Professor of Rock

The Zombies’ “Time of the Season”: Hit After Breakup, Forgotten Then Reunited 50 Years Later


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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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