Cat Stevens - Father And Son Reviews

Song details
Title	Father And Son
Artist	Cat Stevens
Album	Tea For The Tillerman (1970) , Track 2 , Cat Stevens - Greatest Hits (1990) , Track 9 , Remember Cat Stevens (1999) , Track 2 , Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (2003) , Track 3

Song score
Rhythm	: 8.7
Melody	: 9.0
Instruments	: 8.4
Lyrics	: 9.3
Vocal	: 9.4
This song has been reviewed 14 times. Overall score for this song, 9.0.

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0 @ 26-06-2004 17:48 Gate_Kepper
803 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal dnt really like it
0 @ 26-06-2004 18:08 Jez
12,757 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Hmmmn... it's actually a classic that was rediscovered by Boyzone in their very early days. Not the most vibrant of songs but the song and lyrics themselves actually makes sense and means something, which is always a good thing in my eyes.
0 @ 10-07-2004 09:11 Raindropp
38 posts	This song is calm, and the text is real smart: It really is a conversation between father and son
0 @ 26-07-2004 13:56 Molgy
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal "From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen"
0 @ 01-08-2004 23:46 geekgirlxc07
200 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal molgy i agree.. amazing lyrics everyone
0 @ 23-11-2004 18:29 s_t_e_v_e
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal its an awsome song, calm bt the lyrics stik inya head
0 @ 30-11-2004 19:12 oliver92
3 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this is a really good song. The lyrics really stucks in your head!!!
0 @ 07-12-2004 04:48 magdalena_b_m
32 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i think the lyrics are about cat stevens when he had cancer... so i'm imagining that he tried to explain to his son that he might die but his son was afraid or something so he turned away... kinda sad if you think of it that way but i'm not sure if that's the real meaning, i'm just guessing
0 @ 09-12-2004 05:03 mel_2213
29 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal the song is bout a father talking to his son. tryin to convince him not to go to war. that he has so much more to do. so much more to live. bloody great song
0 @ 17-12-2004 03:50 magdalena_b_m
32 posts	then why does he say that he has to go away? i still think it's about the cancer thing 'cause it says something about him trying to explain and his son turning away but i dunno..
0 @ 20-12-2004 00:57 mel_2213
29 posts	coz its somethin that he has to do.
0 @ 03-01-2005 06:04 Mien
1,324 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Poignant, reflective, intuitive.
0 @ 20-06-2005 05:59 MaRiEliNa
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i think this is a very good song, and it reminds me when im in a trip and my father puts his music on
0 @ 14-11-2005 01:02 Tuulikki
249 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song is really beautiful. I think it might be a dialogue between father and son. The verses that end with "I know I have to go" could be the son (and the rest, his father), and his father is telling him to take it easy; he doesn't have to make any big decisions about his life yet. If that was the case, it could be about the son going to war or, more broadly, just choosing his path in life. It's quite a sad song, but what makes it more sad to me is that I became familiar with it through a life insurance (I think) ad that was played on TV a lot a few years ago. The ad showed a series of black and white shots with a father and son through the years, from when the son is a baby, till the son is middle aged and the father is elderly, and in all of them they are standing or working together happily. But in the last shot the middle-aged son is alone, and seems not to know what to do with himself without his father beside him. Almost makes me cry just thinking about it.
0 @ 15-01-2006 01:31 I_LOVE_CAMP
9 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Fantasic song! sung it at campfire at the camp I work at, marvolous!
0 @ 19-08-2006 03:20 q8falcon
49 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal A MASTERPIECE,,,,,THE BREATHTAKING CAT STEVENS IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0 @ 03-03-2007 12:45 OhHenry
7 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song will always remind me of my father... And that in itself is enough to give this song all 5's... I like the song too Lol
0 @ 05-04-2007 10:36 Forever4
324 posts	Good ol' times.... which I wasn't a part of but anyway

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