Victor Pross Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 William Shatner sings Rocket Man. "Be-very-afraid…be-very-afraid. Must-make-it-stop!" :alien: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNA Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 My god, this is just sooooo not right. This was painful to watch. Damn, has smoked one too many joints or something. My god, what were they thinking. OY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Russell Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Watch out Frank Sinatra; William Shatner sings . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 You have to admire William Shatner. He is getting the last laugh. Whether it is Boston Legal or the commercials he does Shatner recognizes that it doesn't matter if you're being laughed if you are well paid for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Here is a pretty funny version of Stewie doing William Shatner doing Rocketman.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVDMEHsa9CA.... and Sir Elton This used to be my son's favorite song when he went through his "I want to be Buzz Lightyear when I grow up" phase. Anyone ever see the kids' movie, Rocketman? Pretty silly stuff.Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Kat; Is Rocketman the movie that Timothy Dalton playing an Errol Flynn type actor who is a Nazi spy? I saw the movie many years ago and liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Chris, I think we are talking about two different movies. See what happens when an astronaut gets gas...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Shatner's versions of pop songs are often played on the Sirius comedy channels. His work and that from Pat Boone's heavy metal phase (I've previously posted Boone's version of Metallica's Enter Sandman here on OL but the link no longer works) are some of the best works of unintentional comedy ever.JQ: What did Uhura do when she heard Shatner's signing?A: She Shatner pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 some of the best works of unintentional comedy ever.In Boone's case, the comedy was intentional, as he said at the time. In response to a talk show host's question that seemed to imply some serious motive, he said there was a four-letter word he wanted to say: "J. O. K. E. !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Grieb Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Kat; You're right. The movie I was thinking of was The Rocketeer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dailey Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 ~ Obviously, Shatner is some kind of smart guy. That he can parlay his 'image' as a lousy singer (Gah, "Lucy, in, the sky--with, d-i-a-monds!") and not-great actor into a self-parody, in a series, and a 'roasting', and varied commercials (waiting to see him doing GEICO with the lizard or cavemen, or even '900' numbers [KIRK GONE WILD!])...gotta hand it to the guy, (contrary to what his original actor-colleagues would do, Takei's forgiveness nwst): he knows how to keep his horses fed.LLAPJ:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 some of the best works of unintentional comedy ever.In Boone's case, the comedy was intentional, as he said at the time. In response to a talk show host's question that seemed to imply some serious motive, he said there was a four-letter word he wanted to say: "J. O. K. E. !"I could be wrong, but I didn't get that impression. Boone seemed very serious, and, if I'm remembering correctly, he didn't say that the album was a joke or a parody until about a year or two after his fans revolted and the gospel television network which had employed him fired him for having made the album.J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 That may be, and it may still be true. It had to be a lark, as I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaulOhio Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I've seen worse. Much worse. I once saw a video of Leonard Nimoy, apparently on a children's show, singing the "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins". You do NOT want to see that.But here's the link, just in case. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1189977381292772054Be warned. Do NOT watch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I tired to watch this stuff, but it was just too awful. By Shatner only speaking the lyrics, it could be argued that he was a forerunner of rap. But rap came out of one culture and this crap came out of an attempt at cheap profundity.To be clear, a song has to stand on its own, regardless of who is singing it. Then whoever is singing it becomes an added element that is quite powerful. But if the song is destroyed, the "who" doesn't matter anymore.I defy anyone to listen to Shatner's versions without knowing this was him and not think it was a botched attempt by an amateur. This was the aesthetic reality on which he grafted his wonderful Star Trek image. He crapped on his own achievement.What's worse is that even if he had sung the songs without presenting a great interpretation, just a passable one, his TV personality would have added powerfully as intended and possibly he would have created lasting art.Dayaamm!What a load! Beam me outta here...Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dailey Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 (edited) Mike:~ You are DEFINITELY stepping on some Trekkies' toes here!~ You're lucky I'm only a Trekker!~ I agree with what you say about SHATner. Glad I never had to work with that helium-inflated 'ego' (which Harlan Ellison clarified more than the show's other actors); for sure next time he directed to Scotty "Beam me up", were I Scotty, I'd've said "Sorry Cap'n. I dinna ken I kin do that. Good Luck ([sotto-voice] you f***n' a*****e) Cap'n."~ Re Nimoy: Hey, obviously I'm biased. I saw the stupid video a while ago, and that's quite clearly a mere clone! His original audio-only record (er, tape [disc?], nowadays) was better, especially his other...performances therein.LLAPJ:DPS: Keep in mind that 'rap' is a sub-section of Crap...literally. Edited April 13, 2007 by John Dailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dailey Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Jonathan:~ Pat Boone and 'Heavy Metal'? As R-Jones would say: This does not 'grok.'~ Like: Huh? A duet 'twixt Streisand and Jagger is more...imaginable.LLAPJ:DPS: Michael Russell: When 'he'...said...it, it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Here is William Shatner doing . Groovy....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMF Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 PS: Keep in mind that 'rap' is a sub-section of Crap...literally.Who says? :getlost: Well, I say Star Trek is a subsection of crap. Yeah, I said it! *gets all indignant* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Pross Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 (edited) PS: Keep in mind that 'rap' is a sub-section of Crap...literally.Who says? :getlost: Well, I say Star Trek is a subsection of crap. Yeah, I said it! *gets all indignant*Such cracks can sting, right Kori. I have learned to simply roll with the punches if you are to enjoy the benefits of cyber world. Kat: Oh, that Lucy in the Sky with Dimonds....painful, painful! How can a Beatle fan do this?? :hmm: Edited April 14, 2007 by Victor Pross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMF Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Such cracks can sting, right Kori. I have learned to you simply have to roll with the punches if you are to enjoy the benefits of cyber world.Indeed, Victor. And I've learned that in this world I'm either hanging around stupid people who share my interests or really intelligent people who hate everything that I like! Sons uh Bees. Hey, I can dish it out too though, but I'll refrain here at OL. :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 (edited) PS: Keep in mind that 'rap' is a sub-section of Crap...literally.Who says? :getlost: Well, I say Star Trek is a subsection of crap. Yeah, I said it! *gets all indignant*Such cracks can sting, right Kori. I have learned to simply roll with the punches if you are to enjoy the benefits of cyber world. Kat: Oh, that Lucy in the Sky with Dimonds....painful, painful! How can a Beatle fan do this?? :hmm:Beatles were over-rated. The Kinks and the Stones were much better. Anyhow, the Beatles were hardly the watershed band people make them out to be -- I think they confuse them with Led Zeppelin. Edited April 14, 2007 by Robert Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dailey Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 (edited) ~ Oh-h-h, 'crap'.~ Ok; some (stress that!) 'rap' is like some C&W: it can be...uh-h...(this is difficult for me) :sick: , really, fairly 'ok'; that is, worth hearing again :sick: (can't help it!) C.C.& Company comes to mind (but, they're long gone). --- But, my point was, 'as-a-"type"-of-music', overall, it's Crap! The near-exact same 'limerick' rhythm with a mere change-of-words...being stated/spoken, NOT 'sung.'~ Oh, hate me; I don't care. :cry: LLAPJ:D Edited April 14, 2007 by John Dailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMF Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Oh, John, homie, I don't hate you. You're entitled to your own opinion...even if it is wrong. :devil: j/pDiff'rent strokes fah diff'rent folks.But wait, what am I missing? What is C&W? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Pross Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 Kori, I love your taste in music! (Er, when you said you dig Elvis I mean) Hee-hee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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