The Bag And The Briefcase..

-

I knew there were gifts waiting for me in England. My friend B. likes buying me old DC's singles at her local charity shops. Very old and very cheap. Yes, she is a former fan, and treats my writings and my works for the website as a strange hobby. She used to be huge and loyal David's fan, she still listens to his music from time to time, but DC for her is a closed chapter. In spite of it we are real friends and have many common interests. Like walking..Maybe one song, one of B.'s fav.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtmgENKr3x4&t=73s

So I arrived on Monday, and we were in Salisbury on Tuesday and on Wednesday we were exploring neighborhood..but it was raining rather hard, and after 2 hours we went to B.'s house for some refreshments (and to dry).

"Do you want that bag W.?'..'Of course!'.. 'And those badges?..'Charming and lovely. Sure!'..'And 'New Melody Maker Annual 1974'? And 'The Partridge Family book - Keith, The Hero', and..'..'Hold on! I have only one cabin suitcase..'. But she disappeared upstairs and returned with a very big, black briefcase. Without a word, she  placed it on the table in front of me and opened it..Wow. A briefcase full of memories and love..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeKYMuQ5PvE

Old posters once displayed on the B's bedroom walls, but first of all an amazing, huge collection of newspaper articles, not pics, but whole articles, very often with the name of the papers and dates. Priceless. Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Mirabelle, Jackie. Some articles and even pics absolutely new for me. Mostly from the 70s, looked so..ancient, but there were also David's obituaries..

"So? Do you want them?'..'Do I want them? Yes, but I can't take everything even if  I leave all my clothes in London..But what are you going to do if?'..'If you don't take them? A garbage bin..'...'No! You can't!. I mean you can of course, but how can you?? After so many years?'

But of course I could understand, those things and those articles lost their magic for her, that old love had gone forever..So I took what was possible and brought home. And now instead doing sth in the garden I'm learning how to make good scans. The things we do for love..

And yes, I've left some clothes (and even shoes) in London..And B. left the remining articles in the briefcase ..'They will be waiting for you..Next time.'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twJMhqHQWho

Comments

  1. Judy West6/3/22, 6:22 AM

    Dear Weronika, thank you so much for sharing this! Thank you so much for showing us David singing "Walking In the Rain" with the Partridge Family. I really love this video! I always feel so sad when a David fan stops being his fan. That was so sweet of B. to put her David articles, etc. in a suitcase, and offer to give them to you! What a treasure! I'm so sorry that you couldn't take the suitcase home, but that is so sweet of her to save them for you for the next time you go to see her! Now that is something to really look forward to!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Judy West6/3/22, 6:46 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing "Do You Believe In Magic" too! I really like this song and video too!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Kay Lenz, an Actress

-
Image
Don't get me wrong, I'm not writing today's blog just to gossip about DC's private life, it's because I always admired that amazing woman, Kay Ann Lenz. She had birthday yesterday. 3 years younger than David, a few years older than a typical DC's fan.  In the 70s I heard quite a lot about Kay Lenz . She was very popular in Poland, like the rest of the cast of 'Rich Man, Poor Man'. That tv series was shown in my country I think in 1978, and everybody watched it, also a lot was written about the cast. So one day I read that Kay's husband was a former teen idol, David Cassidy. There was also a pic and I thought that it was just wonderful, I thought they were the most beautiful couple in the world. There was something very moving about Kay. I thought she was different than typical American actress. Such beautiful eyes, but her beauty wasn't an ordinary kind, not for everybody so to speak. When I was a teen I couldn't put in words what I thought a
Read more

They Said I Changed A Lot..

-
Image
Let's first listen to something which was not released, why they didn't want David singing that song is a great mystery for me. Listening to his young, sincere, innocent and magical voice is one in a kind moving experience. You can just imagine David sitting next to you, with his guitar...and.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PbghG6czuw&t=6s Amazing. And of course we believe in David Cassidy and love songs. When I became a real DC's fan in 2018, there was something I used to discuss a lot with my English friend B. How David Cassidy kept changing. A completely different person in each decade. Or even more often. It was something difficult to understand for me. The many faces of David. Each album different from the previous one, different style and even his voice.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gvxt1WgaA B. thought there was nothing unusual about how David was changing, and I simply didn't follow his career from the beginning, I didn't grow with him, I didn&#
Read more

'I Just Hated Being In The Show..'

-
Image
Last week someone posted a screenshot of the article from May 1974, unfortunately without the date or the name of the paper. Written by a popular journalist Roderick Gilchrist, I think it was Daily Express. We can read that this interview took place at London Weekend Television's Building, on the day before the DC's last concert in Manchester.  And David said, "I feel like the door to the cage has just been opened. And, any minute now I'm going to be able to fly right away from my prison. I can't tell you how happy that makes me feel because I'll be free again.." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG0hjhwKx5s His prison..Of course there have been other teen idols in the history of pop culture, but somehow for those from the 70s it was like someone put a curse on them. Nothing David Cassidy recorded later in life hasn't changed a bit that first opinion some people had of him and his music. My FB friend, Laurie Eby has written, "I researched 'New Y
Read more