Born Steven Demetre Georgiou, he adopted the stage name Cat Stevens only to convert to Islam in 1977 with another name change, Yusuf Islam. In 1969, he almost died from tuberculosis. He also recorded a whole handful of songs, which he would perform in concert settings.

My mother once told me, “If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all.”

Okay then. Here’s a wacky pop music daffynition.

ThunderCat Stevens

/ˈTHən/dər/kat/ /stˈē/vəns/

noun

1. A style or way of life that combines facial hair and haircut to create a look resembling the 1980’s cartoon Thundercats and pop singer-songwriter Cat Stevens.
2. An alternate reality in which Cat Stevens was the leader of the 1980’s cartoon Thundercats.

synonyms: werewolf face, Gino Vannelli, face comber

“He is a real trendsetter, last week he was all Amish librarian, and now he’s sporting the ThunderCat Stevens. Ho!”

“It’s hard to imagine living in the ThunderCat Stevens universe, what would eggs even taste like?”

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