Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus
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Cassidy seems obsessed with 1970-1974 as the defining experience of his life, which in retrospect it must have been. He entered into it with no existent preparation for what would happen when he agreed to star in the sitcom. Interestingly, there is a brief mention of Bobby Sherman, the other teen idol of the flow. And by the fourth dimension The Partridge Family unit picked up the slack, The Monkees had run its class. Simply information technology never seems to take occurred to Cassidy to look at Sherman, Jones or Dolenz as Butterick patterns for what he might await.
He is besides bitter nigh the lack of parenting he received from his begetter, Jack Cassidy. The elderberry Cassidy is presented as an unrelieved disaster. His death in 1975 left the issues between him and his eldest son completely unresolved. David skims over this for the rest of the book dealing with his mail service-Keith life, only it is clear the lack of a relationship with Jack was the greatest influence upon him. His marriage to Kay Lenz is doomed from the outset, his 2nd wife rates a paragraph and his third marriage, nevertheless strong at the time the book was written, inevitably ended in divorce. Cassidy is complimentary of her, but never conveys why the relationship worked. In that location is a sad afterword past his co-author that details what happened after the book was published: a spiral of drunk driving arrests, bankruptcies, professional disappointment and ultimate death from booze corruption.
The 1-star is not for the sadness of Cassidy's story but for the way he tells it. At no signal does he demonstrate any cocky-awareness, other than an occasional perfunctory note that he treated women poorly. Merely these are buried in descriptions --- graphic descriptions --- of the enormous amount of sex David Cassidy was enjoying on the road. There is an embarrassing account of awkward intercourse with Susan Dey that led to a complete breakdown of their friendship after it was published. Cassidy seems surprised that she would have minded, which says more than well-nigh him than annihilation else. Gentlemen exercise not kiss and tell, teenaged boys do. And that'south the nub of what makes this autobiography sad and unsatisfying. Information technology reads as though a teenager wrote it. Cassidy never really matured. At that place are reasons for it, certainly, but the perspective suffers and as a result, so does the book. I would like to read a skillful biography, or even an examination of the teen idol phenomenon. Anyone know of 1?
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This depressing memoir is like a transmission for how to live your life wrong, making mistake after mistake. He blames his male parent for a lot of his issues and yeah, his dad was a slice of work,
Lamentable and gross. Those are the words that first come up to mind when reading nearly his life every bit a teen idol. Wow. No wonder, he became such an alcoholic. It's shameful how the business exes took advantage of his naivete. They just wanted to wring out from Cassidy as much coin equally possible earlier his shelf life expired.This depressing memoir is like a manual for how to live your life incorrect, making mistake subsequently mistake. He blames his male parent for a lot of his issues and aye, his dad was a slice of work, but at some signal you take to try and move beyond information technology.
Cassidy never admits to his own faults. Oh sure, he makes some lip service comments about how maybe he didn't care for women then well while he was on tour but he lacks awareness of just how horrible it really was. That story of his roadies forcing a group of teen girls to expect naked in his hotel room - ugh, God knows what those men did to the girls prior to Cassidy showing upwards - and then sending them one at a time into David's bedroom.... wow. His principal reaction? That it was plow off to encounter how freaked out and upset the young girls were! There are several disturbing, calumniating stories similar this. Information technology was hard to read at times.
I checked out this book thinking it'd be a light-hearted celebrity memoir. Haha, what was I thinking? It was a total bummer. I tin can never look at my Partridge Family unit metallic lunchbox the same fashion. Don't read this unless you are researching for an article about the mistreatment of women in the rock world.
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I must say that the two teen idols from my preteen years are or were on two entirely dissimilar moralistic planes. It is no surprise that Donny has not but maintained his stardom but his career continues to flourish. His values as a gentleman and his immense talent continue to both set an example and entertain his audiences and over several generations.
As for Cassidy, I would like to forget this book of meaningless sex and bad decisions and remember his wonderful accomplishments, his amazing talent and his Dedication in condign the teen dream for millions. He was perfection equally Keith Partridge.
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I always liked David Cassidy. This is a very enjoyable, candid autobiography. David was a sugariness, sensitive soul. While he may take achieved fame on The Partridge Family unit, it does not sound like he had much emotional support or guidance. This volume is a fast, interesting read.
I was pleasantly surprised this was then entertaining! I was of the age that I was raised watching all the Partridge family shows. So I could relate to the story. Show business is tough, and he made the decisions he did. I really enjoyed the tale.
I tin can sum it up in ii words. Nothing good. And 75% of the volume wasn't fifty-fifty the aftermath. It was well-nigh how bad it was to be him. Really?????
OK, here's my review:
Tedious. Monotonous. Self-serving. Read like it was written past a heart-school student. Boring. Monotonous. So much then that, despite its simplicity and curt length, i
I must have bought this a while dorsum because, when I found it, I was surprised I had it. I always wanted to know what happened to this guy later all the fame and fortune.I tin can sum it up in two words. Nothing good. And 75% of the volume wasn't even the aftermath. It was about how bad it was to be him. Actually?????
OK, hither's my review:
Tedious. Monotonous. Cocky-serving. Read like it was written past a heart-school student. Boring. Monotonous. So much so that, despite its simplicity and short length, information technology took me over two months to read it. Fifty-fifty though I skimmed a lot.
Very little of it was well-nigh the Partridge Family, or anything else. It was his feelings well-nigh his life. Not many facts. I'm pretty certain he wasn't paying attention to what was going on around him at all.
The afterword at the back past the co-writer was more informative than the whole residuum of the book. And the co-author plainly had very little to do with the writing itself considering
his writing was good.Did I say deadening, monotonous?
Too bad really. I tin can feel deplorable for all of u.s.a. because he wasted his life and obvious talent. None of united states got the benefit of it. But I tin can't feel sorry for him, even though the whole volume was basically "poor little me." What a wasted life, truly.
This review is non for the wasted life, though. The book truly was awful.
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We larn how he hated his male parent who was jealous of him, how anybody just him made serious money from his image. How he hated everything he had to practice when performing as Keith Partridge in The Partridge Family unit, how he never actually shook his image to be who he really was. Who he really was seemed to be actually an alcoholic equally it turned out.
It is obvious he plant himself in something of a bind that he couldn't become out of by signing away himself basically, just all the while he is whining about how bad everything was, he also sounds like he is bragging at the aforementioned time.
And he wonders why co-star Susan Dey stopped speaking to him after he revealed that she had had a huge crush on him for ages (which he was apparently oblivious to until it was pointed out by stepmum Shirley Jones) and so he felt he needed to take her to bed for some clumsy and unsatisfying sex considering he felt that was what she wanted, despite thinking of her every bit his sis. I'm sure she was thrilled that this office of her private life was told to the world.
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This book caused a stir when it appeared in 1994 and NOT because information technology'southward the typical "who I slept with" show biz tell-all. There's plenty in here near Cassidy's sex life, but his partners weren't women with recognizable names. And a rock star sleeping with groupies is inappreciably front end-folio news, is it?
I found it interesting, even though I never watched "The Partridge Family" and was but vaguely aware of David Cassidy's music career. It's better written than many ce
The hurting behind the megawatt smiles.This volume caused a stir when information technology appeared in 1994 and Not considering it's the typical "who I slept with" prove biz tell-all. There'due south plenty in here most Cassidy's sex life, but his partners weren't women with recognizable names. And a rock star sleeping with groupies is hardly front-page news, is it?
I institute it interesting, even though I never watched "The Partridge Family unit" and was only vaguely aware of David Cassidy's music career. It's meliorate written than many glory "autobiographies." Cassidy was smart and he picked a existent writer, not a ghost writing hack. From the "epilogue" written past Scrap Deffa later on Cassidy's death in 2017, it's obvious that this was not a book written quickly from a few interviews. The two men spent time together and liked and respected each other. I suspect Deffaa was as surprised equally I was to learn that Cassidy wasn't the empty-headed, spoiled celebrity's child he seemed to be. He had issues, but he'd earned his scars through a troubled babyhood.
He was the kid of actress Evelyn Ward and actor Jack Cassidy. Jack abandoned his offset wife early and and David started life in New Bailiwick of jersey, living with his mother'due south parents. Fifty-fifty after Evelyn moved to 50.A., Jack showed little interest in his oldest son. By that time, he was married to Shirley Jones and had three sons with her. Sadly, he wasn't a expert father to them, either.
Both of Jack Cassidy'due south wives remain mysteries in this book. David says picayune about his female parent, other than that she pretty much let him do what he wanted to. As a teen, he was heavily into the 1960'southward sex activity, drugs, and rock scene in California. His mother never interfered. Did she trust her son or was she simply more involved in her own life and marriages? Shirley Jones' determination to marry the manic, charming Jack Cassidy and take a family with him is odd, too. She had an opportunity to run across how he treated his oldest son and clearly didn't think he was a good male parent. She said that he ignored David except to subject him. Did she think he would be dissimilar with her children? Like many families (in Hollywood and elsewhere) the smiling pictures looked far better than the reality.
Some things I took from this book.... Bad parenting leaves emotional scars that distinction and money don't brand disappear. Cassidy emerged from his childhood injure past his father'south fail and anger and especially past Jack'south violent jealousy of his son'south fame. When this volume was written, he was 43 years onetime and still struggling with his ambivalent feelings about Jack Cassidy. Danny Bonaduce was also the son of any angry, abusive father. The book hints that Susan Dey had family issues and was drawn to older men to supersede the loving father she wanted and didn't have. Money solves some problems, but it doesn't fill the hole in your soul left by the lack of honey in childhood.
The old term "stage-struck" may no longer be in use, but it'south wonderfully descriptive of people obsessed with performing. That obsession drives their professional and personal lives and skews their decision-making, fifty-fifty in regards to their children. Cassidy claims that he didn't want to "star" in a silly television show aimed at kids. He was building a career every bit a serious actor and becoming respected for his appearances in dramatic roles.
His father, mother, stride-mother, and Ruth Aarons (the manager who was closer to him than any of them) urged him to sign. Why? Because the idea of passing upwards a starring role was unthinkable to them. Actors work, scheme, and sacrifice to get "big" roles. Although all of the people in his life TALKED about the importance of learning the trade and becoming a serious actor, the chance of stardom was what really mattered to them. In the terminate, it mattered more to them than David's happiness.
Anywhere people are making large money, vultures are trying to take that coin away from them. Professional athletes and entertainers are particularly vulnerable. Maybe they absorb the adulation of their admirers and come to believe that Anybody loves and wants the best for them. The coin seems countless and the work is endless, too. If you recall existence an actor or musician is an easy way to brand a living, yous won't retrieve so by the end of this book. Like many others, Cassidy worked incredibly difficult at building his career and concluded upwards with nothing.
Fifty-fifty if he exaggerated the crimes of the people who took reward of him, fifty-fifty if he downplayed his own irresponsibility, the guy was screwed. Those who should have looked after him , either robbed him or looked the other way.
Cassidy's stories of the giant hoax that was "The Partridge Family unit" are shocking and sad and hilarious. His tales of his years as a "teen idol" are amazing. I had no idea of his huge popularity or of the insanity that followed his appearances everywhere. About surprising of all is his intelligence and his shrewd insight into the minds of his fellow entertainers. He talks about "the insecurities and self-assimilation" that seem to go with being an entertainer and how they affected his relationships and his career.
Happily, his third union lasted twenty years and produced a son. He was able to be the caring, hands-on father he didn't have himself. Later Jack Cassidy's expiry in 1976, David became close to his three half-brothers. The four of them remained close, personally and professionally, for the residue of his life. His fan's never deserted him and he became a respected musician.
He never completely conquered the demons of his babyhood. As a grown human being, he stayed away from drugs, but he was a third generation alcoholic and his DUI's were front-page news. Jack Cassidy died drunk in a business firm fire afterward telling everyone that he'd given up alcohol. Forty-1 years later, David Cassidy died of liver failure. He had told anybody that he'd given upward alcohol.
I'chiliad glad I read this book. It's entertaining and tragic. Cassidy was born with then many advantages and yet the deck was stacked against him.
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An enjoyable biography. David Cassidy experienced some bitterness virtually being a teen idol in the lxx'southward and later went through some dark times. With age, maturity and therapy, hecame to realize that he needed to be in charge of his destiny and career.
Having read a few books written past female person groupies, I thought David's have on the girls that threw themselves at him after concerts and sho
One of my favorite actors and singers dorsum in the day. Gorging Partridge Family unit fan and yes I accept some records!!!An enjoyable biography. David Cassidy experienced some bitterness about being a teen idol in the seventy's and later went through some dark times. With age, maturity and therapy, hecame to realize that he needed to be in accuse of his destiny and career.
Having read a few books written by female groupies, I idea David'south take on the girls that threw themselves at him after concerts and shows was interesting. His philosophy was interesting about sexual intercourse vs. blow jobs and where they fell on the sex with fan scale.
In some ways he was a pioneer with the teen market and his backers seemed to know his window was two years for them to ca$h in. Good insite of life in the threescore-70's - sex, drugs and music existence a teen's priority.
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I was one of those girls who had photos of David Cassidy from Tiger Beat out magazine pinned up on my wall in 1971. I was curious to find out what happened to him after his teen idol days.
This memoir answers that question, but does so in a tiresome and repetitive manner. Actually, how many times do you need to read the same things over and over?
What I actually learned from the book is that David Cassidy was shallow, not very brilliant, and a total jerk to women. By the end of t
Repetitive, dull, and unlikeableI was one of those girls who had photos of David Cassidy from Tiger Beat mag pinned up on my wall in 1971. I was curious to notice out what happened to him later on his teen idol days.
This memoir answers that question, merely does then in a dull and repetitive manner. Actually, how many times practise you lot demand to read the same things over and over?
What I really learned from the volume is that David Cassidy was shallow, not very brilliant, and a total jerk to women. By the terminate of the book I disliked him plenty that I didn't care how his life turned out.
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I was one of those pre teen girls who had David Cassidy as their first celebrity crush. This book had a lot of details I already knew but details I did not know. His outgoing and honest arroyo was wonderful, I could hear him.in my mind telling me his story. RIP David....
That I read his autobiography
It's called C'mon, Go Happy
And I recommend it highly
It'southward a tour the troubles he had
Being a immature TV star
Existence controlled by the networks
And being taken advantage of
Being exploited and beingness ripped off
By those who overworked him
Coming home from tours broke
And cancelling tours due to over burnout
And of his battles with depression
I volition non reveal how he said that he overcame
And I leave that to you lot
As the volume is a must read
Purchase that book tom "David Cassidy was so cool
That I read his autobiography
It's called C'mon, Get Happy
And I recommend it highly
It'due south a bout the troubles he had
Being a young Goggle box star
Being controlled by the networks
And being taken advantage of
Being exploited and being ripped off
Past those who overworked him
Coming abode from tours broke
And cancelling tours due to over exhaustion
And of his battles with depression
I volition not reveal how he said that he overcame
And I leave that to you
As the book is a must read
Buy that book tomorrow
It's one of my favorite autobiographies"
- Sun Kil Moon "David Cassidy"
Fame is chased and cherished. To be seen on youtube, instagram and social media everywhere, takes
a sure investment. Then there are the people who simply land in it. Teen Idol David Cassidy when asked by New York Times on why he became a teen idol delivered an interesting response. Echoing the aforementioned incertitude in his celebrity he stated the following. "Who tin can say why one person is singled out? Maybe because of the mode I talk or look. Possibly considering i'm elementary, clean. There'due south no threat involved" (p.146).
Cassidy's autobiography is entrenched in the years from 1970 to 1976. A teen idol enticed with ultimate freedom, unlimited sexual opportunities, like shooting fish in a barrel access to drugs and an unwavering work ethic. It'south a biography that captures his voice, his insecurities about his artistic achievements. It'southward honest..funny..low-cal-hearted, and Cassidy lands on some difficult subjects nearly authenticity, family and personal liberty.
My biggest outcome with the book isn't that it's unenjoyable..but it'south so light when information technology comes to the really interesting things. Problems with his father are relegated to a small-scale portions at the end and first of the book. The casual nature of the reading fashion makes it easy to dive into..but the deep tangle of emotions and situations are largely left out. Too, how he dealt with depression is a really inspiring. It's an inspiring epiphany worked out over years of therapy. Yet, because the volume is so focused on the years 1970 through 1975 it feels like at that place are pieces of the map missing.
"C'Monday, Get Happy" attempts to rebuke the idea that David Cassidy lacks substance and his truthful self is the plastic graphic symbol actor he is known as. It isn't that Cassidy doesn't take depth..but his expression seems equally animated and carefree as his social self. It'south a casual conversation with an interesting pop idol. Cassidy maybe has more to say, or deeper insights...but really information technology's merely not on the page.
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This volume moved me in means I never expected. I was in high schoolhouse when The Partridge Family prove was on Boob tube so I definitely remember David Cassidy, knew the songs, etc. I was never wrapped up in existence a fan, I remember I was just a trivial across the age for that, but I knew about him, knew girls that had his picture on their bedchamber wall, etc. And even back then I understood how Screen Gems had made teen idols out of the Monkees and the Partridge Family was no different. I knew how the ** Spoilers **
This book moved me in ways I never expected. I was in high school when The Partridge Family evidence was on Goggle box so I definitely call up David Cassidy, knew the songs, etc. I was never wrapped upwards in being a fan, I think I was just a little beyond the historic period for that, but I knew about him, knew girls that had his picture on their bedchamber wall, etc. And fifty-fifty back and so I understood how Screen Gems had made teen idols out of the Monkees and the Partridge Family unit was no different. I knew how the promotional for the Television set evidence made songs into hits, knew they created the hit vocal "Sugar Saccharide" for a drawing show, etc. Then yeah, even back then I knew the teen idol David Cassidy was a fabricated character. Only I never knew Cassidy'south story until reading this biography. And information technology'south a moving story, it actually is. Cassidy had an incredible life of highs and lows. I picked information technology up to read it merely to go downwards nostalgia lane about the early 70'south, but I got then much more than that by reading this book. David Cassidy really was nothing similar the grapheme that Screen Gems created and he paid such a loftier price for his fame. 1 could argue that he was but a child, still learning about himself when fame was thrust upon him. So many kid stars have tragic tales and this was no different. One could also fence that the feel Cassidy had existence a teen idol that was created by a tv evidence messed him up big time. Cassidy rode the moving ridge of his fame because information technology was all he could practise, and even in the peak he was miserable, lonely, unable to have a meaningful relationship, only had a few friends he could trust, etc. At the fourth dimension that this book was written, Cassidy hinted that he did finally notice happiness, did have a happy marriage, loved his three year sometime son, even said that he did not drink except for an occasional drinking glass of wine. Honestly, I wanted a happy ending for him. I felt that after all he went through he deserved to find happiness in some way.
But In the back of the book it is described how Cassidy died divorced and an alcoholic. I read that and I simply stared at my Kindle screen for a while. I didn't see that coming. Yeah, Cassidy wasn't a perfect person. No i is. He did drugs, he used women, he may have been insensitive at times, but he was so young and I knew a lot of guys during the early 70'southward with a similar mindset. I wish Cassidy'southward family well and I give thanks Cassidy for sharing his story. ...more
Cassidy strives to go on an upbeat tone while being bluntly honest about the dark side of his experiences, only his lack of actual depth or introspection is painful and disappointing. The volume ends optimistically, describing his then-current Broadway run in "Claret Brothers" (with brother Shaun), his happy union, hard only successful experience in therapy, and his ongoing friendship with and support of fellow Partridge alum Danny Bonaduce.
Every bit another reviewer wrote: If but it had ended in that location.
This edition of the volume has an afterword written by Cassidy'south writing collaborator, describing the tragic years that followed: a return to drinking, the failure of his marriage, his DUI arrests and rehab, and too-young death.
Every bit I read, I kept remembering the poignant last line of Carrie Fisher'southward memoir "The Princess Diarist": "What if I had been allowed to be just Carrie?"
What if David Cassidy had trusted his gut and never gotten on the Partridge Family bus? Would he have ended up as the dramatic player and blues-stone vocaliser he wanted to exist? Would he have been able to truly "get happy"?
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The beginning half of this book is then depressing. Cassidy was a mess to begin with because of his troubled relationship with his deeply troubled father. He was a drug addict and alcoholic and nosotros learn he wasn't good with coin or managing his success (a common problem for immature people who make it very very big).
The book itself is repetitive (nosotros hear over and over, for example, that David didn't make a nickel off of partridge family merchandise). He's also obsessed with his endowme
Completely honest?The get-go half of this book is and then depressing. Cassidy was a mess to begin with because of his troubled relationship with his deeply troubled father. He was a drug aficionado and alcoholic and nosotros learn he wasn't good with coin or managing his success (a common problem for immature people who brand it very very large).
The book itself is repetitive (nosotros hear over and over, for example, that David didn't brand a nickel off of partridge family trade). He's also obsessed with his endowment and talks virtually it repeatedly. The book needs a re-create editor (lots of missing periods at the end of paragraphs).
My biggest question is the ending. After so much turmoil, sadness, and heartache, David tells u.s. he'southward calm, drug and booze gratuitous, happily married, and determined to be a ameliorate male parent to his son that Jack Cassidy was to David.
The volume ends and we hear from the ghost writer that David cruel back into drugs and alcohol, went bankrupt, that his wife divorced him, and that he died shortly afterward. No transition in the story.
Was David telling them truth about his happiness? I certain hope so. Just why non give us a bit more context about the cease of his life.
The 2d one-half of the story is a lot more than interesting. And information technology's wonderful to accept this document. Simply I'm left with the nagging feeling that a big piece of the puzzle is missing at the very end of his story.
...more than At times David'south story is quite interesting, such every bit inevitably his travails as a teen idol. But he repeats himself a lot. Yep, nosotros learned he enjoys sex. Many times over. We learned that he's the hardest working man in prove biz (did James Brownish know that?). Many times over. Some of the data was easy to miss - when I started
This book fluctuated in content quite a fleck. Some of that tin can be attributed to the editing. Some to the actual text. Of class, I don't know who to point the finger at.At times David'due south story is quite interesting, such every bit inevitably his travails as a teen idol. But he repeats himself a lot. Yep, we learned he enjoys sex. Many times over. We learned that he's the hardest working man in show biz (did James Brown know that?). Many times over. Some of the information was easy to miss - when I started the book I actually skipped over the office that discussed the creation of the Partridge Family and how he became a function of information technology. Then I realized I'd skipped a number of pages without fifty-fifty realizing it.
It was sort of fun to read because I recall the testify. But I'thousand not so sure that if I weren't dwelling on lockdown I would have gotten through this volume. I dear celeb bios, just for the most office, this didn't really hold my interest. All in all, I found David's portrayal of himself to be a somewhat shallow person.
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