where do the children play?

okay so i know that yusuf islam (or who used to be cat stevens) is a little...extreme. but i was recently watching 'harold and maude,' and was reminded of how beautiful his music is. he didn't write the songs specifically for the film, but the they work so well. kind of like simon and garfunkel's soundtrack for 'the graduate', although they did write the single 'mrs. robinson' for the movie. folk music is so cool because it's usually musically simple, but it can still manage to be lyrically profound. another good example of this is leonard cohen's music. check out his song 'chelsea hotel no. 2' about his romance with janice joplin. cat stevens' 'tea for the tillerman' was one of the first albums i bought for myself and for one summer i listened to the CD every day along with 'sticky fingers' by the stones. the album was recorded and 1970, and stevens apparently painted the picture on the cover. check it out if you don't have it already!

click HERE to download 'tea for the tillerman'

ps, 'mona bone jakon' is also a great record.