Which isn’t even a Cat Stevens original song,
That song will always remind me of the retreat that we went on as part of our Confirmation class (this would have actually been around 1981). It was held over a weekend, and by Sunday morning, you had a group of 16-year-olds who were exhausted, moderately smelly, and really sick of talking about faith and other serious topics.
The youth minister (who was, at that time, still definitely a member of the “happy hippy Vatican II Catholics”) started out the morning devotional by playing Stevens’ recording of that song. 
YAY! Tucson native Linda Ronstadt in the Hall. 
♪ ♪♪
In early memory
Mission music
Was ringing 'round my nursery door
I said take this child, Lord
From Tucson, Arizona
Give her the wings to fly through harmony
And she won’t bother you no more ♪ ♪♪
Reviving this thread because I just turned on HBO and they’re broadcasting the 2013 awards show. Rush just gave a stupid gibberish speech that they clearly believed was oh-so-clever, but I want to talk about the band that played between Rush’s speech and performance. It looked like a joke band of the Spinal Tap variety. Who the hell was that and were they serious?
Just found a review of the show that answered my question. It was Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, and Nick Raskulinecz mocking Rush’s 1970s costume choices.
I’ve been listening to one of the Classic Rock stations on XM lately and they’ve been talking up a contest to win tickets to the induction ceremony… in Brooklyn!? Why aren’t they inducted at the actual Hall of Fame in Cleveland?
That was Alex, Rush’s guitar player. I don’t think Geddy or Neil shared his sentiments, but I was impressed that they didn’t try to stop him, either. It was his one chance at that speech, and he gets to live with it now. ( boy, it sure did go on a while! )
One more…
And, in Rush’s defense,…
Eh … I can appreciate the technical skill, but Rush’s music never moved me.
What a douchebag.