This is the best! I haven't heard this since I was a little kid! This show sparked my imagination. I even had the the toy Fireball XL5 ship. I must have played thissong a million times in the last wek since rediscovering it. The 50's/early 60's had the best music, and this was one of the best from one of the best shows. Thanks for taking me back in time! Long Live FIREBALL XL5. Cheers, Marc
i grew up with this in the shadow of the coldwar and nuclear missiles , complete with air raid drill, evacuation routes and '17 minutes to get unrderground or you will be incinerated '
Thanks for posting this great song. I was too young to remember the original TV series, but I first heard this song in episode 5 of the Tom Hanks miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, which was on HBO in the mid nineties. This episode was titled Spider, and traced the developement of the Lunar Module, taking place at Grumman Aerospace, which was here on Long Island, NY.
I did not know the title of the song, but stumbled upon it by luck!
If you want to play this on Guitar the intro is
D C D
Then the verse is
G Em Am D x3 then
G Em C D with G back to D
Great song.
There is a version with a 4th verse which we sing when we do it
Enjoy
mrmungus 10 months ago
gosh, this takes me back a half century or so.
Lorc1313 1 year ago
one of the classics still love till this day
pdogone1 1 year ago
This is the best! I haven't heard this since I was a little kid! This show sparked my imagination. I even had the the toy Fireball XL5 ship. I must have played thissong a million times in the last wek since rediscovering it. The 50's/early 60's had the best music, and this was one of the best from one of the best shows. Thanks for taking me back in time! Long Live FIREBALL XL5. Cheers, Marc
M35kriegsmarine 2 years ago
I wish I were...
AndrewMcCheyne 2 years ago
I wish I were...
AndrewMcCheyne 2 years ago
thank you for posting this!! I grew up with my mum singing all the time to cheer me up when i was a kid.
damagedporcelain 2 years ago
This is the theme song of my life!!!!
i grew up with this in the shadow of the coldwar and nuclear missiles , complete with air raid drill, evacuation routes and '17 minutes to get unrderground or you will be incinerated '
It was so sexy and romantic!!!
christowie 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this great song. I was too young to remember the original TV series, but I first heard this song in episode 5 of the Tom Hanks miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, which was on HBO in the mid nineties. This episode was titled Spider, and traced the developement of the Lunar Module, taking place at Grumman Aerospace, which was here on Long Island, NY.
I did not know the title of the song, but stumbled upon it by luck!
newhydebob 3 years ago 2
so cool!
fireblade95 3 years ago