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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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 😊
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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!
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…
@@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.
@@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….
@@Shukhervovaи че ты гонишь. Эту группу никто из нормалтных пацанов не слушал. А эту песню они содрали у русских - полюшко поле, полюшко зелено, поле....
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.
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.
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.
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?
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-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....
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 😢😢❤
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.
This is just surf rock, which was pretty popular at the time. I guess the costumes may have some connection to Devo, but I don't really hear any musical influence in DEVO from this.
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.
![The Spotnicks - Telstar [SWE] 1962](/img/n.gif)
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.
The Waterboys also used the tune for Red Army Blues .
Ah, hence the Hagstrom geetar.
The Spotniks, Ventures, Shadows, Surfaris, Heinz & the Tornados etc were my introduction to music in the early 60s.
Remember Dick Dale and the Deltones? The first surfing sounds.
What about the Atlantics with the quintessential surf tune Bombora.
They were an Australian group comprising of solely Greek immigrants.
@@bruceb5481 Dick Dale 4EVER 🤘
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...
I was about to say it sounds like something Joe Meek would have done, but you already picked up on it.👍
"Are we not ASTRONAUTS? WE ARE SPOTNICKS!"
Devo !!!
Best of the heap. Bullseye.
Check out "Man or Astro man" incredible band
@@renegaleazzi3526 either it's Ohio's finest or Daft Punk's granddads.
@@renegaleazzi3526!!!!! We r Devo!!!!!!
Whoa ! DEVO of the sixties. Wild.
Devorbit
We are all DEVO!
Early sixties - this is before just about everything - including theWah wah pedal
That was my first thought.too
Proto-DEVO
Out of this world twang , reverb and shoe box echo !!
Masters of the Universe. Rock On !!
I saw em in Rhodesia in 65, they were great
That must have been a treat!!!
Nobleks
RIP Rhodesia.
I saw them in East Berlin in 1963.
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.
Ouah! J'écoutais ce groupe sur le vieux phono de mes parents je devais avoir 5 ou 6 ans😢
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.
Wow ! Dick Dale and the del tones meet Devo !!!!
Crazy
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.
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 😊
Спасибо за хороший кавер на "Полюшко-поле"!
Путін Хуйло
Девушки плачут , девушкам сегодня грустно.....
Бестолоч это до полюшки поле было сочинено..
@@ardanbaid8931это ты бестолочь. Песня написана в 1933 году. Полюшко-поле.
@@ardanbaid8931 учи матчасть, студент.
Devo influencers, for sure. Growing up a Devo fan this is great to learn, thanks!
All the hits had unsung influence before . . all
@@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.
Dont forget the shadows
I have never heard, or heard of this band before, but I bet guys for Devo must have. Thanks for posting this gem!!!
Out of this world, Daddy-O
Finger snaps .
Lol ✊🤣👍right on!
@@paulkielty3800🫰😂👍lol
I have a smelly Pniss
COOL BEANS!
I can't seem to get over all the hot licks these guy's play !!!!
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
From Akron Ohio -but how would Mothersbaugh have known of these dudes prior to soc. media?
@@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.
@@101Volts :
So true
they paved the way for kraftwerk and then kraftwerk paved the way for devo
20 years in the future? More like 1000!
The soft helmets and reverb we ALL want....
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.
Right on!
Don't forget the Coneheads ❤
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.
Space oddity? Worse of DB.
@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe This Is Synthetic Instrumental Music, A Different Genre.
I've got the original 7" single and have been listening to it for years...... Excellent.
Those magical guitar sounds …!
Полюшко-Поле песня.
They were trying to hit the right sequence of notes to open the spudnick
Đã gần 40 năm mới lại nghe âm thanh sôi động và náo nhiệt bằng hoằ tấu guitars bài the rocketman !
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!
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…
@@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.
@@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….
Хули не узнать если это "Полюшко, поле"...
@@Shukhervovaи че ты гонишь. Эту группу никто из нормалтных пацанов не слушал. А эту песню они содрали у русских - полюшко поле, полюшко зелено, поле....
This is absolutely marvelous!
I'm mighty impressed, nice video quality and sound, thank you 😊🤜🤛🤜🤛
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.
You know it's genuine 60s when the camera operator shows the bass during a guitar solo.
Amazing! I have never heard of these guys before. Way ahead of their time.
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.
Look into The Sonics, a Tacoma WA band that invented punk rock in 1964-65. "The Witch," "Have Love Will Travel," etc.
You've lived before, not you as you are now but your soul. If you don't believe it's OK.
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.
60 years old but still very popular! Wonderful band, atomic music! It was a great revelation in those days.
For some reason I kept hearing "going way out way out that's where the fun is' while watching this.
The Way-Outs 🎶
Excellent!
Looks like early DEVO!
You nailed it!
DEVO looks like late Spotnicks
That's the first thing I thought too. OK, well second after the title, having been stolen from Billy Joel. ;)
So this is what DEVO devolved from....
more like zolar x.
super tune, the Spotnicks at their most greatest.
love the production - glittering guitars!
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?
I volunteer to go back in time
Me too, when future times looked optimistic, well said sir!
My elder brother had an LP of them..
Probably a tribute to the very first man in space🚀 Youri Gagarin from Russia in April 1961!!
Yes and also to the Sputnik 1 satellite, the first ever satellite in space.
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!
Интересно, те кто слушает эту музыку в настоящее время, знают, что это песня советского композитора, написанная в 1933 году?
@@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....
Так кто у кого спёр?
@@Веталик-ц6л они сперли!
🤮🤮🤮
"Polyushko-Pole" music was created in 1933 in the USSR. Other versions - a myth)
Video is truly fantastic))))))merci
Во время голода и коллективизации, издёвка будто
@@СаняКошкин-п4ъ издёвка - это дебилы, которые до сих пор верят в сказочный "голодомор" со 100500 миллионами спициально заморенных 😃
Very *Man Or Astroman* long before that band! Groovy!
It’s the synchronised playing/stepping that does it for me.
Like the Shadows!
This is wild, very Ventures sounding. Good stuff.
what à FANTASTIC sound!!!! i'ts magic ****************!!!!!!!!!!!
amazing historical space race period music video production.. thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!
WUNDERBAR.....💎
Ein einmalig grossartiger Song !! 🎵🎸
Wow, just like my first drum set in '67......way cool
Я ждала, когда они запоют! Но то, что они сделали - это круто!!))
What a trip to watch this ultra-retro sci-fi video! Music is good, too!
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 😢😢❤
Never heard of the guys... but they ARE pretty cool. Lots of reverb in this tune.
Super Group! love them
Surf rock weirdness at its bizzare best. 👌 👍 😊 ❤
If they had done this exact same act in 1980, I for one would've been agog with excitement and wonder.
loved the Spotnicks great original guitar sounds there albums always had many different styles on them.
Used in the movie our man flint .
Kool Movie! Saw it at a drive-in. SONGS A BLAST!
Old but gold!
Love that sound! 🎉
A classic Spotnicks instro. Unique sound . One of my all time favourite instros
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
I had no idea DEVO were around back then.
New one on me, 1962, Far out !!!
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.
The Spotnicks in London was the first album I ever bought.
i am sensing some early inspiration for Devo
I shook the hand that played that big twang guitar.
This was discovered in a cave in the south of France.
True pioneers of performance art in rock music.
Wearing costumes does not make something performance art, even if it's awesome like this.
@melodiefrances3898 you don't know what you're talking about
Björn Thelin. (27 juni, 1942 - January 24, 2017), The Spotnicks.
Margeir Ólafsson it went to fast :( R.I.P spotnicks baseman
Arguably the birth of the "hippy-hippy shake" here!!
Such a futuristic music.
Groovy baby. Like outta sight.
Great guitar playing 🎸
Love a wild guitar!
Just acquired the spotniks over London vinyl lp first press brilliant.
J'adore ce groupe ça me rajeuni.😆🤗
I would be surprised if Joe Meek didn't produce this. Thanks for putting this up.
DEVO's Parents.
This is just surf rock, which was pretty popular at the time. I guess the costumes may have some connection to Devo, but I don't really hear any musical influence in DEVO from this.
Super ça change du bruit de musique actuel
Priceless. Could they have inspired Devo?
Omg what's this but absolutely classic 😁
I won't argue that point. I followed DEVO from the very start (in Akron, OH).
The drums are like rockets
& you were wondering where DEVO came from? 🙃
Love it! More, please!!
Not too shabby! Never heard of this, 16 when it was released.
I was born because it was released!
Wow, a surf rock video directed by Ed Wood?
J'avais 9 ans à set époque 👍👌💓
excellent ✌
Michel !
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.
Awesome.
Proto devo !! Absolutely
OMG !
The DEVO of the 60s ! It looks like DEVO might have “borrowed”some of their moves from these guys.
GROOOOVY! =)
Rip : Björn Thelin (27 June 1942 -- 4 January 2017) Original founding member and bass guitarist
RIP Bo Winberg (1939-2020), Lead Guitarist
apres 9 ans je suis encore la pour laisser un bravo a ce groupe que je reve de voir !!!!!!!!!!
: Mon groupe instrumental préféré avec celui des shadows
Полюшко поле, полюшко широко поле...
I can now see where Devo got some of their inspiration!!!
The beatles walked under the table.
Thanks for the memories.
Groovy..........
Is it Man...Or Astroman?
+Ian B
"Are we not men? We are Devo!"
100% they were inspired by this!