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William Shatner has had a much-mocked musical career, starting with the 1968 album The Transformed Man. Delivered with orchestral backings with the odd "psychedelic" flourish, his exaggerated, interpretive recitations of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" became instant camp classics. Shatner would eventually parody his own musical style several times in the 1990s, including during an episode of Futurama, in which he performed a spoken word version of the rap hit song "The Real Slim Shady."
Shatner performed a reading of the Elton John song "Rocket Man" during the Science Fiction Film Awards, televised in 1978. Dressed in tuxedo ruffles with a hand-rolled cigarette in hand, he spoke with Kirk-like delivery against a synthesizer-laden backdrop of the song. This was spoofed in an episode of Family Guy.
Shatner provided vocals for "In Love" by Ben Folds on his Fear of Pop album. He would later provide vocals for an alternate version of Folds' song "Rockin' the Suburbs" which was contributed to the Over the Hedge soundtrack in 2006.
A creative friendship blossomed that led to Folds producing and co-writing Shatner's well-received second studio album,Has Been, in 2004. The album centers around Shatner's often melancholy and regretful autobiographical ruminations, and features a number of prestigious guest artists such as Aimee Mann, Lemon Jelly, Henry Rollins, Brad Paisley and Joe Jackson. Notably, Has Been features the single "Common People", a cover version of the song by Pulp.
He appears on the piece "'64 - Go" by Lemon Jelly, featured on their CD entitled '64 - '95, and in Brad Paisley's music video for "Celebrity" and "Online." Shatner also appears as a studio producer in the music video for "Landed" by Ben Folds.
In 2007 a ballet called Common People, set to Has Been, was created by Margo Sappington (of Oh! Calcutta! fame) and performed by the Milwaukee Ballet. Shatner attended the premiere and filmed the event. The filmed footage eventually turned into a feature film called Gonzo Ballet, due out in 2008.
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William Shatner - "Rocket Man"
William Shatner - "Rocket Man" (1st Generation Copy)
William Shatner sings Elton John and Bernie Taupin's "Rocket Man" at the 1978 Science Fiction Awards show. Shatner is introduced by Taupin. Why post this again? This is a first generation (higher quality) copy of the clip with improved audio, also includes the introduction of Taupin by actress Karen Black.
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Great William Shatner Chic
William Shatner- The Green Lantern Sings
The Green Lantern Sings!
Green Lantern sings William Shatner's cover of Bob Dylans "Mr. Tambourine Man." Why? We really don't know. Instead of simply finding clips that were decent matches to the rhythm of Mr. Shatner's singing, we captured individual stills from the Superfriends cartoon, and then animated those to synch them up. It took a while. It also tended to make GL's head bounce back and forth between "ooh" and "aah" mouths, so he gets a little spastic! We guarantee that this is the best video ever produced in the history of the universe.
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William Shatner Stuff
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (Uncensored)
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The Transformed Man
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Up Till Now: The Autobiography
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Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner
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How William Shatner Changed the World
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William Shatner-Common People
William Shatner On The Web
- William Shatner On Wikipedia
- Wikipedia's official listing
- William Shatner on TV.com
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- William Shatner on tribute.ca
- William Shatner Fan Site
- NNDB
- William Shatner Fan Site
- Official William Shatner Web Site
- Official William Shatner Web Site, news, pictures and info
William Shatner - The Real Slim Shady
Shatner Shady
He's Slim Shady. Haha... yes. He's the REAL Shady. William Shatner 'singing' "Slim Shady".
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William Shatner News& Not-So-News
- Producer Wants Shatner For TJ Hooker Movie | TrekMovie.com
- Last week we reported that TJ Hooker, William Shatner's cop show from the 80s, was being made into a feature film, as an 'action comedy'. Now the producer of ?TJ Hooker: The Movie? says he wants to get the original cast into the movie, ...
- Mighty Ape: William Shatner memoirs - paperbacks now in stock
- William Shatner memoirs now shipping in paperback from $24.99! Buy Star Trek Memories $24.99 - "Fans of TV's 1960s science fiction series Star Trek will go into orbit over lead player Shatner's...
- Ecstatic E's Journal: William Shatner Gets All Riled Up at Tonight ...
- William Shatner Gets All Riled Up at Tonight Show. Absolutely hilarious: Hulu-The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Wed. Jun 17. Published Post Number:138/144. Feel free to comment below! - and use an ID/email to get updates on responses ...
- William Shatner Plugs TekWar on G4
- The real Captain of the Enterprise stops by ATTACK OF THE SHOW! to plug his new comic from Bluewater Productions.
William Shatner sings "Taxi" on "Dinah!"
William Shatner "sings" "Taxi" on "Dinah!"
http://bedazzled.tv presents: William Shatner "sings" "Taxi" on "Dinah!"
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William Shatner: The Man & His Music...What do YOU think???
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