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What is a cat café in 1976?

06 Aug 17 - 11:12 AM (#3870275)
Subject: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: GUEST,Kittie Catt

Tom Paxton had a song called "King of the Cat Café" on his 1976 album Saturday Night. According to wikipedia cat café, the first cat café opened its door in 1998 in Taiwan, and it was not until 2014 that America has its own cat café... So what is a cat café back in 1976??


06 Aug 17 - 01:24 PM (#3870314)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: Nigel Parsons

Doesn't help with the meaning, but lyrics and chords are Here @ Mudcat


06 Aug 17 - 02:50 PM (#3870331)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: GUEST

Believe it or not, it's sheer prophecy.


06 Aug 17 - 02:53 PM (#3870332)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: Dave the Gnome

I knew someone would say that...

:D tG


06 Aug 17 - 04:11 PM (#3870337)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: GUEST,Ebor Fiddler

Could it not simply be a caff called "The Cat"? or is that too simple?


06 Aug 17 - 07:54 PM (#3870357)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: meself

Having just looked at the lyrics, and with no other basis than that, the whole thing seems like nothing more than a bit of whimsy: the Cat Cafe is the name of the establishment in question; Huwey is the house-cat who has a usual perch, where he sits like a statue - or actually IS a statue ("made from wax and paint"), or, alternatively, is an actual statue-like person or statue of a person .... You can imagine the song being written in honour and appreciation of some local hang-out .......


07 Aug 17 - 03:26 PM (#3870452)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: GUEST,henryp

For fans of Bob Dylan, the Greenwich Village coffee bar where the singer penned his most famous song had become a place of pilgrimage. Dylan is said to have written Blowin' In The Wind at the Fat Black Pussycat.

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07 Aug 17 - 04:00 PM (#3870460)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: punkfolkrocker

..so it doesn't indicate the specialist dishes of the establishment..
like say a fish restaurant...???


07 Aug 17 - 06:25 PM (#3870471)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: GUEST,henryp

Like, say, a Sardinian restaurant?


08 Aug 17 - 04:49 AM (#3870509)
Subject: RE: What is a cat café in 1976?
From: GUEST,CJB

What about Alice's Restaurant?