| As a follow-up to
"She's Not There," "Tell Her No" has the characteristic Hohner electric
piano sound and Argent's sense of syncopated rhythm. Again, the song makes
conscious shifts between major and minor tonalities, although, this time,
decidedly more in the major camp. The recording's organization is the
classic song form, AABA (where A is the combined verse and refrain and
B is the bridge), with additional material at the beginning and end. Coincidentally,
the Zombies heard they had topped the American charts with "She's Not
There" during the recording session for "Tell Her No." |
| Al Gallico (American
publisher): "Joe Roncoroni was a very dear friend of mine from before,
when I ran Shapiro Bernstein in the 50s. He sent me a copy of 'She's Not
There' and told me that if I liked it he would give me the American rights.
When I heard the record, I loved it and I immediately called him at home
in London to say this is great. I thought the band was fantastic and I
really liked them right from the minute I heard 'She's Not There.' In
fact, there were some young kids in my office at the time I played the
record and they didn't like it, they thought I was crazy. But I told them,
you wait and see, that song is a monster. I called Walt McGuire down at
London Records and asked him to do me a favour and release the record.
He said it didn't happen in England, but I said, 'Well, I think it could
happen here.' He put it out and thre rest is history" (Palao 1997:21). |