KATHMANDU, Cat Yusuf Stevens cover

[Jean Pierre]

As I explained in this trhread in general discussion
https://songcrafters.org/forum/index.php?topic=34101.0,

"the story of my cover Kathmandu", I'm republishing a remastered version, with a video of this song
here's the video, with a little explanation
 During my professional life (physiotherapy for serious burns) I've had the opportunity to go on training and evaluation missions in places that are sometimes a bit "hot" with MEDECIN SANS FRONTIERES (Gaza, Syria, Haiti...), ..and Kathmandu in Nepal, more specifically in Sangu, a small village in the Himalayas.
This mission has been a pleasure because the security conditions are good and the locals are very warm and welcoming.

The video starts in a small youth centre in Sanghu where we were invited to a small traditional music meeting (tablas, Nepalese harmonium), and ends in another youth centre where the local teenagers play Rock

For the cover JP guitars, bass, and a very good flute soundfont

Content d'avoir pu reconstitué cette video et la chanson (grace aux archives de SC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkjlZRzzP10

[the physics teacher]

Lovely to watch and listen to.

[Ray Brookes]

Very nicely covered, JP along with excellent video material.

[StephenM]

Incredible work JP!

[TPB]

love the video very nice
Tim

[Mike_S]

Video was great, some really special images there. Great work as usual JP

Mike

[Jean Pierre]

thank you guys

Bonus for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfo1At65tZo
 during my stay in Kathmandu, a visit to the Krishna Musi Emporium, a small shop in a dark alley in Kathmandu where they make the wonderful Nepalese harmoniums (also used in India).
  hear the acoustic version of "while my guitar..." is in the Beatles' anthology 3, in which Paul McCartney played the harmonium

then and a little later Mc Cartney used this harmonium, it was Linda Mc Cartney who played it in some of the live tracks

Ps what's great about the Nepalese harmonium is that there's a clever mechanical system that allows you to change key while playing with the C fingering... very practical for non-pianists and keyboardists...

[Jean Pierre]

I recently did "Where do the children play", I wasn't on SC yet, at the Cat Stevens festival.
I'm bringing up this cover song for which I have a particular affection, because Kathmandu was a mythical place of pilgrimage in my youth, for Hipppies from all over the world, and many years later I spent a month there on a humanitarian mission (in a small mountain village about twenty kilometers from Kathmandu).

This Kathmandu song by Cat Stevens/Yusuf is quite difficult to sing

[StephenM]

JP, puisque vous aimez les reprises et que vous aimez l'idée de Katmandou, vous envisageriez peut-être de reprendre "Kathmandu" de Bob Seger.   Ça déchire vraiment.  Je parie que tu pourrais le faire très bien.


JP, since you love covers and you like the idea of Kathmandu maybe you would consider covering Bob Seger's "Kathmandu".   It really rocks.  I bet you could do it great.

[Jean Pierre]

thank you Stephen..I didn't know Bob Seger's Kathmandu, ..nor Bob Seger for that matter...looking at his biography I saw that he had composed Old Time Rock and Roll which our good national Johnny Haliday had covered under the translation "le bon vieux temps du Rock'n'roll".


it sounds a lot like kathmandu,...;but it's RnR in E ..and it's beyond my singing skills


 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-el1a3_y3Qg