It was one of the most storied #2 hits in rock and roll history from a band that was criminally underappreciated in their day. The Zombies' 1964 classic “She’s Not There” blew everyone’s mind including the Beatles. Half a century later, People are getting hip to their genius. Up next the entire band from Rod Argent to Colin Bluntstone tell the story of this their biggest hit. It hypnotized listeners in the 60s and it was the first ever rock hit to use an electric piano as a lead instrument… and then decades after its peak on the charts it was Banned from radio for being lyrically inappropriate after 911 The story is up next…
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The Zombies have finally gotten their due. It took long enough. Inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2019, this is a band that really pushed the boundaries of music along with the Beatles, the Byrds, the Stones, The animals, Dylan, and the Beach Boys in the bang bang 60s. They were true innovators, especially with their album Odessy and Oracle from 1968 which we’ll definitely cover in a future episode.
Today we zero in on the song that put them on the map in 1964 going to #12 on the Uk Charts and #2 on the billboard hot 100 held out of the #1 spot by Bobby Vinton’s Mr. Lonely. It’s one of those exotic mysterious pieces of 60s rock that hypnotizes the senses. Covered some years later by Santana whose version hit #27 on the charts in the late 70s.
I remember that few months before my dad passed away, She’s not there came on the radio and we both sang it together and he told me about the first time he heard it on his transistor radio as a kid and how it blew his mind, and then a few weeks after his funeral I was interviewing the members of the Zombies.
Life is interesting for sure. In fact, the interview that follows is quite amazing as we have every member of the Zombies there including Lead Singer Colin Blunstone who still sounds amazing, and Rod Argent. This is a very special episode with true legends of music about their biggest hit. This band would don’t only blow the minds of the radio listeners at the time cut they would blow the mind of their contemporaries.
Everyone From the Beatles to the Guess Who were impressed with their output. Talk about an innovative band, The Zombies were the first rock band to use an electric piano as a lead instrument on a hit song. They would hit a few years later with their massive song Time of the Season and coin the phrase Who’s your Daddy which would become part of the lexicon thereafter but that’s a story for another day.
It’s funny the lyrics to She’s Not There are quite innocent but in 2001, radio would ban play of the song after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Deemed lyrically inappropriate for reasons only known to the man.
2 окт 2024
