|
|
Joined: August 2003 Posts: 396
| Someone will know this one. There was an instrumental tune from the 60's named after a satellite. What was it called? |
|
|
|
Joined: January 2005 Posts: 4903
Location: Phoenix AZ | "Telstar" by the Ventures. |
|
|
|
Joined: July 2005 Posts: 150
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Telstar, by the Tornados maybe? |
|
|
|
Joined: August 2003 Posts: 396
| Thanks, just went to amazon with telstar and both groups played it. Well done. |
|
|
|
Joined: January 2005 Posts: 4903
Location: Phoenix AZ | Well, yeah ... but I got it first! Sir Edmond Hillery? Roger Bannister? Neil Armstrong? Bertrand Piccard? Nobody cares who was second.
Dave |
|
|
|
Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5328
Location: Cicero, NY | And apparently the coffee was just a little strong this morning! :D |
|
|
|
Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Well, yeah ... but I got it first! Sir Edmond Hillery? Roger Bannister? Neil Armstrong? Bertrand Piccard? Nobody cares who was second.
Dave You won by 2 minutes.
I always liked The Ventures.
:cool: |
|
|
|
Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | I played that 45 to death back in the day.
Daaaaa da da.....da da da da da da
Da da da da da da..... da daaaaaaa!!! |
|
|
|
Joined: July 2005 Posts: 150
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Anybody check out the author of the tune? |
|
|
|
Joined: January 2005 Posts: 4903
Location: Phoenix AZ | ARRRRGH! Mere technicality. You still lost. Actually I did not remember the tormados, so I learned something in the process. Dave |
|
|
|
Joined: November 2004 Posts: 4413
| The Tornados were the originals I think - wasn't the tune written by Joe Meek? They're all English if you hadn't guessed :p |
|
|
|
Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5328
Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by schroeder:
The Tornados were the originals I think - wasn't the tune written by Joe Meek? Yep. |
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Only heard the Ventures version. After reading the blurb above I see why they didn't tour the states. |
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Oh never mind, I just reread the thing and saw that Meeks was only the producer. |
|
|
|
Joined: November 2004 Posts: 4413
| He was the English Phil Spector. Right to the end...... |
|
|
|
Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5328
Location: Cicero, NY | Did he have a penchant for younger blondes and shooting up his own studios too? |
|
|
|
Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | ". . He was the English Phil Spector . ."
Really???
How many Beatle albums did HE f@ck up?? |
|
|
|
Joined: November 2004 Posts: 4413
| None - he thought they were just another bunch of "Copycats" with nothing to interest him. So he turned them down.
The Phil Spector analogy was that he thought he was the star of everything he did, was a total headcase and ended up shooting a woman. Unlike phil he was as queer as a 4 speed walking stick, but otherwise the similarities are numerous. |
|
|
|
Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by schroeder:
he was as queer as a 4 speed walking stick... You Brits have a unique way of putting things.
|
|
|
|
Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | I always heard that walking sticks only had two speeds? |
|
|
|
Joined: September 2006 Posts: 713
Location: Alberta, Canada | You need the Shimano derailer to get the 4 speed. |
|
|
|
Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | Ah yes, is that the mountain version or the street version? |
|
|
|
Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | The street version uses Campagnolo's . . . |
|
|
|
Joined: September 2006 Posts: 713
Location: Alberta, Canada | Yup, cliff nailed it! You couldn't give me one of those, but any of the new mountain versions...ooooh yaaaa, when you shift into high gear it's to die for! (Proviso - with good rubber, of course) |
|
|