'Living Without You' / David Cassidy, Sue Shifrin and Rick Neigher

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From David Cassidy's self-titled album, released by Enigma Records in 1990. One of those songs that can really stick to you. It's happened to me today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYFVv8RfWU

Only 2.1k views after 2 years, and not a single comment left. Maybe this is not the best track from that album, but how David sang it, like he was a 30 year old rocker. My English friend B. has told me how she played some songs from that cassette in the early 90s, to a group of her friends, at the party, and absolutely no one could guess who was singing. All of them remembered David Cassidy from the 70s, but no one guessed. Maybe 'Foreigner' or Bryan Adams. DC could sing everything, Of course he wanted to be successful again, there was that new rock image, and songs no one really expected from David Cassidy, a pop singer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG988dAziXU

Amazing. So many faces of David.

But let's return to 'Living Without You'. I've thought about this song while reading comments about the article written by Simon Goddard for Record Collector Magazine. It's called 'The Boy With the Thorn In His Side', it's about David Cassidy, and it was just published. Brand new article on DC in a known British magazine, read by many people interested in music, all around the world. 

Simon Goddard, the author of the article, born in 1971, is a freelance journalist and a writer. He published books about the Smiths, Rolling Stones, Elvis and first of all about David Bowie. His 'Bowie Odyssey' consists of 5 books, and the last one, called 'Bowie Odyssey 74', was just published. DC is also mentioned in it, and I think some fragments of this article is just from that book. About David Cassidy's cooperation with Bowie from which nothing came. 

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

I think Simon Goddard became interested in DC because he writes an extremely detailed biography of Bowie. But while reading this article, and it's very well written, I have an impression that Simon Goddard really became interested in David Cassidy, his life and his music. And actually listened to some DC's records. 

I understand why some fans are so disappointed. But if we want David Cassidy to be remembered not only by his fans (and not so many left), we really should appreciate that such article has just appeared. Btw, I've got it from an English friend who is a die hard fan of Status Quo, and there is also article about it in that Record Collector's September issue.

Record Collector is distributed worldwide. I really hope that this article will be read by many music lovers, and some of them will listen to David's songs. Simon Goddard wrote about Bali' Hai, "Nothing showy about this Cassidy's take on this Rodgers and Hammerstein showtune from South Pacific ; rather his soft seductive delivery exaggerates it's weird and beautiful off-key spookiness to mesmeric effect.' Very nice.

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

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