Something's Wrong / Wes Farrell, Danny Janssen and Bobby Hart

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It has taken me some time to really appreciate The Partridge Family 'Notebook', released in November 1972. This album shows how great, mature pop singer David Cassidy became in 1972, he made those songs (some average) really great. Maybe let's start with the song which wasn't released in America as a single, and in my opinion it was a huge mistake. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtmgENKr3x4

It was released as a single in Europe, also in Netherlands (the pic from The David Cassidy Official Website.

Such a memorable scene, btw I've recently read that during filming it Danny annoyed David so much that he threw the microphone in Danny's direction.. I don't know if it's true, but of course 1972 was extremely difficult for DC, he was overworked. That year he recorded 2 TPF's albums, and 2 solo albums,  Season 3 was filmed, and it's difficult to believe but in 1972 David Cassidy played 61 concerts in the US. Everywhere. No wonder he could often lose his patience.

From article published on September 20, 1972, "I do my job just like a cop who puts on a uniform or a fireman.' Admittedly, he's bored with the ABC TV show (..) 'It's so casual now. I don't put much energy into it'. The energy is saved for the concerts which occupy almost every week.(...) At least, one thing is better about weekends, he said. He can sleep later than 6am, time required by his series schedule."

From Notebook, this single was Top 40 hit 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvXrs2itsE

There is something really magical about some of Notebook's songs. 'Storybook Love', 'Together We're Better', I always listen to them when I need to get happy, they always make me feel better. But I think 'Something's Wrong' especially shows David Cassidy's vocal and also acting skills. What a great pop singer he was, in the same league as the best from the 70s. Because the song with its changing tempo is not simple at all, and the lyrics..how emotional he sings/tells us this story about the end of love.."Try to get along without your love, baby.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKV4jQwJ1M

The pic, a poster from Japanese album. The David Cassidy Official Website

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