# Cat Steven's search for a "hard headed woman"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [September 20, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227 "2025-09-20T16:09:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227/1 "2025-09-20T16:09:20Z")

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Who the heck is he looking for? Is having a “hard head” a positive attribute? Does hard = stubborn? Stupid?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227/2 "2025-09-20T17:00:16Z")

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If she’s hard-headed, she’ll stand up for hersefl, and, by extension, for her man.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227/3 "2025-09-20T17:02:06Z")

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Like Caldonia. (Did they ever figure out what makes her big head so hard?)

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227/4 "2025-09-20T17:42:02Z")

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I think he’s singing about his love for a mannequin. Or a woodpecker

“I know many fine feathered friends”

Seriously, though, what I read long ago is that he didn’t know what one was. For all we know, he could have been inspired by Caledonia.

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**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227/5 "2025-09-20T17:56:21Z")

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Of course not. He is looking for a woman who is bright, funny and lives in the real world. No time for fashionable woo-woo or superstitious nonsense.

I am happy to have been married to one for many years!

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227/6 "2025-09-22T14:45:22Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> Like Caldonia. (Did they ever figure out what makes her big head so hard?)

BB King (among others) was a traveling spirit, ranging far and wide to ask this question, but apparently receiving no answer.