Brand New Me
Written By - Wes Farrell and Eddie Singleton.
Come on down, off of your cloud
Why just be a face in the crowd?
You can remember that once upon a love affair
Your heart was warm...your lips were tender...and I didn't care, baby
(You're gonna see) You're gonna see
(A brand new me) A brand new me
(It's you that's on my mind this time) I really love you
(I'll be around; I'll never let you down) Won't be the same
(Can't you see my) Feet are on the ground
I've had my fill of foolin' around
Ain't no life just being a clown
I heard the weather report and it said sunny today
How did he know that you would show up to love each day baby
(You're gonna see) You're gonna see
(A brand new me) A brand new me
(It's you that's on my mind this time) I really love you
(I'll be around; I'll never let you down) Won't be the same
(Can't you see my) Feet are on the ground
(You're gonna see) You're gonna see
(A brand new me) A brand new me
(It's you that's on my mind this time) I really love you
(I'll be around; I'll never let you down) Won't be the same
(Can't you see my) Feet are on the ground
As David explains in the following excerpt from the book “C’mon Get Happy…Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus” by David Cassidy & Chip Deffaa, his voice on the first two of The Partridge Family records, his voice was altered.
“Wes had some problem with the way I naturally sounded. He had me double-track vocals (the way Neil Sedaka had so often done) to give my voice added pop-ness. And by altering the tape speed, he was able to raise the pitch of my voice a half-tone above what it actually was, so that on records I sounded a little younger, lighter than in real life.”
The following two recordings highlight this. The first recording is a small part of the original recording from 1970 LP “The Partridge Family Album”. The second recording has been provided by John Gomolka who altered the original track to better reflect David’s true voice.
"Brand New Me" - Part of original recording
"Brand New Me" - altered to reflect David’s true voice.
On: The Partridge Family Album, Only A Moment Ago.
