08-05-2016, 01:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2016, 02:37 PM by Eric the Green.)
Another song from the Fall of 1964 competed with Baby Love for #1, and on one station they were even almost tied. I was routing for the Supremes, of course, but this British invasion group started a trend which I celebrate on my web page: bewitched music. I got to like it better, and post it here now.
Here's what I wrote on my page:
"Bewitched Music entered rock'n'roll in the mid-1960s, just as the pagan and occult revival began in our culture. A SF Bay Area DJ of the time, "Morgan," noticed around Halloween 1964 that songs of a darker, ghostlier style had become popular. This was when a whole group of performers with mysterious-sounding names came on the scene simultaneously: The Zombies, The Searchers, The You Know Who Group, The Who, and The Guess Who. Then in 1965 came Them, and also the Yardbirds, the pioneering predecessor to Led Zeppelin, many of whose members were themselves occultists. The psychedelic years, 1966-67, produced many great examples of bewitched tunes, and I had already noticed the similarities among them. In 1966 I used Lee Mallory's "That's the Way it's gonna Be" as the basis for a spooky, home-made Halloween tape which I played for approaching trick-or-treaters. Since then, many other fine and rather obvious examples of Bewitched Music have appeared in rock."
This song was at the fount of this trend in rock music. It's called "She's Not There" by the Zombies.
https://youtu.be/CKBRc8zNQ30
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Not_There
I don't think I need to post all the lyrics, but for years I mis-heard this line. You know, they're British and all...
"The way she acts and the color of her hair"
video comment:
This is one of those songs that just takes root in your brain and never goes away. I remember when it was a hit in 1964, and 51 years later, I sometimes find that I am singing it to myself as I walk down the street -- and I still know the lyrics. Oh yes, it is firmly implanted in my brain. I assume at some point, I will be lying in a nursing home, not quite sure who I am, unable to recognize visitors, but in some quiet moment, I will be singing this song to myself, and I will still be word perfect on the lyrics. It's a great song, but beware of it.
My comment: That's because it's bewitched! As I wrote on my webpage, "bewitched music casts a spell on you as you listen"
more typical comments on the video (the second one): (lol!)
LeoSlikk 3 months ago
This song is better than 99.5% of music these days.
Jason Desjardins 1 month ago
Hell yeah and I was born in 1997
idcaf 2 weeks ago
I was born in the wrong century!! CURSE YOU 21st century!!!
Jeff Zekas 2 weeks ago
Heard this song last night at LaVelle Vineyards, played by a local band... very cool... memories....
Daniel Muniz 2 days ago
The Zombies > The Beatles
John Walker 4 months ago
112 Bieber fans got lost (referring to the dislikes on the video)
Hilmi krzB 12 months ago
lol
Here's what I wrote on my page:
"Bewitched Music entered rock'n'roll in the mid-1960s, just as the pagan and occult revival began in our culture. A SF Bay Area DJ of the time, "Morgan," noticed around Halloween 1964 that songs of a darker, ghostlier style had become popular. This was when a whole group of performers with mysterious-sounding names came on the scene simultaneously: The Zombies, The Searchers, The You Know Who Group, The Who, and The Guess Who. Then in 1965 came Them, and also the Yardbirds, the pioneering predecessor to Led Zeppelin, many of whose members were themselves occultists. The psychedelic years, 1966-67, produced many great examples of bewitched tunes, and I had already noticed the similarities among them. In 1966 I used Lee Mallory's "That's the Way it's gonna Be" as the basis for a spooky, home-made Halloween tape which I played for approaching trick-or-treaters. Since then, many other fine and rather obvious examples of Bewitched Music have appeared in rock."
This song was at the fount of this trend in rock music. It's called "She's Not There" by the Zombies.
https://youtu.be/CKBRc8zNQ30
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Not_There
I don't think I need to post all the lyrics, but for years I mis-heard this line. You know, they're British and all...
"The way she acts and the color of her hair"
video comment:
This is one of those songs that just takes root in your brain and never goes away. I remember when it was a hit in 1964, and 51 years later, I sometimes find that I am singing it to myself as I walk down the street -- and I still know the lyrics. Oh yes, it is firmly implanted in my brain. I assume at some point, I will be lying in a nursing home, not quite sure who I am, unable to recognize visitors, but in some quiet moment, I will be singing this song to myself, and I will still be word perfect on the lyrics. It's a great song, but beware of it.
My comment: That's because it's bewitched! As I wrote on my webpage, "bewitched music casts a spell on you as you listen"
more typical comments on the video (the second one): (lol!)
LeoSlikk 3 months ago
This song is better than 99.5% of music these days.
Jason Desjardins 1 month ago
Hell yeah and I was born in 1997
idcaf 2 weeks ago
I was born in the wrong century!! CURSE YOU 21st century!!!
Jeff Zekas 2 weeks ago
Heard this song last night at LaVelle Vineyards, played by a local band... very cool... memories....
Daniel Muniz 2 days ago
The Zombies > The Beatles
John Walker 4 months ago
112 Bieber fans got lost (referring to the dislikes on the video)
Hilmi krzB 12 months ago
lol