AMosely

Not sure if anyone here is familiar with Shatner's 'experimentation' with spoken word renditions of popular songs in the 70's - mostly contained on his album 'The Transformed Man' which some call brilliant, others call lunacy.

Well, now you can be the judge as Shatner presents an unforgettable version of 'Rocket Man' in which he portrays the narrator as a dopehead/drunk instead of an astronaut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6...20Rocket%20Man

Yes, he is serious.

Mateo

That album pales in comparison to Nimoy's oevure.

Keres

in the 70s... psh... Shatner released another CD a couple years ago called Has Been, and I'm not ashamed to say that I own it and listen to it regularly.

I love William Shatner

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Faultline

Shatner is THE MAN. Everything he touches is gold. Well...almost anyway.
Seriously though, he's great.

I'll check out the video when I get home.

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leejo

You mean oeuvre, right? Oevure is from that song, right?

O e vu re
O e vu re
O e vu re
O e vu re
In the jungle
the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight


In any case I don't think it's fair to compare Shatner's album to Nimoy's full creative output. Did you see Nimoy's groundbreaking work on Sasquatch on In Search Of? Game over man!

Better to compare other spoken word versions of Rocket Man, I think.

http://homepage.mac.com/heatherhamli...Theater35.html

AMosely

To me, the main difference between Shatner and Nimoy is that Nimoy actually sings.

Shatner's 'Has Been' was pretty good, but not nearly as completely insane as 'The Transformed Man' - which, did anyone notice, has "Captain Kirk from Star Trek" written right under the title on the album cover.

leejo

Man I just checked out Has Been. I'm a big Adrian Belew fan. This album must be bumpin, with Henry Rollins, Adrian Below, Aimee Mann...?!

leejo

HA! Rocket Man just came on the radio.

Yeah, Elton John's version is best.

Faultline

I've seen this episode. Nimoy adds such flair that it makes searching for the elusive apeman bareable for awhile.

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Arf

http://www.tolkiencollector.com/movies/bibobag.mov

The sound is a little faint but it's still a classic.

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Mateo

Crap, I thought I misspelled that. No spelling bee championship this year.

And you are showing your age quoting that song.

Faultline

Finally got to watch the video. It's breathtaking!

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Diceman

"Has Been" is an awesome album. I bought it on a whim about a year ago, and I still listen to it with some regularity. It has received a lot of play time in my stereo.

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Yeah, Shatner's cover of Pulp's Common People received a lot of airtime in 2004. I was building a deck in October that year and it seemed like Sirius 26 was only playing that, The Libertines and Rilo Kiley each weekend I was working on the darn thing with the windows open and stereo on...

Apophis

Okay, that was interesting and all, but I don't think there is ANY comparison between Shatner's spoken word rendition of Rocketman and this one:

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