Up next, we have the whole band sitting down to share the story of an absolute Zombies classic. Today’s classic Time of the Season was so ahead of its time in its lyrics, music, and feel... it capsized. This famous song was released in 1969, going into the 1970s, it was the perfect invasion of psychedelic 60s blessing into the excessive 70s, and it has so many back stories. First of all, Time of the Season didn’t become a hit until a year after Zombies had actually broken up. Its unique handclaps and audible breathing made it one of the most unique million-selling hits ever, and it contained a cool phrase that would become part but the label was ready to cut their losses with he classic album this song came from. But it was saved at the last minute, but even then the record’s title was misspelled, and it still hasn’t been corrected all of these years later. Then, to add insult to injury, when the song hit the top of the charts, with the band broken up a promoter put out a fake version of the band and began to tell people the lead singer had died… in fact, The lead singer found out about his own death when reading the paper. The story is next on Professor of Rock…
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Hey music junkies Professor of Rock always her to celebrate the greatest artists and songs of all time. Today’s interview is so cool. Before we get into it, I do want to invite you to subscribe below right now so that you get our daily features on the stories of the songs straight from the legends themselves. Also, take a look at our Patreon, where we just released a new documentary.
A couple of weeks ago, we covered this Rock Hall of Fame’s iconic #2 hit, but today we talk with the band about their signature song that has become a true standard of the pop canon.
So we induct it into our new standards program for transcending culture, fads, and era… It’s the monumental hit … Time of the Season by the Zombies.
As I said in the intro… When the Zombies released the legendary album, this song came from 1968's Oddessy and Oracle. An album that’s considered a masterpiece now, but back then, it almost wasn’t released by Columbia Records, which had little faith in it. It took record man and producer Al Kooper of Blood, Sweat and Tears fame to convince the label head Clive Davis, to put it out.
And then when the single Time of the Season started making its way to the top of the charts, the band was no longer together. ensions had run high during the recording of this song between lead singer Colin Blunstone and the song’s writer, Rod Argent, when Rod wanted Colin to sing a certain lyric. Apparently, there was quite a heated discussion when Colin was singing about peace and love.
Then the song and record were released, and they misspelled the album title, Odyssey and Oracle. For years, they said it was on purpose, but finally, a few years ago, the band admitted it was a mistake… One that no one EVER corrected, making for a great story. The final straw for the topsy-turvy story of this song is that the song sold a million copies in America and was a hit all over the world, but in their native country, the UK, the song was released three different times and was NEVER a hit.
And finally, after this song became a surprise hit in America a full year after the band had broken up, a greedy promoter in Michigan put together a fake version of the group and sent them on tour to take advantage of the hit. Since no singer could really imitate the great Colin Blunstone, the promoter told the press and everyone else that Blunstone had died, but the band had agreed to go on without him. The real Blunstone was surprised to learn of his own death!,j-