I left England in 1965 with my family to come to live in Australia. We were the 10 quid migrants. I never knew if it was 10 quid each or for the whole family. I hated leaving England. I remember crying on the train as we left Blackpool. I also remember stopping off at New York airport and drinking Coke with ice in a glass. Never had that before.
Being quite young it's hard for me to remember any songs that were big at the time. A lot of my love for sixties music really came about in the seventies. Now and then though a song comes on and I can place it to my pre-Australia days. Of course this might just be my imagination at work. And my memory might be corrupted by watching films like "Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner" and "Billy Liar".
"She's Not There" was a huge hit in the UK before I left. And it seemed to be on the radio a lot. Maybe because it wasn't a beat group or a Liverpool group the radio DJs liked it more. It even as jazzy inflections. A superb high voice from Colin Blunstone puts it on a whole other level from other singles on the charts. And of course they looked completely different. Half of them wore glasses. They didn't really look like a group.
However the song is mesmerizing. And so atmospheric.
There was also this film called "Bunny Lake is Missing" And the Zombie's appear on a TV in a pub singing "Just Out Of Reach" I searched for ages to get that song. Years even.
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