middlecreekguy Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 ---------------- On 10/9/2004 6:32:52 PM DeanG wrote: I think he's a riot, and the coolest thing about him is that he can laugh with you about himself. Your mistake is in thinking he takes himself seriously. ---------------- You are right on Dean. I guess I show my age here in the fact that so many did not know about these recordings. I guess eventually all the great stuff gets out to the masses. I`m serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthfreek Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Just an fyi...that cover of Pulp's song Common People is a new recording. This is NOT some of the recordings he made 40 years ago. This would only make sense since Pulp is a relatively new band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlecreekguy Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 ---------------- On 10/10/2004 9:00:54 AM synthfreek wrote: Just an fyi...that cover of Pulp's song Common People is a new recording. This is NOT some of the recordings he made 40 years ago. This would only make sense since Pulp is a relatively new band. ---------------- Yes. The website makes that clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Speaker Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Shatnersings.htm Is this for real?????????? I dont think ya could come up with a better put-on if ya tried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Regis Philbin also has a cd out right now, I personally hate it. But what can you do? On a similar note... someone who sings a familiar genre to these two awful artists but is actually wonderful and unique, Randy Newman. I bought his hits cd off of iTunes and can listen to it for hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgb Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I picked up the gem, "Telly" as in Telly Savalis for a buck at staff association "yard" sale. The liner notes are priceless.. "People know that singing is not my bag," says Telly Savalas on the liner notes to this 1974 release, "but if I say, 'Hey, this is how Telly feels about this or that song,' I can't mistakes. I can only make mistakes by pretending to be a great singer". The highpoint (gag) is his "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", uh, monologue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 My personal favorite was Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott0527 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I've got a whole albumn of Sebatian Cabot doing Bob Dylan songs. That's Mr. French reading Dylan lyrics like it was freakin Hamlet or something. Shatner still wins though. Mr. French is damn good but you just can't top Shatner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Is it available in SACD or DVD Audio...just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I was born in 1955. I *LOVED* Star Trek when I was pre-pubescent. It was a Tee-Rific show. Over the years, I came to feel pity, then sorrow, then admiration for Shatner. One of the few bad actors who got lucky who knew he was a bad actor who got lucky. Reference this skit from Saturday Night Live, some time in 1986, courtesy of the SNL Transcripts web site... < open on an exterior shot of the "Holiday Inn" with a sign reading "Welcome Trekkers." > < dissolve inside > < A sign on the wall reads "16th Annual Star Trek Convention -- 1986" > Ears: Charlie! Check this out! Charlie: < wearing "I Grok Spock" t-shirt > Oh, outstanding, man! Ears: Original cast photo, right before they added Chekhov! Charlie: Oh, how much was it? Ears: Sixty dollars! Charlie: Ohhh.... They got any left? Loudspeaker: Attention Trekkers, now available in the Hamilton Room... copies of DeForest Kelley's single record, "He's Dead, Jim." Right now, in the Hamilton Room. Artie: < making the Vulcan "peace sign" > Hey guys! Charlie & Ears: Hey Artie! Artie: How you guys doing on the trivia quiz? Charlie: Aw, since you... hey, you got Khan's middle name? Artie: < smugly > Noonian! Charlie: Yeoman Rand's cabin number? Artie: Y3-90! < Charlie and Ears snicker knowingly to each other. > Artie: What? Am I wrong? Am I wrong? < more snickers > Emcee: Attention! Attention! Hello everybody! Welcome to Day 4 of the 16th Annual Star Trek Convention... Well! ...here in Rye, New York. A few announcements.... Ah... first... ah... a wonderful new... ah... item has just been added to the convention. It's a program from the 1975 convention! Trekkies: Oooo! Ahhh! Emcee: Yeah! It's a very special item, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, and it's ONLY... thirty dollars. Secondly, we have some exciting guests at the convention today, so let me introduce them to you right now. First, we have the lovely actress Julie Cobb. Now you all remember her as Yeoman Leslie Thompson from the first ten minutes of Episode 51, "Errand of Mercy"... in which she was transformed into a cube... and crushed! And next up is Pamela Denberg Doohan, the ex-wife of course of James "Scotty" Doohan, and ah... I understand life with the Enterprise's Chief Mechanical Officer *was* somewhat turbulent... kinda like living with a MUGATU! Trekkies: < geekie laughter > Emcee: Yeah! Well you'll all be able to meet Pamela in the Briar Wing where she'll be signing copies of her new book, "Beam Me Out Of Here"! And finally, the man you've all been waiting for, this is his first Star Trek convention in quite a long time, I know he's thrilled to be here, Captain James Tiberius Kirk himself, WILLIAM SHATNER! < Shatner walks to the podium. > Now Bill's here to field a few questions so just fire away! Trekkies: Mr. Shatner! Mr. Shatner! William Shatner: Alright, the first question, uh, go ahead! Charlie: Yeah! Okay, um, when you were gonna beam down to the planet, okay, for the last time in Episode 25? I was wondering, like um, w-w-what was going on with the crew in that particular.... William Shatner: Uh... Episode 25? Charlie: Yeah! William Shatner: Um... you gotta give me a PLOT, see, cause it's 20 years and it's a long time... a PLOT... uh.... Charlie: Yeah, Episode 25, that's where you and the crew of the Enterprise get attacked by these spores? And started acting real weird, like hippies and stuff? William Shatner: < smiling > Oh oh, yeah right, I remember, okay uh... what's the question? Charlie: Well um, I was wondering if you could settle a bet for me and my friends, okay? Um, like, when you... um, left your quarters for the last time? And you opened up your safe? Um... what was the combination? William Shatner: < lengthy pause, incredulous expression > I-I-I don't know! I mean, it's been a long time! I, uh... I don't know that! Uh, okay? Charlie: < disappointed > Okay! Okay! William Shatner: Anybody? Oh, all right, go ahead! You? Go ahead! You in the funny shirt! Artie: < wearing Kirk uniform > Okay! Another bet... okay... on your horse farm... alright? How many saddle-bred horses do you have? William Shatner: Uh... 34. Artie: Wait, wait... is that including the colt that was born earlier this week? William Shatner: < stunned pause > That mare had a foal? Artie: Tuesday! William Shatner: Well I... guess it's 35 then! Artie: ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! < congratulated by his friends > William Shatner: You know, before I answer any more questions there's something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I've spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled... y'know... hundreds of miles to be here, I'd just like to say... GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just a TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you're dressed! You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME! < a crowd of shocked and dismayed Trekkies.... > I mean, how old are you people? What have you done with yourselves? < to "Ears" > You, you must be almost 30... have you ever kissed a girl? < "Ears" hangs his head > I didn't think so! There's a whole world out there! When I was your age, I didn't watch television! I LIVED! So... move out of your parent's basements! And get your own apartments and GROW THE HELL UP! I mean, it's just a TV show dammit, IT'S JUST A TV SHOW! Charlie: Are- are you saying then that we should pay more attention to the movies? William Shatner: NO!!! THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL!!! HEY, YOU GUYS ARE... THE LAMEST BUNCH... I'VE NEVER SEEN... < walks away from podium > I can't believe these people... I mean, I really can't understand what's.... < Emcee argues with Shatner off-mike, shoves him, Shatner shoves back harder.... > Second Emcee: Uh... that was William Shatner, ladies and gentlemen. Uh, I'd like to remind you Trekkers that we have some fine refreshments from all over the galaxy... Coke, Diet Coke, Bubble Up, Orange, I believe. We.... < Meanwhile, Emcee waves the contract in front of Shatner, who then reluctantly returns to the podium.... > William Shatner: Of course, that speech was a "re-creation" of the "Evil Captain Kirk" from um... Episode, um... < Emcee whispers > THIRTY-SEVEN... uhh... called... < another whisper > "The Enemy Within." < Trekkies get happy, applaud > William Shatner: Yuh, Yuh, so thank you... and, and... Live Long and Prosper... < Trekkies make Vulcan "peace sign".... > William Shatner: So everybody... set your phasers on stun, cause... THIS CONVENTION'S AHEAD WARP FACTOR NINE, Y'KNOW? RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! WARP FACTOR NINE! < fade out > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAN Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I wouldn't really call that "singing". He "sings" about as good as he "acts"! One of my only vinyl albums that I have kept all these years is "Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space". Way better than Shatner's attempt, but still quite questionable. DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 THANK YOU RAY<<<<< I laughed my A$$ off! AGAIN!!!!! That had to be one of the best skits ever on SNL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 ---------------- On 10/9/2004 6:36:42 PM Audible Nectar wrote: There's an old album I remember called "The Golden Throats". It included Nimoy's "If I Had a Hammer" and a couple of aforementioned Shatner tunes - as well as Sebastian Cabot doing "It Ain't Me Babe". Good stuff if you need some comic relief. It's soooooo horrible, you bust out laughing uncontrollably until your sides literally hurt. Proof that a man must know his limitations. ---------------- Here's a link to the Rhino site, where the CD is for sale for $12. I loved the movie "Gallaxy Quest," too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 any pirated\bootleg copies out there...thanks, and live long and prosper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Beam me up, Scotty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Okay -- it's official. Shatner has released the new album: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/18/music.william.shatner.ap/index.html Pretty interesting short interview. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 This is probably the first time in years that Shatner has dominated discussion in a public forum! He will be pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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