 | The Cavalier daily Wednesday, February 17, 1971 |  |
Sells The Album
"Where Do The Children Play?"
alone sells the album to anyone
with an car for English folk. With a
reasoned sort of balance, he is
asking a question:
Well I think it's fine building
Jumbo planes,/
or taking a ride on a cosmic train, switch on/summer from a slot machine, yes you get what you/
want to, if you want, cause you can get anything./
I know we've come a long way, we're changing
day to day,/ but tell me, where d' th' ch 'ldr'n play?
or taking a ride on a cosmic train, switch on/summer from a slot machine, yes you get what you/
want to, if you want, cause you can get anything./
I know we've come a long way, we're changing
day to day,/ but tell me, where d' th' ch 'ldr'n play?
Cat Stevens
Three love songs, "Hard Headed
Women," "Sad Lisa" and "Wild
World" all sound slightly familiar -
a touch of McCartney - until the
rhythms lunge into full rock charges
from the most delicate of gentle
folk melodies. The lyrics are no less
changeable, with play-that-over,
O. Henry-type twists.
Originally composed as part of
the score for The Deep End, which
premised recently at the London
Film Festival, "But I Might Die
Tonight" is sophisticated, but not
so finished as to upset its
foreboding, uncertain tone as a
whole:
..Be wise, look ahead,/ use your
eyes" he said,
be straight, think right"/ but I might die tonight!
be straight, think right"/ but I might die tonight!
| The Cavalier daily Wednesday, February 17, 1971 | |