I am 20, and i wish i was born back in the 60s, i see so much of it on the TV, hearing about the good ol days, back when mankind made steps in history that will never, ever be forgotten both in terms of science and discover and in music, not to mention what there was to look forward too in the decades to follow, thank you for uploading :)
@leudrerrep Americans don't want to know. That's why we're all swirling around the shitter. Ignorance is bliss - until you discover that the trip down the garden path ends up at the slaughterhouse.
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Sorry to inform all the nostalgia nuts here that the majority of hundreds of billions of your tax dollars were NOT spent on the NASA space program but were funneled into private business projects. (It's called "fascism" - government/corporations). They stole the money you earned, built a false front (NASA) and then took the bulk of the cash for secret weapons development - future ammo for conquest! THEY profit and YOU lose! Suckers.
@darramouss That's fine? Okay. Remember, when the US goes down for the count so goes the entire planet. Wait and see. The Chinese are perfectly capable of goosestepping.
@t4705mb6 what are you on about, of course they develop weapons, thats what alot of the budget is based on, but a huge amount is also spent on space travel. and how can you call anyone a sucker, when you yourself are in the same boat as them, and also the fact you believe you are above them, because you believe in some stupid theory, go smoke a pole
@joneschri You seem to have self esteem issues. You don''t even know me but you're being extremely nasty. Do you do this with each new acquaintance? Collect yourself and try again.
@t4705mb6 Dude, even with enough corruption that they stole hundreds of billions, and with corruption so massively widespread that the loss of a big chunk of the economy wasn't noticed by anyone and was so profitable for all involved that no-one got bored and... you know, told anyone, they STILL got to the moon.
So what if they profited? We STILL got into space, and we still went to the moon. Which is AWESOME.
@t4705mb6 Also, most of the money didn't go on secret weapon development. It went to companies who developed technologies and made parts for the space program. This tech then benefited us (GPS being the most obvious, with a whole host of more esoteric inventions that power the world 'behind the scenes'). Yes, they used the profit from it to make weapons. There'll always be demand for a bigger gun than the next guy, so it makes good business sense.
@uberdeity You will very soon find out that the majority of those tax dollars went into secret WAR weaponry. (They will be used against YOU!) NASA was a front. Sorry to disillusion the sheep. I lived at Cape Kennedy for many years. My father was a top NASA engineer. What the public "benefits" from, as far as profits are concerned, is NOTHING compared to the technologies which have been gained by mega-corporations and HIDDEN from society. That's okay. Keep barking.
and this month, June 2011, they retire the space shuttles. What a change in the space program. Will we lose NASA to independents, or will they recover and lead us onto our next space exploration? And where will that be, Mars, the moon, or some other distant galaxy? Personally I will miss the behemoths of space, Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour. I was blessed to be born early enough, and live long enough to see them come to us, and retire.
I like to think that Telstar must one earlyest electropop tune and this was in the Sixties however the electropop/synthpop didn't take off until the late Seventies & was in full swing by the Eighties
The greatest instrumental of all time-no doubt-when i hear this on Gold radio it still makes you stand up and take notice -a timeless classic-when the "stars" on X Factor are long forgotten this song will still be played in a 100 years time and probably beyond that if the human race has not destroyed itself and its surroundings.
The tragedy behind this song was the writer, Joe Meeks, never saw one penny from it! After a long and expensive court battle, deep in depression, he shot his landlady to death and then turned the gun on himslef. Three days after his suicide, the court ruled after so many years, in his favor. His family destroyed, in heavy debt and behind in his rent, he saw no way out. A sad, very sad story.
@PopeFlores some say dany gatton was the best guitarist ever commited suicide because he made records that didnt sell and was being sued by the record company for $250,000
@PopeFlores I've loves this piece since I was a kid, in fact my father worked on Telstar for Western Electric. Its really sad and makes me angry Meek got screwed over what was legally his.
I was in the Marines serving in Naples, Italy (NATO) when this song was popular, but I never heard until I got home. The polular songs at the time were Sppedy Gonzoles, and others. When I heard this the first time I greatly appreciated because I knew what is was and what it could do. A great step into the future.
Telstar is one of the most underrated acheivements in history. Those satellites are the cornerstone of the communication revolution. They are the primary reason why two people can communicate instantly through various devices, no matter where each of them is located upon the planet.
@dramusic E=MC 2 / C is constant the speed of light is constant 186,000 feet persecound every where in the luniverse that is the cosmological priciple what goes on here is the same at the other end of the luniverse electridity travels at almost the speed of light
Thanks, I enjoyed that. Look at the Saturn V and think THAT'S how you build a moon ship. Still get choked-up when i see a picture of the Challenger crew. A lot of emotion in that song for me...
This music has always had sentimental value for me to Colin and fantastic work Joltinjack and getting this up as the best copy on You Tube..... Hats off to you. The collage of pictures brought tears to my eyes as I listened to the song and saw the many faces of the shuttles crew flash past. They will forever be REAL heros, in histories pages. Thank you again your work is appreciated.
Telstar is a 1962 instrumental record performed by The Tornados. It was the first single by a British band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was also a number one hit in the UK.
Love the comments below !! It's amazing how a timelessly good song & this early 60s style sound can bring out the fondest of memories for so many people, isn't it (me included .. I was 8 y.o. the day this song was first released on the air). Congrats, too, joltinjack, on this fabulous montage of graphics & visuals that you've so painstakingly & so capably put together to accompany the song .. your whole posting fits together seamlessly !! Great work !!
The BBC Concert Orchestra did an orchestral version of this on Friday Night is Music Night in July 2009. When I heard it, I was transported back in time to when I was a boy and Telstar was beaming pictures from Paris to New York and vice versa. The Yankees were playing baseball that day, and they announced in the stadium the game was being shown LIVE in Europe.
We grew up with shortwave radios and film. How the world has changed!
Great memories. History in the making. My High School Basketball Coach played this song while we ran laps... lots of laps... miles of laps!! Thanks for posting!!
Thank you! We had it made back then, didn't we? Real live, flesh and blood heros, with names like Buzz and Gus and Gordo. Those guys truly had brass balls -- every launch was a test flight. We owe the space program a lot .
Today, my father (86), a retired NASA budget analyst, attended a reunion luncheon for NASA HQ employees in Virginia. So, it was really cool to land here and see this song/video dedicated to the father of the person who posted it. Thanks!! Live long and Prosper!
or, as Capt. 20 in DC used to say: Win Many Prizes!
I remember after Telstar was launched Lyons Maid created the Zoom iced lolly- 3 stages- colours- cards of astronauts- Britain's contribution to the space race. My mate Dick Middleton knew the Tornadoes- he has just gigged with Clem Cattini (Tornados) on drums. Key word search Dick Middleton Kansas City- Dick played for Gene Vincent back in 1963.
NPR had a segment on NASA this morning during the morning commute, and they ended it with your Telstar song! Is Telstar commonly associated with NASA? If not, NPR must have got the idea from YOU! Pretty cool, Joltinjack!!!
Telstar (built by Bell Labs) was a satellite that was launched on 7/10/62, and it allowed the major networks to broadcast trans-Atlantic. It also carried phone signals. This song is about that satellite, as it symbolized the awe & the specter of the vast new frontier. It was a brilliant song made by the Tornados in 1962.
@surfsnook if what your saying is true this video is rewriting history bell labs also poured liquid hydrogen into a radio reciever to stop the feed back and pick up the frequency of atoms left over from the creation of the luniverse proveing the big bang theory scientificaly
@spacepatrolman if god created the luniverse from the garden of eden then where did black people come from if we evolved from apes then why are there still apes that is a paradox like olbers paradox is why isnt the night sky brighter than daylight if all the stars in the sky are suns
The time when we'd stop what we're doing and watch crazy ass test pilots shoe horn themselves into tin cans on top of gigantic fire crackers, then boldly go.
Peter here,you say joe meek wrote it,but I believe it was allways in dispute because the melody was the copy of some french tune, and they never made any money out of it, so the story goes
The verdict of the court case was ruled in Joe Meek's favour. Only a few bars have the slightest similarity. Joe was completely unaware of the tune he was supposed to have "copied". The case against Joe was frivolous, however it meant that he didn't see the very substantial income Telstar generated for him and it went instead to his estate. If he had not had the money worries this case caused him his life may not have ended in tragedy.
Wow, what an inspirational video. Thanks for the work involved. I recently heard this song on a "Mad Men" episode and even though I was a teen in the 60s couldn't think of the name. But we all know "google" helps us find almost anything we want to know. I learned so much by googling...about the song and the "Telstar" satelitte . What a time to be alive though...wouldn't trade the 50s or the 60s for anything....a child of the "Greatest Generation."
Maybe not the greatest , but one of discovery, I've lived to watch biplanes fly over head to the time of stations in space and hope one day to see the first station on the moon, from when we thought there was only one Galaxy to when we know that there are billions, things that were only in Buck Rogers or Tom Corbett, Space Cadet comics, all this taken for granted with more press on a new car then there is a new discovery. Just born in the wrong time But oh what a time:)
Those who have lost their fathers will know what I mean, those who still have them - treasure them! But wasn't life so much 'safer' when dad was around to stear you on the right path......................RIP dad - wish I could spend just a few hours with you now................
I'm sure your dad appreciates this and is proud that he inspired it. We take the risks involved in space exploration as a matter of course now, but I remember how fearful everyone was. At school we listened to the radio as John Glen left for his first orbital flight and we all cheered when he returned safely. It was a scary thing back then and it's still incredibly dangerous today, but the rewards are worth it.
This reminds me of me being a kid way back in the early sixties in Holland. My father used to have these record. Listening to it gave me a feeling of freedom & an exciting future ahead of me...
A beautiful track which absolutely epitomises what it was like growing up inthe early 1960s. Thanks to the Russians putting Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit, America got its act together and put men on the Moon! Wonderful, Thank you.
Thank you for posting this, joltinjack. I was born in 1951 and remember the late 50's &60's like it really was yesterday. It truly was a fantastic time to be growing up - optimism was high even during the Civil Rights movement and the progress we made was unbelievable. It's sad to see what has happened since. I hope the younger folks listen to this music - it will live forever.
Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Thanks for your viewership and response. You're a little older than me, and I definitely take your word about the youth in this country. They are our future. Like you, I hope they appreciate the foundation that has been laid out for them.
Just think of what America is capable of. Us old folks have seen America tumble to the bottom. We were the envy of the entire world. If it couldn't be dome America could do it. In nine short years we went from being fixed on the ground to walking on the moon. In thirty years we can't be energy independent - shameful.
Finally, a decent recording of this. Thanks. My Dad worked at NASA Hqts. in DC from 1962-1981, so this really touches me. Always loved this song--must be in my blood. lol.
Groundbreaking tune, very early electronica, that analogue equipment just sounds so good. Pity that none of the moon photos were real, surely now we have the tech to go back and take some real shots of the moon.
The wonders of our early space programs...and now obimbo has converted NASA into what it was originally intended for: "muslim outreach". What a guy!
l1nkh0gthr 1 week ago
thumbs up if you agree The Tornadoes had the first Techno hit of all time with this cool number ;)
taxid3rmy 1 month ago
Should of been the theme song for the space race in the '60s
jgstargazer 2 months ago
Why aren't we doing this stuff now?
ArmyJames 3 months ago in playlist ArmyJames's favorites
matt bellamys dad was the rhythm guitarists for tornado
modelzero1 3 months ago
:O the guitarist in this is the father of God.
museicfan756 4 months ago
YOU AND I MUST FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHT!!
YOU AND I MUST FIGHT TOOOOO SURVIVE!!!
jamo0007 4 months ago 2
yep, I was one of those A&E viewers!
smee707 6 months ago
Margaret Thatcher's favourite song, apparently. So that's two things she and I have in common (I also have the same birthday). Spooky!
Pedgerow 6 months ago
to joltinjack, this was posted as a tribute, so no need for any political sentiment, great song and one my father in law loves to bits.
1970davyboy 6 months ago
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We DO NOT need a president or politics. That's why the world is in the mess it is in now, POLITICS
xxchinookxx 6 months ago
I am 20, and i wish i was born back in the 60s, i see so much of it on the TV, hearing about the good ol days, back when mankind made steps in history that will never, ever be forgotten both in terms of science and discover and in music, not to mention what there was to look forward too in the decades to follow, thank you for uploading :)
Whoami691 6 months ago
@Whoami691 You've obviously never had to wear Flares! :)
googleisshittoss 6 months ago
@Whoami691 Who knows what we have to look forward to in the next 50 years. By that time i'll be 83 and still loving this tune!
gregjones78 6 months ago
@leudrerrep He isn't right; he's fucking stupid and doesn't know what he's talking about.
bluecode320 6 months ago
@leudrerrep Americans don't want to know. That's why we're all swirling around the shitter. Ignorance is bliss - until you discover that the trip down the garden path ends up at the slaughterhouse.
t4705mb6 6 months ago
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Sorry to inform all the nostalgia nuts here that the majority of hundreds of billions of your tax dollars were NOT spent on the NASA space program but were funneled into private business projects. (It's called "fascism" - government/corporations). They stole the money you earned, built a false front (NASA) and then took the bulk of the cash for secret weapons development - future ammo for conquest! THEY profit and YOU lose! Suckers.
t4705mb6 7 months ago
@t4705mb6 - What? LOL
joltinjack 7 months ago
@joltinjack Figures.
t4705mb6 7 months ago
@joltinjack Forget it. Watch some old Super Bowl tapes and you'll be just fine. "LOL"? Are you REALLY 51?? OMG! :-)
t4705mb6 6 months ago
@t4705mb6 Are you high? NASA's budget is nothing compared to the military budget.
bluecode320 7 months ago
@t4705mb6
That's fine I use £
darramouss 6 months ago
@darramouss That's fine? Okay. Remember, when the US goes down for the count so goes the entire planet. Wait and see. The Chinese are perfectly capable of goosestepping.
t4705mb6 6 months ago
@t4705mb6 Ten points to whoever can spot the most paranoid comment on this page....
TheBeekeeper 4 months ago
@TheBeekeeper Sorry. No "happy face" sticker for you here today. I was THERE! Top THAT.... big mouth.
I am soooooooo tired of morons. Can't SOMEONE stop them from drinking the fluoride????
t4705mb6 4 months ago
@t4705mb6 what are you on about, of course they develop weapons, thats what alot of the budget is based on, but a huge amount is also spent on space travel. and how can you call anyone a sucker, when you yourself are in the same boat as them, and also the fact you believe you are above them, because you believe in some stupid theory, go smoke a pole
joneschri 3 months ago
@joneschri You seem to have self esteem issues. You don''t even know me but you're being extremely nasty. Do you do this with each new acquaintance? Collect yourself and try again.
t4705mb6 3 months ago
@t4705mb6 yes, i have self esteem issues, good one (Y)
joneschri 3 months ago
@t4705mb6 Dude, even with enough corruption that they stole hundreds of billions, and with corruption so massively widespread that the loss of a big chunk of the economy wasn't noticed by anyone and was so profitable for all involved that no-one got bored and... you know, told anyone, they STILL got to the moon.
So what if they profited? We STILL got into space, and we still went to the moon. Which is AWESOME.
uberdeity 3 months ago
@t4705mb6 Also, most of the money didn't go on secret weapon development. It went to companies who developed technologies and made parts for the space program. This tech then benefited us (GPS being the most obvious, with a whole host of more esoteric inventions that power the world 'behind the scenes'). Yes, they used the profit from it to make weapons. There'll always be demand for a bigger gun than the next guy, so it makes good business sense.
uberdeity 3 months ago
@uberdeity You will very soon find out that the majority of those tax dollars went into secret WAR weaponry. (They will be used against YOU!) NASA was a front. Sorry to disillusion the sheep. I lived at Cape Kennedy for many years. My father was a top NASA engineer. What the public "benefits" from, as far as profits are concerned, is NOTHING compared to the technologies which have been gained by mega-corporations and HIDDEN from society. That's okay. Keep barking.
t4705mb6 3 months ago
@t4705mb6 Too much LSD for you.
Maglioso 2 months ago
@t4705mb6 gotta love those storys, i will tell elvis next week
Mettwurst1stGott 3 months ago
@t4705mb6 You could be right.I like this tune anyway.
bansheewhiskey 6 days ago
@bansheewhiskey I know I'm right..... and I like music.
t4705mb6 4 days ago
Rhythm guitarist George Bellamy is the father of Matthew Bellamy, front-man for British rock band Muse here in Teignmouth Devon.
giptonsilly 7 months ago
24 Hours in A&E for me as well and yes I know the song but couldn't have told you the name of it beforehand. lol
cherrypixie83 7 months ago
lol, knights of cydonia
tulud 7 months ago 3
matthew bellamy's awesome genes sent me here
atayates 7 months ago 5
@atayates Agreed! You can hear where Matt got the inspiration for Knights of Cydonia. :D
mouseyhousewife 7 months ago
and this month, June 2011, they retire the space shuttles. What a change in the space program. Will we lose NASA to independents, or will they recover and lead us onto our next space exploration? And where will that be, Mars, the moon, or some other distant galaxy? Personally I will miss the behemoths of space, Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour. I was blessed to be born early enough, and live long enough to see them come to us, and retire.
concretesailors 7 months ago
First ever British record to be number one in the USA, and rightly so, an absolute superb piece of music, that totally defies time.
And while I,m on, here,s to Roger Jackson,( aka Lavern ) member of the GREAT Tornados group,
schuller51 7 months ago
24 hours in A & E sent me! Ashamed to say I don't recognise it though :/
princessloras 7 months ago
@princessloras me too loool
lilbeatch 7 months ago
A great song from The British Invasion.
MyMerlin1 8 months ago
same...i just wanted to know what the guy was on about
kathrin050290 8 months ago
24 hours in A & E Has me here..The old chap was right :)
TranceInMyPants21 8 months ago 5
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me too! haha free publicity
Talesofspace8 8 months ago
me too! haha free publicity
Talesofspace8 8 months ago
May as well join in i am from the land of 24 hours on A&E
joims 8 months ago 5
@joims Us to!
togethia 8 months ago
I wonder how many people will come here because they watched 24 hours in A & E?
nath0hcker 8 months ago 40
@nath0hcker very true ive just done that exact thing after watching the recording of a & e.he was right though i do recognise the tune.
TheDaveyboywilson 7 months ago
@nath0hcker - Me !
Stratus128 7 months ago
@nath0hcker - Me !
Stratus128 7 months ago
@nath0hcker never heard of it? reading a muse biography sent me! (george bellamy is in the band and is matt bellamys father).
louisdebmusic 5 months ago 3
Roger LaVern (on 24 Hours in A&E) said to google the Tornados, so here I am.
jimbo11235813 8 months ago 8
i am here because of 25 hours on A & E, was curious to see what it actually was
KEZZA768 8 months ago 4
@KEZZA768 Same :)
o0owatsernameo0o 8 months ago
24 hours in A & E sent me!
imasickteen 8 months ago 83
@imasickteen LOL yes "as soon as you hear it you will remember it"
nath0hcker 8 months ago
@imasickteen They sent me too!!!
sportygal1991 8 months ago
@imasickteen omg its not just me whos sad yay
lol4g 5 months ago
@ASHxMCDxISxMINE That is why I'm here lol!
eldospinks 8 months ago
@joltinjack - Here's to U and your old man: Great tune. Great Band. And, a great video! Thanx 4 the post!
bradjpotts 8 months ago
so what career are you in now joltinjack? and are you gonna take us all out for a drink?
21433H 10 months ago
@21433H - I'm a high school math teacher. Thanks for your view & visit.
joltinjack 10 months ago 8
I hope you enjoy my 'Flipside' :)
googleisshittoss 10 months ago
Superb Video JoltinJack... And a lovely compliment to your Dad!...thanks for posting
googleisshittoss 10 months ago
I like to think that Telstar must one earlyest electropop tune and this was in the Sixties however the electropop/synthpop didn't take off until the late Seventies & was in full swing by the Eighties
gallafey 1 year ago
oh god, is it a case if the intro reminds me of knights of cydonia by muse? X°°°D
AngeleneInk 1 year ago
@AngeleneInk Well, that's the band of Matt's dad.
babith10 11 months ago
@babith10 i know it! i was a bit sarcastic xD
AngeleneInk 11 months ago
@AngeleneInk It's Matthew Bellamy's(lead singer) dad's band, I've heard it's a tribute to this, well done :D
Zoeatthedisco 10 months ago
@Zoeatthedisco i knew it! XD
AngeleneInk 10 months ago
Lets hear it for rhythm guitar player George Bellamy for spewing forth the best musician the world has seen from his loins. Long live Muse!
Nigwump 1 year ago
The greatest instrumental of all time-no doubt-when i hear this on Gold radio it still makes you stand up and take notice -a timeless classic-when the "stars" on X Factor are long forgotten this song will still be played in a 100 years time and probably beyond that if the human race has not destroyed itself and its surroundings.
3friend 1 year ago
This is a very, very COOL video salute to the U.S. space effort! Thanks, joltinjack -- I hoped your Dad liked it, too!
BrainheartMan 1 year ago
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omg it is a sad story,
walelums 1 year ago
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omg it is a sad story,
walelums 1 year ago
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omg it is a sad story,
walelums 1 year ago
Why are so many Americans obsessed with British Music ?
MyMerlin1 1 year ago
@MyMerlin1 Because its recycled american music my obsession your possesion from a song by the rolling stones
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman brian wilson likes that song
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
Very nice comments for your dad.
The tragedy behind this song was the writer, Joe Meeks, never saw one penny from it! After a long and expensive court battle, deep in depression, he shot his landlady to death and then turned the gun on himslef. Three days after his suicide, the court ruled after so many years, in his favor. His family destroyed, in heavy debt and behind in his rent, he saw no way out. A sad, very sad story.
PopeFlores 1 year ago 10
@PopeFlores - I never knew this; thanks for your comment.
joltinjack 1 year ago
@PopeFlores some say dany gatton was the best guitarist ever commited suicide because he made records that didnt sell and was being sued by the record company for $250,000
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@PopeFlores I've loves this piece since I was a kid, in fact my father worked on Telstar for Western Electric. Its really sad and makes me angry Meek got screwed over what was legally his.
Eagle027 11 months ago
@PopeFlores That's so very sad....Poor man..a tragic tale :(
googleisshittoss 10 months ago
Joe Meek, Genius.
TomMagic92 1 year ago
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Sold 950,000 copies in 1962 and is one of the top 100 best selling british singles ever
MyMerlin1 1 year ago
I was in the Marines serving in Naples, Italy (NATO) when this song was popular, but I never heard until I got home. The polular songs at the time were Sppedy Gonzoles, and others. When I heard this the first time I greatly appreciated because I knew what is was and what it could do. A great step into the future.
Intruder242 1 year ago 3
Telstar is one of the most underrated acheivements in history. Those satellites are the cornerstone of the communication revolution. They are the primary reason why two people can communicate instantly through various devices, no matter where each of them is located upon the planet.
dramusic 1 year ago 2
@dramusic arthur c. clarke is credited with inventing the telecommunications satellite then there was 2001
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@dramusic E=MC 2 / C is constant the speed of light is constant 186,000 feet persecound every where in the luniverse that is the cosmological priciple what goes on here is the same at the other end of the luniverse electridity travels at almost the speed of light
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
Thanks, I enjoyed that. Look at the Saturn V and think THAT'S how you build a moon ship. Still get choked-up when i see a picture of the Challenger crew. A lot of emotion in that song for me...
crusinscamp 1 year ago
This music has always had sentimental value for me to Colin and fantastic work Joltinjack and getting this up as the best copy on You Tube..... Hats off to you. The collage of pictures brought tears to my eyes as I listened to the song and saw the many faces of the shuttles crew flash past. They will forever be REAL heros, in histories pages. Thank you again your work is appreciated.
sandigamble777 1 year ago 2
Telstar is a 1962 instrumental record performed by The Tornados. It was the first single by a British band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was also a number one hit in the UK.
MyMerlin1 1 year ago 3
but where's the sound?
TheRebasMom 1 year ago
Great video and a great song!
fordude60 1 year ago 3
Thanks for posting, I've got a smile on my face as I'm listening this.
19ccj65 1 year ago 5
I played this song over and over on my parents turntable back in '64.
ruracinme50 1 year ago
Love the comments below !! It's amazing how a timelessly good song & this early 60s style sound can bring out the fondest of memories for so many people, isn't it (me included .. I was 8 y.o. the day this song was first released on the air). Congrats, too, joltinjack, on this fabulous montage of graphics & visuals that you've so painstakingly & so capably put together to accompany the song .. your whole posting fits together seamlessly !! Great work !!
colindominy 1 year ago 8
Thanks, Colin Dominy.
joltinjack 1 year ago
The BBC Concert Orchestra did an orchestral version of this on Friday Night is Music Night in July 2009. When I heard it, I was transported back in time to when I was a boy and Telstar was beaming pictures from Paris to New York and vice versa. The Yankees were playing baseball that day, and they announced in the stadium the game was being shown LIVE in Europe.
We grew up with shortwave radios and film. How the world has changed!
gab21113 2 years ago 5
the portsmouth symphony recorded it sometimes they fool around with the trumpet player banging on the tympani and vice versa
spacepatrolman 2 years ago
Great memories. History in the making. My High School Basketball Coach played this song while we ran laps... lots of laps... miles of laps!! Thanks for posting!!
superdash46 2 years ago 2
Thank you! We had it made back then, didn't we? Real live, flesh and blood heros, with names like Buzz and Gus and Gordo. Those guys truly had brass balls -- every launch was a test flight. We owe the space program a lot .
sc1597 2 years ago 11
You are absolutely right! These are real Amaerican heroes and the ones that I idolized growing up in the 1960's and 1970's.
tdrn00 2 years ago 5
@sc1597 Brass? More like solid titanium. True heroes and worthy role models.
C90BASA 1 year ago
@sc1597 - That's a great post, SC1597. Sorry it took me 11 months to respond.
joltinjack 1 year ago
if there was an instumentel song that was perfect this is it, great ,,,
rumjockey 2 years ago 5
Loooooooooooooooovve this song...I grew up with it when I was a teenager listening to it on the oldies station.
ConwingL162007 2 years ago 5
Hy Lit's theme song opening his "Lover's Hour" back in the day of WIBG Philadelpia
RXRguy 2 years ago 2
nice to hear it again.
love it.
1954Highwayman 2 years ago 5
First British artists to hit number 1 in America (1962) and one of the greatest instrumentals in rock history
ITILII 2 years ago
OMG never knew telstar was real just thought this was just another r&r instrumental
theaznlvr 2 years ago
Today, my father (86), a retired NASA budget analyst, attended a reunion luncheon for NASA HQ employees in Virginia. So, it was really cool to land here and see this song/video dedicated to the father of the person who posted it. Thanks!! Live long and Prosper!
or, as Capt. 20 in DC used to say: Win Many Prizes!
nauort23 2 years ago 2
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brianm1366 2 years ago
good song
starbabe58 2 years ago 3
I remember after Telstar was launched Lyons Maid created the Zoom iced lolly- 3 stages- colours- cards of astronauts- Britain's contribution to the space race. My mate Dick Middleton knew the Tornadoes- he has just gigged with Clem Cattini (Tornados) on drums. Key word search Dick Middleton Kansas City- Dick played for Gene Vincent back in 1963.
NickRatnieks 2 years ago 4
Look guys, sorry to be a pain, but why don't we just enjoy the music without any animosity?
brianm1366 2 years ago 3
What are you talking about man?
ArmyJames 2 years ago
NPR had a segment on NASA this morning during the morning commute, and they ended it with your Telstar song! Is Telstar commonly associated with NASA? If not, NPR must have got the idea from YOU! Pretty cool, Joltinjack!!!
surfsnook 2 years ago 4
Telstar (built by Bell Labs) was a satellite that was launched on 7/10/62, and it allowed the major networks to broadcast trans-Atlantic. It also carried phone signals. This song is about that satellite, as it symbolized the awe & the specter of the vast new frontier. It was a brilliant song made by the Tornados in 1962.
joltinjack 2 years ago 3
@surfsnook if what your saying is true this video is rewriting history bell labs also poured liquid hydrogen into a radio reciever to stop the feed back and pick up the frequency of atoms left over from the creation of the luniverse proveing the big bang theory scientificaly
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman if god created the luniverse from the garden of eden then where did black people come from if we evolved from apes then why are there still apes that is a paradox like olbers paradox is why isnt the night sky brighter than daylight if all the stars in the sky are suns
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
Dig that crazy Hammond B-3 man!
ArmyJames 2 years ago 3
It's not a hammond, it's a Clavoline they used and an old piano with drawing tacks in the heads of the hammers.
bestsaxon 2 years ago
The time when we'd stop what we're doing and watch crazy ass test pilots shoe horn themselves into tin cans on top of gigantic fire crackers, then boldly go.
"Damn. It worked."
Gracie0935 2 years ago
This was the first song I remember as a kid...I was 4 years old....wearing shorts! Great to hear it again! Thanks!
Upimongo 2 years ago 2
to hear the french fife and drums from the 1960 movie plug the following into a YouTube search:
AUSTERLITZ BATTLE - Before the battle - Abel Gance (1960) - English Sub
CrackerJackLee 2 years ago
the movie Austerlitz was 1960.
the Tornado's hit was 1962.
CrackerJackLee 2 years ago
When you listen to this video you are listening to the greatest piece of music ever written. It is unsurpassed and unsurpassable.
Telstar10000 2 years ago
The closest I can describe this piece of music is "an instrumental hymn to modern technology".
MrUnidyne 2 years ago 2
Peter here,you say joe meek wrote it,but I believe it was allways in dispute because the melody was the copy of some french tune, and they never made any money out of it, so the story goes
milkdrops 2 years ago
Hello milkdrops.
The verdict of the court case was ruled in Joe Meek's favour. Only a few bars have the slightest similarity. Joe was completely unaware of the tune he was supposed to have "copied". The case against Joe was frivolous, however it meant that he didn't see the very substantial income Telstar generated for him and it went instead to his estate. If he had not had the money worries this case caused him his life may not have ended in tragedy.
Telstar10000 2 years ago
The song "Telstar" was written and produced by Joe Meek.
trylonperisphere 2 years ago
Wow, what an inspirational video. Thanks for the work involved. I recently heard this song on a "Mad Men" episode and even though I was a teen in the 60s couldn't think of the name. But we all know "google" helps us find almost anything we want to know. I learned so much by googling...about the song and the "Telstar" satelitte . What a time to be alive though...wouldn't trade the 50s or the 60s for anything....a child of the "Greatest Generation."
EllenJRB 2 years ago 2
Maybe not the greatest , but one of discovery, I've lived to watch biplanes fly over head to the time of stations in space and hope one day to see the first station on the moon, from when we thought there was only one Galaxy to when we know that there are billions, things that were only in Buck Rogers or Tom Corbett, Space Cadet comics, all this taken for granted with more press on a new car then there is a new discovery. Just born in the wrong time But oh what a time:)
candr 2 years ago 2
Vey cool.
K9FON 2 years ago 4
Brilliant song, great video.
NewOldVinyl 2 years ago 3
Those were amazing times.
frightfan1 2 years ago 4
When I hear this music I just wanna go back.
ttellerx 2 years ago 5
Why do I never tire of hearing this music. It is as much awe inspiring today as it was way back at the beginning of the '60s
redheadoap 2 years ago 4
Those who have lost their fathers will know what I mean, those who still have them - treasure them! But wasn't life so much 'safer' when dad was around to stear you on the right path......................RIP dad - wish I could spend just a few hours with you now................
Factnotfictionpeople 2 years ago 3
A lovely song, and gorgeous images.
sergisr 2 years ago 3
I don't know why but this record always puts me in mind of the seaside.
GriefTourist 2 years ago 3
I'm sure your dad appreciates this and is proud that he inspired it. We take the risks involved in space exploration as a matter of course now, but I remember how fearful everyone was. At school we listened to the radio as John Glen left for his first orbital flight and we all cheered when he returned safely. It was a scary thing back then and it's still incredibly dangerous today, but the rewards are worth it.
Bullettube 2 years ago 3
Thanks, Bullettube.
joltinjack 2 years ago
Muy image of the tune is a "rocky-esque" training footage ending w/ the hero at the tournament superise aeveeryone by making the finals and winning,
delbard1 2 years ago
This reminds me of me being a kid way back in the early sixties in Holland. My father used to have these record. Listening to it gave me a feeling of freedom & an exciting future ahead of me...
Jofph 2 years ago 3
Recorded in one of their mum's bath rooms. The tiled walls gave it the acoustics. The sound at the begining is the toilet being flushed.
ogwen040 2 years ago
didnt they record this in there living room?
centuriontaxi 2 years ago
i have this song on a brit rock compilation. It brings back memories of what we could and did accomplish. Thanks 4 posting and job very well done.
folicuregirl 2 years ago 3
Thanks, Folicuregirl.
joltinjack 2 years ago
The first British group to hit #1 before the Beatles did.
richiebear1969 2 years ago
Your earthquake in the future are here.
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BOYKOILIEV2008 3 years ago
なつかしい
NUD46KR304 3 years ago
A beautiful track which absolutely epitomises what it was like growing up inthe early 1960s. Thanks to the Russians putting Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit, America got its act together and put men on the Moon! Wonderful, Thank you.
Ljotulfson 3 years ago
You're welcome.
joltinjack 3 years ago
did they??????
radiator0 2 years ago
Absolutely 100%
Ljotulfson 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this, joltinjack. I was born in 1951 and remember the late 50's &60's like it really was yesterday. It truly was a fantastic time to be growing up - optimism was high even during the Civil Rights movement and the progress we made was unbelievable. It's sad to see what has happened since. I hope the younger folks listen to this music - it will live forever.
Christian06820 3 years ago
Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Thanks for your viewership and response. You're a little older than me, and I definitely take your word about the youth in this country. They are our future. Like you, I hope they appreciate the foundation that has been laid out for them.
joltinjack 2 years ago
Did anyone pick up on the photo scenes in this video, the picture of the presidential open top limo ? Is this possibly the car JFK was shot in?
4thstooge 3 years ago
Just think of what America is capable of. Us old folks have seen America tumble to the bottom. We were the envy of the entire world. If it couldn't be dome America could do it. In nine short years we went from being fixed on the ground to walking on the moon. In thirty years we can't be energy independent - shameful.
tubamaxima 3 years ago 2
Hence the Song American Idiot.
"Were not the ones who raised Apollo"
Joecrouse 3 years ago
wow !!! absolutely wow
tubamaxima 3 years ago
You're both welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed this.
joltinjack 3 years ago
Fantastic Montage - Fantastic Tune- Thanks Mate
steveuk1959 3 years ago 4
Finally, a decent recording of this. Thanks. My Dad worked at NASA Hqts. in DC from 1962-1981, so this really touches me. Always loved this song--must be in my blood. lol.
nauort23 3 years ago 4
SOMEONE TALK TO ME
just moved new area SH
DarkLight00104 3 years ago
Yeah joking, but I do like to perpetuate a good conspiricy theory.
EarlGreyIII 3 years ago
Groundbreaking tune, very early electronica, that analogue equipment just sounds so good. Pity that none of the moon photos were real, surely now we have the tech to go back and take some real shots of the moon.
EarlGreyIII 3 years ago
You're joking, right? (about the moon pictures)
uspc40 3 years ago