The song Father and Son by Cat Stevens was a staple at camp, a song we would sing many times every Summer around the campfire. I was surprised and amused many years later when I first heard Fight Test, The first song on the Flaming Lips 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Lips frontman Wayne Coyne had rolled both the melody and the structure of F&S into an updated, sci-fi take on the song. Having read that the album was about losing his father to cancer, I liked the reference to Father and Son.
I did find it strange, though, that there was no nod of recognition to Stevens in the liner notes. Apparently, Yusef Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)felt the same way, as according to the the wiki, he is receiving royalties after a relatively uncontentious settlement.
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