Telstar (1962)

[Art_from_Ark]

One of my first musical memories. It still gives me a good feeling, after all these years.

[sarge43]

1. The Anthem of the Space Age n/t

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[Art_from_Ark]

7. Ah, the '60s Space Age

[trueblue2007]

2. I LOVED THAT SONG!!!! thanks for posting it.

I was in the 8th grade. our grade school rally girls did a dance routine to this song. one of my first memories of "rock and roll"

[Art_from_Ark]

10. I was a little kid

marveling at that thing they called a radio

[IcyPeas]

3. tidbit of trivia

The rhythm guitarist on this track was George Bellamy of The Tornados, who is the father of Muse lead singer Matthew Bellamy.

this Muse song uses the same rhythm according to Matt Bellamy

[Art_from_Ark]

11. Was he also with the Bellamy Brothers?

[hifiguy]

20. The Seventies flashback I got from that is so hard and strong

I am going to be living in it all weekend.

Thanks!

[Iggo]

4. I love all that space cowboy stuff.

[Special Prosciuto]

5. Good stuff.

Reminds me of water rockets, tailfins, and pasta.

[kentauros]

6. I like this theremin version

Seksu Roba - Telstar (mp3)

[Joe Shlabotnik]

8. As a guitarist, and an afficianado of all things space age..

this is the shit.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. As a kid, I had one of these on my bedroom wall

[ashling]

13. OMG. Yes!

I had that one, too.

The memories are streaming now! I was just watching Love It or List It - they had to upgrade a classic 1960s House,

Now this!

I remember listening to Telstar sitting in my aunt's kitchen in San Antonio. We lived in Houston - Space City USA!

[Art_from_Ark]

15. I think I got my map as part of a Scholastic book promotion

"Buy 'The Search for Planet X'-- Get a free map of the solar system"

Good times.

[Boomerproud]

12. One of my all-time faves.

Just gives you the feeling of power and moving forward with no boundaries. Total positivity.

[ashling]

14. Good description - I like that

total positivity.

[auntAgonist]

16. They used to play this in the movie Theatre before the movie started (in Scotland)

Brings back loads of memories.

thanks.

aA

[Bucky]

17. Plagiarism claim (from Wikipedia article)

Plagiarism claim
A French composer, Jean Ledrut, accused Joe Meek of plagiarism, claiming that the tune of "Telstar" had been copied from "La Marche d'Austerlitz", a piece from a score that Ledrut had written for the 1960 film Austerlitz. This led to a lawsuit that prevented Meek from receiving royalties from the record during his lifetime, and the issue was not resolved in Meek's favour until three weeks after his suicide in 1967.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_(song)

[SwissTony]

18. From the Meek Wiki page...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meek

"French composer Jean Ledrut falsely accused Meek of plagiarism, claiming that the tune of "Telstar" had been copied from "La Marche d'Austerlitz", a piece from a score Ledrut had written for the 1960 film Austerlitz, and which had little similarity to "Telstar". This lawsuit meant Meek never received royalties from the record during his lifetime."

"The lawsuit against Meek was ruled in his favour three weeks after his death in 1967. It is unlikely that Meek was aware of Austerlitz, as it had been released only in France at the time."

Can't really see/hear much resemblance.

[hifiguy]

19. Michael O'Donoghue swiped this for the opening theme of

"Mr Mike's Mondo Video." Naturally, being O'Donoghue, he wrote some very strange lyrics for it.

[Tom Kitten]

21. A classic!

My sister wanted this song played at her wedding!

I used to have the original album, I wish I still had it...

There's actually a video of the Tornadoes performing this!