Original Star Trek star William Shatner, who was ridiculed for his 1968 spoken-word album, will release a new 11-song CD of music this month, the Associated Press reported. Timed for Halloween, Shatner told the wire service that the release is no trick. "It's a treat for me," Shatner, 73, said by telephone from Los Angeles, where he was taping an episode of Boston Legal, his latest TV show. "I hope nobody turns a trick on it."
The new album, Has Been, features Shatner's choppy words set to music that he co-wrote and performs with Ben Folds, who produced and arranged the new album. Musicians Joe Jackson, Aimee Mann, Henry Rollins and Brad Paisley also make appearances. The songs vary from pianos to soul, from gospel to cowboy, and Shatner's lyrics explore his fear of aging, the death of a loved one, reconnecting with estranged children and the fickleness of fame, the AP reported.
Shatner's 1968 album The Transformed Man was a bizarre attempt to meld contemporary pop songs like Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds with excerpts from classic literature like Hamlet, the AP reported.
I heard Bill's new cover version of Pulp's Common People on Scott Mills this evening. The worst part is that it's not that bad. Although they do have to fade another singer in to hit the high notes :lol:
There's no beginning to this man's talent.
| QUOTE (Angel @ Oct 20 2004, 10:06 PM) |
| I heard Bill's new cover version of Pulp's Common People on Scott Mills this evening. The worst part is that it's not that bad. Although they do have to fade another singer in to hit the high notes :lol: |
Wossy played it on his R2 Saturday show. I stopped unloading the shopping, the better to have a rally good laugh, only to find myself thing "Actually, it's not that bad" :unsure:
Then again, compared to "Lucy"..... :lol:
I read that Shatner has signed up to go into space with Branson's new venture. Do you think he made a deal that Virgin stores stock the album and in return, he'll plug the space trips? :rolleyes: :lol: