Clear Channel Memo Songs: Morning Has Broken

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The co-founder of Chuy’s Tex-Mex Restaurants passed away yesterday in Austin, Texas. I asked the manager, and he knew him and said he was a wonderful, humble guy. This chicken taco salad’s for you, Mike. And so’s this song, although its purpose for being here today is because it showed up on the Clear Channel Memo of songs that shouldn’t be played after 9/11. Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens And you’re thinking, “Hey, didn’t you just use this song in the religious countdown last year?” Yes, I did! Thanks for noticing! He was also on last month’s list of banned songs. And, truthfully, I wonder how much the reason behind last month’s inclusion (a lot of Stevens’ music was pulled after it was reported he expressed agreement with the fatwa against Salman Rushdie) was behind this month’s inclusion. For the record, “Peace Train” was also on the list. As I said with other “peaceful” songs on the list, a lot of people wanted Toby Keith’s “we’ll put a boot in your ass, it’s the American way,” NOT hymns (this song dates to the early 1930s) or “Kumbaya.” So, between that and Stevens’ previous strike against him, this got put on the list. Sad. Morning Has Broken Lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon, traditional melody Adapted by Cat Stevens Recorded by Cat Stevens From Teaser and the Firecat, 1971 God’s re-creation of the new day: