David Cassidy on the Web
OMG! David Cassidy, like, totally just called me!
January 22, 2009
By Colin Hunter
http://therecord.blogs.com
Sure, his call came roughly 4,310 minutes later than originally scheduled, but the dreamboat from The Partridge Family finally called this morning, ending my weeks-long saga of trying to pin him down for a phone interview.
Cassidy offered no explanation as to why he didn't call three days ago, as previously planned, but he did explain why he was 20 minutes late calling for this morning's rescheduled interview: "I overslept," he said. "I forgot to set my alarm." Fair enough. These things happen.
But later in the interview, completely unprovoked, Cassidy then told me how he prides himself on being reliable and punctual. He said, and I quote, "I try to be, and I always have been, prompt. I try not to make people wait, because what that says to them is that you think your time is more important than theirs, and I really don't feel that way."
The punchline: immediately after wrapping up his phone interview with me, Cassidy postponed his scheduled interview with a columnist at the Waterloo Chronicle, bumping it to next Tuesday.
But I'm not angry with the ever-smiling 58-year-old manchild. He was exceedingly friendly during the half-hour interview, if perhaps a little boastful (he reminded me -- twice -- that he was the biggest selling artist in 1970). The full details of the interview, minus the dull bits about him oversleeping, will be in a forthcoming story in The Record. I might even check out his concert at Centre in the Square on Feb. 6, since "I Think I Love You" is undeniably a bubblegum pop classic (though I still prefer the Monkees' "Daydream Believer").
In the meantime, I invite you to enjoy this blast from the past, and ponder this question: did some prankster glue his shiny pant-legs together?
Editor's note: A 1970's video clip was embedded. David sang Rock Me Baby. See Web links for a full list of video clips available online.
