Daydreamers

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'Daydreamer' was the only song David Cassidy didn't choose himself for his third solo album, 'Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes'. His producer, Rick Jarrard played it for him, and they both knew the song had a great hit potential. 

Wrote by Terry Dempsey, sang by a teen, 15 year old Lauren Copley, like the songwriter also from South Africa. She had such a wonderful, sweet voice and her 'Daydreamer' was so sad, a lonely teenage girl with a broken heart was crying. The end of the world for her.

 It's very moving..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnqz-8W6AMg

So the David Cassidy's 'Daydreamer' was a cover, most fans have no idea about it, because it was his version which became a hit, and number 1 song in the UK, for 3 weeks, in October and November of 1973. It was different than the original. He was not a teen, but 23 year old man who experienced some heartbreaks, and his 'Daydreamer' was not so sad; yes, melancholic, as if he had come to terms with the fact that he would be a daydreamer forever. 

It's such a special song for us, his fans, and for me even more, because it's my sister's favourite David Cassidy's song. She is not a fan, but she knows a lot about David because of me, we even have watched 'The Last Session' together..She lives far away, and every time I listen to 'Daydreamer', I miss her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0mrYzW6iRM

Today is the 21st again, they are coming so fast. Nearly 6 years, that's a lot of time. And we all are daydreamers, still writing about David Cassidy, missing him...'Chasing after rainbows I may never find again..'

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