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The Owl 
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 Topic: Songs That William Shatner Should Cover
Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:38 |
THose with atwisted sense of humor should be able to get into this thread.
What songs (prog or not) do you think William Shatner should reinterpret for posteriority, er, I mean posterity?
I submit:
Stealing People's Mail - The Dead Kennedys
Super Bad - James Brown
Harold The Barrell - Genesis
Your turn-------
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:50 |
I would say that he should do any Frank Zappa song, but Shatner doing FZ might actually make the songs a little less weird. 
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AngelRat
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 13:06 |
Karn Evil 9 of course. 
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Richardw
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 13:36 |
 GoldenSpiral wrote:
I would say that he should do any Frank Zappa song, but Shatner doing FZ might actually make the songs a little less weird. |
Yeah. 'Montana' or 'The Torture Never Stops' would be interesting.
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Syzygy
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 16:38 |
I'd like to hear him do something in Kobaian - a full length recitation of Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh would be awesome.
Failing that, One White Duck by Tull would work nicely, and from the non prog arena something by the Pixies, perhaps Monkey Gone To Heaven, or maybe Talking Heads - Born Under Punches would suit his unique style.
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 22:11 |
anything off of "the piper at the gates of dawn" would be the best. especially "bike"
laughing just thinking about it.
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kingofbizzare
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 22:57 |
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I'd like to hear him try Careful With That Axe Eugene by Pink Floyd or A Passion Play by Jethro Tull.
And if he did any Zappa song, he should do Dinah-Moe Humm.
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Retroventuremod
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Posted: July 22 2005 at 01:54 |
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While drunk at uni, me and a couple of my friends joined his fansite to try and get him to sing marley's "jammin" it'd be great
We are .... jamm..in
and I hope..... you like..... jamm....in to
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: July 22 2005 at 18:00 |
"Supper's ready" ...god's eternal sancTUARY MAAN!! 
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 22 2005 at 18:04 |
kingofbizzare wrote:
I'd like to hear him try Careful With That Axe Eugene by Pink Floyd or A Passion Play by Jethro Tull.
And if he did any Zappa song, he should do Dinah-Moe Humm.
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Any song that requires a large vocal range and singing that is more than merely talking with that "rythem" he uses.
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marktheshark
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Posted: July 22 2005 at 18:47 |
He is so hilarious when he pokes fun at himself like that. I can just see him doing Your Move from All Good People. Is anybody here old enough to remember his bit on Elton's Rocket Man at the sci-fi awards on TV in '78? A riot!
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: July 27 2005 at 02:29 |
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come on. VdGG is the obvious choice.
Shatner and Hammill have very similar vocal styles in my opinion. Shatner is just less grating, but they both don't sing.
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MustShaveBeard
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Posted: August 01 2005 at 14:35 |
He should do "On Reflection" by Gentle Giant. I mean, come on, 4 Shatners at once! You just can't get any better than that! 
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Drachen Theaker
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Posted: August 01 2005 at 15:29 |
The Great Gig in the Sky would offer him unbeatable opportunities for over-emoting. Also the entire Genesis 80s output as he would vastly improve on the originals.
I like the VDGG suggestion best, though. He should do their whole songbook - a Shatner
Man-Erg could redefine our whole notion of popular music.
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Hangedman
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Posted: August 01 2005 at 15:47 |
Yeah I also like the VDGG suggestion, I think he could pull it off really well... did we stumble on to something here? (as for which song it would be cat's eye/yellow fever running)
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Posted: August 02 2005 at 12:12 |
How about this one?
f**k, f**k,f**k a Duck
Screw a Kangaroo
Finger Bang an Orangutan
Support your local Zoo
In that over acting voice . Think about it!
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Posted: August 03 2005 at 08:46 |
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
"Supper's ready" ...god's eternal sancTUARY MAAN!!
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