It couldn’t be for ever: mourning David Cassidy, the original 70s pinup

That hair! That voice! Cassidy was loved by millions but soon grew sick of the manufactured world of fame. His career mapped out a path for the teen idols who followed

It is so poignant, when a heart-throb’s heart stops throbbing. Poor David Cassidy. Dead at 67, even though he still makes the early 1970s seem like yesterday. Back then, he was everywhere: Cassidy’s lustrous, silky feather cut, framing his fine-featured, smiling face, framing its perfect, perfect teeth. Even Cassidy’s signature was familiar, looping white out of a headshot in stacks of magazines for teenage girls, underneath a message such as “Lonely without you”. Maybe with a little heart beside it.

Related: David Cassidy obituary

Continue reading...

from Music | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2ztPxYc

Related Posts:

0 comments:

Post a Comment