2008 Woodie Awards
SOUNDBYTES
Issue date: 10/13/04 Section: Arts&Entertainment
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CAT STEVENS - FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK
Cat Stevens' Footsteps in the Dark is a CD to model life by. Released in 1984, this piece of art continues to wow audiences.
"If you want to sing out, sing out, if you want to be free, be free"
Footsteps in the Dark provides life lessons in the form of art.
Cat Stevens reaches his audience through his love for life in this CD.
The CD includes the outstanding songs; "Wind", "Don't Be Shy" and "Hurt."
Cat Stevens is a brilliant artist whose views tend to shift to the hippy side and these views shine throughout this CD.
"I Want to Live in a Wigwam" helps in demonstrating his hippy culture.
This CD also includes two tracks off the 1972 dark comedy motion picture, "Harold and Maude".
These songs include, "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" and "Don't Be Shy."
The CD contains one chart single, "The Hurt."
This CD is a compilation of 14 great songs that are all "non-hits".
All the tracks on Footsteps in the Dark are taken off of previous Stevens masterpieces.
Most of the songs on Footsteps in the Dark were initially released about 10 years earlier.
The songs continue to amaze his audience and prove to still hold pure quality.
This CD is a breath of fresh air and will continue to astonish both new and returning fans. - Eryn O'Neal
JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS - STREETCORE
Joe Strummer, who died in December 2002, lives on through his Mescaleros in their third album Streetcore.
The band is comprised of the late Joe Strummer on guitar and vocals; Scott Shields on drums and guitar; Simon Strafford on bass and trombone; Luke Bullen on drums; Martin Slattery on organ, saxophone, synthesizers and guitar; and Tymon Dogg on violin.
"Long Shadow," dedicated to the great Johnny Cash, is about Cash's long career as a country/rock legend. This song has Strummer on acoustic guitar.
"Coma Girl" tells a story about a pretty lady that would gets in a fight with her biker gang and steals some gas: "Let's siphon up some gas. Lets get this show on the road, said the Coma girl, to the excitement gang."
Cat Stevens' Footsteps in the Dark is a CD to model life by. Released in 1984, this piece of art continues to wow audiences.
"If you want to sing out, sing out, if you want to be free, be free"
Footsteps in the Dark provides life lessons in the form of art.
Cat Stevens reaches his audience through his love for life in this CD.
The CD includes the outstanding songs; "Wind", "Don't Be Shy" and "Hurt."
Cat Stevens is a brilliant artist whose views tend to shift to the hippy side and these views shine throughout this CD.
"I Want to Live in a Wigwam" helps in demonstrating his hippy culture.
This CD also includes two tracks off the 1972 dark comedy motion picture, "Harold and Maude".
These songs include, "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" and "Don't Be Shy."
The CD contains one chart single, "The Hurt."
This CD is a compilation of 14 great songs that are all "non-hits".
All the tracks on Footsteps in the Dark are taken off of previous Stevens masterpieces.
Most of the songs on Footsteps in the Dark were initially released about 10 years earlier.
The songs continue to amaze his audience and prove to still hold pure quality.
This CD is a breath of fresh air and will continue to astonish both new and returning fans. - Eryn O'Neal
JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS - STREETCORE
Joe Strummer, who died in December 2002, lives on through his Mescaleros in their third album Streetcore.
The band is comprised of the late Joe Strummer on guitar and vocals; Scott Shields on drums and guitar; Simon Strafford on bass and trombone; Luke Bullen on drums; Martin Slattery on organ, saxophone, synthesizers and guitar; and Tymon Dogg on violin.
"Long Shadow," dedicated to the great Johnny Cash, is about Cash's long career as a country/rock legend. This song has Strummer on acoustic guitar.
"Coma Girl" tells a story about a pretty lady that would gets in a fight with her biker gang and steals some gas: "Let's siphon up some gas. Lets get this show on the road, said the Coma girl, to the excitement gang."