R&B singer Dee Clark scored a huge hit with his song "Raindrops" in 1961. David Cassidy, not so much. You can hear DC's version of "Raindrops" on his 1992 album "Didn't You Used to Be...". Anyone know what could have prompted Cassidy to cover this particular song? Anyone care to guess? Anyone even care?
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9 comments:
I don't know what prompted DC to record this song, an aneurysm maybe? Sorry, that was uncalled for.
I have never heard this song before. The lyrics are dire. It is very boring. David sounds ok I guess and the arrangement isn't too bad but I struggled to listen to the end. Let me get this right, he distanced himself from PF songs/lyrics to record this??!!
WTF!!
Sometime in the 1980's David lost his musical mojo and has been slightly offbase ever since. I'm going to retreat to the sublime wonderfulness of the RCA albums. I may never return! Eek!
Are there any other examples of singers losing their singing mojo at such a young age?
When he recorded Then and Now, weren't all the same musicians, etc. used to re-record some of those old songs, yet they still sound so different? For one thing, David's younger voice was much more prominent and distinctive in those THEN songs. Now his voice doesn't stand out like it did before. Another thing is the way he ended a phrase - very deliberate, decisive, and clear (this is one of the things I really like about his voice then) - Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque comes to mind. Whereas in the NOW version he doesn't do this. It's more of a greatly shortened nebulous exhale. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just different.
Can anyone explain what happened? I enjoy hearing him now - live more so, but I do miss those other things about his earlier singing.
I think a lot of the emotion is mising from his songs now. Occassionally he can really bring the emotion through (in some of the live stage performances he does) but on disc that no longer comes across. I think of how he performed songs such as 'Some Kind of a Summer'and how he sounded performing 'It's One of Those Nights'. That raw emotion is missing now, the kind that grabs your guts when you listen to his old songs. Maybe it's that his 'innocence' quality and ability to emotionally connect with the listener and the material is gone.
I still think he has a lovely voice and is talented but just that he doesn't make best use of it.
I've had a lghtbulb moment. SINCERITY - that's what's missing!! I couldn't think of the word earlier. Many of David's older songs were full of sincerity but I think it is lacking in a lot of the newer material.
He sings with sincerity in 'Ain't No Sunshine', probably why I really like that one and it stands out from the other stuff.
I think the lack of sincerity hints at how he really feels inside. The cards life dealt him must be responsible.
Yes, I can see that too. It's just that if I didn't know who was singing some of these now songs, I'm not sure I would recognize who it was. I mean if I listened to his now singing a lot, I would. But I'm saying that if all I knew was his earlier work, I never would make the connection. Hmmm. Maybe that's part of the design on his part.
I am a new listener to David Cassidy's music. About five months ago, sometime last September, I re-discovered him. (For me, "THEN" means: I missed the craze and watched some PF episodes from the 1970's. I have two vague memories of noticing the album cover from 1975 "Higher" because it was fun to look at, (but I didn't buy it) and seeing a commercial in 1983 in New York of David saying "Look who is wearing the coat?" (as in Dreamcoat) advertising himself taking over the role in Joseph and the ATDC on Broadway. And, no, I didn't go see him in that production.
For me, "NOW" means: I think he's great and I adore listening to him sing and drool over You Tube images of him!
So, to stay with the thread of this blog entry, I did not dislike the song. But, I do hear a difference to the "NOW" David Cassidy voice. I think it is heavier, lower in tone and not quite as sweet. I will admit that the "O" sound seems to hang on for a moment too long. Yet, the there is a sensitivity to this song, (raindrops=tears) that I relate to David and hear it as he sings this song. (He did smoke for a long period after he retired. Perhaps, the smoking altered his voice a bit?)
Also, "It's One of Those Nights, Yes, Love" is one of my favorite PF songs. I love it because the lyrics are unique and poetic, (crashing through my mind like waves upon the shore) the music is moving and does not over-power David's earnest, confident and sweet delivery.
Thanks for chiming in, DC Listener. Always love to hear from new readers.
I really think his voice had changed by 1990 when he released "David Cassidy". Did a post about it but most people who commented didn't hear a voice change. As we can hear in this song, it's more distinctive in his following release, "Didn't You Used To Be". You're probably right, DC Listener, that smoking affected his voice but his phrasing changed as well (you also noticed the long "o").
I also love "It's One of Those Nights..." "Earnest, confident and sweet delivery" - what a great way to describe his singing!
DC listener, your experience with discovering DC is a lot like mine, although I did have a few albums. I loved his voice. How did you rediscover him?
I like your descriptions of his voice. Thanks for mentioning the smoking. I didn't realize that he had smoked so much.
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