Anti-Israel Islamopop in Hamburg

Sat, Jul 7, 2007 at 5:13:15 pm PDT

We now have positive proof that Islamism not only destroys the soul, it also makes you write really crappy polemical songs. Here’s Cat Stevens, billed as ‘Yusuf’ to avoid the scary I word, at the Hamburg Live Earth concert, with a very thinly veiled anti-Israel ditty: Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Ruins - Live Earth.

(Hat tip: Killgore.)

UPDATE at 7/7/07 5:23:28 pm:

And in Cat’s performance of “Religion of Peace Train,” he couldn’t possibly sound more disinterested: Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Peace Train - Live Earth.

UPDATE at 7/8/07 10:50:36 am:

Correction: the song “Ruins” is actually from Yusuf’s pre-Islam days, although it’s remarkable how well it fits with his current Islamism.

Previously at LGF:
Video: Cat Stevens Wishes for Salman Rushdie’s Death by Fire