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Thread started 01/06/07 12:58am

lazycrockett

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WILLIAM SHATNER CANT GET BEHIND A FAT ASS

Its almost 3 in the morning in the windy city, and its way too warm out for the first month of the new yr.

and with drink in my hand i clicked random and heard Has Been. The Ben Folds/William Shatner cd.



and its still amazing
The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything.
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Reply #1 posted 01/06/07 4:23am

PurpleJam

SHATNER IS A GENIUS!!!
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Reply #2 posted 01/06/07 6:39am

SexGod

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This is a damn good CD! Thats not even a joke, its really good. The opening song rocks, and I love I can't get behind that.
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Reply #3 posted 01/06/07 6:57am

thedribbler

SexGod said:

This is a damn good CD! Thats not even a joke, its really good. The opening song rocks, and I love I can't get behind that.

Who sings? And can u tell me the tracklisting? I suspect this is some kind of joke.
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Reply #4 posted 01/06/07 8:51am

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Shatner is amazing, Im finally glad that people have caught on to him and love the fact that he is everywhere, doing everything from acting to writing to singing (speaking), and now he has the producers of Star Trek XI begging him to be in it because they know with him in it more people will go, they just have to figure a way to work that out since the character died already. But HAS BEEN is incredible!

Tracklisting

Common People
It hasnt happend yet
You'll have time
Thats me Trying
What have you done
Together
Familiar Love
Ideal Woman
Has Been
I cant get behind that
Real

Shatner Co-penned half of the tracks

And the supporting players on the album

Ben Folds
Brad Paisley
Aimee Mann
Adrian Belew
Joe Jackson (another underrated GENIUS!!)

and many others

The most introspective track has to be "What Have You Done" penned by Shatner himself, about the tragic death of his Second Wife a few years back, this track is just Shatner and one band member on Upright Bass.

"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #5 posted 01/06/07 10:10am

SexGod

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Listen to the opening song "Common People" here:
http://www.myspace.com/shatnercover

Listen to 3 more songs from this CD here:
http://www.myspace.com/shatnana

I really do love this CD. The lyrics are kinda dark, with some biting social commentary. Ben Folds did a kick ass job of making the music listenable and entertaining. "I can't get behind that" is a duet with Henry Rollins and was a bit of a hit on collage radio.
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Reply #6 posted 01/06/07 12:21pm

thedribbler

Cool in star-trek but TJ hooker??
amazing line up of fine musicians there to help him out.
I wonder how the hell did he swing that one!
I can't hear it here on my ol' laptop. later though
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Reply #7 posted 01/06/07 12:43pm

lastdecember

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thedribbler said:

Cool in star-trek but TJ hooker??
amazing line up of fine musicians there to help him out.
I wonder how the hell did he swing that one!
I can't hear it here on my ol' laptop. later though


Actually Ben Folds sought him out earlier for a song, and then had this idea and Shatner obviously said yes. As far as the other musicians, Joe Jackson has been doing alot of work with Ben Folds and i think everyone just had that admiration for Shatner, I mean, who cant admire a guy who is tons of success and is still sought after by everyone, and hes in his 70's.

"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #8 posted 01/06/07 1:10pm

thedribbler

lastdecember said:

thedribbler said:

Cool in star-trek but TJ hooker??
amazing line up of fine musicians there to help him out.
I wonder how the hell did he swing that one!
I can't hear it here on my ol' laptop. later though


Actually Ben Folds sought him out earlier for a song, and then had this idea and Shatner obviously said yes. As far as the other musicians, Joe Jackson has been doing alot of work with Ben Folds and i think everyone just had that admiration for Shatner, I mean, who cant admire a guy who is tons of success and is still sought after by everyone, and hes in his 70's.

I thought he had become a bad joke, and well known for his lack of acting skills. On "spaced out" the cd with spock., he can't sing at all, spock sounds okay though, like a poor version of Johnny Cash.
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Reply #9 posted 01/06/07 1:44pm

SexGod

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thedribbler said:


I thought he had become a bad joke...

Well, he even addresses people with this attitude on the song "Has Been"


Has been
You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?
You callin' me, has been?
What'd you say your name is?
Jack
Never done jack
Glad to meet ya
Who's your friend?
Dick
Don't say dick
Whaddya know?
And you friend, what's your handle?
Don
Two thumbs Don

Riding on their armchairs
They dream of wealth and fame
Fear is their companion
Nintendo is their game
Never done jack and two thumbs Don
And sidekick don't say dick
We'll laugh at others failures
Though they have not done shit

lol
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[Edited 1/6/07 13:45pm]
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Reply #10 posted 01/06/07 5:02pm

thedribbler

I like him, always have and I dunno why! He was 1 very pretty white boy in star-trek. He emanates something very cool and he doesn't take himself too seriously, he seems like a very likeable chap!

I've seen him act, dance, heard him sing, and all that he did badly.
And still I like him. maybe u can explain it.
That text is impressive, I'm looking forward to hearing the CD.
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