The Spotnicks - The Rocket Man (1962)

[@nosonoliento]

You know it's genuine 60s when the camera operator shows the bass during a guitar solo.

[@MeninoJesus-o5g]

Spot on

[@squirlmy]

tbh it happens in the 70s... even recentl times, look on you tube!!!!, idk what it's about, I guess cameramen just don't like lead guitarists?

[@nosonoliento]

@@squirlmy I dunno. Maybe they did it on purpose to increase the cheese factor.

[@tjofrasse]

In all honesty it's just one continuous guitar-solo...

[@WilliamsThomas-d3m]

Whoa ! DEVO of the sixties. Wild.

[@econecoff1725]

Devorbit

[@kensharonyoga]

We are all DEVO!

[@naradaian]

Early sixties - this is before just about everything - including theWah wah pedal

[@brucekernan1632]

That was my first thought.too

[@AdrianBoyko]

Proto-DEVO

[@jonmeek3879]

Wow ! Dick Dale and the del tones meet Devo !!!! Crazy

[@bigtone1348]

The Spotniks, Ventures, Shadows, Surfaris, Heinz & the Tornados etc were my introduction to music in the early 60s.

[@bruceb5481]

Remember Dick Dale and the Deltones? The first surfing sounds.

[@kenchristie9214]

What about the Atlantics with the quintessential surf tune Bombora. They were an Australian group comprising of solely Greek immigrants.

[@Kolemon-c6m]

@@bruceb5481 Dick Dale 4EVER 🤘

[@joethompson2910]

My first seven albums were ventures albums, and that was back when I was a kid and into television theme songs like get smart and Hawaii Five-0, etc. so I grew up to become a musician, a guitar player, and made my living doing that for a short period of time, but I've been playing for over 50 years and I actually had Dick Dale sign one of my Stratocaster before he passed away, but life is interesting and I actually miss the olden days because things were not nearly as crazy and screwed up as they are now...

[@paullee3660]

I was about to say it sounds like something Joe Meek would have done, but you already picked up on it.👍

[@frederick1192]

Ouah! J'écoutais ce groupe sur le vieux phono de mes parents je devais avoir 5 ou 6 ans😢

[@Brind-amour]

🙏🏼❤️

[@004752]

I have never heard, or heard of this band before, but I bet guys for Devo must have. Thanks for posting this gem!!!

[@dixieboy5689]

Out of this world twang , reverb and shoe box echo !! Masters of the Universe. Rock On !!

[@unclenogbad1509]

Sweden's finest - early 60's guitar instrumental at it's best. Polyushka Polye is a tune that survives any treatment, and this tribute to Gagarin really works. Also, somehow, the fact they're wearing suits and ties under that space get-up also still works a treat. Thanks for posting this.

[@geoffryllewellyn7693]

The Waterboys also used the tune for Red Army Blues .

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Ah, hence the Hagstrom geetar.

[@yannickmadec2050]

Incroyable rythme de rock sur un vieille mélodie du folklore russe. J'ai découvert les SPOTNICK en 1982 et je les écoute toujours... Les voir dans ce scopitone est une chance ! Pour ne pas dire un miracle ! Le film est remarquablement bien monté et toute la chorégraphie tient du prodige. On dirait un épisode de la série de TV "Outer Limits" (Au delà du Réel) de 1964.

[@raymondrodriguez6622]

Plaine ma plaine, plaine oh mon immense plaine où traîne encore le chant des loups..... je chantais cette vieille chanson russe dans ma jeunesse,il y a 60 ans.... Et le solo de guitare est pompé bien sûr 😊

[@kayholmes7920]

Wow, I was a very young girl when this was released in the 60s. I remember seeing them on a TV programme and hearing them on radio, but this is a first. I also agree that this was way ahead of it's time. Wonderful.

[@rgglick]

"Are we not ASTRONAUTS? WE ARE SPOTNICKS!"

[@renegaleazzi3526]

Devo !!!

[@karllux-d6g]

Best of the heap. Bullseye.

[@djkenry]

Check out "Man or Astro man" incredible band

[@iconicshrubbery]

@@renegaleazzi3526 either it's Ohio's finest or Daft Punk's granddads.

[@korystuvach-rr4xu3qz9x]

​@@renegaleazzi3526!!!!! We r Devo!!!!!!

[@M_Kavalenka]

Спасибо за хороший кавер на "Полюшко-поле"!

[@mahatma1602]

Путін Хуйло

[@ologrig62]

Девушки плачут , девушкам сегодня грустно.....

[@ardanbaid8931]

Бестолоч это до полюшки поле было сочинено..

[@alekseykalishkin117]

​@@ardanbaid8931это ты бестолочь. Песня написана в 1933 году. Полюшко-поле.

[@alekseykalishkin117]

​@@ardanbaid8931 учи матчасть, студент.

[@jaamesanderson4253]

I can't seem to get over all the hot licks these guy's play !!!!

[@andymannsmav8084]

I've got the original 7" single and have been listening to it for years...... Excellent.

[@JeffreyBrown-f4e]

I don't see much profit potential. Don't count it as an asset on your tax return.

[@internationalicon]

Those magical guitar sounds …!

[@СаняКошкин-п4ъ]

Полюшко-Поле песня.

[@lawrencelampke6007]

They were trying to hit the right sequence of notes to open the spudnick

[@Shukhervova]

Друг моего старшего брата дал переписать с кассеты эту группу в 1981 году. С тех пор прошла целая жизнь, друг тот уже давно упокоился, а музыку эту я запомнил и сразу узнал!

[@Hatchcaptain]

Interesting you say the year, and that “a whole life has passed since.” I graduated from high school in 1981, and the music from that era still resonates although so much has happened since then. A testimony to how music is a continuous soundtrack we navigate through our lives…

[@Shukhervova]

@@Hatchcaptain Мы с Вами видимо ровесники , я школу в 82 г окончил. Речь идёт о группе Спутникс, которая в нашей стране была совсем неизвестная и не популярная. Музыка со мной тоже всю жизнь и дома и в машине и даже на работе.

[@Hatchcaptain]

@@Shukhervovaabsolutely on all your points. At 61 years old, I still go see bands live, am constantly downloading music and buying records. The great unifier is always connecting us despite where we live, and everything else our lives entail. I forgot to mention the subject at hand, ha ha, “The Spotnicks,” a band that obviously influenced a lot of bands in the 70s - 80s, but unknown to me until this point….

[@killzefil]

Хули не узнать если это "Полюшко, поле"...

[@alikmakh]

​@@Shukhervovaи че ты гонишь. Эту группу никто из нормалтных пацанов не слушал. А эту песню они содрали у русских - полюшко поле, полюшко зелено, поле....

[@death2pc]

Out of this world, Daddy-O

[@paulkielty3800]

Finger snaps .

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Lol ✊🤣👍right on!

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

@@paulkielty3800🫰😂👍lol

[@TangibleAndroid]

I have a smelly Pniss

[@IP0Monsturd]

COOL BEANS!

[@irahenderson7840]

I saw em in Rhodesia in 65, they were great

[@DonDuhamel-ln9dq]

That must have been a treat!!!

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Nobleks

[@ThinkerMan-v6g]

I saw them in East Berlin in 1963.

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

My dad was a huge Duane Eddy fan (Peter Gunn) and The Shadows (Apache). He obviously missed hearing The Spotniks, or I would have played the 7" single he would have bought... The Spotniks toured Rhodesia! Did they tour South Africa too? Joburg, 1969 to present.

[@markfisher6404]

Fuck Rhodesia ​@@Slavic_Boer

[@guitarcorrectness1879]

they were 20 years ahead of their time with those robot dance moves and space suits they look very much like a new wave band of 1979

[@johnmacqueen3811]

From Akron Ohio -but how would Mothersbaugh have known of these dudes prior to soc. media?

[@101Volts]

@@johnmacqueen3811 Simple: go through record stores and find a Spotniks record by browsing, or see them on TV. It's not like Mark wasn't around in 1962, he was 11 - 12 then. Even though the internet shines light on plenty of bands, back in the day, you could still hear of different groups that people shared _if_ you were looking.

[@xxvvkx9312]

@@101Volts : So true

[@wientz]

they paved the way for kraftwerk and then kraftwerk paved the way for devo

[@gingercube1]

20 years in the future? More like 1000! The soft helmets and reverb we ALL want....

[@JCHaywire]

Ages before the Residents. Before Devo. Before Space Oddity. I mean, c'mon! This is like pre-Postmodern artistic wizardry. These guys were hammer-down sincere.

[@ScottyKirk1]

Right on!

[@joethurman57]

Don't forget the Coneheads ❤

[@M.EngelhART]

It's Not That Unusual. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin Was The First Man In Space And This Was Obviously A Reaction To That Shortly Afterwards. The Music Wasn`t That Futuristics.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Space oddity? Worse of DB.

[@M.EngelhART]

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe This Is Synthetic Instrumental Music, A Different Genre.

[@voodooluck]

This is amazing. No singing, no lyrics, just beautiful guitar and drums.

[@sailordude2094]

Devo influencers, for sure. Growing up a Devo fan this is great to learn, thanks!

[@benwinter2420]

All the hits had unsung influence before . . all

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

​@@benwinter2420Listen to Duane Eddy's 'Peter Gunn' 1959, and the Shadows 'Apache', 1960. These two pieces are likely to have influenced the Spotniks sound, and most certainly influenced Devo.

[@PELOTON3090]

Dont forget the shadows

[@martinedemoustier908]

waaaah j imagine mes parents dansant le rock quels merveilleux souvenirs de mon enfance ils aimaient danser et nous nous sommes tombés dedans j avais 7 ans 😢😢❤

[@henrykstopikowski5379]

60 years old but still very popular! Wonderful band, atomic music! It was a great revelation in those days.

[@RobertBohnen]

Amazing! I have never heard of these guys before. Way ahead of their time.

[@paullee3660]

They were a Swedish band that released 43 albums. Blimey! They kept at it from 1961 all the way to 2011. Surf covers of ‘ol’ man river and Hava Nagila must have been weird.

[@tonycook1308]

Still going up to 2019. 40 people have been band members including Jimmy Nichol who was Ringo's stand-in when he missed the start of a tour due being in hospital.

[@JollyGraham]

The Spotnicks in London was the first album I ever bought.

[@haihoanglong4672]

Đã gần 40 năm mới lại nghe âm thanh sôi động và náo nhiệt bằng hoằ tấu guitars bài the rocketman !

[@pra4snw]

I can't believe that I have never read or heard anything about Devo referring to them. Definitely looks like an inspiration - all the way to the Spud-shaped helmets. Also, Mark M. put out a surf album under the name Wipeouters.

[@donaldleroy6502]

I'm mighty impressed, nice video quality and sound, thank you 😊🤜🤛🤜🤛

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

I dont know why i have an obsession with the 60's and everything about it from the music to the clothes. I wasnt born till 1980 but growing up i gravitated more towards bands like the usual suspects Beatles, Stones,The Who and The Kinks. And American acts like The Byrds, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan. The whole Mod culture was something i took inspiration from in trrms of how i dress and still do to this day. Anything about that decade and im interested. I think because in the 90's when iwas a teenager alot of the bands coming out at that time were heavily influenced by that era.

[@randypainter2196]

Look into The Sonics, a Tacoma WA band that invented punk rock in 1964-65. "The Witch," "Have Love Will Travel," etc.

[@Kyle-hy6wg]

You've lived before, not you as you are now but your soul. If you don't believe it's OK.

[@Denisspb14]

"Polyushko-Pole" music was created in 1933 in the USSR. Other versions - a myth) Video is truly fantastic))))))merci

[@СаняКошкин-п4ъ]

Во время голода и коллективизации, издёвка будто

[@вася-х7]

@@СаняКошкин-п4ъ издёвка - это дебилы, которые до сих пор верят в сказочный "голодомор" со 100500 миллионами спициально заморенных 😃

[@nosaltadded2530]

This is absolutely marvelous!

[@bluepez57]

Reminds me of the Coneheads. “We are from France”

[@ТатьянаАжурова]

Я ждала, когда они запоют! Но то, что они сделали - это круто!!))

[@charlesming7875]

It’s the synchronised playing/stepping that does it for me.

[@joycerichardson1810]

Like the Shadows!

[@michellehawkins1027]

For some reason I kept hearing "going way out way out that's where the fun is' while watching this.

[@MrJones-918]

The Way-Outs 🎶

[@ramlathers8182]

love the production - glittering guitars!

[@willicat44]

Wow, just like my first drum set in '67......way cool

[@RSGill1903]

Never heard of the guys... but they ARE pretty cool. Lots of reverb in this tune.

[@paulmichaelblackaby1774]

loved the Spotnicks great original guitar sounds there albums always had many different styles on them.

[@rockindaddy6535]

WUNDERBAR.....💎 Ein einmalig grossartiger Song !! 🎵🎸

[@keithstuartgoldstraw9682]

super tune, the Spotnicks at their most greatest.

[@ronaldabrams1147]

I volunteer to go back in time

[@iclaudius148]

Me too, when future times looked optimistic, well said sir!

[@nevetsgnil1962]

Just acquired the spotniks over London vinyl lp first press brilliant.

[@dfgvjnkjdsnbkjsbdvjkhdsb]

Полюшко-поле, Полюшко, широко поле, Едут по полю герои, Эх, да Красней Армии герои! Девушки плачут, Девушкам сегодня грустно - Милый надолго уехал, Эх, да милый в армию уехал! Девушки, гляньте, Гляньте на дорогу нашу, Вьётся дальняя дорога, Эх, да развесёлая дорога! Едем мы, едем, Едем, а кругом колхозы, Наши, девушки, колхозы, Эх, да молодые наши сёла! Только мы видим, Видим мы седую тучу, - Вражья злоба из-за леса, Эх, да вражья злоба, словно туча! Девушки, гляньте, Мы врага принять готовы, Наши кони быстроноги, Эх, да наши танки быстроходны! В небе за тучей Грозные следят пилоты. Быстро плавают подлодки. Эх, да зорко смотрит Ворошилов! Пусть же в колхозе Дружная кипит работа, Мы - дозорные сегодня, Эх, да мы сегодня часовые! Девушки, гляньте, Девушки, утрите слёзы! Пусть сильнее грянет песня, Эх, да наша песня боевая! Полюшко-поле, Полюшко, широко поле, Едут по полю герои, Эх, да Красной Армии герои!

[@3691-r1p]

Интересно, те кто слушает эту музыку в настоящее время, знают, что это песня советского композитора, написанная в 1933 году?

[@eldartokaev1607]

​@@3691-r1pВряд ли. Сейчас такие времена, когда знают только тех кого без конца раскручивают со всех утюгов. А если спросить у людей кто такие Стравинский, Лист, ... молодежь поступает что рэпперы какие-нибудь, кто то вообще не знает....

[@Веталик-ц6л]

Так кто у кого спёр?

[@СергейБыков-ь3з]

​@@Веталик-ц6л они сперли!

[@andycountryboy9407]

🤮🤮🤮

[@SWExplore]

What a trip to watch this ultra-retro sci-fi video! Music is good, too!

[@superamos31davies53]

A classic Spotnicks instro. Unique sound . One of my all time favourite instros

[@Seguel72]

The cameraman was great. Since my teens I have always noticed musicians were seldom shown in bands when playing live, mostly the singer was. This footage, however, shows a good performance with good angles. 👏

[@philadelphy235]

Probably a tribute to the very first man in space🚀 Youri Gagarin from Russia in April 1961!!

[@oldschoollondoner4674]

Yes and also to the Sputnik 1 satellite, the first ever satellite in space.

[@TheTwangKings]

Surf rock weirdness at its bizzare best. 👌 👍 😊 ❤

[@hebneh]

If they had done this exact same act in 1980, I for one would've been agog with excitement and wonder.

[@SteveBerberovic]

This is wild, very Ventures sounding. Good stuff.

[@jcpjean-claude4446]

what à FANTASTIC sound!!!! i'ts magic ****************!!!!!!!!!!!

[@scott2737]

Very cool surf music and definitely strange garb to match. Thanks , never heard them or of them , but coming from a surfer town I can really appreciate them ..😎🎸

[@michelzenitud5524]

J'avais 9 ans à set époque 👍👌💓 excellent ✌ Michel !

[@meronyach.]

God, that guitar melody goes hard. So good!

[@johnknott6539]

Spotniks were Swedish instrumental band - dance moves based on/ copied from prior service English Shadows. They did pioneer wireless guitars and great audio processing. Devo much more sophisticated with social commentary lyrics. I LOVE both bands.

[@chasmenear7130]

Ahhh! Absolutely stellar! I am soooo glad that this magically appears on my feed!

[@nigellewis6279]

Super Group! love them

[@Nethanel773]

I would be surprised if Joe Meek didn't produce this. Thanks for putting this up.

[@christopherhall1021]

I feel like if there was ever a blueprint for an original band - the concept of Devo - ‘De-evolution’ would be that band in every way shape and form. There has been no one like them before or since. Congratulations 🍾 on 50 years guys ! ✊🏿

[@slothzombi307]

I was thinking of DEVO too.

[@michellehawkins1027]

I was thinking of the way outs from the Flintstones 😆

[@reijerlincoln]

Man or Astro-Man?

[@christopherhall1021]

@@michellehawkins1027 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Canerican.]

Great guitar playing 🎸

[@followyourbliss101]

i am sensing some early inspiration for Devo

[@PatriceMessier-km2hd]

Super ça change du bruit de musique actuel

[@fordpickup40]

Looks like early DEVO!

[@cognitivediss4297]

You nailed it!

[@lopakavolmer6723]

DEVO looks like late Spotnicks

[@bobfrog4836]

That's the first thing I thought too. OK, well second after the title, having been stolen from Billy Joel. ;)

[@marcmoonrider]

So this is what DEVO devolved from....

[@LastOfTheLeatherAge]

more like zolar x.

[@andrew.hamsterdad]

amazing historical space race period music video production.. thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

[@lostsoul3154]

Not too shabby! Never heard of this, 16 when it was released.

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

I was born because it was released!

[@dazzlingdavedainty]

remember as a 6 year old i heard hava nagila by them.....pestered my mum to buy it..record shop hadnt a clue ended up with a joe brown b side version got it in later life !

[@wolfthequarrelsome5270]

I had no idea DEVO were around back then.

[@LaniBoo]

Something about those guitars 😳 The melody and that rhythm! It speaks to my heart and soul almost like ive heard this in another life 🥹

[@narcissesmith9466]

Such a futuristic music.

[@maxbrandt6]

Very Man Or Astroman long before that band! Groovy!

[@titichartay7216]

It's the ties under the space suits to show they are "nice boys" !😅

[@lukehauser1182]

Excellent!

[@salvatorepavone2035]

J'adore ce groupe ça me rajeuni.😆🤗

[@lyssandrefinge4721]

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS INTERPRETATION OF MY FAVORITE RUSSIAN SOUND OF ALL TIMES !?

[@karllux-d6g]

From Abba to Bathory, from the Spotnicks to Dissection, this country used to surprise the world; now it's more like ''wtf happened in Sverige?''. By the way, are they still alive? The Spotnicks, that is.

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

I hear the influence of Duane Eddy here, especially 'Peter Gunn' which Eddy performed in 1959 at least. (The song was released in '59.) However, the Spotniks did something different too, changing up the guitar style in places. I'm so sorry I'm only hearing this piece for the first time in 2024, as I know I would have fallen in love with it back in the early 1970's, playing my parents 7" single collection.

[@mickeymousebiker1]

I won't argue that point. I followed DEVO from the very start (in Akron, OH).

[@slothzombi307]

Strange, I wasn't aware of this group. I've always liked the Ventures and similar electric guitar bands of the era. I notice Wikipedia doesn't have any chart info for the USA. Were they a thing here in America?

[@dennisthayer9749]

Love a wild guitar!

[@danieldecastro8275]

Spine tingling, powerful and full of awe

[@paulbingham5621]

it brought back memories , was it really 1962! when i bought it , i think it was on the Oriel label

[@alanmatthew5713]

This is really COOL! I never heard of these dudes before.

[@Neawoulf]

Old but gold!

[@harristurner6836]

Finally a list that don't deceive you with its title. Pretty awesome list

[@roberthudgins7035]

Used in the movie our man flint .

[@johnnyintrieri]

Kool Movie! Saw it at a drive-in. SONGS A BLAST!

[@giggling_boatswain]

The video features music from the song "Polushko-Pole" - a Soviet song, which, due to its wide popularity, is considered a folk song in the mass consciousness. In fact, the song has its authors: the music was written in 1933 by composer Lev Knipper, the author of the words is poet Viktor Gusev. The melody of the song became the main theme of the first part (Andante maestoso. Allegro) of Lev Knipper's 4th symphony "Poem about a Komsomol soldier", completed in 1934. The song is also performed by the USSR Alexandrov Ensemble (1965) - is available online with English comments.

[@syndicateofsurf1367]

And the Space Cossocks version is called 'Cossock Rocket Patrol'. Tough to pick a fave- I guess the Spotnicks win cause A. it's from 1962 B. They've held together through the fall of the Soviet Unioin and C. AWESOME SPACESUITS!!!

[@whosoever9198]

"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."

[@korystuvach-rr4xu3qz9x]

The beatles walked under the table. Thanks for the memories.

[@tubelectron1667]

The Spotnicks ! A remarkable 60s Surf / Rock'n'Roll band...

[@billtomson5791]

Priceless. Could they have inspired Devo?

[@danityvanityinsanity]

How did this great 1980’s Band teleport to the early 60’s?!😮

[@Mensa989]

Björn Thelin. (27 juni, 1942 - January 24, 2017), The Spotnicks.

[@torreland782]

Margeir Ólafsson it went to fast :( R.I.P spotnicks baseman

[@stevehughes1510]

I remember this tune being played on our radio stations here in NZ.........ooh err, I'm old.

[@Johnnralph]

Rip : Björn Thelin (27 June 1942 -- 4 January 2017) Original founding member and bass guitarist

[@gerardusch]

RIP Bo Winberg (1939-2020), Lead Guitarist

[@davewilliams874]

"Meadowlands" always a sure-fire winner for me!

[@vancepomerening4794]

Performed by Jefferson Airplane on Volunteers.

[@papydan59]

apres 9 ans je suis encore la pour laisser un bravo a ce groupe que je reve de voir !!!!!!!!!!

[@VERMALA]

: Mon groupe instrumental préféré avec celui des shadows

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

Forget the guitar work! Look at the dancing! The DANCING, man! The DANCING!!!!

[@BrianRichardson-vy6ol]

😂😂😂

[@__teles__]

The HELMETS