Telstar

Our version of Telstar, posted on 2 October 2022 to celebrate 60 years since it was No. 1 in the charts. The accompanying video is also celebrating 57 years since the first episode of Thunderbirds aired on 30 September 1965.
Enjoy!

[@rong3795]

The imagination of people back then was just amazing,

[@wiretamer5710]

Keep it in perspective! This was a full blown corporate production! There are countless kids today making professional videos in their bedrooms.

[@Heisenberg-to4bq]

LSD helped a little ;-)

[@russs7574]

@@wiretamer5710 They did it with a lot less technology.

[@walterfechter8080]

Truly! Very innovative! Brilliant!

[@joex9865]

​@@wiretamer5710I can't imagine that's true

[@marlenegardner2696]

I still have this record, I just love the tune. Bought when I was about 15yrs old, now here I am heading for 72yrs, and still I love it.

[@adyg5402]

God, I loved Thunderbirds, especially Lady Penelope and that pink Rolls Royce. This video has everything I love Penny, The RR, Cliff and the Shads. Be awesome to go back to those times. I am 63 years and have tears in my eyes. The world was a simpler place to live in back then. What the hell happened to us?

[@lucysky9827]

I'm 65 and agree with everything you said!

[@texas2step266]

70 here, and also thinking life has become too complicated, and people too angry and entitled. But there is still much good in the world, and here we have a way to bring up great memories whenever we want. Have a happy day, everyone here!

[@GeeCeeWU]

What's now known as progress I guess.

[@cyeamaculture8486]

I'm the same age..but remember..old people in the 1960s were also lamenting about simpler times..

[@GeeCeeWU]

@@cyeamaculture8486 Like poverty and two world wars?

[@michaeljohnwicks2328]

I am 70 & used to love watching Thunderbirds. I remember this featuring Cliff & the Shadows. Absolutely miss those days.

[@texas2step266]

Thunderbirds! And Fireball XL5!

[@MarcusHughes-io4ud]

Love the Thunderbirds and Lady Penelope, used to all get up Sunday morning at college after a night out drinking to watch

[@ACF6180T]

What a flash back ! I remember watching the Thunderbirds when I just a very young kid ! & I remember Telstar by The Tornados as well ! & yes I was very young , & it all seemed futuristic , & bright as a child the Mercury space program ,satellites , Jet travel , Turbo Charged automobiles , & a month later in Nov. We as nation went dark with the assassination John F. Kennedy ! & IMHO the future didn't seem so bright as I stood in line with my mother , & brothers & sisters to view his flag draped coffin at the capital rotunda in the early morning before daylight ! & it was literally a cold day in hell ! & as a 5 year old I remember this all to well ! We had lost our innocence as a nation . As I reflect on this instrumental it does stir allot of memories of my child hood growing up in America !

[@iamseeingdots]

Wow, what memories! We love playing this song, it’s one of those that everybody knows but rarely hears these days!

[@1983dmd]

Thank you for this very interesting comment ...Very pertinent

[@jamesmurray8558]

Iam the same age as you and a black male. Hurt cuts across the same way. I loved this song, I use to draw spaceships. I left Alabama and went to Oregon. Was in the Park Service. Hope you broke the cycle.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Obvious obviously.

[@brittonbanks646]

Telstar done by animated Cliff Richard and the Shadows using miniature Rogers electric guitars! Wow! Very nice and unusual!

[@chrisst8922]

Burns guitars.

[@kobrakommandar8370]

Look like Mosrites to me but Burns had a similar style early on@@chrisst8922

[@Dragondave1000]

Surely Burns guitars?

[@paultiffany7629]

The electric guitars look like white Burns Bisons.

[@shootfirst2097]

The guy dancing on stage in the beginning never fails to put me in stitches.

[@22448824]

Yep. I was waiting for him to start singing the non existent lyrics

[@didierb1904]

Great Version of the legendary music. I like espacially the little "Hank Marvin", leader of the Shadows, however this music was a hit from the Tornados.

[@iamseeingdots]

Glad you enjoyed it! If you like Joe Meek, we have a free download of our interpretation of Joe Meek’s “I hear a new world” (called The Joe Meek Project) on our website www.iamseeingdots.co.uk/music we’ve added a few extra tunes in there including an original tune and some covers from other artists that we thought were in keeping with the music :)

[@cslan4]

One of my favorite Ventures - Tornadoes song what a very cool version loved it!!!

[@larrymondello8475]

I never watched this show but I love the song. I remember It when I was a kid .

[@David-yw2lv]

Excellent rendition of one the greatest rock instrumentals ever.

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you so much!

[@KingOFuh]

I love this video. Great fuh king job. This is my favorite instrumental of the pre-NAM era with an apt video to set the space-race mood. Thunderbirds are GO! every Sundae at @ 6am EST on ME-TV

[@roberttaylor8644]

Did you eat a sundae on Sunday mornings?

[@marcbend2970]

Everybody loved Lady Penelope..

[@heaven-is-real]

My dream girl.

[@warrenrandall6936]

Most men got wood for her.

[@housmass45]

She was a bit stiff ....don't you think ? 🥰🥰

[@MorbinNecrim86]

Not quite as stiff as a corpse​@@housmass45

[@nigelcharlton-wright1747]

Or was it Mary Berry? They are about the same size.

[@XZXZXZXZ-j1o]

This video makes me feel like I am right there with them. Thank You.

[@swiftmatic]

60s syntho-pop and Supermarionation. Gotta love it!

[@williamfields7287]

I've always loved the song Telstar. I've always loved the Thunderbirds. I didn't know that they performed that song on that show until now. Thanks 😊

[@MBC1955]

They didn't. The footage is from the first film and that's 'Cliff Richard Jr' performing a song called 'Shooting Star'.

[@franceskronenwett3539]

Telstar is not a song. It is an instrumental.

[@randquadrozzi1280]

Caught this on TV by accident in the 90s and 1 of my kids loved it.funny our youngest son looked just like the brain

[@richardraz]

2024, WHO'S LISTENING THIS MASTERPIECE TODAY ?

[@iamseeingdots]

@@richardraz we play it at most of our gigs, and always goes down really well. You never normally hear it when you are out!

[@ПавелСнегов-ю7в]

I’m here🤝

[@karenstoddard8278]

Me! It’s October 22 , 2024 💃🏼

[@adrianbackhouse7567]

And me 😅😂

[@richardallen9821]

I sure am !!! So let's crank it up Thunderbirds!!

[@user-fh7bu2zi9u]

I wasn't even born when this was a hit. My favorite 60s instrumental.😊

[@SGr.T-s3s]

The thunderbirds away and far away! The thunder music to the stars.

[@franceskronenwett3539]

I loved these futuristic puppet series. Thunderbirds, Space Patrol and Fireball XL5 were all brilliant

[@chuckcribbs3398]

That was a lot of work!

[@natimartiviudes6755]

Thank you very much, I love so much

[@deangdmppajj4692]

That brings back memories from when I was about 5 years old

[@radionoakmont7756]

love the Thunderbird's clips and mix into the song very awesome a true tribute to the Tornadoes Telstar and Gerry Anderson, marionation is so awesome i had to rewatch Starfleet again too still one of my fave series too DAI-X one awesome mech.

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you! We love Telstar and often play it live, we use these visuals too when we are gigging :)

[@radionoakmont7756]

@@iamseeingdots very awesomes m8's

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@radionoakmont7756 I recall it being called ‘Supermarionation’. Maybe not…..at 72, my memory is a bit fuzzy.

[@radionoakmont7756]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa oh no it is called that i love it big fan of it sincee i was a lil kid my older sis recorded a lot for me in the early 80's like captain scarlet thunderbirds and Starfleet just something fun to watch

[@adyg5402]

SUPERmarionation to be precise, Loved this show! Gerry sure had foresight to combine Super with Marionette and ation didn't he?

[@MichaelKrahulec-f6o]

I M. This is one of my favorite instrumentals.

[@1983dmd]

Simply wow !!! AAA++++ !!!!

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kevingrattan7583]

Reliving my youth

[@aranyaofficial7082]

Guys this was an awesome rendition!!!! Really enjoyed the hard rock distortion guitar in the chorus part.....!!!!

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you!!! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@otaku1524]

Telstar and the Thunderbirds. Awesomeness!

[@soma4u289]

Brilliant, I get the message, if only our world had more of you, glad I had the opportunity to come across this. Keep at it for humanities sake.

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you 🤗

[@anaixtar6793]

Very Clever !!!!

[@daverotroff6873]

Love this series. It's on at 6 a.m. Sunday in the Cincinnati area and it is so well done considering the mid-60's technology. The special effects are great.

[@adyg5402]

Was shown on a Saturday morning back in the day, Loved it!!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Great video,. Thank you.

[@iamseeingdots]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@mocom70]

When "Telstar" and "The Thunderbirds" came out it was supposed to be a future that would exist in the 21st century!

[@GeeCeeWU]

We're not far off, with 75% of the century still left to go.

[@Dragondave1000]

And they're playing little Burns guitars!

[@jonmitchell6442]

Love this song reminds me of my dad and me looking up in the sky looking for satellites in the early 1960’s

[@iamseeingdots]

It’s such a great song isn’t it?! There’s something fantastic about seeing satellites in the sky 🛰️

[@BoltRM]

In the mid 60s, my dad, grandpa & I would set out lawn chairs & find the satellites moving across the sky too! One of my fond memories ☺️

[@GeeCeeWU]

@@BoltRM Too much light pollution now to see anything.

[@kathypellette2509]

I've never seen anything like it! Love it! I recall the song from a record my brother had by some guitar group.

[@GeeCeeWU]

Some guitar group were the Tornados.

[@russs7574]

Seeing the Thunderbirds characters brings back great memories. I think it's the same animation company that did Fireball XL-5.

[@abbynormal4740]

It sure is. Thunderbirds and Fireball XL5 are both by Gerry Anderson, along with Supercar, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and more! 😄

[@juancarlosmolinanelson6372]

Manejar éstas marionetas es todo un arte.

[@jamescox2749]

this is so funky i love it great job

[@iamseeingdots]

Thanks so much - glad you enjoyed!

[@lilsprugga]

Haha, Cliff Richard Jnr! That's from the movie. With that chauffeur cap on, it really does look like Cliff Richard!

[@ickster23]

I still have this on original vinyl.

[@iamseeingdots]

It’s a classic!

[@adyg5402]

Same here, Fantastic on the old turntable so it sound as it was recorded. Crackles and all!

[@lfeco]

Really enjoyed this, thanks for posting. I thought Lady Penelope was Loni Anderson.

[@iamseeingdots]

Glad you enjoyed :) happy new year!

[@petersutton2182]

Love it!!!!

[@iamseeingdots]

Glad you enjoyed 😀

[@tracynation2820]

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you!

[@jluisrodriguez4536]

Estos dibujos los veia de pequeño, ahora tengo 70 años, pero me traen mucha nostalgia, gracias por ponerlos

[@stevegarland1526]

wonderful tribute, to both the band and the song, and Nasa

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you so much 😊

[@ウルバリン-f6z]

この女性上手いうますぎる。最高です。 🎉

[@internationalicon]

Great version of this instro hit!

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@DTavona]

Thunderbirds are... GO! All we need is Peter Dyneley as Jeff Tracy giving the countdown before the start of the song...

[@jbshaw614]

Even today, with state-of-the-art computer graphics and animation, the genius of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson still holds true! A most EXCELLENT video for a most EXCELLENT song!!!!

[@iamseeingdots]

Thanks :)

[@gazoontight]

I like it.

[@philippereydr]

Great!

[@crwfrdvllw]

awesome

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you :)

[@aris95]

Great tribute to Tornadoes and Telstar

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you 😊

[@spacedman42]

The sound of Telstar, The Tornado's from London in the sixties to a french composer who thought the sound was his all ties to a signal sputnik was transmitting and boom one landlady killed by shotgun in London rented premises by producer who first heard this sound, yeah this is the real wow signal.

[@carolsikkema7136]

What?

[@spacedman42]

@@carolsikkema7136 I dunno how to answer 'What' ??

[@mootpointjones8488]

I understand you, Holloway Road!

[@johnwinston6873]

Der Inhalt des Textes ist so richtig nicht verständlich. Obwohl ich Hintergründe kenne.

[@spacedman42]

@@johnwinston6873 There was a French Composer who filed a law suit on Joe Meek for copyright of the song Telstar, that Joe had produced Saying that it sounded like the piece the French composer had composed and it broke Joe and i think it bankrupted his production business at the time Telstar was produced there was a signal that sputnik was emitting that also sounded like Telstar. Hope this helps :)

[@philatherton4242]

Ive seen it all now😂😂😂😂

[@timothysaye5535]

Telstar, classic hit from the 60's. Ventures, Tornadoes, etc made it sound great.

[@maireadrochford3579]

Brilliant - I'm just a kid again!

[@brianfpp540]

I remember when Telstar and Ghost Riders were on the radio constantly.

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

I like it like that, very good!

[@RichardPrescott-n1u]

Telstar yes remember the original number by the tornadoe s in 1962 Joe meek certainly was well ahead of his time the band had a late wages when record was at number one so where the tornadoes shared a flat they were so short of money they had beans on toast for Christmas dinner always wondered if they were heinz beans ha ha as their bass player was named heinz burt I like this version by dots it's superb remember many instrumental bands from the sixties so we'll yes dots have created a new update and brilliant version of telstar full on tune

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you so much! We really enjoy playing this tune live, it’s such a classic and always in our set! So glad you enjoyed!

[@JosieTyner-s7u]

This song is STILL about what technology can do to help humanity! It's a song full of hope.

[@aladármolnár-g1t]

a legédesebb mert megyünk tovább........

[@glenngoto8694]

Cool!

[@iamseeingdots]

Glad you liked it!

[@wolfkonrad9938]

Ja die Musik ist Zeit los habe ich auch Instrumental Musik müsste es wieder geben ❤

[@racookster]

1:43 - That dude looks just like Dean Stockwell, Ben in Blue Velvet! For their next number, maybe he'll lip-sync "In Dreams" into a utility light!

[@blurtbum]

Not sure what that was all about .. but geez I enjoyed it

[@rvnmedic1968]

I had the 45rpm record back then, and when I played this I thought it was the Team America puppets! LOL A lot of memories in the 60s, girlfriends, Vietnam, etc.

[@dannovack1364]

How many good memories in Vietnam did you have if you were really there?

[@that_thing_I_do]

I like what you've done here.

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you 😀

[@tonystormcloud8937]

Reminds me of Fireball XL5.

[@philippevalois381]

C'est vraiment excellent! Les Shadows en marionnettes, il fallait oser!

[@natimartiviudes6755]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂

[@davidfessler1826]

The leader of the group (the guy in the blue suit) is a dead ringer for the late American actor Glenn Corbett, who had replaced George Maharis on Route 66. I also like how the chauffeur looks like he’s asleep while on the job at the beginning of the video.

[@iamseeingdots]

Ha, the animation is great isn’t it?

[@jeffreyfitzgerald1779]

Those puppets look like The Shadows. Does this music go with the video, or is it from something else? Just wondering how this came to be. I'm really glad it exists, thanks.

[@iamseeingdots]

Glad you like it. The music is our cover version of Telstar, we always play it at our gigs. The video is from an episode of thunderbirds and yes they are the shadows :) happy new year!

[@nigeldewallens1115]

As much as I love this rendition! they did not use it in the film sadly!

[@TrevorMills-i8j]

Yes me lady.

[@Housephonestimes4]

Premature Birth Ultravox!

[@mm-vg7dm]

Totally great.

[@davidroberts3205]

Brilliant

[@bromion5123]

Lady Penelope is one gorgeous dame. Parker her lover is a lucky driver.

[@fordsrestorations970]

100 billion % !!!!

[@j0hnf_uk]

Being an instrumental, you have to wonder what the F-F-F-Thunderbirds are go, Cliff Richard is actually doing the whole time he's on stage. Flaying his arms about like a demented windmill, no less. 🤣

[@erilthaariq]

hii...🥂salute from indonesia 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mzaite]

Sweet Cover!!!

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you :)

[@bernielhat9155]

2025 I am Listening

[@gus5307]

I heard this song on madmen

[@ウルバリン-f6z]

サンダーバードのなかで演奏しているのはシャドウズだったと思うけど違ったかな?

[@iamseeingdots]

Yes it was The Shadows :)

[@arkaig1]

Oh my stars, my Linda goes to Mars...

[@JohnSmith-rn5tb]

There was a show in mid- sixties called Supercar-Mike Mercury the star-pre- dates th I s one,ve r y similar, claymation,etc

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

Christ.

[@carlosbrites8201]

👏✨️

[@scottprather5645]

Interesting I've never seen this before

[@obsidiandwarf]

The Shadows (and Cliff). I love that they are all playing Burns.

[@markciale5246]

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson🎈👍

[@paulcasini4759]

Grand

[@opentrunk]

Chick is a dead ringer for Loni Anderson 0:05

[@David-yw2lv]

There is a resemblance

[@tjjohno1]

CHAS HODGES FROM CHAS AND DAVE WAS IN THE BAND (TORNADOS) AT ONE TIME

[@josephde-zordi7324]

some how, looks better than modern AI