational battle, going back a long, long time.) Another song of this type but more hopeful is "Peace Train". I think you'd like that one very much. It became something of an anthem. :)

@scapito 2 года назад

Very well said. 💜

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

Yes, a great comment, there are many mentions of songs from Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat albums, which l agree are probably his best two albums. However he wrote many wonderful songs on later albums like Buddha and the Chocolate Box, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner that hardly get a comment, there is another beautiful track on Buddha album called King of Trees, another 'protest' song and one my favourites.

@davidfallwell3550 2 года назад

Peace Train , yes!

@Serai3 2 года назад

@@keithjones7390 Oh yes. Catch Bull at Four is one of his best, in my opinion.

@elsievickie 2 года назад

Well said, I Was in high school, we were seekers then, trying to figure out What was Going On...Vietnam, Civil Rights, Women's Rights. Cat Steven's music was a Anthem to us...we would analyze His meaning... Helpful to so many of us struggling...Bob Dylan, was like a Spiritual Leader...

@normanmart7933 2 года назад

He's got such a great voice , this was an album track.

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

Yes, and though many beautiful songs from Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat are mentioned, how about Buddha and the Chocolate, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner albums? Some wonderful songs on those albums too that hardly get a comment!😒

@bkm2797 2 года назад

Cat Stevens, I really admire so much about his music, so poetic, so deep. Please check out Wild World or Sad Lisa, great tunes. Thanks Asia and BJ.

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

My two favourite albums of his are Tea For the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat. However there are wonderful songs too on his later albums like Buddha and the Chocolate, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner that hardly get a mention 🤔

@glennburch1081 2 года назад

This song off his "Tea For the Tillerman" record, his best effort I think. Inducted into the Rock and Roll HOF in 2014. His most well-known song was Father and Son, but he wrote many hits. Must listens: Hard Headed Woman, Wild World, Moonshadow, and Peace Train. Saw him live in Memhis, TN in 1975 when he was very young and vibrant. His voice has always captivated me. Thanks for reacting.

@dggydddy59 2 года назад

You neglected one of his best and best known "must listen" songs: Morning Has Broken.

@joelliebler5690 2 года назад

BJ you hit the 🎯 again. It is about leaving a decent future for our children not just thinking of ourselves. Much of it has to do with the rich and powerful how they are taking away all the good on this earth so their won’t be any land or playgrounds just shopping malls and parking lots.

@Eowyn187 2 года назад

Yep. Coz it means money. 😔

@janetf23 2 года назад

Sooo many wonderful songs to try from him! Some of my favorites are "Father and Son" "Hard Headed Woman" "Oh Very Young" "On The Road To Find Out" "The First Cut is the Deepest" "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out" and "Miles From Nowhere"🎶 That should get you started but be sure to keep your eyes open for "Longer Boats" "Morning Has Broken" and "Moonshadow" too.😊

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

You've mentioned some great songs there! Two albums that l love of his don't get as many comments, they are Buddha and the Chocolate Box and Catch Bull at Four, some wonderful songs on those two as well. Sun/C79, King of Trees and Oh Very Young as you mentioned, one of my favourite songs of his. The Boy With a Moon and Star on His Head and 18th Avenue from Catch Bull at Four two more favourites. Some lovely music on Numbers and Foreigner albums too that hardly get a mention 😏

@ronkrupovich7152 2 года назад

And my favourite of his: Morning Has Broken

@greggordon1015 2 года назад

Peace Train! Wild World! Morning Has Broken! and many many many many more!

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

So many great songs as well on albums Buddha and the Chocolate Box, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner. They hardly get a mention, l too think Tea For the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat are probably his best two albums, but some great stuff on his later albums as well!

@ChrisHayworth100 8 месяцев назад

Cat Stevens is a forgotten jem in the singer songwriter era.

@dellafenton2417 7 месяцев назад

I've grown up listening to Cat Stevens, great singer/songwriter. His lyrics are still, if not more, relevant today. His performance at Glastonbury last year was so emotional, had me in tears ❤

@terryhughes7349 2 года назад

Listen to more of Cat. So talented. Great reaction!

@dagmar.6954 2 года назад

Have always love Cat Steven's music. He is a great singer songwriter with a very unique sounding voice. One of my first albums I ever bought was his "Tea For The Tillerman". The whole album is great. So is the album "Teaser & The Firecat". He has had so many great songs in his career such as "Matthew & Son", "The First Cut Is The Deepest", "Father & Son", "Wild World", "Moonshadow", "Peace Train", "Morning Has Broken" etc. He is still recording & performing live & his voice still sounds great.

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

The first Cat Stevens album l bought was Buddha and the Chocolate Box, still one of my favourites of his. That album, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner hardly get a mention, but contain many more wonderful songs that hardly anyone comments on.

@ericmcavoy1108 2 года назад

He was masterful story teller with a rather unique voice. A great rabbit hole to go down

@ron88303 2 года назад

A lot of the lyrics to his songs still resonate to this day. More Cat, please.

@chrisnicol1644 2 года назад

OMG...! Tea For The Tillerman is such a great great album...

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

Yes, and Teaser and the Firecat too. Not many mentions though for Buddha and the Chocolate, Catch Bull at Four, Foreigner and Numbers, some wonderful songs on those albums as well!

@chrisnicol1644 2 года назад

@@keithjones7390 Keith, I think I might have to get those CD's again. My regret is that I had Cat Steven's Live-1976... My ex took that one...

@mucklemoo9496 2 года назад

He's talking about us. When do we stop to think of our children and the earth we leave them

@jeffjones6221 2 года назад

I'd expand on that...every generation creates more, bigger, better. Taking nature for BS solar and wind, subdivisions...roads more and more...where is the nature for children to play in.

@joelliebler5690 2 года назад

Such a powerful message. Cat always makes us think.

@quintondees4501 2 года назад

Cat Stevens has amazing songs, look into him, you'll love him!!!! Peace train, father and son, morning has broken etc.....many more!!!

@dannford-premiersothebysin9057 2 года назад

Please do more Cat Stevens! He is so talantes and rich in his storytelling. Always on my playlist!

@jackempson3044 2 года назад

Cat has endless great songs. Usually, every song on his album is top notch.

@musicairplanes4884 2 года назад

You should really watch the cult classic movie Harold & Maude. The soundtrack is the Cat Stevens album Tea for the Tillerman. The movie is hysterical and well worth the watch!!!

@robertpearson8798 2 года назад

Yes, it’s getting precious little attention from most reactors and it deserves better.

@ericodionneviglione9426 2 года назад

One of my top ten favourite movies of all time! I agree, it's essential viewing. :)

@jdw9397 Год назад

One of my all time favorite movies ! I’m sure that I’ve watched it at least 50 times. I think I will be watching it again today!

@maryerpenbach9517 Год назад

@@jdw9397 I think it showed in a Minneapolis movie theater for months back in the day.

@jdw9397 Год назад

@@maryerpenbach9517 I’ve watched it at least 50 times. It’s been awhile-time to watch again!

@pierremasse4659 2 года назад

yes, please more Cat Stevens and keep in mind his songs are from a different time and place. Always love you guys.

@plother4242 Год назад

So many good Cat Stevens songs, The Wind, Moonshadow, Morning has broken, wild world, How can I tell you, Oh very young, How can I tell you and so many, many more. He is one of my favorite singers and has been since I first heard him in the 70's. If this is your first time hearing him then you have a long list to choose from and I am sure you will really like most of what he sang if not all.

@Ponchiegomezsaso Год назад

I have been a Cat Stevens fan for over 50 years the song is to be taken literally. As we continue to build our world we forget about the children, now we are facing a crisis on Earth, with climate change and pollution, Cat Stevens wrote this in the 70s he could see where we were headed. So please take it as it is written he always said his songs speak for themselves. We have to stop and think what we are doing to our planet and to our children the Next Generation.

@fishfinder6427 2 года назад

Tea for the Tillerman a great album

@randydickison2304 Год назад

You pretty much got the meaning of this song. When I was a teenage boy in the early seventies, I totally understood the meaning of this song. I loved the song, but it also made me cry hearing it. The song is about over building, and polluting to the point where there are no longer places that children can just go outside and play safely. It is about what we lose when we over build, and overuse technology, and chemicals.

@ianhamilton2035 2 года назад

"Tea for the Tiller Man" is an amazing album, you won't be disappointed!!! 😃

@johndbrandhorst4434 2 года назад

This song was released in 1972 and back then as the song state's "I know we've come a long way,we're changing Day to Day" seems like everything is changing even faster these days. And still yet,where do the children play.🎶

@joelliebler5690 2 года назад

So awesome and meaningful!

@kimlong-sf9ke 2 года назад

Don't forget Morning has Broken. The most beautiful song.

@2869may 2 года назад

"HARD HEADED WOMAN" is a Great hidden gem among the more popular requests...!

@jackempson3044 2 года назад

Great writer and singer.

@micheleallen 2 года назад

Love Cat Stevens. Grew up listening to him.

@debramartin1583 2 года назад

One of my favorite Cat Stevens song! I can't believe I missed this 2 weeks ago! Much thanks for your reaction!

@brendawoodson3230 2 года назад

Cat Stevens gonna always tell you a story so you gotta listen

@Stacy55ish 2 года назад

Cat Stevens has many fine songs for you to explore.

@adamplace1414 2 года назад

Can't believe you just hit this so recently - I was searching for this song, and there you are! Very cool - one of my favorites of his, and very underrated.

@mataform Год назад

My favourite song of cat stevens . So beautiful .

@louisaklimentos7583 Год назад

I love all ACAT Steven’s music . His music is so relaxing .

@Roh_Echt 2 года назад

I am happy my parents liked his music which introduced me to it way back in the early 70s. I still have some CD's of collections of his.

@guitarman8462 2 года назад

He's got alot of songs : Wild World - My Lady D'arbanville - Morning Has Broken - Father And Son - Peace Train - Moonshadow - How Can I Tell You - On The Road To Find Out - I Love My Dog - Miles From Nowhere - If You Want To Sing Out , Sing out -Hard Headed Woman - Oh Very Young - The Wind - The First Cut Is The Deepest - Can't Keep It In - Into The White - Foreigner Suite " enjoy the list !! 🤙🎸

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

Most comments on Cat Stevens' albums refer to Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat albums. So many wonderful songs on later albums like Buddha and the Chocolate Box, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner.

@EessaTube 2 года назад

I worked for Cat Stevens for nearly a decade and know his catalogue well. This has always been my favourite of all his songs. Check out some of his newer stuff, released just in the name Yusuf.

@amandathibodeau4996 2 года назад

Great analysis BJ. Spot on! Exactly what Cat was trying to say.

@marningritaguy 2 года назад

You just fell into a hole kids. When you hear his other songs you will be amazed.

@michaelharden1388 2 года назад

Love cat Stevens music. Maybe consider playing his song The first cut is the deepest.

@ronaldelliott4373 2 года назад

Bringing back memories of a GREAT artist from a bygone era whose music was magical. His album, Tea For The Tillerman is a masterpiece. 👈😎

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

Yes, wonderful album, though some of Cat's later albums such as Buddha and the Chocolate Box, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner hardly get a mention, some beautiful songs on those too!

@ronaldelliott4373 2 года назад

@@keithjones7390 indeed!

@tylerhackner9731 2 года назад

Love his music

@JeannieBeanie 2 года назад

Love his song "Father and Son"

@markb1114 2 года назад

A great story teller.

@ronpotter9810 2 года назад

This song comes from his Tea For The Tillerman album. It was 1 of 2 different albums I had that I absolutely wore out & had to buy a 2nd copy. Great stuff!

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

Tea For the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat l think are his two best albums. However Buddha and the Chocolate Box, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner are wonderful too, but get very little mention 😒

@raisa_cherry35 Год назад

What a meaningful song.Mindblowing 😍👏

@carolyndavis1045 2 года назад

Such a great old song...

@johndrx165 2 года назад

This is a dig on over development and industrialization. After all the progress, where do the children play?

@willasacco9898 2 года назад

I second Scapito’s comment. Earnest is the best description of Cat’s lyrics and Melodie’s.

@guitarman8462 2 года назад

When looking for " Foreigner Suite " look for the orig version 18 minutes long 🤙🤙🤙

@PaintedCavern 2 года назад

An awesome song, one of my favorites from Cat Stevens. Dolly Parton did a great remake of it on her "Vintage" album. Another favorite of mine is Sad Lisa. Thanks for this reaction! ❤️

@wearinganapron 2 года назад

Two excellent Cat Stevens songs for your reactions might be Two Fine People, and Father and Son. : )

@fishfinder6427 2 года назад

Do a deep dive on his early music. Nice ride.

@marthaz 2 года назад

You would love his song, "Peace Train" 😉 unique vocals, gifted songwriter. He did whole soundtrack to a Good movie for your movie reactions - "Harold and Maude" a classic 🔥 he's also talking about so much concrete and material things being built and technology, there won't be any room for Parks or playgrounds.😉

@mikemiller3069 2 года назад

I've always thought that this song had a similar message to Joni Mitchell's, "Taxi" where she says, "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot". But having said that, this is a pretty deep cut. If you're starting out with Cat Stevens' songs, maybe "Wild World", "Father & Son", "Peace Train" or "Moonshadow" may have been a little more mainstream.

@lewismaddox4132 2 года назад

He's simply talking about the striving to make ourselves more comfortable and life easier neglects how all this progress is crowding out an essential ingredient for a child's ability to grow, to interact normally and learn from doing.

@gaussshawn 2 года назад

Hard headed woman, father and son or wild world are great. So many good songs!

@keithjones7390 2 года назад

Nearly all the songs that people comment on are from Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat albums. What about Buddha and the Chocolate Box, Catch Bull at Four, Numbers and Foreigner albums? Some wonderful songs there as well, but hardly get a mention 😒

@ciceroribeiro3248 2 года назад

Cat make me cry

@JonHammerHeart 2 года назад

Cat is an amazing artist. You should try "Father & Son", "Hard-Headed Woman", "Peace Train", "Sitting", along many others. Cat was huge in the early 70's and had large influence on Folk-Rock and acoustic guitar based bands. He's also wonderful man of peace. Thank you guys for doing this!

@danaleestephens1686 2 года назад

He was such a great storyteller

@bonnie-vu8ly 11 месяцев назад

All his music was big in the 70's. Check it all out. Songs like Hard headed woman and moonshadow.

@markhopkins222 2 года назад

I will say this very few acknowledge comments from their subscribers. Don't care how y'all do it but you do acknowledge your subscribers. And that little thing goes along way in telling something about y'all. One of my favorites open minded and fun loving Augusta Ga

@auscomvic9900 Год назад

Asia you are the prettiest kitten I've ever seen !

@todwest 2 года назад

Now you have to watch Harold and Maude. You won't regret doing so.

@glencranor9138 Год назад

Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens, he embraced his Muslim roots later in his musical career and stepped back from his music for several years raising his family. I am a fan of his work and admire him a great deal, I listen to his music all the time and have most of my life, It always brings a smile. I would have loved to see him live, he does play once in a while these days but he is getting pretty old. 🙂

@jackiedavis5335 4 месяца назад

My stuff right here! 1970's baby!

@dorothystorry1733 2 года назад

Peace Train by Cat Stevens… well worth the listen..

@rudyt.7106 Год назад

Great comments!

@SupernalOne 2 года назад

You might like his song Katmandu, a little sweet eastern spiritual meditation - but he has a big back catalog, many choices -- Wild World, Peace Train, etc

@johnfaram4684 2 года назад

a legend here in the uk

@robinbeerman4726 Год назад

Yes the power that is.

@izzonj 2 года назад

It's kind of interesting to see some confusion of what is meant. I think that hearing this song in 1970, the thought of "where do the children play" was immediately recognized as where are the open, outdoor places for children to play and explore. Contrasted with jumbo planes, long roads and skyscrapers we knew this was about urban development vs nature. Today, I'm not sure that people's first thoughts are of outdoor spaces when they think of children playing.

@usmcrn4418 2 года назад

Should check out "Morning has Broken", "Peace Train", "Sad Lisa"

@LewDanLascivious8276 Год назад

Try "I Love My Dog", "Angelsea" & "Freezin' Steel" also by Cat Stevens you won't be disappointed I promise.

@christinewaide5249 2 года назад

He means it literally

@dagnabbit6187 Год назад

I actually get dewy eyed watching young people experiencing these classics for the first time .

@KentWalkerFullCircle Год назад

So ahead of it's time... (Y) Cat Stevens.

@mikelheron20 Год назад

It's really depressing to see people totally missing the point of a song, especially when the message is so crystal clear. It's about the harm people do to the environment in the name of progress. And yes, he is being literal. Airports, highways, skyscrapers...etc. leave nowhere for children to play. Traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere. The "you" of the song means the people who are responsible for damaging and polluting - that includes all of us to varying degrees. Again, it's depressing and disturbing that this needs to be spelt out.

@flash1660 2 года назад

A great song for sure ! The whole album is great one of the first I bought Tea for the Tillerman ! Try Father and Son and Hard Headed Women I think you would love

@lisaeddins5291 11 месяцев назад

They are talking about how progress, planes, cars, buildings- pollution, paving over all the grass, damaging earth- where will the children play, when everything's gone?

@willlavin8720 2 года назад

Walking away at the height of his popularity tells you everything you need to know about cat.

@jdw9397 Год назад

He is touring again🥰

@kikionakahoonei4927 Год назад

I think he's talking about mother earth.

@Kevigator Месяц назад

Another song in this vein is Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell. Both songs talk about the increasing industrialization that is taking over peoples lives.