I was the only witness to a horrific car crash in ' 62, two young guy drag racing in a city. Telstar was playing on one of the car radios.when I walked up to it. I felt like those who died were being carried to heaven on the sound waves of this song, I was 12 yrs old at the time. I actually felt the touch of death itself but also the afterlife as well.....something there. I still get that same feeling of assention, chills and shivers every time I here this song.
@mike65nennen WOW, that is so crazy, I'm sitting here listening to this song, trying to visualize what you went through, like out of a screwed up movie. Man, thanks for sharing that, creepy!!!
That's awesome that you showed a vinyl with a Trojan Records label on it, since Symarip did a Reggae cover under their Jamaican name The Pyramids in 1969 on the Trojan label.
i hope that this song and the joe meek album "i hear a new world" convince people that the beatles are not the first who use electronic effects and concept albums.
@progreadicto That's true, Joe Meek isn't given much credit where it's due. He pioneered psychedelic/electronic music in a way that could appeal to consumers as early as 1959.
The wonderful Stargazing Live with Dara and Brian used a version of Telstar for their intro music. Without, to their shame, crediting the god who was Joe Meek. Still better little than nothing.
@Wombatius123 No problem. If you're a Tornados fan you'd find the episode interesting. He talked a lot about his career. To quote him, "I may look old and wrinkled now, but in my day I was quite..dangerous (telling laugh). It's on BBC America and they repeat the episodes frequently.
This song was playing on some ship tied up next to us when we assembled on the mess deck of the USS Canisteo in October 1962 when the Captain adressed the crew and told us to prepare for war.
We did not go to war but it was touch and go for about 14 days.
I always think of that day nearly 50 years ago when I hear this song.
May I recommend the book 'A Pop Revolution, the transatlantic music scene 1965 to 1969' by the invisible man. The author is a big fan of this instrumental.
@Rodrigoteacher I agree after hearing the High chapperal theme which was made in 67 this version 62 .Always thought it was the High chaparral theme now I know different thanks.
I have always thought that this tune directly inspired "The Grest Chaparral" music by David Rose. Maybe I´m wrong but we´re talkin' about the same decade.
Nineteen-sixty-two was a pretty ecclectic year for music. The year's first Number One was the almost primitive "Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens, while the last chart-topper was this space-age instrumental classic. In between, were hits by Neil Sedaka, Ray Charles, Dee Dee Sharp, Little Eva, Mr. Aker Bilk, Bent Fabric, Gene Chandler, Bruce Chanel, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, David Rose, Connie Francis, Burl Ives, Sue Thompson, Henry Mancini, the Everly Brothers, and many, many others.
A historical sound, for a historical event. The music from a group of guys and a producer who just happened to mesh at the right time. For a one in a lifetime song and sound that captures a moment in time for all of us to enjoy.
May I recommend the book 'A Pop Revolution, the transatlantic music scene 1965 to 1969' by the invisible man. The author is a big fan of this fine instrumental.
I was born in late 1962, and so wouldn't have been old enough to remember this song when it first came out. But for some strange reason, this song has always given me a sense of what life in the late Fifties and early Sixties must have been like. I'd categorize 'Telstar' as one of the top ten songs that are emblematic of that time.
Brilliant Single spent six months in uk chart . The Drummer Clem Cattini went on to appear on 44 UK Number 1's including Tom Jones Its Not Unusual. A record which probably won't ever be bettered.
@mikesb69 It was a small synthesizer/organ called the Clavioline. I think they were made around 1958. My grandfather used to have one until it was damaged in bad weather. Great instrument :)
I was going to watch the movie telestar: The Joe Meek Story, i saw that Kevin Spacy was starring in this movie and when I saw it it was Brockback Mountain all over again! And now I can't hear this song without thinking about gay men having sex. OMG NO!!!!!
If you listen closely you can hear its influence on the theme music to the unintentially hilarious crackpot documentary film from Germany "Chariots of the Gods".
first satellite for communications has been the ECHO 1. it was carried by an Atlas. anyway it was just a reflector for radio waves. Telstar was active and it amplified the input signal....
Memories??You bet. i first heard this neat song at age 6 right after Thanksgiving in 1962. It was 3 days before Christmas when my big brother came home and told me hey little bro, our song is #1 this week. Memories like this are what makes life good.
To think that the most of the men who made this song are old or dead, and yet the Telestar 1 satalite is still in orbit as of today, it just shows you how time has forgoten it.
In 1962 I was 11 years old with one ear nearly glued to the old vacuum-tube radio just HOPING to hear this one again...Thanks for the past-blaster! :)
George Bellamy was The Tornados' rhythm guitarist. His son, Matthew Bellamy, is in the alternative British rock band Muse, which cpvered The Tornados' 'Knights of Cydonia' on one of their albums.
Ahhh, 1962. Who would've thought American astronauts would be chasing each other around wearing diapers? Joe Meek. Young techie. Dreamer. Beautiful man. Sorry you are gone, bro. Wish you were here.
That's because George Bellamy is Matthew Bellamy's father..he's the guitarist for The Tornados..Matthew did the song Knights of Cydonia to sound like this song in honor of his father..
OMG, I haven't heard this song since the 9 volt battery went dead on my transistor radio. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it, and it still warms my soul today as it did yesterday...thanks.
Wow, i dont know how i got to this video/song, I clicked a bunch of "favorites" links till i was taken here. Wow, this is a really good song. Made me almost cry. I dont know why, never heard this song before and i dont even listen to songs from the 50's. But wow, it really made me feel a feeling i cant explain. Thought i would just mention that because this song is truly amazing :)
@lifeoftheparty2121 I'm on my phone so I can't reply to you properly :') yeah, they are amazing! But would you believe my DT teacher told me they were squealy shit? I swear to god I could of slapped him..
He also collected insects in jars, and ants were his favourite (though I’m terrified of ants)!! I know he’d be head-over-heels about the sounds of The Tornados. Often people were frustrated and impatient with him, but Jim was uncommonly patient and placid and always extremely polite, and altogether a very pleasant and likeable person.
He was a sleepwalker too – hummed and played an imaginary violin in his sleep. I bet he could beat me at chess, and he could probably beat the computer too. Jim had a collection of comics: sometimes about space and astronomy, other times it was ancient battles and weapons, or mythical creatures like fairies, unicorns, mer-people and enchanted stags.
He had a high, crystal clear singsong voice (until it deepened with age) and a slightly Northern lilt, and walked on tiptoes till he needed physiotherapy, and as he walked his head tilted into a slightly lopsided position and he never knew quite what to do with his arms, which hung limp and loose on either side, and he kept ‘bits and pieces’ behind his ear where he could find them – a bizarre sight he was indeed!
He usually just wore a sky blue T-shirt and slightly deeper blue jeans (just like other things, he sometimes had to be reminded about hygiene too)! Blue was very much Jim’s colour, and in his perception many of his favourite melodies were blue as well.
He dawdled and daydreamed and being a tall lad yet very underweight for his height (prone to forgetting meals and sleep without prompt), he would seem to drift or glide into the room as if by accident. He was very handsome and rather a girly-boy to look at, fair as the moon, with neat, smooth hair of rich chestnut colour, light bright blue eyes that sparkled and shone, and a few small freckles on his nose.
I bet Loony Luna Lovegood would like Telstar. So would Dreamy Jim, an imaginary character I made up many years ago that I used to portray through playing with my Dalmatian toys. He was a musical genius that worked much too hard in his specialist field. He's very, very clever, but my word was he absent-minded!
This video is posted on Facebook page called "Golden Tunes - Sound of Oldies", so if you have fb account and some time, check it, i guess you will like it :) Page is for everyone who like like warm cozy sound of evergreen music.
Isn't it neat how George Bellamy's kid went on to be a famous musician? He's in a rock band called Muse, and his name's Mathew Bellamy. Like father like son!
In fact, now that I've done some research I don't think farthings were legally accepted after 1960. I doubt whether they could have bought a comic and ice-cream anyhow, being worth only a quarter of a penny. Perhaps they gave the imaginary big brother a shilling instead.
"Right young man, here's a bob - now be off with you my lad, and spend it wisely!"
But she has only a big sister, not a brother, and Telstar really is my music more than it is hers, though I’d have been minus 29 years old if I’d been there to hear its birth! When I showed the lady my story she said, “Yerrs, I can see the link, you cheeky madam! Use my life, why don’t you?”
Mum in her flowery summer dress and Sunday hat was pouring out tea and Dad was trimming the grass with that old lawn mower they had, when this precious melody began on the radio. Now a grown woman with a partner, adult son and daughter and three young grandchildren, my giggly little Telstar toddler has recently celebrated reaching the ripe old age of 50 – that is the true side to it!
I wrote about Telstar in my creative writing classes, as a made-up early memory (first person) of one of my favourite people. As a summer-born girl of 1960, she was just a toddler when Telstar was created. The child had been given a bowl of water to play with, and splashed her toys around squealing with glee. Her big brother (and I later found out she does not have one in reality) had been given a farthing to spend and bought a space comic and an ice cream, which he'd got all over his face.
@BadGirlOfAutism I think it was his approach in the studio--very involved, hands on, using the new medium and different (at that time) new fangled high tech equip in new interesting ways. Producers didnt write songs and then record them like he did. They wore the lab coats and were more sterile and efficient engineer types. He also created sounds and effects which werent heard before. Its difficult to have perspective on this being exposed to whats come after Meek and seeing advances.
best ever instrumental pop tune !!!!!!!!
wilphwasere 1 day ago
my last song...............
rolandquinlan 2 weeks ago
Brilliant to remember the first US sattelite? The Yanks were way behind then.. Who remembers the 'B - side of this record? Jungle Fever?
doffincodger 2 weeks ago
I was the only witness to a horrific car crash in ' 62, two young guy drag racing in a city. Telstar was playing on one of the car radios.when I walked up to it. I felt like those who died were being carried to heaven on the sound waves of this song, I was 12 yrs old at the time. I actually felt the touch of death itself but also the afterlife as well.....something there. I still get that same feeling of assention, chills and shivers every time I here this song.
mike65nennen 2 weeks ago 6
@mike65nennen WOW, that is so crazy, I'm sitting here listening to this song, trying to visualize what you went through, like out of a screwed up movie. Man, thanks for sharing that, creepy!!!
jamesbrown69 2 weeks ago
I wonder how they made the spaceship noises back in 1962?
POPACHELLI 2 weeks ago in playlist music for the nonmainstream
That's awesome that you showed a vinyl with a Trojan Records label on it, since Symarip did a Reggae cover under their Jamaican name The Pyramids in 1969 on the Trojan label.
TxTFamGuy1 2 weeks ago
love this tune remember my dad was in a band in the 60is and this was one of their opening songs love it....,...R.I.P DAD XXXXX
ANNABEV 2 weeks ago
they just copied california music. case closed
TheNewMusicNetwork 2 weeks ago
The ghost of Joe Meek's landlord dislikes this.
amadeusbaroque 3 weeks ago
in 1964 we lads would listen to this,taking turns in a chair eyes closed while being slowly tilted back heading for the MOON
glanrafon2 4 weeks ago
I learned to dance to this song, in Southern California, when I was like 5. Love the Don Draper reference above.
niecieann 4 weeks ago
I REMEMBER THIS BEING PLAYED AT STREATHAM ICE RINK, WHEN I WAS 3 OR 4, IT ALWAYS MAKES FEEL SAD, BUT I LOVE IT
althusa 1 month ago
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althusa 1 month ago
Don't waste your time or time will waste you :D
Spedo09 1 month ago 5
i hope that this song and the joe meek album "i hear a new world" convince people that the beatles are not the first who use electronic effects and concept albums.
progreadicto 1 month ago
@progreadicto That's true, Joe Meek isn't given much credit where it's due. He pioneered psychedelic/electronic music in a way that could appeal to consumers as early as 1959.
MVillani1985 3 weeks ago
Matt bellamys dad was in this. amazing.
WhatTH3fuckkkkkkkk 1 month ago
The wonderful Stargazing Live with Dara and Brian used a version of Telstar for their intro music. Without, to their shame, crediting the god who was Joe Meek. Still better little than nothing.
TheMimifur 1 month ago
Roger LaVern turned up in a episode of the British hospital reality series, "24 Hours in the ER" as a patient a few days ago.
JoeTownley 1 month ago
@JoeTownley -- actually, it was Roger Jackson, not Roger LaVern.
Wombatius123 1 month ago
@Wombatius123 Born Roger Jackson but for some reason took the stage name LaVern. He didn't say why in the episode.
JoeTownley 1 month ago
@JoeTownley --- Well, then, I stand corrected. Thank you for pointing it out - I did not know.
Wombatius123 1 month ago
@Wombatius123 No problem. If you're a Tornados fan you'd find the episode interesting. He talked a lot about his career. To quote him, "I may look old and wrinkled now, but in my day I was quite..dangerous (telling laugh). It's on BBC America and they repeat the episodes frequently.
JoeTownley 1 month ago
Ladies & Gentlemen, we have liftoff! Telstar into outer space!
kjchicago1 1 month ago
This song is, of course, referring to the satellite "Telstar"(for whom it was named after)
kjchicago1 1 month ago
Pretty sad song. Remember the songs of Kraftwerk's 1975 album Radioactivity,But is 13 years more old!!
emersontotalyconfuse 1 month ago
I listen to this while I play fallout.
xEdgeMasterED 1 month ago
i can remember driving round in my dads cortina 1600e listening to this thinking it was great .
numberonesun 1 month ago
This song is 50 years old(1962-2012)
kjchicago1 1 month ago
This song was playing on some ship tied up next to us when we assembled on the mess deck of the USS Canisteo in October 1962 when the Captain adressed the crew and told us to prepare for war.
We did not go to war but it was touch and go for about 14 days.
I always think of that day nearly 50 years ago when I hear this song.
Oddly enough I worked for AT&T for 30 years..
1XLINEMAN 1 month ago 14
@1XLINEMAN I would love to know the full story if you would not mind telling it .
numberonesun 1 month ago
My Dad said they were awesome! One of the members was responsible for Matt Bellamy! The father of all the Muse Music!
jimamia77 1 month ago
this is all guitar
Synthematix 1 month ago
yuri gagarin ftw
Synthematix 1 month ago
601st thumbup
weeweeeewee 2 months ago
"Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore" was the first British single to be number one in the US.
weeweeeewee 2 months ago
@weeweeeewee Yes, but he wasn't a band. Telstar was "the first single by a British band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100"...
quimsical 1 month ago
makes me think of a space ship taking off and flying through space.
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oldermusiclover 2 months ago
This epic song will never age, it just gets better each time you hear it. "superb sound"
schuller51 2 months ago 2
Near the end of this song we hear the members of the band making noise
Matthewsmollen4 2 months ago
I want the 2 people who gave this a Thumbs Down to meet me in the back alley in 20 minutes.
hammerogod 2 months ago
Now we know why Matthew Bellamy is craaaazay :P...His dad was part of this band...How Awesome Is That!!! :)
TheMuseHysteria 2 months ago
I just watched a BBC program last night "24 Hours in the ER" and the guy that played the organ, Roger, for this was a patient...had to look it up!!!
lapcat43 2 months ago
I've always loved the electric guitar against the harp.
kirko1954 2 months ago
Heard this fantastic instrumental on the radio in '62 and rode my bike to Poplar Tunes and bought the 45 the same day! 64 and still rockin'!
trockout 2 months ago
May I recommend the book 'A Pop Revolution, the transatlantic music scene 1965 to 1969' by the invisible man. The author is a big fan of this instrumental.
garyw930 2 months ago
Brilliant post, thank you.. Great music and video.
Derwentcub 2 months ago
at 0:56 there is a picture of the band members standing.. can someone name the members from left to right please?
farerse 3 months ago
This was one of my first 5 singles bought at age 12 or so. I also bought sheet music and it had lyrics: Just remember 1st bit;
Magic star above, send a message to my love,
Tell her that I wait patiently
Sad and so lonely,
Dreaming of her only -etc.
A golden oldie.
DeearniaSoul 3 months ago
Is this what became "Born to Run"?
faffaflunkie 3 months ago
frig mad men is good
davey9000 3 months ago
"High Chaparral"! sorry
Rodrigoteacher 3 months ago
@Rodrigoteacher I agree after hearing the High chapperal theme which was made in 67 this version 62 .Always thought it was the High chaparral theme now I know different thanks.
nealdew71 3 months ago
I have always thought that this tune directly inspired "The Grest Chaparral" music by David Rose. Maybe I´m wrong but we´re talkin' about the same decade.
Rodrigoteacher 3 months ago
@Rodrigoteacher I associate this with" The high chaparal" a cowboy series if thats any use!
nealdew71 3 months ago
reminds me of the end of mario
44magnum3333 3 months ago
Nineteen-sixty-two was a pretty ecclectic year for music. The year's first Number One was the almost primitive "Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens, while the last chart-topper was this space-age instrumental classic. In between, were hits by Neil Sedaka, Ray Charles, Dee Dee Sharp, Little Eva, Mr. Aker Bilk, Bent Fabric, Gene Chandler, Bruce Chanel, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, David Rose, Connie Francis, Burl Ives, Sue Thompson, Henry Mancini, the Everly Brothers, and many, many others.
GregDad100 3 months ago
John shShoots on Gamestop!!!!!
Misteriosi81 3 months ago
i hear this song and iam 15 again on catalina island
i miss those days the world was so different no computers then but a lot less stress in the world or so it seemed they hadnt killed jfk yet
keno8spot 3 months ago
@keno8spot OK
MrRetro714 3 months ago
A historical sound, for a historical event. The music from a group of guys and a producer who just happened to mesh at the right time. For a one in a lifetime song and sound that captures a moment in time for all of us to enjoy.
yankeear 3 months ago 2
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May I recommend the book 'A Pop Revolution, the transatlantic music scene 1965 to 1969' by the invisible man. The author is a big fan of this fine instrumental.
garyw930 3 months ago
I was born in late 1962, and so wouldn't have been old enough to remember this song when it first came out. But for some strange reason, this song has always given me a sense of what life in the late Fifties and early Sixties must have been like. I'd categorize 'Telstar' as one of the top ten songs that are emblematic of that time.
SuperTekZone 4 months ago
@SuperTekZone I was a year old in 1962 when this song was out, myself
kjchicago1 1 month ago
@kjchicago1
I was eleven and it rocked me!
Dukeofurlz 1 month ago
Brilliant Single spent six months in uk chart . The Drummer Clem Cattini went on to appear on 44 UK Number 1's including Tom Jones Its Not Unusual. A record which probably won't ever be bettered.
msnuttynic 1 month ago
nice souvenir .
oberek92 4 months ago
could you mash up Time is running out with this. father and son mashup
YoTimmyG 4 months ago
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eeeeeeclapclap 4 months ago
Does anyone know what kind of musical instrument they are using for this song- sounds like some kind of organ or electronic keyboard.
mikesb69 4 months ago
@mikesb69 It was a small synthesizer/organ called the Clavioline. I think they were made around 1958. My grandfather used to have one until it was damaged in bad weather. Great instrument :)
kingofkeyboards 3 months ago
I was going to watch the movie telestar: The Joe Meek Story, i saw that Kevin Spacy was starring in this movie and when I saw it it was Brockback Mountain all over again! And now I can't hear this song without thinking about gay men having sex. OMG NO!!!!!
0Hitmanofnorway0 4 months ago
If you listen closely you can hear its influence on the theme music to the unintentially hilarious crackpot documentary film from Germany "Chariots of the Gods".
BWM206 4 months ago
Wow! One of the surviving members of the Tornados was on a TV show from the UK called "24 Hours in ER" and I had to check them out! GREAT STUFF!
Sang1957 4 months ago
Great!!! This was my very first musical 'recall'(I was 3 years old) in my life!
istimewa1x 4 months ago
first satellite for communications has been the ECHO 1. it was carried by an Atlas. anyway it was just a reflector for radio waves. Telstar was active and it amplified the input signal....
candullino 4 months ago
Memories??You bet. i first heard this neat song at age 6 right after Thanksgiving in 1962. It was 3 days before Christmas when my big brother came home and told me hey little bro, our song is #1 this week. Memories like this are what makes life good.
hoss73ford1 4 months ago 2
WHAT CAN I SAY,IT JUST TAKES ME BACK TO THOSE GREAT OLD DAYS OF MUSIC
TORNADO2411 5 months ago
This is one of the first songs I remember as a kid.I still like it
naturelover1957 5 months ago
@naturelover1957 same vintage here (1957,a very good one... lol), same memories. what a hit, one of my favorites.
hadrianday 4 months ago
Wow! I have this on an original 45 RPM record. Mine is on the London Records label though, not Decca.
jimbooth3 5 months ago
Don Draper looks into the Southern California sun....
DanEarley1987 5 months ago 34
This sounds like a song that could be in a Fallout game.
lolitsme50 6 months ago
this is the music that will be playing at the pearly gates
will79601 6 months ago
0:58 In the middle. : Matthew's father?
baiba1988 6 months ago
@baiba1988 yes he is, they are equal
nenump 6 months ago
To think that the most of the men who made this song are old or dead, and yet the Telestar 1 satalite is still in orbit as of today, it just shows you how time has forgoten it.
666thedevil1 6 months ago
JFK in the Whitehouse times were good! Forget dem Ruskies! Never lasted!
teamsterbrian 6 months ago 2
Make up your own lyrics on this one folks.
Jimkaider 7 months ago
That was...weird. In a really good way :D
DuchessAliana 7 months ago
Y en 6.20 la musica que llego para quedarse.
Mexico City 1960
harfuch1 7 months ago
now you want find a anther like that every again.that was
one of a kind old song.it take me back to that time.
hildman5 7 months ago
In 1962 I was 11 years old with one ear nearly glued to the old vacuum-tube radio just HOPING to hear this one again...Thanks for the past-blaster! :)
SusieLee09 7 months ago
George Bellamy was The Tornados' rhythm guitarist. His son, Matthew Bellamy, is in the alternative British rock band Muse, which cpvered The Tornados' 'Knights of Cydonia' on one of their albums.
pause10two4 7 months ago
such a great raymond scott vibe to it i love it!! :'-)) where most of the tornados's songs like this?
serpico89 7 months ago
Love it, thanks!
AR1264 8 months ago
I Thought the Ventures made this song since they have the same name on their song. I do like the real old school electro music.
hitomid0618 8 months ago
An excellent tune for me to remember my younger days while i was in junior high back in the late 70's. Happy Days. Thank You so much for sharing!
TimelordR 8 months ago
Holy crap! A wormhole to my childhood.
apocalypsepirate 8 months ago 11
Ahhh, 1962. Who would've thought American astronauts would be chasing each other around wearing diapers? Joe Meek. Young techie. Dreamer. Beautiful man. Sorry you are gone, bro. Wish you were here.
hwy163 8 months ago
That's because George Bellamy is Matthew Bellamy's father..he's the guitarist for The Tornados..Matthew did the song Knights of Cydonia to sound like this song in honor of his father..
Darklord8200 9 months ago 2
Thank you for the great story! Who knew, that really sucked!
rockandrollcoasters 9 months ago
i freaking love this track. I have the old 45 that belonged to my Mum. having a listen in remembrance of her for for Mothers Day. <3
MamaJ1967 9 months ago
lol, retroknights of cydonia
CliffyBJo5e 10 months ago
Mad Men.
sturmraist50 10 months ago
Lve this. Still have the DECCA 45 bought as a kid. Wish today that Hendrix and Husker Du had done covers of this.
The55nomad 10 months ago
THIS was the first British song to go #1 in America? Better things were to come........
ryan06105 10 months ago
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I remember scrounging through my folks old 45's and put this song on and it blew my mind.
As a kid,it spooked me out but the melody just sent tingles down the spine.
1962 it was made?
AMAZING!
Jellybeantiger 10 months ago
I remember scrounging through my folks od 45's and put this song on and it blew my mind.
As a kid,it spooked me out but the melody just sent tingles down the spine.
1962 it was made?
AMAZING!
Jellybeantiger 10 months ago 2
OMG, I haven't heard this song since the 9 volt battery went dead on my transistor radio. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it, and it still warms my soul today as it did yesterday...thanks.
flxdcatbruce 10 months ago 4
This song is for me the best interpretation of the "60´s"!
greenwinter 10 months ago
can't stop lovin' this melody :3
lukkasan 10 months ago
@lukkasan who can blame you " What a classic " Damn!
flatsfishingonline 10 months ago
All these years later and it still sounds beautiful and always will.
superhotsexyblonde 10 months ago
Um dos melhores rocks instrumentais dos anos 1960. Iradíssimo!
samuel63867 10 months ago
Love this version--thank you!!!
GoldStarMom28 10 months ago
i want to beaten up those 2 , two lady gaga fans :-))))))))
this record was for his time really the best
walter4092 11 months ago
This is one of the first songs I can remember as a kid.I still think this song is cool.
naturelover1957 11 months ago
RIP Joe Meek. This is so beautiful. Totally astonishing!
ChrisCurtisFan 11 months ago
wow, takes me back to staring at that dimly-lit crimson curtain, before the movie played
burgerwisdim 11 months ago 2
Love this song! No wonder my dad loves this sort of music XD
Yamislittleangel 1 year ago
this is the first record I remember as a child...... loved it....
Dalesaccount 1 year ago
I've done a 2011 version of telstar... please check it out. THE DUELLING PIANOS Telstar
robrusdavies 1 year ago
I picture this tune in a movie. The hero is training. The tune and scene ends @ the event.
delbard1 1 year ago
@delbard1 I can totally see that, lol.
UrDaiLyH311 11 months ago
A song that will always be fit for any time and age-loved it when i was a young lad,
iam 62--and its, just as cool, now as it was then.
jimmatera 1 year ago 2
One of the best instrumental ever. I can hear it again and again, and you can cry on it :')
freaktonesrecords 1 year ago 19
this song is so far ahead of anything muse have ever done it's not even funny
seagbb 1 year ago 3
Wow, i dont know how i got to this video/song, I clicked a bunch of "favorites" links till i was taken here. Wow, this is a really good song. Made me almost cry. I dont know why, never heard this song before and i dont even listen to songs from the 50's. But wow, it really made me feel a feeling i cant explain. Thought i would just mention that because this song is truly amazing :)
billydumont 1 year ago 8
@lifeoftheparty2121 I'm on my phone so I can't reply to you properly :') yeah, they are amazing! But would you believe my DT teacher told me they were squealy shit? I swear to god I could of slapped him..
HairBearxD 1 year ago
According to something I read who knows where, this song was the #1 song in the U.S.A. from Britain.; Yes, that is a fact.: :)
tthomaselli2 1 year ago
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this is and always will be an amazing song.... thankyou ! from Lindie in Montana
lindieann 1 year ago
this is and always be an amazing song.... thankyou ! from Lindie in Montana
lindieann 1 year ago
omg this song is so good
camlkisback41 1 year ago
o snap ... sample! hehe have this thing stuck in my head^^
WalterWalkie 1 year ago
Knights of Cydonia is a tribute to this song :D
Yendor95 1 year ago
This song was a true metaphor for love.
VinDcator 1 year ago
Thanks for the memories:)
mouse12345ify 1 year ago
i adore Georges sons band and wanted to listen to this song and have now fallen inlove
tHeFuTuReMrSBELLAMY1 1 year ago
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Does anyone else hear some of The Beatles 'Yes it is" in this song? John must have subconsciously borrowed from its themes
flowerdoodle 1 year ago
He also collected insects in jars, and ants were his favourite (though I’m terrified of ants)!! I know he’d be head-over-heels about the sounds of The Tornados. Often people were frustrated and impatient with him, but Jim was uncommonly patient and placid and always extremely polite, and altogether a very pleasant and likeable person.
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
He was a sleepwalker too – hummed and played an imaginary violin in his sleep. I bet he could beat me at chess, and he could probably beat the computer too. Jim had a collection of comics: sometimes about space and astronomy, other times it was ancient battles and weapons, or mythical creatures like fairies, unicorns, mer-people and enchanted stags.
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
He had a high, crystal clear singsong voice (until it deepened with age) and a slightly Northern lilt, and walked on tiptoes till he needed physiotherapy, and as he walked his head tilted into a slightly lopsided position and he never knew quite what to do with his arms, which hung limp and loose on either side, and he kept ‘bits and pieces’ behind his ear where he could find them – a bizarre sight he was indeed!
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
He usually just wore a sky blue T-shirt and slightly deeper blue jeans (just like other things, he sometimes had to be reminded about hygiene too)! Blue was very much Jim’s colour, and in his perception many of his favourite melodies were blue as well.
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
He dawdled and daydreamed and being a tall lad yet very underweight for his height (prone to forgetting meals and sleep without prompt), he would seem to drift or glide into the room as if by accident. He was very handsome and rather a girly-boy to look at, fair as the moon, with neat, smooth hair of rich chestnut colour, light bright blue eyes that sparkled and shone, and a few small freckles on his nose.
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
I bet Loony Luna Lovegood would like Telstar. So would Dreamy Jim, an imaginary character I made up many years ago that I used to portray through playing with my Dalmatian toys. He was a musical genius that worked much too hard in his specialist field. He's very, very clever, but my word was he absent-minded!
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago 2
can you tell Knights of Cydonia by Muse is based on this? George Bellamy ftw :-)
bigboredthing 1 year ago 3
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stars war!! :D
what a great sound from the 60s'..excellent love it !
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HepcatsReggae 1 year ago
This video is posted on Facebook page called "Golden Tunes - Sound of Oldies", so if you have fb account and some time, check it, i guess you will like it :) Page is for everyone who like like warm cozy sound of evergreen music.
soundof90s 1 year ago
Isn't it neat how George Bellamy's kid went on to be a famous musician? He's in a rock band called Muse, and his name's Mathew Bellamy. Like father like son!
SarahBugB 1 year ago 2
In fact, now that I've done some research I don't think farthings were legally accepted after 1960. I doubt whether they could have bought a comic and ice-cream anyhow, being worth only a quarter of a penny. Perhaps they gave the imaginary big brother a shilling instead.
"Right young man, here's a bob - now be off with you my lad, and spend it wisely!"
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
But she has only a big sister, not a brother, and Telstar really is my music more than it is hers, though I’d have been minus 29 years old if I’d been there to hear its birth! When I showed the lady my story she said, “Yerrs, I can see the link, you cheeky madam! Use my life, why don’t you?”
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
Mum in her flowery summer dress and Sunday hat was pouring out tea and Dad was trimming the grass with that old lawn mower they had, when this precious melody began on the radio. Now a grown woman with a partner, adult son and daughter and three young grandchildren, my giggly little Telstar toddler has recently celebrated reaching the ripe old age of 50 – that is the true side to it!
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
I wrote about Telstar in my creative writing classes, as a made-up early memory (first person) of one of my favourite people. As a summer-born girl of 1960, she was just a toddler when Telstar was created. The child had been given a bowl of water to play with, and splashed her toys around squealing with glee. Her big brother (and I later found out she does not have one in reality) had been given a farthing to spend and bought a space comic and an ice cream, which he'd got all over his face.
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
first song my dad hummed to me at 4 yrs old...and now i collect all rgm ...my dads still around 81 yrs young
john111257 1 year ago
I am born on the 18th of October too,that explain why I like it too
koutsoumbos 1 year ago
@koutsoumbos So, you and @babzybabie were both born on the 18th of October? Well, then, you must be an old fart, too!
WIBCREALOCK 1 year ago
Once you start humming this tune,You can't stop!
iw32 1 year ago 2
July 17, 1962; the day that I came into the world.
mkl62 1 year ago
@babzybabie 18th october 1962! boy, you sure are an old fart, aren't you?
WIBCREALOCK 1 year ago
Damm good song was theme for a old western called High Chapperal or something like that
60fatman 1 year ago
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@babzybabie Happy Birthday!
tjoris51 1 year ago
@babzybabie Happy Bitrhday!
tjoris51 1 year ago
ahhh!!! no mmz!!! diganme d la f0to, ¿kien es mi suegro? ¿kien es el padre d Matt?
rocanlover151 1 year ago
I keep hearing that Joe Meek was a genius and a pioneer, but I don't understand what he actually did that was so innovative.
BadGirlOfAutism 1 year ago
@BadGirlOfAutism Just listen to the music...
righteousrat 1 year ago
@BadGirlOfAutism I think it was his approach in the studio--very involved, hands on, using the new medium and different (at that time) new fangled high tech equip in new interesting ways. Producers didnt write songs and then record them like he did. They wore the lab coats and were more sterile and efficient engineer types. He also created sounds and effects which werent heard before. Its difficult to have perspective on this being exposed to whats come after Meek and seeing advances.
flowerdoodle 1 year ago
My mum and dad had this on an old 33 single; when I was about 4 they'd put it on the record player and I'd bop around the living room to it. Love it.
BadGirlOfAutism 1 year ago
@BadGirlOfAutism singles were 45's. L.P's were 33's.
Stube437 1 year ago
This was an awesome dancing song from the 1960's. I love the tune and would like to find it on a cd someday
EFlorczy1 1 year ago