Have you seen the latest update on Sunday's "mishap" on the "C'mon Get Happy" bulletin board? Scott actually contacted David's publicist and was told to "get a life". Seriously?! Hmmm. In one of my first blog posts, "Get a life!" is how I imagined people would respond to my admission that David Cassidy was on my mind a lot since I rediscovered him. In these past few months, I've spent many hours researching David's career and discovering his recordings. More than once have I asked myself if he was really worth all that time and effort. Sunday's incident and his publicist's sardonic response lead me to conclude that he isn't.
Apparently, The Partridge Family "is not how David cares to be seen or remembered." David Cassidy really doesn't get it, does he?
In a review of one of David Cassidy's concerts back in 2001, Mary Ladd had this to say about him:
"David Cassidy, the adult version, strikes me as someone who could throw a temper tantrum real good and clean, like a shock (sic) put. He's like that kid on the playground who can't take a joke and is therefore the butt of all of them. Not happy with the sound level at Incahoots, David Cassidy kept complaining about it, giving stern looks to the loitering stage hands. Ominous looks backstage and then turning back to smile at the fans, as if to say, "No, my children, it’s not you." It brought the room down."
According to Ladd, Cassidy takes himself too seriously. The review can be found here.
Discuss. If you still care. And haven't gotten a life yet.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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LOL!! Daviditis here. I love the title to this post. It's pretty astonishing how the publicist reacted. Between that and David's contemptuous and otherwise bizarre behavior at Sunday's Hollywood Collectors Show, the world doesn’t make sense anymore.
I want to like David, love him, care about him. I now think that is impossible. I cannot fathom his behavior. It is beyond me. My view now is that he’s had an extraordinary life, and an extraordinarily difficult one at times. He has deep wounds that have not completely healed from his father’s rejection and it also seems from the fame and exploitation he never really wanted. He’s battled alcoholism. He’s eccentric, and I’m not surprised. What can we expect at this point?
But do I throw the baby out with the bath water? Maybe we can predict certain things if we have been following his career long enough. I certainly wouldn’t greatly inconvenience myself or spend huge amounts of time and money on him. But, I think I can still enjoy certain things about him that won’t change, like his singing, his looks from the early 70s (so incredible), his “assets”, his embracing smile, his acting roles.
I guess I haven't gotten a life yet. :=) For me it is still worth it to enjoy the things I know will not change. But now it’s just recreation, nothing more. ~Daviditis
I'm concerned, DAYDREAMINGDAVID. Does this mean you're not going to blog about him anymore???
singmedavid
Hi DayDreamingDavid. British fan here. I was just going to post the same response as written above. I hope you can keep the blog going when you feel able to! I've read EVERYTHING on it and your thoughs SO echo mine. On Cmongethappy Scott quotes David's publicist as saying "It is not how David cares to be seen or remembered". I think David confuses fans by continually singing pf songs at his concerts and bringing out various versions of them on disc. I love these tunes! BUT I would also love any new material, rock, blues or whatever he may like to try, I just love that voice! If he feels this way he should have the courage to try new things, put them out there and publicise them! I'm sure most of us would embrace it. I would definitely go to see him if the chance arises.
By the way I doubt any apology will come. There seems no mention of it on any news items and I've checked all the British/Australian fan sites and NO ONE has mentioned this! They either don't know or don't want to draw attention to it so I guess David hopes it will all blow under the rug and be forgotten.
God Bless you and your site. We still have the music and memories! Perhaps it is best not to get too up close and personal with one's idols.
Thanks for the Ladd article. I haven't come across that one before. I think she's hit the nail on the head here. I've read that on a good day he can give a fantastic performance AS WELL AS being gracious and entertaining. I have always thought that David could do with having more of a sense of humour. I've read both his books (I did enjoy them) but no sense of humour or c'est la vie comes across in either of them.
Someone close to David needs to give him a 'kick up the backside' and tell him to get over himself. I guess it's not that easy for him though if he suffers from depression and trauma. The sad thing is it leads many to take their life and in the back of my mind I worry about David and hope he never reaches those kind of lows.
British fan. xxx
Update. One of the UK websites has mentioned it now. They're saying it's not David's fault and the fans SHOULD NOT have brought pf memorabilia to sign and it's not his fault cos he was ill. Nice to see they're supporting him but as others have said I wish he had handled the whole thing differently. I think that perhaps in the US it was probably understandable that those treasured items might have been brought along. In the UK he was known more for his music and perhaps a little less for the pf.
I think there were rules that were changing as the day went on.
People brought the stuff there only to find out that they could not get the stuff sign and then he charged more for the signature than originally.
What disturbs me is that after a short time there, he wanted his ten thousand dollars or his he was going to trash the sponsors of the event.
It is good that the facts come out from the people there.
Who knows what version DC will come out with.
Well,if David doesn't want us to remember him as Keith Partridge,why does he keep singing the same songs over and over again at his concerts? I've never been to one of his concerts,but I feel like I have seen them all!
I rediscovered David by accident in December 2006 after more than 32 years after the Partridge Family went off the air in 1974.That was the year I discovered him on that show.I'm from Canada,and for most of the fans here in North America,David will always be remembered for his role of Keith Partridge whether he likes it or not.Of course he had other roles on television prior the Partridge Family,but to me he always will be Keith because I never got the chance to know him as something else.Like I said I'm rediscovering him right now.I have seen most of his work,thanks for the help of many fans out there that I got to know through MySpace.Without them,my interest for David would be long gone by now.And another thing,when I was 14 years old,I totally ignored that he had a career outside the US and just how popular he was.I hadn't seen him in any magazines excepted for a few posters that I was lucky to have found in some canadian newspapers.It is only in 2006 while surfing on the internet that I discovered that he had a fan base in the UK,and that he was well-known there.So I think this is very understandable that many fans chosed to have their PF memorabilias signed at the Hollywood Collectors Show this week.I would probably have done the same if I had the chance to go.But even so,David didn't have the right to behave like that with his fans.We've been supporting him for more than 35 years and this is all we get for being there.I'm sorry,but right now for me the pill is very hard to swallow if you know what I mean.Sick or not sick,he didn't have the right to do that.This is not the first time that I hear that something like this happened.I have read somwhere that he sometimes can be very nasty towards his fans,but like many I didn't want to beleive it.But this time he went too far...and right now I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive him. :-(
I guess I don't have a life. Ha! :)
I think I feel sorry for David Cassidy. He really hasn't been able to deal with the unhappiness in his life from his childhood and then the extreme fame he had at such a young age. I think it's the depression that's the problem---I suspect he's doing the best he can for how he feels so much of the time. Depression is really an insidious kind of thing---it can rob you of connections with other people because it so often affects behavior. That's my theory, anyway.
As for Keith haunting him, it really is his own fault for not doing anything new. As someone said above, he's the one still recycling PF songs 35 years later. If he really wanted to shed the teen idol image, he would make more of an effort to do new stuff, which then might even bring him new fans who never knew him back then. He still has that gorgeous voice. He's just using it to sing the wrong stuff.
I really think he thought that 'Ruby and the Rockits" was going to get him a base of younger fans.
It has always seemed rather strange to me how David seems to turn to Shirley and her kids when he wants to kick start his career.
Shirley was the one who said is was Ok for him to be on the show. Shirley did not have to audition and she could have said no.
Shaun had to co-star with David in Blood Brothers to get people to buy tickets.
When David went to Vegas, Patrick and Shaun were instrumental with helping DC.
We all know that Shirley and her kids helped DC with Ruby and the Rockits.
Nobody else wants to help David out.
Shirley didn't raise David and there is over an 8 year age gap between DC and the Half brothers.
It kind of tell me a lot of people don't want to take a chance on David.
It may be his fault.
DC seems to take it out on his fans.
cao, where do you get your information? To which show are you referring when you state "Shirley was the one who said is was Ok for him to be on the show. Shirley did not have to audition and she could have said no."? The Partridge Family?
David was sought out for Blood Brothers by its producers and I doubt that getting Shaun to co-star was a condition of his employment. Why do you think that David on his own wouldn't have been a strong enough draw for the show?
In what way did Shirley help with Ruby & the Rockits? She attended every show taping and guest starred in the second-to-last episode. Apart from that, what else did she do?
If you look back on David's career post-PF, you'll see many projects (big and small) that happened with help from his former colleagues and also on his own merit with no one else's input. I don't know why you'd say no one wants to help him.
And then this comment: "Shirley didn't raise David and there is over an 8 year age gap between DC and the Half brothers." What does this have to do with anything?
Cao, I'd appreciate knowing too, where are you getting your information from??? Do you have websites you can provide that we can navigate on our own and see for ourselves? A lot of what you are saying I've never heard or seen before.
Thanks!
singmedavid
singmedavid,
I follow message boards as a hobby.
Its a combination of boards and not just one.
I try to follow consistency to see of there is a pattern.
DAvid Cassidy has always interested me, but I am one for doing a little fact checking.
From what I have read, a lot of celebrities have bended the truth a little.
I am just surprised at what this guy gets away with.
This guy has quite the lifestyle.
He was never happy.
I think if you want to enjoy the music, fine.
That what I do.
I am just writing what I found because this board it different.
I thought this was about finding more about David.
Just seems the more people hear, the more they don't want to know.
cao: You're basing your opinions of David on what you find on message boards? Do you really find these to be credible sources of information? Anyone can post anything anonymously on a board. Even if you're finding consistent information on different boards, it could be from the same person using different accounts. Also, people can repeat things they've read or heard somewhere and the more it's repeated, the more it's believed to be true. I forget what this type of phenomenon is called but it's widely used in marketing because it's so effective. The more you read/hear something the more you believe it.
Is it the Rule of Repetition?
singmedavid
I have read the cmongethappy.com board and the administrator is now reading those other boards.
I think Scott felt the same thing that you are thinking.
The it is just a bunch of mindless comment and you could say whatever you want.
I don't think anybody has that much time on their hands that they could go to all these message board and blog.
David basically has the same fans that have support him for years.
Soem other people go to his concerts or work for him and see his behaviour and are apalled.
NO, not everybody gets this type of treatment.
I await further developments on this.
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