Clément sent me this. I guess he exhumed it from the dead file. He claims it’s how he feels about me and, I have to admit, it has a haunting ring.
What’s great is the boy band that sang it was The Zombies, a group that formed in St. Albans, a city near London, back in 1959. Love the name, of course, and that they were part of the “British Invasion,” the wave of rock groups that took teens by storm in the sixties. I like to think they were an early experiment in the “Zombie Invasion,” which is what we are experiencing now.
The song was written by Rod Argent (piano) and sung by breathy Colin Blunstone. It was released in 1964, made the UK Top 40, then came to the U.S., where it became a hit. Naturally, The Zombies followed their new hit single, coming to the U.S. to meet the screaming crowds of girls who were waiting—somewhat impatiently—for The Zombies grand tour. “She’s Not There” was one of the songs on The Zombies’ album Odessey and Oracle (Odyssey was misspelled on the cover). Check out their cool zombie moves.
They’re old guys now, and I’ve heard some of them are still touring as The Zombies, which just proves: You can’t keep a good zombie down.
—Erin Orison, DEAD LOVE/The Daily Slice