BS: William Shatners new CD

Subject: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Wesley S
Date: 28 Sep 11 - 05:31 PM

I refuse to put this news story up in the music section. It doesn't belong there. Click on the link to see a recording session for yourself. Then you'll understand.

My apologies to music lovers....


"News" story


Shatner is releasing another one of his signature spoken-word(ish) cover albums, this time collecting famous fantasy/sci-fi-inspired tunes in a compilation called "Seeking Major Tom"

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Wesley S
Date: 28 Sep 11 - 05:34 PM

Let's try that link again.

Another try

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Wesley S
Date: 28 Sep 11 - 05:38 PM

William Shatner covers Black Sabbath on new CD
Sept. 28, 2011, 1:42 PM EST
Zap2it

Emmy-winning actor William Shatner reminds us of our grandpa -- he's funny and lovable, but sometimes we worry that he's just completely lost it. And now he's singing "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath.

Shatner is releasing another one of his signature spoken-word(ish) cover albums, this time collecting famous fantasy/sci-fi-inspired tunes in a compilation called "Seeking Major Tom."

As usual, he delivers the famous tracks in that Shatner stop-and-go amelodic style. However, for Black Sabbath's "Iron Man," he thought it wise to sing the melody (the operative word here being "thought"). Shatner released the behind-the-scenes footage on his YouTube channel.

Now remember, Shatner can hear the backing track in his headphones but we cannot, making this all the more delightful. Be sure you've already swallowed your morning coffee. Watch below:

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Sep 11 - 05:54 PM

YES!!!!!! This is, of course, incredible and awesome to the max. I swear...if Spaw sees THIS, he will finally grasp the genius in both Shatner AND Major Tom!

Shatner - "Seeking Major Tom"

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 09:02 AM

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH!!!!!!!!

No! No! NO! NONONONOOOOOO!!!!!!

(Bangs head repeatedly against nearest wall.)

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Rapparee
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 09:14 AM

I feel the sudden urge to jump off the Benton Street Bridge into the river, but I don't want to sprain my ankles. Drink, on the other hand....

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Rapparee
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 09:15 AM

By the way, I expect this to trigger a world-wide epidemic of PTSD (if it isn't an indication of the End Times).

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 11:29 AM

You're just suffering brief shock, because you are not used to encountering that degree of artistic mastery and sheer magnificence. You'll get over it in a bit and rush out and buy Shatner's new album.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 12:08 PM

Shatner covers Black Sabbath? Wow! That's like getting two scoops of shit for the price of one!

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 01:01 PM

"Hey man....this is goooood shit!"

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 02:32 PM

BWL.... HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: GUEST,999
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 05:21 PM

BWL, best laugh I've had in a week. Many thanks. It's great to see you back in form.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 05:37 PM

Shit enriches the soil. From the soil we harvest life-giving crops. Shatner's extraordinary body of work is the raw fertilizer that enriches contemporary culture and enables us to move forward to a bright new future.

I suggest that everyone buy his new CD, listen to it with great care, and make use of the inspiration it provides to better their lives. And buy copies for your relatives too. They need Shatner just as much as you do. Hell, buy one for the dog! I did this for my Dachshund, and his fleas went away for good.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: GUEST,999
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 06:53 PM

The Canadian prison system tried to get some but the request was turned down. Seems it was considered to be cruel and unusual punishment. Having witnessed his performance on that clip, I must agree.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Rapparee
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 07:53 PM

Cruel and unusual?? The CIA turned it down because "even we have SOME idea of human rights."

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Wesley S
Date: 29 Sep 11 - 08:16 PM

"I did this for my Dachshund, and his fleas went away for good."

No - his fleas fleed. With their fingers in their little tiny ears...

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 30 Sep 11 - 05:24 PM

His daughter (wife?) JUDY

Has a wonderful, most NON political correct - series of books and audio recordings about an "Asian Cat" that wants to be a "Mexican Dog."

Sincerely
Gargoyle

If this was the ONLY thing Shatner EVER spawned through his prostrate and connected channels - It is well worth a CD.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: goatfell
Date: 01 Oct 11 - 07:10 AM

Better than these Rap talkers in the charts.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Oct 11 - 12:42 PM

Hey, you bad-mouthin' me? Huh? Just because I talk while I work with maps? Huh? Ya wanna make somethin' of it? Do ya? Huh?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Oct 11 - 12:53 PM

You talkin' tough again? Huh? Are ya? Ready to put yer money where yer mouth is? Huh? Shane is still waitin' in Blind River to pound the livin' daylights outta YOU, smart guy! And you ain't even shown up yet. Whatsamatter? You scared?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 01 Oct 11 - 06:11 PM

Scared? Rap? Scared??? HUH?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Oct 11 - 12:17 PM

It's far too soon for this inestimable thread to drop off the bottom of the page.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 02 Oct 11 - 05:34 PM

Intestinal thread?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 02 Oct 11 - 06:10 PM

The only reason this thread is inestimable is that nobody's figured out how to mint money of negative value.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Bobert
Date: 02 Oct 11 - 07:17 PM

Makes one ponder their position on capital punishment, doesn't it???

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Oct 11 - 12:44 PM

After complete Shatnerization has been achieved in the world, capital punishment will no longr be seen as necessary.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Wesley S
Date: 03 Oct 11 - 01:59 PM

But the suicide rate will soar like it's been beamed up by Scotty....

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Oct 11 - 03:03 PM

You mean...people who figure they aren't worthy of attaining to the ***Shatner Standard of Excellence*** doing away with themselves?

Yes, I suppose that's a possibility, isn't it?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 03 Oct 11 - 03:11 PM

I am waiting for The Shat to cover "Take This Job and Shove It". Cult classic, that.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 08:45 AM

Christmas is coming I suppose but I can't think of anyone I dislike that much to give it to.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Wesley S
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 01:09 PM

Dick Cheney?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 07:02 PM

Oh, SHAT!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 01:34 PM

Sorry. I seem to have stepped in something.

Subject: BS: New Shatner album
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 03:10 PM

William Shatner's Own Space Oddity

William Shatner returns to the recording studio for a new, space-themed spoken-word album, Seeking Major Tom. The two-disc set features a laundry list of popular musicians, from Lyle Lovett and Peter Frampton to Sheryl Crow and members of the '70s-era prog-rock bands Asia and King Crimson.

... Shatner tells NPR's Rebecca Roberts that Seeking Major Tom tells the story of the fictional astronaut in David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and what happens after he steps out of the space capsule.

"Well, I thought it would be fun to characterize what happened to him," Shatner says of the lost astronaut. "So I have him walking on the moon or being a space cowboy, thinking of his wife [who] 'blinded me with science.' Then things get darker and he's in the twilight zone. He queries God in 'Lost in the Stars' — why is this happening? And, ultimately, in the 20th song, he goes to hell with 'Iron Man' with Zakk Wylde."
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Two sample tracks available at the link!!!

Also:

Shatner also has a new book, Shatner Rules, and is about to perform a one-man show across Canada. He's also directed a documentary about the actors who have played captains on Star Trek, fittingly called The Captains. It was sitting down with Patrick Stewart, Captain Pickard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, that Shatner says really helped him come to grips with his Star Trek past.

"I began to have a defense at what I perceived to be a form of derision towards Star Trek," Shatner says. "It irritated me, so that all these things like 'Beam me up, Scotty' would be a source of irritation. I realized that when delving into Patrick Stewart's career and his attitude. He taught me that I had been doing the wrong thing. I had applied myself as responsibly as I could in performing the role, but in the intervening years, I acquired an attitude, which I have striven to divest myself of."
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Pretty good for an 80-year-old guy.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 07:37 PM

Way to go, Bill! What a class act the man is.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 07:44 PM

I haven't been out to a concert or "show" in years but I would consider buying a ticket. I mean... he's A King Crimson fan??? Wow! His depth is just cooool man.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 07:47 PM

Oops. I guess I have not been following the Shatner news here closely enough. I had mistakenly posted my note to a new thread, and a mod kindly moved it here.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Ed T
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 08:00 PM

Anyone have the CD, William Shatner covers YOKO ONO songs?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 09:19 PM

OH NO? THAT is a bit TOO far innit?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 10:06 PM

He would be the one to take those songs to their ultimate level, wouldn't he? Better yet, how about him doing some duets with Yoko?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Stower
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 04:32 PM

This man is my inspiration. I am awe struck. He has covered Bohemian Rhapsody. I can't wait.

This has got to be music on a par with the Portsmouth Sinfonia.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 05:38 PM

Wow. That's hard to beat.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Greg B
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 08:00 PM

Bill Shatner. The Florence Foster Jenkins of the 21st century.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 02:00 PM

He is truly Shatneriffic.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 02:11 PM

Florence Foster Jenkins.... Sings!

Note: It sounds even better if you open the page repeatedly during one listening and then you can hear FFJ singing a duet or a trio or a quartet along with herself!

It is a shame that she and Shatner weren't born during the same era. They could have collaberated and probably come up with some very memorable stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 02:36 PM

Too memorable. >;-)

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: bobad
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:52 PM

The Shat reinterprets "O Canada" on the occasion of him being a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Canada's Governor General: http://www.nfb.ca/film/william_shatner_sings_o_canada/?ntpg_src=links&ntpg_sid=kr_fb_20111109

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 01:00 PM

Heh! Heh! He is a droll man, isn't he?

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: gnu
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 01:53 PM

Now, if you don't see his humour after that one, and the fact that THAT demonstration of it is was endears him to Canucks... there it is. Bob just ain't yer uncle.

Subject: RE: BS: William Shatners new CD
From: GUEST,jts
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 02:43 PM

I'm laughing in a most peculiar way....