Rocket Man
This is one of my favourite cover versions. The interpretation of "Rocket Man" by William Shatner alias Captain Kirk is brilliant in my opinion. There is so much atmosphere in this version, much more than in Elton John's original. I think it was not published on a CD, at least I couldn't find it. William Shatner has just performed it on the Science Fiction Film Award ceremony in 1978. So if you click on the image, you can see the movie clip. It is really worth viewing it (6.8 MB).
Keep on going, William Shatner: You really Rocked It Man!
- Michael Müller, Hamburg, Deutschland, 26.10.2005
William Shatner
1978 |
vs. |
Elton John
1972 |
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Further information about song and bands:
Shatner's
Rocketman |
Here you can find a transcription of Shatner's version, which tries to describe Shatner's rhythm and accentuation - quite funny. |
Family Guy
Parody |
A paraody on Shatner's version was made 25 years later by the Family Guy Crew. Here you can see Stewie in this clip. |
Elton John's
Musical History |
We don't want to forget Elton John. Here you can find the complete musical history of Elton John. An excellent and very comprehensive site! |
Comments about Rocket Man:
Elton's not a joke! and his versions way better!
- nowhereman, nowhereland, United States, 07.06.2008 |
I get it...I get jokes!
Actually I think Bill Shat did a better job on Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Incredible! Reminds me of Shelley reciting Ode to The West Wind.
Of course, Bill was standing naked on the deck of the USS Enterprise, flying on 2 hits of Owsley Orange Sunshine when he recorded it, so anything less than the mind blowing performance he gave would have been a shocker.
Anybody here dig the Sebastian Cabot version of "Like a Rolling Stone"? Most superlative!
- Mucho Moss, San Narcisco, United States, 14.05.2008 |
elton john is a joke. shatner is the most talented american since aaron burr.
- bernie bernbaum, chicago, Denmark, 18.05.2007 |
elton john is a joke. shatner is the most talented american since aaron burr.
- bernie bernbaum, chicago, Denmark, 18.05.2007 |
The link isn't working! Bill Shatner is awesome!
- SammyDKat, Los Angeles, United States, 14.03.2007 |
William Shatner rocks!
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- Torrie Crocker, San Diego, United States, 29.10.2006 |
William Shatner rocks!
- Torrie Crocker, San Diego, United States, 29.10.2006 |
Shatner is a joke and Elton's version is incredible..
Boy Sets Fire does a version of this song - it's nothing special but it's nice to see a band in a completely different genre( and a genre not so keen with Elton) give him props for being the genius he is
- Sean, Everywhere, United States, 08.08.2006 |
I wonder if Shatner knows what "Rocket Man" means.
- ~Robert, Phoenix, United States, 12.07.2006 |
Everyone that voted for Shatner just broke my heart a little bit. Elton John is the man...kinda. Well, he can sing anyways. He is definitely better.
- Marie, OKC, United States, 23.05.2006 |
