Common People
Last night I was surfing around the old interweb when I made my way over to You Tube. I don’t know what drew me there, or why I felt inspired to check out the video that I did. But man, watching William Shatner perform Pulp’s “Common People” alongside Ben Folds and the great Joe Jackson makes for some great television. The video is a live clip from The Tonight Show from a few years ago. Shatner was performing in support of his album(!!!!) “Has Been”, which is legitimately better than it had any right to be. Blame or kudos go to producer Fold, who contributes some solid music and Shatner, who takes himself just seriously enough.
The highlight for me during the video is when Joe Jackson cracks up just a tiny bit after Shatner utters the classic line “everybody hates a tourist”. Check it out below, and then use SHATNER as today’s bonus code.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Shatner is a god. (and a ham) - ya gotta luv him !
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I had heard about this through Henry Rollins’ “It’s Just Talk” CD. Or at least I think that is the name. It is a great story and a fun song to listen to. “I can’t get behind that” Rollins is a good story teller. Let the avenues continue.
KSS
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
omg I Love Shatner he is a sweetheart! My brothers are crazy about him. When we were kids my brothers rebuilt the Enterprise bridge in our basement out of big old boxes, christmas lights and switches…….hahahaha I love his website and his album has been.. awesome post!
June 25th, 2008 at 5:37 am
That was actually quite brilliant. You’re right, Shatner took it seriously enough, he could have really hammed it up but he didn’t.