The Tornados - Telstar

[@ianhibbert2881]

Great production from Joe Meek, absolute genius.

[@70tezskin]

This is probably the Geatest Instrumental ever recorded in the History of music . Groundbreaking music from a bygone era.. Seems like yesterday. Truly .Incredible. Yesterday I was 16 . Today I am 70 ..

[@RichardLopez-fr7xh]

Bring back precious memories for me when I was a teenager 1963😢

[@paullittle5200]

They would always play this at the local football stadium with my two uncles.....memorable 😊

[@mabeldurocher2258]

When I was 15 years old this was a very popular tune .. especially at thr roller skating rink .. Friday was very special to me …almost 60 years ago !! And this is still a great tune !!!

[@mstonebr54]

Where has the time gone?

[@benswithen236]

It seems like it'd be great to skate to.

[@SteveMeiers]

This was played at every roller rink I ever visited, too. Obligatory! We were roller-akating into orbit. It WAS the dawn of the space age. Humans were taking their first rocket rides into the cosmos. That feeling is long gone. The Kennedy years, going to the moon. Surfing. Surf guitar. Hell, even country music wanted into the moxy and adopted it, too. From Bonanza to 007, everybody gone space surfing! Never again, sadly. There are no world class leaders any more. It was the Kennedy moxy that had us all going. It was a happy place, a better world coming.

[@jaimehudson7623]

Yes, it was played at the roller-rink I went to during high school in So. Cal.

[@TimothyWiley-r2b]

Great song, it makes you want to listen, I'm going on 70 , geeze it is 60 years....

[@spotsdetrainsidf1270]

Ça fait Mal 😵 Une super époque, notre adolescence 👍🤗

[@EdBenji]

This never gets old!

[@raymondziminski8568]

I WAS YOUNG THEN BUT I AM OLD NOW.

[@Barry65_UK]

Your not alone

[@adyg5402]

Yes, and we had the BEST music ever!

[@martinwyatt6390]

Raymond, dont talk rubbish ur still young and still with us

[@70tezskin]

Yesterday I was 16.. Today I am 70....

[@Thunder_6278]

Came out the year I was born, such an optimistic song. The future was bright. What the hell happened.

[@saxman1969]

Communism wasn't stopped, and we got infiltrated just as JFK warned us about (oh yeah, and McCarthy too LOL)

[@SuperDino2222]

I passionately love this piece, after all these years it’s still a futuristic sound, how I miss those days

[@jglee6721]

Maybe it's the sound of Clavioline.

[@chriskinkead9045]

Still enjoying this wonderful music. Am near my 80s. .never tire of our beautiful music from younger years. Its. Oct. 24. So grateful to them.

[@darxcyber]

This was my nans favourite song. She recently passed away and we played this at her funeral. Growing up she would play this on her stereo and tell us about her younger days and how she loved to dance. RIP Nan, I’ll keep playing this in your memory

[@jaimehudson7623]

She's dancing up in Heaven to this song.

[@khaosmilenko]

This was my grandads favourite, and it also played at his funeral. I’m sure he and your nan are listening to this together now

[@picachu4386]

It's my go to song 🎵 when I am down and it's uplifting

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

The so called ''British Invasion'' really started in 1962 with ''Telstar'' and ''Stranger on the shore''

[@ArminsLichtblicke]

I was born in these day. This is a timeless tune ❤

[@Geordievinylrecords]

Never ages, ans somewhat sad about how life is now compared to those simpler happier times.

[@MegaOccasions]

i can listen to this tune endlessly brings back so many memories of my childhood. thankyou

[@Thomas828]

It all looked and sounded so futuristic at the time, and it still does!

[@meropale]

Beautiful song. Very haunting.

[@fordsrestorations970]

A STRAIGHT MASTERPEICE , people do you understand what you're watching in that video ? This song and about 3 others was the initial infancy the early Atomic modernism movement of Design Technology Aerospace and music Industrial arts !!! Look at all the bands that came from this one song ☝

[@SasankaChandra]

Get a grip

[@SasankaChandra]

Get a grip

[@stephenfernald2490]

Agreed. Would love a recommendation for some books on this topic

[@RobertWilliams-kw5dl]

Probably inspired me to become a rocket scientist

[@fordsrestorations970]

I think there's probably maybe a thousand books on this topic. You can start with art deco, modern Deco,and industrial art deco , Atomic art deco, 50s and 60s design also the X-15 and don't forget all the legendary famous Dragster racers. Telstar was the beginning of innovation and Communications around the world and the possible Communications with other planets

[@TiborSzilagyi-e8f]

My brother died when this music was playing on the radio. October 15, 1984.16 .55,in heart attack.He was 19 year old.😢

[@EdgyShooter]

Bloody hell, I'm so sorry, but you keeping him in your memory all this time is what keeps someone truly around

[@jungletiger1900]

So sorry.

[@dagnabbit6187]

Sounded futuristic back then and it still does !

[@frankblues9214]

thats cause our future is fu*t

[@stevielease7952]

The song is too short. I wish it was longer. Add a couple more verses.

[@Ruczewski]

This sound gave way to what became electronic music in the 90s.This band were the pioneers of future music.

[@markbeames7852]

yeah, no electronic music in the 70's. Like Tangerine Dream, or Kraftwerk....gtfo

[@thomashernandez8700]

I Feel Love by Donna Summer in 1977. Most pop music of the 80s had synths.

[@tonystephen6312]

This song sounds like Bolero rhythm. Early dance.

[@naradaian]

Its really the producer who was responsible - Joe Meek - a sadly troubled guy who died in a gruesome scenario that probably wouldnt have happened a decade later. He was under appreciated, gay and lonely and bust but a real talented sound electronic engineer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meek

[@SteveMeiers]

No Telstar, no Daft Punk.

[@pamelliott9475]

Love this brings back some lovely memories

[@silkEluv]

When this song came out, I think I was about five or six years old the first time I heard it. I remember hearing it at the National City Swap Meet my mom took us to near San Diego. It was blaring over the loudspeakers. It is etched in my brain and I'll never forget it. Brings back fond memories and makes me a bit teary-eyed to think of how simple life was back then :(

[@sandmboy1]

Today, when its possible to send a message from London to Sydney in a second, its difficult to imagine what a pioneer the Telstar satellite was. But its great that it got this magnificent tune to memorialise it. a happy, upbeat and technological tune. It was the first song by a British group to reach number 1 in the US. AND WAS NUMBER 1 IN BRITAIN FOR AMONTH AND SOLD 5 MILLION COPIES. Telstar the satellite, enabled the first transatlantic showing of TV pictures and transatlantic telephone calls. Telstar still orbits the Earth although its long been disused

[@ShugenjaTV]

Telstar is the best football club in the world and this is their theme song. Every match it's being played in the stadium. So if you like this song you must come to see Telstar the Dutch football club! White lions forever forward lets goooooo!

[@QuiddDude]

My dream is to visit the Netherlands one day, I'll definitely go see them play since Telstar is one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@fitness338]

My Dad grew up in the '50s. Introduced this to me as a kid in the '70s.

[@TonKonincks]

After all these years this recording is still magnificent, thank you

[@axiomist4488]

Beautiful ! The bass is great.

[@elcerlyc]

So is the bass player , 👀

[@ArmyJames]

@@elcerlycI couldn’t tell if he was playing the bass, or having sex with it.

[@AndrewBooth-q8j]

This is my all time favourite instrumental. It says it all.

[@gabrielezambruno1049]

MERAVIGLIA!!! MI HA RIPORTATO INDIETRO DI SESSANT'ANNI!!! LA MIA GIOVENTÙ!!! GRAZIE!!!

[@notaparkingwarden]

Still stands up as a fantastic piece of music.

[@Jammies944]

They look like they’re all dressed for the office. How time has changed!!!

[@manchild3479]

better

[@manchild3479]

better than the scruffs we have today,at the so called music festival's

[@Jammies944]

@@manchild3479 🙌

[@markbeames7852]

@@manchild3479 get over it Boomer

[@manchild3479]

@@markbeames7852 my dear friend.I never will.....

[@juerv1]

Incredible space age masterpiece!

[@florencehodges-moore2909]

Saw them live when my dad run the club’s fantastic seams like yesterday ❤

[@215Gallagher]

My first single, a present Christmas 1962 when I was three.

[@stoobydootoo4098]

That was a past Xmas!

[@josefadario6593]

Beautiful ! When we, Westerners had so much Faith in our Religion ( still there ! ) in our future, technology, institutions..

[@markbeames7852]

faith? Religion? they have nothing to do with science and technology. Otherwise the West would be no better off than the camel jockey in the sandbox.

[@Fercough]

What the cluck does have religion have to do with it? There's no 'western' religion thankfully. Repeat after me. There is no god. There is no god.

[@jackthebassman1]

I’m 77 and after being indoctrinated into believing there was a magic man in sky who saw everything we did, I took bible classes and saw through the rubbish when I was about 23 - I’ve lived my life happily, never regretting seeing through the fantasy.

[@Vaclav-n4x]

А какая у вас религия на западе? Шелестящий доллар?

[@NigelJackson]

​@@jackthebassman1 Where there is no spiritual vision the people perish...behold the materialistic ruins of the West for the proof.

[@renateotto-ruf6444]

Dankeschön,ich könnte euch ständig hören meine lieben Tellstars❤😂🎉😊

[@elizabethdavie7874]

Bought this on release in the UK. Still have the original 45, at 79, my favourite instrumental record of all.

[@patriciajones4732]

Saw Heinz Live At The Gaumont Doncaster, he came on in a red military jacket trimmed with gold, he is absolutely stunning, Fabulouse night, was my Daddy’s work’s party.💯😜😜😜❤️🐈‍⬛💪🏿🙏🙏🙏

[@Juanmolina-o7t]

Nosotros grupo de jóvenes con pocos instrumentos como técnicos la teníamos al enpezar actuación y la teníamos de 4 minutos Dan gana de llorar la gente escuchando con educación y bailando gracias gracias desde Valencia

[@philatelian]

I don't mind the poor picture quality or sound quality at all. Thank you for uploading the atmosphere of the passionate performance back then!!

[@PeterKelly-gg9mx]

Wasn't born in 63 when this was popular but what a tune liked it ever since

[@ellysee-t1o]

Wow...loved this sound...when we all thought we had a future....UK riding high in everything...probably rose tinted glasses but there was hope in the air back then. How times have changed! Nice to see 'sting' at his first gig!!!😂😂😂

[@stoobydootoo4098]

The Police were after him at that time!

[@josefadario6593]

My childhood days in Angola ! 😢 ❤

[@elcerlyc]

My birth year .

[@kiloechocharlie1342]

Oh yeah, me too...pffft

[@GeraldParchester]

This was the first organ I ever heard. At 7 years of age. An incredible sound. I now play on my own gear today...

[@michalsliwinski6627]

Nikt nie gra lepiej tego utworu .

[@stevedaszko1649]

Such a great tune, I never tire of hearing this.

[@ShroomKeppie]

Fun fact: Tornado guitarist George Bellamy was Muse front man and guitarist Matt Bellamy's father.

[@thevelvetskyandstars]

George Bellamy the rhythm guitarist is the father of Matt Bellamy, Muse lead singer.

[@MrSirMang]

You can definitely tell how much this song influenced Matt on Knights of Cydonia.

[@sharonb8652]

Great memories of my Mom, she loved this song!

[@abuelita-lucy]

Gracias ayer pedi esta cancion pues a mis queridos nhermanos nos gustaba lindo recuerdo👍☺️💕

[@florencehodges-moore2909]

See them live at my dads club he looked after amazing ❤

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

This song always makes me feel sad. Like an old Scandinavian folk song.

[@heikoendter9099]

Absolut musikalisches Kunstwerk bzw Kulturgut der Instrumental Musik!!!👍👍👍

[@billhaleyrock2471]

Aber ganz sicher.

[@heikoendter9099]

@@billhaleyrock2471 👍🙋‍♂️

[@martinerlach5184]

Ja , Heiko - Sie ( Du ) hast vollkommen recht , und das absolut 👍 😂😅 ! Meine Güte , lange lange her - wie die Zeit vergeht - grausam ! LG Martin

[@GildardoZBpechocho]

Una canción que llegó al 1er lugar en ambos lados del Atlantico

[@ReidGraves]

Perfect music!!!!

[@SasankaChandra]

Gives Me CHiLLS Every TiME !!!

[@Daindrais]

This music always makes me feel like I'm eight years old again. It was written at the time of the first Telstar sateliite "launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed. Telstar 2 was launched May 7, 1963. Telstar 1 and 2-though no longer functional-still orbit the Earth." (source Wikipedia)

[@terryodams2244]

I Remember when I was 16 in 1977 First time I heard this Classic.

[@alanwilkinson9487]

Lovely album.. Got this when it first came out.. After that became a carpenter fan... Still am.... What memories..

[@georgenieuwoudt9644]

epic song!!!!!

[@philipkay8116]

Not a song. A tune.

[@freddumee]

​@@philipkay8116 You can hear background vocals.

[@dusty74]

@@philipkay8116 "Erm, ACTUALLY the definition of a song is a set words meant to be sung whilst set music *snort*"

[@JeffBorkland]

This is the first record I ever bought. I was 7.

[@billhaleyrock2471]

Das ist noch Musik.

[@renateotto-ruf6444]

Phantastisch bin hin und weg❤❤❤❤😂🎉🎉🎉😊😊

[@masahitotsuji1975]

今どきのワケわからない音楽よりこういう曲の方がストレスを感じずに聴けますね❤

[@tamsime1629]

This was my time and these flickering images do not do it justice. Give me a time machine and I would go back in a trice.

[@autowerkstatt1aautoservice471]

Ich hab das Lied im Bauch meiner Mutter gehört und habe bis heite Erinnerungen im Kopf.

[@Ray-t5l]

I had this 45. ❤️

[@chonga6442]

Wow...who puts the bass player in the front?? True innovators!! And is that a young Tro Lo guy singing backup? Mind blowing!

[@Blahbevava]

Miss my WW2 generation... Grandparents...makes me cry

[@WaferBrik]

My 45 of this got such a thrashing over the years but it sounded great each and every time.

[@NicolasbassonThiart]

Wow absolute wow I heard this year's ago and that was called classic country It so beautifull thank you.

[@КонстантинПопов-щ5н]

Очень приятно было видеть это супер просто прекрасно супер 🎉Константин

[@berndissleib6257]

Die Jungs haben doch tatsächlich noch mit den Instrumenten in der Hand Musik gemacht. Und ich habe das Werk in den 1970ern als Nebenbei-DJ zu meiner Erkennungsmelodie erkoren. Das waren noch Zeiten.

[@paulcarter4429]

learn German

[@manchild3479]

The late joe meek,was a genius,even if it was borrowed...........................

[@Jammies944]

🤨

[@tonystephen6312]

The theme sounds Asian folk but could be Russian.

[@jaimehudson7623]

Real Music played by the Band: no digital fill-ins or Auto Tune. Simply the Best of Times!

[@DaveAndBeth1978]

Lots of enhancements and analogue fill-ins, though... The wheel never stops turning

[@КонстантинПопов-щ5н]

Очень хорошо и приятно видеть 🎉леопольд

[@cruelty6368]

I love this video, no relationship between the song and what the bass player & keyboard player are doing; the drummer appears, disappears, reappears, never with drums, light flashing on and off as an "effect", and especially, the giant sperm rocket taking off at the beginning.

[@tonystephen6312]

Eh what😄

[@56cadd]

Yea..wtf ?

[@stoobydootoo4098]

Interesting 'song'. Has no melody, or lyrics!😀

[@WalterHenriquez-o3s]

As a little boy i was so fascinated by my aunty.and uncles.1960s looks. It meant.the world.me .regards member from nayib bukele.nation.2024

[@HenryLarsson-k2d]

❤Fantastisk musik..Hallo from Sweden ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂❤❤❤❤

[@skitkorvboogie]

Lyssna på The Spotnicks, tidigt Svenskt surfband.

[@renateotto-ruf6444]

Dankeschön wie wundervoll ihr seit Spitze! 🎉🙏❤️✨️🎸🎸💋

[@taffyjones281]

The first record I went out and bought ( from Unsworths record shop!!)

[@sandramowery6727]

SO EXCELLENT, SO EXCELLENT, SO VERY EXCELLENT !!!🛸

[@karenstoddard8278]

Love this so much! Remember this on the radio when I was a child. AM radio was everything ✌🏼Is that 1 guy in the back @1:37 just there to enjoy the music? 🤭

[@axiomist4488]

That's the guitarist's father. Lol !

[@tomskell9622]

Moral support

[@littlebritain64]

The countdown in the beginning of the song!

[@KanedaJones]

Debra Harry liked oldies as evident by some of the songs the band Blondie did covers of. I hear a few chunks of this song in their song "Dreaming". go listen to both back to back!

[@drstevie]

Immense :)

[@bennieboi3802]

optimism from the birth of electronic music

[@icbru50]

Perfect

[@beatakamecker5871]

I like it very much for ever

[@camousjoel1661]

j'ai connu en direct (j'avais presque 13ans) cette musique pour enfants qui passait beaucoup à la radio à Paris...

[@theseustoo]

J'ai entendu ce musique pour le premier fois quand j'avais moins de six ans quand mon pere a l'achete... Maintenant j'ai soixante-neuf ans et je l'aime bien toujours! Especiallement j'aime jouer avec, sur mon guitar... c'est chouette! Bonjour d'Australie du Sud! 😊

[@gabrielezambruno1049]

Moi aussi! Même âge, même souvenir ...et chagrain!

[@КонстантинПопов-щ5н]

Как прекрасно быть добрым утром ❤🎉леопольд

[@regd.2263]

Reportedly recorded in the bathroom of a flat over a shop in Holloway Road Upper Holloway London N19.

[@lesley8568]

Very true if you get the chance watch telstar the joe meek story great film

[@regd.2263]

Thank you yes I will it'll bring back memories I used live about a mile from that address in the 1960's ​@@lesley8568

[@davidstemmler1836]

When technology was getting ready to bust out.

[@Ralphieboy]

Space-Age optimism! We will be living in 300-storey high rises with flying cars and working a four-hour week by 1990!!!

[@PeterChoyce]

u have made an incredible work of art

[@CecilTreadwell]

I don't know what show this is on, but I chuckle at how career musicians are quitely looking on from behind.

[@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp]

Always reminds me of my "Pop" he'd play this on our floor model record player.

[@Pekka-z4c]

Wow ❤❤

[@КонстантинПопов-щ5н]

Это отлично и хорошо 🎉❤Константин