Now, this christmas, you can enjoy shatner s sultry voice all through the holiday season with a new christmas album that features such artists as henry rollins, iggy pop, ian anderson, and a whole stack of others. He unleashed his quasishakespearean versions of beatles and bob dylan songs on the transformed man in 1968. That shatner could also be a hoot just to hear was amply demonstrated by his ineffably goofy recordings of spoken word renditions of songs such as lucy in the sky with diamonds and mr. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing captain kirk and being a part of star trek, and has.
Various artists greatest hits from outer space feat. William shatner has yielded a unique and muchparodied body of work during his musical. Check out rocket man by william shatner on amazon music. One of the interwebs most popular viral videos is of william shatner singing elton johns classic rocket man at an awards show from the 70s.
It was released october 11, 2011 in the us by cleopatra records. Rocket man with william shatner exclusive version steve hillage. William shatner seeking major tom 2011 seeking major tom is the fourth studio album by william shatner. Kirk of the uss enterprise in the television show star trek. Rocket man is a song composed by elton john and bernie taupin and originally performed by. During the next halfcenturyfrom his agonized cover of rocket man to the. William shatner born march 22, 1931 is a canadian actor, writer, performer of the spoken word, and director, best known for having gained fame for his starring role as captain james t. The fascinating fantasy behind elton johns rocket man. So fun fact, i had never heard the actual melody of this song because the only version i knew was william shatner s talk version. It seems to exist in our culture purely as a punchline, a goto gag to illustrate the depth to which shatner s career had fallen poststar trek. I listened to the original a few months after hearing that this was on the new cover album and could already tell that it was a great fit for dan.
Despite the mixed reaction garnered from his infamous 1978 read of elton johns rocket man, shatner most recently has released a. He coolly deconstructed elton johns rocket man on the science fiction film awards in 1978. William shatner sings rocket man video dailymotion. Includes karen blacks introduction of bernie taupin, and taupins introduction of. Overview for william shatner turner classic movies. From his 1978 spokenword rendition of elton johns rocket man to his latest lyrical. William shatner s music career has taken as many strange turns as his acting career over the decades. Starting in the 1960s, william shatner, riding high on his star trek fame, began his idiosyncratic musical career. William shatners take on the classic elton johnbernie taupin tune. At the very least, theres no denying that shatners rocket man is very, very weird. From the science fiction film awards, william shatners unforgettable performance of elton johns rocket man.
William shatner singing rocketman video dailymotion. Im going to be honest the first time i heard william shatner s rendition of elton johns rocket man, it changed my life. Took me 34 years to get this was william shatner doing a family guy parody. In honor of shatner, here are five of our favorite classic rock covers from his iconic rocket man to his lesserknown cover of norman greenbaums spirit in the sky. On the same scene, rocket man performed by shatner at the 5th saturn awards is mentioned as a waitress. Adobe marketing cloud tv spot, rocket launch marketing. William shatner brings five decades of captain kirk to. Here you get to really hear the lyrics, and if you listen to them a bluecollar, married spaceman just doing his job, missing his wife and family, grumbling that mars. With his 1968 concept album, the transformed man, the actor gave us the first taste of his musical schtick. Whats the william shatner problem solving approach to acting. And im gonna be high, as a kite by then i miss the earth so much, i miss my wife its lonely out in space on such a timeless flight and i think its gonna be a long long time till touch down brings me round again to find im not the man they think i am at home oh no, no, no, im a rocket man rocket man.
In 1978, shatner hosted the 5th saturn awards where he performed elton johns rocket man again, in a. Listen free to william shatner seeking major tom radio. From the science fiction film awards, william shatner s unforgettable performance of elton johns rocket man. Includes karen blacks introduction of bernie taupin, and taupins introduction of shatner. Rocket defender man is finally on the android market. He said, if you listen to this song, you will hollow out your own leg and make a canoe out of it to get off this island. William shatner sings o canada requires adobe flash. Dangerous was unveiled by hcs voice packs this week, the latest in a series of official addons for frontier developments space sim, and fans of the classic star trek series will soon be able to receive feedback from the rocket man himself, william shatner. At what point did william shatner truly become captain james kirk. He would speak them, often in a melodramatic, exaggerated fashion. William shatner ebooks epub and pdf format william shatner ebooks. Kirk of the uss enterprise, another one of his stellar claims to fame are his spokenword covers. Elton john built and testflew rocket man in 1972, but it was captain james t.
Among numerous other performances, john played rocket man at the launch site of space shuttle discovery in 1998. William shatner sings rocket man 1978 best quality. William shatner oc born march 22, 1931 is a canadian actor, author, producer, director. William shatner has made a christmas album with henry. Metallica, m tley cr e, rob halford, dave grohl, slash, lemmy kilmister, dave mustaine, william shatner, sebastian bach, alice cooper. This aired on local chicago tv on friday, january 20th 1978. The album features many noted musicians, including sheryl crow, john wetton, patrick moraz, ritchie blackmore, alan parsons, peter frampton, warren haynes, nick valensi, zakk wylde, mike inez, chris adler, steve hillage. Listen to albums by william shatner on myspace, stream free online music by william shatner william shatner. William shatner goes kpop with girls generation on. Rocket man i think its going to be a long, long time. Listen to songs by william shatner on myspace, stream free online music by william shatner william shatner. Before we get too far into discussing this strange cover, lets take a.
William shatner sings rocket man 1978 internet archive. Tv spot, know a guy featuring william shatner, kaley cuoco applebees taste of. William shatner she packed my bags last night preflight zero hour nine a. William shatner oc born march 22, 1931 is a canadian actor has lived in the us most of his life but as recently as 20 said he wasnt a us citizen. Rocket man i think its going to be a long, long time lyrics. Features distinctive interpretations of classic, intergalactic anthems by david bowie, queen, deep purple, elton john, pink floyd, black sabbath and more. William shatner s take on the classic elton johnbernie taupin tune rocket man has an awesome powerpeople know it without ever having heard it. William shatner ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Clair, editor joshua frank, managing editor nathaniel st. The original series from 1966 to 1969 continuing into seven of the subsequent movies. William shatner performs it was a very good year by nudnick.
She packed my bags last night, preflight zero hour. She packed my bags last night preflight zero hour nine a. William shatner returns to the final frontier of music recording with this spacethemed concept album that boldly goes where no man has gone before available on both 2cd and 3lp set. Believe it or not, william shatner turns 87 today march 22, and while hes best known as star treks captain james t. Ozzy osbourne free downloads, list 1 download ozzy osbourne software menu. In 1977 a live double album titled william shatner live was released. Shatner rerecorded the song for his 2011 album, seeking major tom. There used to be as many as 15,000 people coming to these conventions and i would get up and not quite know. Kirk, captain of the uss enterprise, in the star trek franchise. Rocket download is not responsible for any problems that may occur from downloading or installing software. Years later, shatner s dramatic performance of elton johns rocket man at a televised scifi awards show in the late 1970s would remain a. William shatners albums stream online music albums.
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