Song 754: This week the playlist applauds Year of the Cat by Al Stewart, written by Al Stewart and Peter Wood, and you can find a YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. During my childhood years in the 1950s and 1960s, my family would visit friends and relatives who had both feline and canine companions, and while I always enjoyed a pet's company, I soon figured out that, if given the choice, I would rather hang out with a cat than a dog, although my own family could not have either kind of pet at the time. When Mr. Al decided to let us know what the year 1976 would become, I shared an apartment with a few friends on the south end of Evanston, IL, and spending a lot of time at a driver's wheel regularly, I got to hear the anthem quite a bit as it topped the charts. Depending on who rode in the vehicle, I sometimes would sing along with it, but other times could not do so, even though I might have wished that I could. Of course, back in that era I had no interest in contemplating a crime, and I usually didn't bother asking for explanations, so even when I found that I had thrown away my choice and lost my ticket, I still enjoyed riding along with those meowsome lines.
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