In his seven decades of acting, shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of captain james t. William shatners space album will include rocket man by kyle buchanan what little we heard of william shatners next album back in february was enticing enough. A history of william shatners strange musical career in 11 tracks. But shatners regret over his mysterious falling out with nimoy suggests what this book really is. William shatner says goodbye to leonard nimoy in his new book. At the very least, theres no denying that shatners rocket man is very. There had been a lot of advertising lead up to the awards show this appeared on and i was a huge star trek fan so i just had to see it, i got to stay up late, i was 9. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing captain kirk, being a part of star trek, and life after. And with such a collection of work, a book would be necessary to capture it all. The shatners are avid horse people and together they are behind. 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. Kirk of the uss enterprise in the star trek franchise. There are obligatory covers of bowie and elton john rocket man, of course, though.
It seems to exist in our culture purely as a punchline, a goto gag to illustrate the depth to which shatner s career had fallen poststar trek. An intended but abandoned series of novels by william shatner, with judith and garfield reevesstevens. Shatners spokenword delivery, set to quiet musical accompaniment, is completely different from elton johns performance, and thats fine. It would have been the fourth series in the shatnerverse. From the science fiction film awards, william shatners unforgettable performance of elton johns rocket man. Retrontario william shatner rocket man 1978 facebook. Check out rocket man by william shatner on amazon music. William shatner books list of books by william shatner.
One of the interwebs most popular viral videos is of william shatner singing elton johns classic rocket man at an awards show from the 70s. His interpretation of elton johns rocket man is hilarious, amazing and unique. She packed my bags last night preflight zero hour nine a. William shatner is far, far more than captain kirk. William shatner oc born march 22, 1931 is a canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer.
William shatner s take on the classic elton johnbernie taupin tune rocket man has an awesome powerpeople know it without ever having heard it. Shatner s musical career began in 1968 with the release of his first album, the transformed man. Love grows where my rosemary goes edison lighthouse 1970. Official elton john movie book rocketman movie 01 by malcolm croft, foreword by elton john, paramount licensing ltd. Starting in the 1960s, william shatner, riding high on his star trek fame, began his idiosyncratic musical career. William shatners space album will include rocket man. William shatner sings rocket man 1978 more articles by.
The perfect williamshatner rocketman william animated gif for your conversation. And this is a joke everybodys in onsources as diverse as beck in his video for where. Shatner also has a new book, shatner rules, and is about to perform a. Includes karen blacks introduction of bernie taupin, and taupins introduction of. William shatner rocketman gif williamshatner rocketman.