You may remember shatner s overly dramatic spoken word readings of classics like mr. Henry rollins, lucy in the sky with diamonds william shatner lyrics, mr. Either you get into the giddy energy of it all, or find yourself so disoriented you freak out at work, the mere mention of shatner s mr. After dylan wrote it, he produced a demo in december 1964, which the byrds version is based on. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page.
The william shatner album that is actually really good. Shatner has had a spoofed musical career, starting with the 1968 album the transformed man. Tambourine man is a song written and performed by bob dylan and featured on his 1965 album bringing it all back home, produced by tom wilson. Shatner was still starring in the original star trek tv series. Tambourine man, a wonderful song from bob dylan and one that jumpstarted the field of folkrock music. Im not worthy of making a sufficient snarky comment that comes as close to shatner s own image, so, why try. Roast of william shatner season 1 ep 1 8202006 patton oswalt, betty white, andy dick, george takei, artie lange, nichelle nichols, farrah fawcett and others roast captain kirk, a.
Where no duckman has gone before duckman wiki fandom. Crazy fansite about william shatner with lots of funny stuff. The song was also the title track of the bands debut album, mr. Intro d hey mr mister tambourine man chorus d e a d hey mr tambourine man play a song for me d e im not sleepy and there is no place im going to d e a d hey mr tambourine man play. On your television, william shatner and leonard nimoy are beaming aboard. Something about test audiences feeling either sick or doubled up in laughter. Since that time he has gone on to star in many star trek movies as captain james t.
William shatner in a little while mp3 download and lyrics. Tambourine man by william shatner is a cover of bob dylans mr. With his 1968 concept album, the transformed man, the actor gave us the first taste of his musical schtick. The transformed man is the debut album by actor william shatner. It contains classics, like shatner butchering such classics as mr.
The obvious candidate for the worst bob dylan cover is william shatner s version of mr. Mr tambourine man, play a song for me im not sleepy and there is no place im going to hey. Provided to youtube by universal music group theme from cyrano mr. Shatner used the album to compare contemporary pop songs of the period to the works of william shakespeare by providing dramatic readings of shakespeare interspersed with dramatic readings of the lyrics of songs such as lucy in the sky with diamonds and mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me, im not sleepy and there is no place im going to. Check out the transformed man by william shatner on amazon music. One of the most important facets of the church of shatnerology are the holy skriptures of tekwar. This is james doohans final television appearance as a guest star before his death on 20 july 2005. William shatner born march 22, 1931 is a canadian actor, writer, performer of the spoken word, and director, best known for having gained fame for his starring role as captain james t. William shatner samples, covers and remixes whosampled. Starting in the 1960s, william shatner, riding high on his star trek fame, began his idiosyncratic musical career. Tambourine man is a song written, composed, and performed by bob dylan, who released his original version of it on his 1965 album bringing it all back home.
The byrds version is abridged and in a different key from dylans original. Download mr tambourine man the life and legacy of the byrds gene clark. William shatner covered it was a very good year, how insensitive, mr. He played alexei karamazov in the brothers karamazov and lomax in the stage play the world of suzie wong. Tambourine man by seinfeld on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. As i dont really buyinto the whole signature song thing, the only thing that sails this over the top is a the very idea of this artist covering that song, makes this the obvious choice, and b the venue he performs it in shows not only a pure connection with his audience niche. Tambourine man, for example, shatner suddenly shouts the songs title in. New william shatner cd page 2 steve hoffman music forums. Tambourine man alone makes it all worthwhile and it questions the genius of rock lyrics as much as bills enthusiasm for the theatrical gesture.
Born in notredamedegrace, montreal, he studied at the canadian national repertory theatre before making his screen debut in 1951. Tambourine man, lucy in the sky with diamonds, it was a very good year that turned up on golden throats cds are the only such entries on transformed man. Tambourine man by william shatner with lyrics soundbae. Trekkies everywhere worship kirk many refuse to see that shatner is merely playing a role they have star trek conventions globally, where they buytrade. William shatner, william shatner has been jetzt kaufen. George clooney said that he would bring this album to a desert island since it would force him to hollow out his leg and make a. William shatner samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Spock, aka leonard nimoy, lieutenant uhura, aka nichelle nichols, and several others from the series next generation of actors have released albums, and kirk actually his alter ego, william shatner is still commander of the pack. William shatner remembers disastrous performance of mr. Fans of william shatner s work away from the bridge of the starship enterprise will remember that 2011s seeking major tom wasnt the former capt. For one thing, shatner doesnt even attempt to sing the song, but instead he provides a dramatic reading with his trademark shatneresque ov. The transformed man by william shatner on amazon music.
Here you can buy and download music mp3 william shatner. William shatners beatnik version of bob dylans mr tambourine man. King henry the fifth, the transformed man, hamlet, how insensitive insensatez, jingle bells feat. Tambourine man was the debut single by the american band the byrds, and was released on april 12, 1965 by columbia records.
Shatner, nimoy albums show ambition chicago tribune. Tambourine man, lucy in the sky with diamonds william shatner lyrics, the transformed man, king henry the fifth, it was a very good year, elegy for the brave, hamlet, major tom feat. William shatner lost in the stars mp3 download and lyrics. Tambourine man is enough to send some folks into a state of shock. As an added bonus, you get to hear leonard nimoy howl out such wonders as proud mary. The canadian actor was born on march 22, 1931 in montreal, canada. Ive failed miserably several times, says shatner, who put out infamously awful covers of mr. Kirk of the uss enterprise in the television show star trek. When the time came to press play on the cassette deck, they were so nervous after their hands had touched by. Tambourine man and proud mary blaring out of your am radio. Please give it a thumbs up if it worked for you and a thumbs down if its not working so that we can see if they have taken it down due to issues.
Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. The transformed man is the debut album of william shatner, originally released in 1968, while mr. Tambourine man, which was released on june 21, 1965. Song time king henry the fifth edit william shatner. As a rocker, star trek icon william shatner never hit warp speed. Imagine, if you will, soontobecome rock classics such as mr. The whole thing isnt as great as the legend that surrounds it but shatner s reading of mr. The byrds also recorded a version of the song that they released in the same year as their first single on columbia records, reaching. Tambourine man, play a song for me im not sleepy and there is no place im goin to hey mr. William shatner is known first and foremost as captain kirk, the central character from the classic star trek tv series from the 60s, and a string of motion pictures starting in the 80s, as well as an author of star trekbased books. Discover all william shatner s music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download.
William shatner is a canadian actor and recording artist. William shatner has yielded a unique and muchparodied body of work during his musical. Mr tambourine man by bob dylanperformed by william shatner. Captain kirk choke darth vader nichelle nichols shatnerday. Kirk, to write star trek based books and to record more spoken word albums. You can buy album the transformed man 1994 william shatner.
Tambourine man, play a song for me im not sleepy and there is no place im goin to hey. William shatner the transformed man 1968 flac flac. The original series from 1966 to 1969 continuing into seven of the subsequent movies. Tambourine man, it was a very good year, elegy for the brave, manhunt, alive, imagine things, one for you, one for me, white christmas feat. Meanwhile, i still have dibs on the stores promo copy of has been. There was a nice symmetry with an early episode of star trek also.
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