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Music : Spaced Out - The Very Best of William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy
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- And now for something completely different!
Thrill to the sound of Leonard Nimoy croaking `Bilbo Baggins', William Shatner murdering `Lucy in the sky with Diamonds'. An hour of serious humour, intentional and unintentional and excellent music production values shattered by the scenery wobbling just like `Star Trek'. Buy this hits compilation with impunity it is actually so kitsch that it's great.
Rating: - Priceless album may leave you speechless
I'd only ever heard a couple of the Nimoy offerings before and LSD by the Shatt, and so I thought I knew what I was letting myself in for, but I didn't really. The breadth of material covered by both was a complete surprise, the depth of the hole both men seemed to be digging for themselves with such vigour was none short of astonishing. It was akin I'd say to watching an unlicenced driver getting into a fast car and pointing it straight at a brick wall, without a seatbelt on. Brave though, as you'd expect of two starship troopers.
I'm going to have review Nimoy's first, as I think I need to be sedated by several scotches at least, before I try and describe Shatner's efforts. The songs Nimoy 'sings' here were I guess, picked for him by someone who knows more about music than alias Spock clearly does. The songs are nice, very 60sish, a bit Greenwich Villagey and a few are classics. So what on planet earth must the writers of these famous songs have thought when they were told by their agents that a Mr. Leonard Nimoy was bringing out recordings of them? I would love to have seen some of their faces when they actually heard the recordings for the first time. Easy listening classics are tested beyond their limits with Nimoy's rigid monotone voice. You can almost hear the clanky gear changes as Nimoy is forced to try different notes in the same song, poor man. But he does bring something new to some of them, with one or two really suiting him, such as If I Were a Carpenter, If I Had a Hammer, and the excellent Vulcan song Highly Illogical. The arrangements could not be cheesier in general, or more catchy on some of them. Carpenter in particular has a very kinky arrangement and this has to be now my favourite version of this great song, although I know that's sacrilage. The slower songs really weren't right for him, as long lingering notes are for serious singers only. He falters his way through Abraham, and murders Sonny, quite horribly.
Now, to try and make some sort of sense of William Shatner's pseudo musical offerings. No, I can't do it right now, sorry, far too sober to attempt that, I'll have a go another day. What heroes these two guys are though for giving us these unforgettable versions of popular songs and proving that not all big name actors take themselves seriously. This album is highly addictive, captain, and that's not at all logical. LLAP.
Rating: - Words fail me
Words fail me. Listen to William Shatner decaliming Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and marvel if you are on a bad acid trip yourself. Shatner is...well...let's say special. Nimoy on the other hand actually sings reasonably well, sometimes using his Spock alter ego. Truly a life changing experience.
Rating: - All aboard the starship
This album has blown me and my mate Ryan McDonald out of the water. This is a great album to play when you are getting ready to go out to chess club. Ryan my friend and me like to listen to this when we go train spotting together and also when we are studying chess masters. Ryan played this at his cousins party and the girls loved us and thought how cool we were. I have this on my walkman and I love to listen when I go into the forest to do some bird watching. Get this album
Rating: - It's music Jim, but not as we know it!
This is an epic artifact of ego over talent. I shall be seeking out a copy of the Transformed Man as soon as I finish this review. To be fair to both parties Shatner knew he could not sing a note, so he avoided any trace of melody whatsoever, and Nimoy has at times, he could sing, done a creditable job on a number of songs.
Highlights for me are the Shatner tracks "King Henry the Fifth", "It was a very good Year", the most amazing(I use the term without any exaggeration at all) version of "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds", Nimoys tracks "Highly Illogical" and "Spock Thoughts".
A must buy for those who love the exotic/strange/brave with the heart of a lion/John Zorn/Star Trek or those who wish to hear the most amazing destruction of a Beatles song.
- And now for something completely different!Thrill to the sound of Leonard Nimoy croaking `Bilbo Baggins', William Shatner murdering `Lucy in the sky with Diamonds'. An hour of serious humour, intentional and unintentional and excellent music production values shattered by the scenery wobbling just like `Star Trek'. Buy this hits compilation with impunity it is actually so kitsch that it's great.
Rating:
- Priceless album may leave you speechlessI'd only ever heard a couple of the Nimoy offerings before and LSD by the Shatt, and so I thought I knew what I was letting myself in for, but I didn't really. The breadth of material covered by both was a complete surprise, the depth of the hole both men seemed to be digging for themselves with such vigour was none short of astonishing. It was akin I'd say to watching an unlicenced driver getting into a fast car and pointing it straight at a brick wall, without a seatbelt on. Brave though, as you'd expect of two starship troopers.
I'm going to have review Nimoy's first, as I think I need to be sedated by several scotches at least, before I try and describe Shatner's efforts. The songs Nimoy 'sings' here were I guess, picked for him by someone who knows more about music than alias Spock clearly does. The songs are nice, very 60sish, a bit Greenwich Villagey and a few are classics. So what on planet earth must the writers of these famous songs have thought when they were told by their agents that a Mr. Leonard Nimoy was bringing out recordings of them? I would love to have seen some of their faces when they actually heard the recordings for the first time. Easy listening classics are tested beyond their limits with Nimoy's rigid monotone voice. You can almost hear the clanky gear changes as Nimoy is forced to try different notes in the same song, poor man. But he does bring something new to some of them, with one or two really suiting him, such as If I Were a Carpenter, If I Had a Hammer, and the excellent Vulcan song Highly Illogical. The arrangements could not be cheesier in general, or more catchy on some of them. Carpenter in particular has a very kinky arrangement and this has to be now my favourite version of this great song, although I know that's sacrilage. The slower songs really weren't right for him, as long lingering notes are for serious singers only. He falters his way through Abraham, and murders Sonny, quite horribly.
Now, to try and make some sort of sense of William Shatner's pseudo musical offerings. No, I can't do it right now, sorry, far too sober to attempt that, I'll have a go another day. What heroes these two guys are though for giving us these unforgettable versions of popular songs and proving that not all big name actors take themselves seriously. This album is highly addictive, captain, and that's not at all logical. LLAP.
Rating:
- Words fail meWords fail me. Listen to William Shatner decaliming Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and marvel if you are on a bad acid trip yourself. Shatner is...well...let's say special. Nimoy on the other hand actually sings reasonably well, sometimes using his Spock alter ego. Truly a life changing experience.
Rating:
- All aboard the starshipThis album has blown me and my mate Ryan McDonald out of the water. This is a great album to play when you are getting ready to go out to chess club. Ryan my friend and me like to listen to this when we go train spotting together and also when we are studying chess masters. Ryan played this at his cousins party and the girls loved us and thought how cool we were. I have this on my walkman and I love to listen when I go into the forest to do some bird watching. Get this album
Rating:
- It's music Jim, but not as we know it!This is an epic artifact of ego over talent. I shall be seeking out a copy of the Transformed Man as soon as I finish this review. To be fair to both parties Shatner knew he could not sing a note, so he avoided any trace of melody whatsoever, and Nimoy has at times, he could sing, done a creditable job on a number of songs.
Highlights for me are the Shatner tracks "King Henry the Fifth", "It was a very good Year", the most amazing(I use the term without any exaggeration at all) version of "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds", Nimoys tracks "Highly Illogical" and "Spock Thoughts".
A must buy for those who love the exotic/strange/brave with the heart of a lion/John Zorn/Star Trek or those who wish to hear the most amazing destruction of a Beatles song.