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There is absolutely nothing not to love about this song. This song is perfect.
There is one thing I don't like about this song............ It ends.
Yes. The whole album and every song Al Stewart does is magic.
True, but perhaps a tad bit too excessive, and redundant.
😐
❤
Class of '77 kid here. Magical years with real musicians and lyricists writing and playing with passion flowing out over the AM airwaves. Kids laying out on their rooftops looking up at the stars while haunting saxophone's wailed in so many hit songs taking us to distant places in our dreams. At 65, I ask myself why wouldn't people want that again? 😞
Are you reading my mind?
@@eleonoradini2371 😉
Wonderful image. Something about this song at 57 yrs aged that never allows me to tire listening, sometimes several times per week. Al Stewart performed in Buffalo last year, and I regret not going to see him.
I was 14 in 77. We really did have the best music didn’t we?
In @@Gramsgirl-ie8fb
The acoustic guitar solo that leads into the electric guitar solo followed by the sax is BRILLIANT
And real strings in the background. Amazing.
It's awesome. Love your perception and critique.
MASTERPIECE
and the amazing piano intro, the whole song culminating in a ridiculous saxophone dazzler! It truly is a master work...
It was furry
I can't believe as a 47 year old classic rock enthusiast that I've only just clocked this masterpiece in the last month...beautiful
I bet you’re loving it now!😃🩷
Where'd you hear it? Yacht Rock radio has been playing it and I've been lucky enough to catch multiple times in the past few days!
Better late than never
This is " one of them songs , like , I'm not inlove by 10cc , " just captures a time , and I'm a Rusted on Zappa fanatic, music , what a gift , love on - yah
I’m 44 and I concur.
How many Old-Timers are listening to this song and realizing we did not know or appreciate what we had back then.....
Perhaps, but there are still good souls listening To good music
A lot
I loved it back in the day, I was 13. Takes me back
No we didn’t
yep.
Memories never fade.. they don't make music like this anymore. Beautiful lyrics
What a great line "She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running, like a watercolour in the rain". Absolute genius!!
When I hear this song I'm transported back to Siagon 1967...the Vietnam experience wasn't all bad.
So glad I wasn't there with you Leon!@@leonwhittington1773
@@leonwhittington1773 Saïgon. If you were REALLY there, at least try to spell it correctly, you American.
Yes I have always thought what a beautiful simile and up there with TS Eliot
The imagery in the lyrics of this song is what makes me love it so; specifically the lines you quoted. Absolute genius, indeed.
This is timeless. It has aged wonderfully. Music from my teenage years. The memories.
Agree Wyatt,, You and me both , still lovin it in my future years .... classic ... cheers mate ...
This song has more hooks in it than a fishing boat. Unforgettable, timeless, classic.
What a beautiful way to put it.
So it does…gets me every time!
I love this song
thats not what that word means
i'm Hooked 😁
My mom really loved this song...i never really paid much attention to it ...i was about 13.. ..my mom has long passed away.. this song holds special place for me..love ya mom..
Met this masterpiece, thanks my mom too❤
This came out in the early disco period. .70s
I am 60. Believe me, I listen to this song almost every day. And I think there's no need to explain why...
Idem para mim muito matcante
Eu digo o mesmo, deve ser a mesma idade as mesmas emoções
Music is the closest thing to a time machine
Yes sir.
Old cars and antiques are time travelers
Truth 🎶❤🎶
Très beau
That’s right 👍
This song is the definition of bittersweet nostalgia.
great song never get tired of it ive got a old cat so never will god bless u
The "Year of The Cat" True Artistry in Every Aspect...
I'd be honored if some late 70s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES by the Doobie Brothers and TIME PASSAGES by Al Stewart on my YT channel in tribute to 2 great songs from the winter of '78-'79. Live acoustic with no digital enhancements. Thanks and RESPECT to the legends.
Yes!
Good times of my young adulthood, yet missed opportunities. My last decades I’ll drink and savor like never before
This song is a masterpiece. Nothing like this is made today. Not even close.
Masterpieces have long gone, sadly.
No one has sense enough to write a song like this now days, sing or play.. those days are long gone. ✌🏼
not even close to close
No, look hard enough and there are plenty of masterpieces coming out all the time
@@bobbygilbert2706 example
Im 28. Love this kind of music. Just another soul wandering. Born in the wrong generation.
These songs by timeless, people will still be listening to them 100 years from now.
My friend, don't say so! I'm 61 and I love the music of my generation, but there's a lot of good music even now. Of course, nothing compares to Year of the Cat😁
Cat lover
Egyptians liked cats
Ah, but if you had been born in that generation you'd be 67 now, just like me (not that that's a bad thing).
Perhaps the most elegant and esoteric pop song ever written. Bravo Al!
PERHAPS 🔥
I normally find superlatives in yt comment sections really annoying but this time it's the truth
Agreed..and I love the stuff by Stewart's roommate, Paul Simon, and of course Dylan, Neil Young, and Gordon Lightfoot...but this...this is majestic and lovely...brilliant.
+2
@@bennyhath1789 Excellent way with words.
My Dad showed me all the classics as I grew up. He was born in 62. Everyone always says I have an old soul. We haven't spoken in sometime over a diapute. For now, I have him with me in the music.
Have a good dad.. Wise. Such a great song!
Speak to him, we all make mistakes.
Don't know the dispute and it's none of my business. But I hope you will be the bigger person and reach out to him and seek restoration. Life is too short to be separated from family.
I lost my dad April of last year and I missing him much Make peace with your dady before its to late.
Háblale pronto, debe estar esperando eso
This song is great example of the mysterious and magical art of songwriting
Very magical indeed!
@@CGS325 Yes, i feel the same... but i cant explain
You must be a song writer to put it like that. I'm a lyrics and if you're not maybe you should be.
Cat's are magic! Their year too.
@@gejo1008 I forgot about this song for years and years, and just today it popped right into my head, so I looked it up, and it's so good to see recent comments on it!! Makes me happy! Xoxox
" She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain" What could ever pique your imagination better?
indeed
47 years later, and this song still sounds as great as it did in 1976. The sax solos are awesome! Great work, Al Stewart!
It was always the song cued when a customer at a local sound shop was selling hIgh quality speakers. All the ranges could be heard. Awesome...
No, it doesn't sound the same.... It sounds miilion times better now
I saw him live in Epcot. It was surreal it was so magnificent
Yes!
I was 12 years old and I still listen to it, best songs were made in the 70s and 80s
Everything from the graceful piano intro, to the lovely sax and guitar breaks, to the lyrics of this very song. This creation is the epitome of an amazing record. I'm only a 27 year old born in the 90s, but you gotta respect the classics and masterpieces like this! EDIT: Thank you for the love! Another year older, but the music keeps us together 🙏🏾 EDIT: Now I’m 29 years old and this song as still as magical as ever. Keep on rockin’ and much love ❤️ EDIT: Just turned 30 a few days ago, but this record will never age! Keep pressing on and keep the music rockin! EDIT: Now I'm 31, another year older, but wiser! Continue to let the power of music drive you further into bliss! Peace and love everyone! ❤️ EDIT: As promised guys, I'm back with after another year around the sun! Today makes 32 years of wisdom for me, and the music's still rockin! Peace and love to everyone! 👋🏾✌🏾😊
Hear hear!
And there is so much more from this decade equally as awesome, it was a time when mainstream musicians actually knew how to play their instruments and there wasn't any stupid auto-tune.
@@brianb1846 Hey not a problem, music is the key to awakening the soul. And I agree wholeheartedly with your statement
@@FrancisMaxino Yes! Everything with music back then was 1000% authentic and from the heart, unlike this music we have nowadays where everyone seems to be brainwashed by the media. We need peace back in this world.
@@emeraldstardust10 Just spreading the good word!
Bittersweet to hear this. One of my all time favorite songs, great lyrics but makes me very sad thinking of good times gone by and how fast we grow old.
Yes, the times went by but we are still here. Celebrate!
@@chrisper94 What else are we gonna do??!
Cynthia Earl this song reminds me of something that I don’t even known on t describe. I left school lady year but I wasn’t really a fan back then, so I don’t know. But I know that this song makes me feel sad but in a good way which doesn’t make sense. It’s also my all time favourite song
Sad but true Cynthia, and how fortunate we are to have lived it!
Our bodies and skin grow old but we find bygone youth and passion in songs like this. Boston's More than a feeling is another one that does it for me.
1976 was "The Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart! An absolute masterpiece that takes you back to the time and place where you first heard it.
For me, it was Hong Kong in the 1980s
No it doesn't What are you doing putting that kind of thing out?
A nother place in my life
@@backfru Yes it does shut up
I first heard it one year ago at The Strokes concert, Barclays Center, Brooklyn. I Shazammed it and been listening to it non stop since then. It’s a perfect song.
There are songs that define the moment of times that we have lived through and this my friends is one of them......
I don't think I'll ever fall out of love with this song. It always takes me to another time. That's the best thing about music, it's like taking a vacation without leaving home. 🌴🥳🔆✌️
I think the same. I don't think I'll ever get tired of listening to it. It seems "deep" to me. It ain't no pop bubblegum song.
@@phillipsprague8409 Right.. from the first notes of the piano, it takes you away.
This is a good thing.
As a piano teacher, I always place a quote at the bottom of the program of our annual recital. This is a fantastic quote and will be the quote for our June 2022 recital. Thank you Melanie!
@@Classic.Hits-335.artists Aaawe.. that's very cool! ♡
I went through a terrible divorce, this album got me past a very dark time. Just keep the faith and hang on things will get better. The pain and tears make you stronger then you really know. Dont give up, you are loved.
I think we all get a few extra chances to be happy after the first disappointment , but the trauma eventually gets the better of you and it becomes hard to believe that good things happen
@Dana Davison Thank you darling , you give me hope
Amen, Amen and Amen. God is faithful. Very glad you got thru it. All the best. 😊😊
@kirk mitchell . You are welcome
Thanks. Needed to hear that today. Going through a similar situation but with a long time girlfriend
The power of this song is it's ability to send the listener to a place that was once happy, never a sad thought.
True it was all happy when I listen to this song all the happy comes back
Couldn't say it any better
Probably had sad thoughts, I know that I did, but minor compared with adulthood. The sad stoic. I've never really felt like I really fit in where I am living again. Just whatever there was, still is to not feel sad. Online junkie now, because I really don't belong now as an older adult, God damned proven to me all the time, with all my worldly intellectual and cultural understanding knowledge experiences. It's still US laws to own favor, Zombies high school mentality around here. Zombie mothers with visible tattoos on the upper back, taking daughters to cheerleader practice nearby. Totally Zombies, that can't even be nice at all at the dollar store pay out, bitchy, but especially the young male employees always are very nice and helpful. This is a place where everyone used to be nice and friendly to each other, including helpful empathy, but as time goes by, more and more Zombified.
Illuminated, I just can't be Zombified. That's what makes everything so painful, depressing, but thank God I'm not a clinical depressive. Totally underestimated what kind of people God illuminates. Completely mentally strong against it all prepared for illumination, and physically healthy, out of this extremely ill environment, and I'm totally depending on the strength of my physical health. Not my fault what God decides to do about judged as Zombies. It's all about the destruction of WICKEDNESS upon Earth, and all that allows it all to continue. That's why I said dead zones, wherever majorities of Zombies exists. .
I'm already hearing thunder, on a perfectly sunny nice day.
This song is just absolutely incredible. The prime example of the beauty of the 70's era music. Al Stewart is a genius.
Yes this song was a great song it was like going back in time as you listened to the words so much feeling was put into this one the whole album is good timeless you could hear this song and it would take you back 2 or 300 years to a time when the castles of Spain were built literally put you there awesum
are you all on heroin?.......... great song yes,,, but you twats all sound like you're on death row, or need a friend.............. lol
Wojtek
Great comments and I agree. I still can recall the lyrics having used this song as a basic and primitive music video for television class in high school. That was 1977, before MTV. As mentioned, very primitive but an A for the assignment!
This is not music it’s art.
This song never ages it makes me smile and weep at the same time, an absolute masterpiece
Here’s looking at you, kid..
the perfect analogy for this song....
Tom Ackroyd, EXACTLY!! YOU NAILED IT! ❤
I echo your sentiments ❤
same here
I was born in Iran, I heard these beautiful songs when I was little in my father's car back there over and over, but I didn't know who is the singer. I remember our American friends in our neighbourhood. What beautiful days...
It's funny, I could never exactly place the accent I detected on this and moreover, "Time Passages". Reminds me of the man I married. He was born in Iran.
I’m happy to have read that, thank you
Universal melody
While the singing is great, to me what makes it beautiful is the music.
Man what a masterpiece of Music
*That piano intro is just so... timeless.*
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain" Wow! that's one hell of a line.
That's really awesome
👍
My favourite line, too.
Yeah.. I always loved that line.. and 'incense and patchouli..' 🐾
Stunningly gorgeous and an aura of compassion and warmth to my soul. May god reward you in heaven. Big Lenny.
The incredible thing about this beautiful masterpiece is that it pulls you into another world, and when it ends you fell like you've been on a long mysterious journey,
That ended way too soon!
The whole album is like that, a massive journey you don't want to end!
This song is a lush example of the treasure of great popular music that is the legacy of the 1970s. There will never be another era like it.
This song is just a small example how good the drugs were as well back than as well,
@@mikewarner5583 I love this song !
the 60's were a prelude the 80's an aftermath
HORRIBLE COMMENT@@mikewarner5583
It’s yacht rock. Radio gold
WHERE ARE THESE MAGICAL SONGS TODAY??
Right here!
Parabéns.pelo.bom.gosto.👍👍👍👍
best word yet "magical" ...you called it
They are in our hearts. Those were the good ol days
Todays songs are in the 30 days impact round file because after 30 days you can't remember the singer.
This song brings tears to my eyes when I remember how simple life was.
Yes
I'd give ANYTHING to go back ❤
What happened?
Me too
Right on, it still gets me ❤️🤍💙👨🚒🎵🎶🎼🎵☝️✌️. 🤟
I've totally adopted this song. 2024 and it's been a rough road.
rough roads are part of a life, but it's how we get through it and how we look at it once we get to the other side. Well wishes forward
I am sorry to hear that. They say it gets better, I hope it does❤
. How?
@@dlarson362 JUST HANG TUFF, is what we would say when this song was playing in the 70s.
A beautiful melancholic song, full of nostalgia & longing. Better than any song made in the last 20 years.
This song has many magical moments in it, almost like short stories, that come together to create a movie. I remember this song as a small child. My mom would put on the album, I would grab the album cover and just stare into the cover. 45 years later when I hear it it’s as though those stories are each part of my life somehow. I love the song and the music but when I listen to it, it takes me way back to that time when I was young and life was so simple, seeing it thru the eyes of a child. I realize how fast my life has gone. It stirs up both good and bad memories that it’s often difficult to listen too. My love of music has been the one constant in my life. This song is a masterpiece as it does what I believe music is supposed to do. Thank you Al Stewart.
Bruce...that was some serious recollection. I can appreciate your memories...it's just as vivid as mine too. Be safe my brother.
well said. the lyrics and the melody create for me a complete other reality that resembles parts of my own story. its a gift as akey that opens up memories within.
Wow.....just wow! Very well said. Phenomenal music like this will never die. It's like blood flowing through your veins.
Great comment man.
Wonderful gift from god
This song is nothing but layers of instrumental perfection
The fade-ins and fade-outs are brilliant as well. They are all tapered and weighted so perfectly!
Purrrrrfection
'She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolour in the rain".......SWOOOOON
An absolutely beautiful and mesmerizing masterpiece! Pop music of today doesn't even come close.
"Music" of today isn't music. It's pre-packaged junk to satisfy the masses.
Sadly just hasn't for over 5 decades. This is so beautiful.
You are very right. Nothing comes even close. Those seventies ballads still mesmerize us after all this time. That's what masterpiece are made of.
It's folk
@@SimonTimoney-74 Folklore, pop, ballads, disco, rock, doesn't matter which. Fifty years later still keep sounding good and we still sing and dance to those marvelous tunes cause is make us happy to remember and era (with no many technology as today) when music was simple but mighty. I'm not saying today's music is bad, I like it too, but music from the eighties, the seventies and back, were the golden era of music. The best of the best. Can't be denied.
I remember watching my 21-year-old son, Zak, sitting with his head on my office table between two speakers listening to the beautiful instrumental of Spanish guitar, electric guitar and sax, drinking in every part as he was a budding singer songwriter in his band in South Africa. Only three months later, he was killed in a car accident in Johannesburg but I'll never forget those two minutes of beauty and perfection.
You...got...that...moment...as bittersweet as it is....and it will stick with you...he would want you to remember him that way. :(
@@richardallen9123 Thanks mate.
I hope I never know the pain you went through...my son is now 26 in January...and it still terrifies me that this could happen to him...always a father's worry...:(
So sad. Sorry !!
Ohhhh I'm so so sorry for you loss..... 💔
Ahhhhhh, the year was 1976, I turned 20 and had my whole life ahead of me. I loved the 1970's, best bands, best music, great friends great times. I want to go back and do it all again. I wouldn't change a thing. Well, maybe one little thing, make more of an effort to go see all our talented bands in person. We didn't appreciate what we had back then, we were young and into ourselves, you know how teenagers & the twenties are, never changes from generation to the next.
Agreed, I was born in 68 so the 80s was the best decade ever for me anyway, music and good times but I love this song from the 70s. 😊
Du hast ja so recht... 1976 i was 17
Everyone thinks his decade is the best !
I've had this song stuck in my head all day! Best. Day. Ever.
Been stuck in my head for about 48 years!
Haha. Might listen again later.
We lift the glass and wave the flag for those who have left us way too early but we plod along while still listening to the Year Of The Cat....
I knew Al in London in the 70's. So very glad he made such a good career for himself. He was a good man
The sax in this song hits so hard, it makes me cry... this song is so beautiful
Oh heck, I know what you mean. The sax is an alto sax and the range of notes from that particular sax sound so much like the sweet vocalizations of cats, and I love cats. That's Phil Kenzie on the alto transposed to the Key of C.
@@pl443 I love and appreciate your comment here. 💯 Also completely adore all felines... my three darlings are precious, wise souls who continually humble me with their graceful presence. annd.. finally, there's nothing like good sax in the morning, afternoon and after dark. 🎷🎶🐈🐾 ... aannd finally, any opinion on Raphael Ravenscoft's sax in Gerry Rafferty's 1978 hit Baker Street? Raph pretty much hated it bc he said it was out of tune and too flat.. It's in the top five of my favorite sax riffs to this day. Thanks, just curious - from a mountain girl pondering somewhere in the Colorado Rockies
You too, eh
This is an all time classis. Al Stewart was much underrated but anyone who knows anything about music loves his stuff. Seventies music gets overlooked sometimes because of the Beatles ,Stones etc in the sixties. Saxophone solo at the end rounds off this all time classic.
Love this stuff ❤
Masterfully written, tenderly sung, heartfelt playing, and masterful production by Alan Parsons. It's just magical. 45 years ago, and it's still fresh and stunningly beautiful.
Perfectly stated!!
Most excellent @@adamgrim3983
That's a wonderful description ❣️
Alan Parsons of "Eye in the Sky" fame, produced this?? Wow!
If ever a song deserved to be made into a movie, this one surely does!
Absolutley a great movie idea!
Good idea
Yes! Directed by Martin Scorsese!!
it would have to be set in the 20th century preferably the 40s or 1976.
A Humphrey Bogart movie , it was...
Happy 74th Birthday Al Stewart (9/5/2019) This song is a masterpiece!
Saw him this year, with Dave Nachmanoff. Was prepared to be disappointed, after all these years and he was captivating and wonderful and the voice was still great! Going to see him next Sunday...can't wait!
Real.....
Soul-stirring
It's a song for eternity!!!
Big Lenny does a great cover of this song, albeit briefly.
Soon to be 63 on June 30th and so do I , along with Time Passages and others from my youth, great music is a balm!
A timeless classic that never ever gets old!!! I listen to this about 10times a wk or more!!!❤🇺🇸🇬🇧💪
This song makes me understand how short/unique relationships can be. As I get older and the more people come and go in my life, I understand this song much more.
love how the classical,guitar and the electric guitar compliment each other and the Sax solo wow
And the violins... This is a masterpiece.
@@SisterGenX :')
@@SisterGenX And the voice so subtil !!
its seamless and my fav part as well....
Alan Parsons made a lot tweaks to make this song a true gem
I am one who didn't appreciate the song.. didn't pay attention, but now I do. One of the best songs ever. I was busy living the song back then.
This song transports me to 1977. I had just graduated from high school and moved to NYC to attend college. I moved into a studio apartment on East End Avenue across the street from Carl Schurz Park. My downstairs neighbor came upstairs to my apartment at 2AM and knocked on my door to complain about the volume of my music ... although she complimented me on my taste. I was playing this album. We later became friend's and I learned she was dating Randy Newman (and she had a dog named Bowser).
You lived in NYC when it was good.
Classics never die
I will always love, love this song.
Al stewart is still alive
Never will.
Just like Lenny. Legends never die
Big Lenny gonna live forever.
I'm 25 now but throughout high school i'd hang with my dad out on the deck and listen to this and other classics under the moonlight. Great memories.
That is so kewl you shared that! I’m an old man (now) and recall when Al first released (and wrote) this tune. Al’s words, your memories, and mine will last forever hearing this tune.
@Jonathan Hartman >>> It was GOOD MUSIC, and it ALWAYS WILL BE...👍👍
This its a Masterpiece. Great piano. Great guitar solo and best saxophone solo. One the best song on 20 century. Thanks God foe be part of. This era. . Seventies. Best decade for music
@@juancarlosmaguina4531 totally agree! I'm lucky to have a dad who introduced me to his generation of music.
I like that brother. Love from London England UK 🏴🇬🇧👍
This song just rockets me straight back to growing up in the 70s. It's just dripping with sentimental nostalgia and a time gone by. My first grade school crush 😊
I was a teen back then, such a beautiful song, thank you so much for a memory of a simpler time.
The mid section is a masterpiece, starting with classical strings, then acoustic guitar solo, then electric solo, then saxophone. CMON NOW!
C'mon now I be jammin to that now!!!
I once knew a man with a magnificently large mid section who sang this song beautifully. "It's the year of the cat Doodaloo doodaloo!!"
Sounds like a Martin and Les Paul or Telecaster
I'm an old timer. I still love this song.
Listen carefully. An amazing mix. Lots of subtleties in the mixing of this masterpiece.
Unbelievable- How lucky those of us to live during the 70s, the heyday of talented singer-songwriters like Sir Elton John, James Taylor, Al Stewart, Neil Diamond and of course sisters like Carole King, Joni Michell and Carly Simon...
👌👍👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋🙏🙏🙏🙏Abrazo de luz a distancia. Sigue así con esos buenos gustos!!! 🙋♂️🇲🇽
Best time from1970 to 1986
Elton John sang the songs but Bernie Taupin wrote them!
"Sir" Elton John. Pure Mockery you have embraced.
This song transports me to another time and space,, somewhere I have always longed to be. My absolute favorite song of all time. ✌🦋
Most definitely!
Is was 1976 I think brings back great memories,- I was 18
MINE TOO! This song haunts my very Soul...
Illk
@@patriciawyzga5431 I was 14. It automatically takes you back to that year.
Who wants some lyrics? On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she came In the year of the cat She doesn't give you time for questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There's a hidden door she leads you to These days, she says, I feel my life Just like a river running through The year of the cat While she looks at you so cooly And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea She comes in incense and patchouli So you take her, to find what's waiting inside The year of the cat Well morning comes and you're still with her And the bus and the tourists are gone And you've thrown away your choice you've lost your ticket So you have to stay on But the drum-beat strains of the night remain In the rhythm of the newborn day You know sometime you're bound to leave her But for now you're going to stay In the year of the cat Year of the cat
Wonderful lyrics 😏
Thank you for taking the time! Perfectly done!
I have both the record album and the cassette for this. When I heard that recordings were being converted to CDs, and I didn't own CD player (at the time), I managed to find the cassette. The LP has the lyrics printed on the inside of the jacket, but there wasn't a separate sheet included with the cassette. I'm glad I didn't dispose of the record. I have never found a CD of this, in the Stores.
@@deirdrejohnson3468 - Record's were always cooler I had a Bob Marley record with all the words in and just the little extras you get like pictures as well. Oh the good old days. 🏴🇬🇧👍
Thank you Steelers fan!
This probably didn't get radio airplay in NYC until the beginning of 1977 when I just turned 13 yo... Everyone still loves this song 46+ years later...Still sounds amazing, mysterious and unique all these years later...
I was 14 laying on my bedroom floor with 3 foot loud speakers on each side of my head, listening to the piano into and being blown away when the guitar chords started!
This sounds timeless. Still fresh after all these decades.
@kirk mitchell What the hell
"The Year of the Cat" is a mystical sojourn of mind and music. Words don't do it justice. Bravo, Al Stewart.
I remember when this song came out in the mid-70's, during the era of Led Zeppelin, punk rock, and disco. I was a teenager, and the lyrics in Al's songs blew me away. Been a fan ever since. Seen him once, and seeing him again in a few weeks.
One of those songs you wish would never end
Never gets old. A true masterpiece.
That acoustic guitar solo followed by intense sax solo. Brilliant.
That acoustic guitar was played by the great Peter White, who is still touring to this day!
I still enjoy this classic song by Al Stewart, it brings back a lot of good memories.
The arrangement is stunning in its effect: dynamic, subtle, and moving. Most records are lucky to lay claim to one of these qualities.
The best produced song I ve ever heard.A dozen songs in one.Whats dawned on me tonight is that you have all these virtuoso performances in one song and there's Mr Stewart's understated voice holding it all together with an enchanting narrative.Utterly monumental for me.A glass of wine and the headphones on,bye for now world.
Thank you for mentioning the production values. Even as a teenager with a shitty record player, I knew that how the song was put together and layered was something special.
Alan Parsons produced this song. His legendary engineering talent on full display.
The combination of Alan Parsons and Abbey Road Studios created a lot of magical moments in the late '60's and '70's, in many ways defining the "studio" sound of the '70's, and in many ways, subsequent years.
gotta have the headphones on - whaling sax, piano, and singing. Can't listen just once.
I remember just that - my Bose turtle shell earphones on - looking up to the black sky & twinkling stars. My life hadn’t even started yet - but I knew I was living in the best time ever - the best music for sure.✌🏽😎🇺🇸
When passed away I will keep listening al Stewart in heaven.......
Me too
"passed"
Same
This is one of my most favorite songs of all times
The song was on the radio on my first day of primary school back in the 70s loved it then still love it now pure class
How many songs have 3 instruments for the solo--first an acoustic guitar, then electric guitar, then sax?! Just incredible instrumentation and production!
Don't forget the cello!
It begins with violin.
And the piano intro!
These days? None.
@Richard Cray He produced & engineered "Dark Side of the Moon," as well!
Nobody produces music like this. The 70's can't be matched.
Mark Passe annihilated by the 80’s. But it’s a brilliant song.
@@MrKarloz97 #4 80s. Pretty good due to great 70s artists like Hall and Oates, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Van Halen etc. 80s mostly known for Murray Head, Taco C-rap hiphoppers and hair bands. #3 90s. Complete flip-flop from anything before it and had good creativity at it's higher level. #2 60s the only reason it doesn't tie or nose ahead of the 70s is the Vietnam War. It poisoned everything. There was a lot of great music in the 60s but so much of it dragged you down like the war did. #1 70s After Nixon finally got us out of Kennedy and Johnson's war, we could finally relax and breathe again and the music reflected it.Instead of lyrics tainted with war, it was peace, love, fun and MORE LOVE! New technology boosted the sound quality to great levels and for the first since about 1908, we weren't staring a bloody war in the face.
There will NEVER BE SONGS LIKE THIS AGAIN 😔
Amen Brother 😊
Shit. You just nailed it. Congrats!!!!!!
There will. People just need to start creating them - or seek out those who are creating them.
You have much to learn Rattus
@@inyomoufizaWabbit Oh, really..? I’ve been listening to Mr Stewart’s music since Bedsitter Images. So do tell me more.
I'm only 21- I discovered this song when I was 18, I've loved it since.
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a water color in the rain. Such beautiful lyrics. Such a beautiful song.
One of my ten favorite songs of all time. The music is incredibly mellow and lush.
She doesn't give you time for questions as she locks up her arm in yours. ❤❤ This song is truly magnificent
The best memory from my childhood is listening to this with my brother, RIP little brother, I miss you. 1974-2010
That makes me tearful
I am sorry for ur loss.
This song will haunt my dreams until the end of time.
I'm back, My cat is still here, barely. 15 years and 8 months. Please pray for her 🙏
I loved this song back in the 1970's and I still love it today and guess I always will. The arrangement is simply brilliant and the band and orchestra are simply out of this world. It takes me back to those halcyon days of 1977 when for us, then young, all things were possible.
I like this cut. It sounds clean and real. Takes me back in a time that were the 70's Southern California
It's actually the full album version.
Hey Ron; for me the Central Valley. In high school. Cool song.
This music never gets old if you're fortunate enough to know about it I hope and pray this type of music follows me to my next life just being free
All of the elements of this song just create a sublime adventure for mind and spirit. It truly transports the listener like very few other songs I’ve ever heard.
Gosh, I'm so glad this song has just gotten better with time as old age has sat in and memories of youth are starting to fade. Wonderful story in song.
In loving memory of Jeff, the biggest Al Stewart fan I ever knew.
BLESSING'S!!
@@marlenetrimnal4368 Thank you! We had a great Native American send-off for Jeff a week ago.
@@tinkaluisa8540 you're welcome Lot's of true blessing's in loving memory's of you're loved one Jeff!! Wonderful song year of the cat! An lovely AI STEWART!
who cares
Big Lenny is bigger. 700 pounds ripped.