al stewart- year of the cat (page 2)

FlyingHighNow

I love Al Stewert. I was 18 when Year of the Cat was a hit. I believe my favorite is Time Passages though.

flipper

I have a lot of Al Stewarts old albums and some newer stuff. He was a very good songwriter . Had a good variety . I have so much music, I'm music poor ! LOL! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

Gopher

Year of the Cat came out in 1976.

Just for nostalgia, here are the #1 hits from that year:

"Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers (1)
"Convoy" - C.W. McCall (1)
"I Write The Songs" - Barry Manilow (1)
"Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross (1)
"Love Rollercoaster" - Ohio Players (1)
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon (3)
"Theme From S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage (1)
"Love Machine" - The Miracles (1)
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons (3)
"Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (4)
"Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers (1)
"Welcome Back" - John Sebastian (1)
"Boogie Fever" Sylvers (1)
"Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney & Wings (5)
"Love Hangover" - Diana Ross (2)
"Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band (2)
"Kiss And Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (2)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (4)
"You Should Be Dancing" - Bee Gees (1)
"(Shake, Shake,Shake) Shake Your Booty" - KC & The Sunshine Band (1)
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (3)
"A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1)
"Disco Duck" - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (1)
"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (2)
"Rock'n Me" - Steve Miller Band (1)
"Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart (7 weeks 1976 + 1 week 1977), best seller of the year

stillajwexelder

The whole Album is great - The Fishing Boats go out across the evening water, smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish Border

FlyingHighNow

Al Stewert was obviously a breath of fresh air amongst the cheesy, plastic disco music. KC was good.

willyloman

Found this quote on Wikipedia:

Stewart himself claims to have never really cared for "Time Passages". In an interview with Acoustic Storm, he stated:

“

I’ll tell you a funny story. I have never really cared for that song; I know it was a big hit and all that. It was just one of those things where the record company asked me to write something that sounded like "Year of the Cat" and we ended up doing that. But I didn’t realize truly how bad a song it was until one day I was in an elevator and I was listening to what I thought was Muzak. About 30 seconds went by, and I finally began to recognize it and said to myself, ‘this sounds pretty horrible’. Then, horror of horrors, I heard my voice come on, it actually was the record. So I’m thinking, ‘oh my God what have I done, this is terrible’! Hopefully in the last 25 years I’ve redeemed myself with other things, but "Time Passages" has just never thrilled me. [2]

Stewart is 62 and apparently still tours on a limited basis.

FlyingHighNow

Still like Time Passages. It brings back good memories for me.

Sunnygal41

ME TOO, BIG D! It is sooo haunting, always evoked such bittersweet feelings for some strange reason............also love "Imagine"............and the song by Buffalo Springfield.........lol, except I always envision it with The Muppets singing it..........that was hilarious...........

al stewart- year of the cat

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