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Hard Headed Woman Lyrics
I'm looking for a hard headed woman
One who'll take me for myself
And if I find my hard headed woman
I won't need nobody else, no, no, no
I'm looking for a hard headed woman
One who'll make me do my best
And if I find my hard headed woman
I know the rest of my life will be blessed, yes, yes, yes
I know a lot of fancy dancers
People who can glide you on a floor
They move so smooth but have no answers
When you ask "why'd you come here for?"
I know, many fine feathered friends
but their friendliness depends on how you do
I'm looking for a hard headed woman
one who'll make me feel so good
And if I find my hard headed woman
I know my life will be as it should, yes, yes, yes
One who'll take me for myself
And if I find my hard headed woman
I won't need nobody else, no, no, no
I'm looking for a hard headed woman
One who'll make me do my best
And if I find my hard headed woman
I know the rest of my life will be blessed, yes, yes, yes
I know a lot of fancy dancers
People who can glide you on a floor
They move so smooth but have no answers
When you ask "why'd you come here for?"
I know, many fine feathered friends
but their friendliness depends on how you do
I'm looking for a hard headed woman
one who'll make me feel so good
And if I find my hard headed woman
I know my life will be as it should, yes, yes, yes
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I think he's saying, there's a lot of people out there who just drift frrom place to place, and don't really care about anything "fancy dancers", and he's tried relationships with them, and while they're fun, he wants a woman he can settle down with. A "hard-headed woman" to me seemed like a stubborn woman, but I think he means someone who can stick it through tough times.
. . . as opposed to a soft headed woman . . . one with no enduring principles . . . a gold digger
He means that what will really bring happieness isn't necessarily what looks good on the outside.
yeah, someone though, maybe stubborn, but in the end, genuine.
I think the song has to be seen in a spiritual context. Stevens is certainly mainstreamish, but he packs quite a lot of religious punch. On the surface the song can certainly be interpreted as a mans search for the 'one and only'. A deeper interpretation, which I think is called for, could propose the human quest for existential meaning and purpose in life, as the songs second theme. Indeed, as suggested above, the 'fancy dancers' are equated with gliding on the surface, but when it comes to the deeper dimensions of human existence (e.g. spirituality, conation, meaning & purpose of it all) they have no answers to offer and leaves the narrator with the impression of their inner emptiness.
Perhaps the song also has an ironic meta-framing - the narrator talks of the others as shallow, but he himself also seeks happiness as something to come from the outside, in the form of his 'hard headed woman'. And then again - perhaps 'hard headed woman' is used as a metaphor for his own search of truth and meaning - sort of like an pop-archetype.
I am not even going to touch what Jon said, because it's a little deeper into the song than I wish to be at the moment. That said, it seems a reasonable and insightful set of interpretations.
I personally just relate to wanting a hard-headed woman. Everyone needs others to a certain point. But, to define yourself by your lover is problematic. I am after a woman who does not define herself by me, but still needs me. Yes, a person like this may, as a corollary, be a bit stubborn, but that's okay. I have no right to call anyone stubborn : )
there are lines missing from the lyrics above.
following "but their friendliness depends on how you do" on the 14th line, there should be: "they know many sure-fired ways to find out the one who pays and how you do"
truely his best song ever, in my opinion. ludicrous that a single human being can write a song like this and at the same time produce such vile hatred as this man has. it's beyond me.
beautiful music and lyrics, makes me weep.
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"Produce such vile hatred". What newspapers have you been reading? There are a pile of internet rumours , some of which have been seized upon by the conservative press. Cat suppported 9/11, Cat backs Rushdie's fatwa, Cat gives money to Hammas. All of which, if you ever see an interview with the man, he has completely denied and has preached nothing but peace and the condemnation of violence. He made, by his own admission, some stupid jokes about the Rusdhie fatwa, which he later completely recanted and wrote on his website, "I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor...
"Produce such vile hatred". What newspapers have you been reading? There are a pile of internet rumours , some of which have been seized upon by the conservative press. Cat suppported 9/11, Cat backs Rushdie's fatwa, Cat gives money to Hammas. All of which, if you ever see an interview with the man, he has completely denied and has preached nothing but peace and the condemnation of violence. He made, by his own admission, some stupid jokes about the Rusdhie fatwa, which he later completely recanted and wrote on his website, "I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini--and still don’t."
36 hours after 9/11 he was asked for a statement by the BBC and he said, "I wish to express my heartfelt horror at the indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed against innocent people of the United States yesterday. While it is still not clear who carried out the attack, it must be stated that no right-thinking follower of Islam could possibly condone such an action. The Qur'an equates the murder of one innocent person with the murder of the whole of humanity. We pray for the families of all those who lost their lives in this unthinkable act of violence as well as all those injured; I hope to reflect the feelings of all Muslims and people around the world whose sympathies go out to the victims of this sorrowful moment"
Where's the hate?
"Now I've been crying lately Thinking about the world as it is Why must we go on hating Why can't we live in bliss"
Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam, 1971 Recipient of the Nobel "Man of Peace" Award in 2004, presented by Mikhail Gorbachev for "dedication to promote peace, the reconciliation of people and to condemn terrorism" Recipient of the " The Mediterranean Prize for Peace in Naples, Italy". The award was received "as a result of the work he has done to increase peace in the world"
Love the song and loved the older stuff by Stevens. However, you need to research him more. Read his words on Jews. They weren't warm and fuzzy. And as for the conservative press, there's about ONE. I've heard some of what Yusuf has said through the LIBERAL media. Don't sugar coat what the man says even if he's a talented musician.
Love the song and loved the older stuff by Stevens. However, you need to research him more. Read his words on Jews. They weren't warm and fuzzy. And as for the conservative press, there's about ONE. I've heard some of what Yusuf has said through the LIBERAL media. Don't sugar coat what the man says even if he's a talented musician.
There's no sugar quoting required. A view on the political situation in Israel and in particular a view that the subjugation of the Palestinian people and their notions of statehood is wrong and unjust, is not hatred, and definitely not vile hatred. Its simply an opinion, and not an uncommon opinion at that. I'm a white, Roman Catholic Briton and I have a great deal of trouble reconciling myself to Israel's actions, I can only imagine how much harder that would be for someone who spends a great deal of time on humanitarian efforts in the region. His allegations which I'm...
There's no sugar quoting required. A view on the political situation in Israel and in particular a view that the subjugation of the Palestinian people and their notions of statehood is wrong and unjust, is not hatred, and definitely not vile hatred. Its simply an opinion, and not an uncommon opinion at that. I'm a white, Roman Catholic Briton and I have a great deal of trouble reconciling myself to Israel's actions, I can only imagine how much harder that would be for someone who spends a great deal of time on humanitarian efforts in the region. His allegations which I'm aware of, that Judaism is a "so-called religion" may be naive, might be stupid, thoughtless and even provocative, but "vile hatred"????
As to the conservative press , I'm assuming you're referring to the U.S. If you are then I cant speak with any degree of knowledge so I'll defer to you, (although, incredibly just over 50% of Americans polled in 2010 voted Fox News as their most watched ,and indeed most trusted cable news channel - so clearly, for that 50% at least, truth and agenda-free reporting is a low priority). If we're talking conservative press, in Briton and Europe, there are at least 5 major daily newspapers in the UK that demonise the man, (and indeed Islam given half a chance), and another couple in France. Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam may be no saint, and he's certainly no political genius but neither does he preach nor practice "vile hatred". And that was the point of my retort.
I was actually referring to one incident specifically, that of the salman rushdie's death threats.
I was actually referring to one incident specifically, that of the salman rushdie's death threats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPimaisocv4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPimaisocv4
I imagine you've seen it before but tell me that that isn't vile hatred. no matter what he said subsequently to that, for me, that is unforgivable.
I imagine you've seen it before but tell me that that isn't vile hatred. no matter what he said subsequently to that, for me, that is unforgivable.