Start a Conversation

Talk is a public forum where you can ask questions and share your commentary with fellow Mad Men fans.

The music at the end of Episode Ten

Is it Telstar?

Comments

user-pic

Yes, the music was Telstar by "The Ventures"

user-pic

It is Telstar. Here's some more info on the song:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_(song)

So space age-y. You kind of expect a voice-over from John Glenn at the end of it.

user-pic

I thought it was "While We're Young" by Duane Eddy!

user-pic

Good ear, that was Telstar.

user-pic

I loved that song back then. Someone on the open thread said it sounded too futuristic for the 60's.

user-pic

Actually, Telstar was orginially done by The Tornados, a British band. It was later covered by many different bands, including The Ventures. Very trippy song indeed. I thought it was the perfect soundtrack for Pete and Don's trip to L.A. considering the nature of the convention they will be attending.

user-pic

The Ventures were very cool and Telestar conjured up images of first (or one of the first) communication satellites in earth orbit. I suppose it was launched by rocket and carried television signals around 1963. Because They're Young is Duane Eddy's twangin' cool geetar - not the same song at all but similar early electric axe playing.

user-pic

Funny, after watching this episode I knew there would be a mention of this song. I think it's one of those songs that everyone knows but just can't remember the name. It's very catchy and really captured the whole feeling of the 60's fascination with the space age.

user-pic

Alot of the chords and instruments used in Telestar were also reminiscent of some of the TV Themes from 'space themed' shows on at the time.....Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet (much earlier of course) and others.

user-pic

Actually it's "Telstar" by the Tornados.... The organist was Denis Petrocelli (I was in basic training with him)

default userpic

What is the end music for the final episode season 3?

user-pic

Our main products are consumer electronics, gifts and souvenirs, health care products, beauty products, Lunch Box automobile parts, household items, plastic products, metal products, kitchen supplies, stationery, sports goods, toys, watches, leather products, etc. Lighter Parts

user-pic

Top China Wholesaler-Buy Wholesale Promotional Gifts Promotional Products from China.

default userpic

The most striking use of pop music in this season of Mad Men appears at the beginning of episode eight, “The Summer Man”. Opening with a montage of Don Draper after he has begun to reclaim his life we hear The Rolling Stones 1965 summer release, “(I can’t get no) Satisfaction”. Arguably their signature song of the 1960s, the Stones’ three minutes and forty four seconds of audible discontent is layered onto a somewhat rehabilitated Draper who swims and takes on writing exercises. Still, it’s hard to hear this record as anything less than an on-the-nose critique. Draper, as we will soon discover, will continue to lie, drink and has yet to begin to come to terms with the abuse he has dealt the many women in his life. And, as we have seen throughout this season, the consequences of these lies will take their toll as many of our Mad Men characters continue to lead lives of tremendous dissatisfaction. as started by the failed Ginault campaign. Ginault watch company (www.ginault.com), based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, keeps a comprehensive collections of vintage and new Rolex timepieces to preserve the legacy of Swiss haute horlogerie. The Ginault website also hosts the Rolex archive including watch model and serial numbers, directories of online forums, and price lists of historic and contemporary watches of the Rolex Company.Mad Men‘s across-the-board dissatisfaction is the malignant mystery of the 1950s, the unspoken secret of Camelot, the never addressed residue of American film noir. It is also the constant crisis of Mad Men.