vandalaBasic Member Posts:267
10/20/2004 10:51 AM |
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http://www.williamshatner.co.uk
Have any of you lovely people heard about this? Okay, there's a large helping of irony attached, but having said that...produced by Ben Folds, contributions from Rollins, Aimee Mann, Nick Hornby, etc. I downloaded the version of Common People - extraordinary; sounds like the Strokes, seguing into the end of the Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want, with Shatner being...well, Shatner. I also downloaded the title track which features the man himself dissing the younger generation who "don't know s**t" and write him off as a "has been": sounds like Ennio Morricone, again; marvellous.
Great stuff all in all - eclectic, original - will certain buy the album. Anyone got it? (Hey, it makes a change from the f**king Frames).
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mutchBasic Member Posts:392
10/20/2004 10:59 AM |
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i've heard common people and its terrifying to think that ladies and gentlemen, in 30 years or so THAT WILL BE US!!!
ok maybe not common people, maybe it will be teen spirit, jeremy, screamager, oh yeah, but someday us kids will be old, fat and misunderstood (as opposed to young fat and misunderstood! in my case only!!!haha.)
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vandalaBasic Member Posts:267
10/20/2004 11:01 AM |
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With all due respect, I think you're already being misunderstood.
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mutchBasic Member Posts:392
10/20/2004 11:06 AM |
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thank you, i feel validated as an artist!
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OptimusBasic Member Posts:312
10/20/2004 12:18 PM |
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - thats brilliant - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
10/20/2004 12:36 PM |
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His version of common people is pretty amazing alright. I wouldn't go as far as to label it "good" in the traditional sense, but does have a spark of artistic (though not neccesarily musical) genius. At least he has had the good sense and decency not to actually attempt to sing!
Of course, if this is a success, the Leonard Nimoy comeback is only around the corner...
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vandalaBasic Member Posts:267
10/20/2004 1:08 PM |
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http://www.nme.com/features/110018.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1316492,00.html
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2404
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kierryBasic Member Posts:244
10/20/2004 3:01 PM |
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i thought common people was brilliant.
but i do think its a novelty song.
poor old ben folds... i love everything he's done, but now... um... its kinda dopey.
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john@soundweb.ieBasic Member Posts:201
10/21/2004 9:26 AM |
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i heard it and thought it was baz luhrmann! its cool.
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OptimusBasic Member Posts:312
10/21/2004 4:02 PM |
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For the love of God.
His name is SHATner...
Why are you praising him?
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QsySueBasic Member Posts:119
10/21/2004 4:33 PM |
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I love it.
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OptimusBasic Member Posts:312
10/21/2004 4:38 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by QsySue
I love it.
GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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