# Shatner Has Been. A new CD. Uh-Oh. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373 "2004-08-25T01:38:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/1 "2004-08-25T01:38:35Z")
I confess that I have not downloaded any of these tracks yet, but I’m sure they’re all equally horrific: > **[Sex Dating Sites - Shatner Sex Dating](http://shatnerhasbeen.com/)** > > Take some some time before you perform, and think of it. They wish to develop a rapport and also confidence with you that you should come at the future when you have needs to them. Lastly, a spiritual coach can assist you to revive your own life, in... TV, movies, “music,” conventions, books…This guy is unstoppable. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/2 "2004-08-25T01:40:17Z")
“William Shatner - Hasbeen” Intentional or not, that’s pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/3 "2004-08-25T01:57:36Z")
I’m in the middle of the first track and it’s pretty entertaining–his OTT emoting is clearly tongue-in-cheek, and the weirdly phrased sing-songy delivery is irresistable (if not exactly “good” 😃 ) . Oh boy–“Has Been” (track 8) is a kinda weird “Ghost Riders in the Sky” salute about celebrity… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/4 "2004-08-25T02:00:15Z")
Well, at least it isn’t a hip hop album. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/5 "2004-08-25T04:44:35Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Well, at least it isn’t a hip hop album. Koening: How can he do a rap song as a spoken word piece? Melllvar: He found a way. Oh yeah, this looks to be good. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/6 "2004-08-25T06:06:05Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Koening: How can he do a rap song as a spoken word piece? > Melllvar: He found a way. Wait, has he really done that and I missed out on it? I was just joking about that with someone the other day; we wanted to see Shatner cover the works of Public Enemy as spoken-word beat poetry. “I don’t THINK I can HANDLE… She GOES… CHANNEL… to CHANNEL… go looking for a HERO… she WATCH… channel ZERO.” ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/7 "2004-08-25T11:51:04Z")
Produced by Ben Folds. Special appearance by Henry Rollins. Wow. There’s actual musical credentials on there. The first track, was… Good. Unconventional, but good. The Transformed man this ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/8 "2004-08-25T11:52:06Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Wait, has he really done that and I missed out on it? I was just joking about that with someone the other day; we wanted to see Shatner cover the works of Public Enemy as spoken-word beat poetry. > > “I don’t THINK I can HANDLE… She GOES… CHANNEL… to CHANNEL… go looking for a HERO… she WATCH… channel ZERO.” He does “Slim Shady” on an episode of _Futurama_. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/9 "2004-08-25T12:13:25Z")
Sorry to go against the flow guys, but I’m looking forward to this one. I’ve heard “Common People” and it’s great. Shatner does the spoken word part, and Joe Jackson chimes in toward the end. Shatner, Ben Folds, and John Painter worked together a few years ago on the _Fear Of Pop, Vol 1_ track “In Love,” and it rocked! They even had a live appearance on Conan. I think this one is going to surprise everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/10 "2004-08-25T13:38:55Z")
This is going to be first CD I’ll have bought in six years. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/11 "2004-08-25T13:40:09Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > This is going to be first CD I’ll have bought in six years. Durrrr. _THE_ first CD. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/12 "2004-08-25T13:43:38Z")
Sorry for the triple post, but for those you who haven’t yet, try Track 08 - Has Been. It’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/13 "2004-08-25T14:18:51Z")
Bill Shatner had at some point the Grand Epiphany that the way to go was, that if you are doomed to become a parody of yourself, you should _embrace_ and _own_ that parody of yourself. I won’t call it “genius” but it’s damn profitable for sure. … and I’m just waiting for the inevitable Shatner/Nimoy staging of _The Sunshine Boys_. You know it’s coming… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/14 "2004-08-25T16:22:50Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Bill Shatner had at some point the Grand Epiphany that the way to go was, that if you are doomed to become a parody of yourself, you should _embrace_ and _own_ that parody of yourself. I won’t call it “genius” but it’s damn profitable for sure. > > … and I’m just waiting for the inevitable Shatner/Nimoy staging of _The Sunshine Boys_. You know it’s coming… You know… that would be funny. "Come in… AND ENTER!" ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/15 "2004-08-25T16:29:03Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > Sorry for the triple post, but for those you who haven’t yet, try Track 08 - Has Been. It’s hilarious. I have to strongly second that. It’s hysterical, and completely true that most people who describe Shatner as a “has-been” haven’t accomplished one percent of what he has… been. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/16 "2004-08-25T16:54:09Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > You know… that would be funny. > > "Come in… > > AND ENTER!" Okay, THAT’s funny. I’ll listen to the tracks at home. In the meantime, if anything, Shatner’s use of his has-been-ness is starting to grate. He’s frickin’ everywhere these days. If he rationed himself out a bit it would be more amusing and wouldn’t get old so fast, unlike the Priceline commercials. 😛 But his guest spot on Futurama was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/17 "2004-08-25T17:10:23Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Sorry to go against the flow guys, but I’m looking forward to this one. I’ve heard “Common People” and it’s great. Shatner does the spoken word part, and Joe Jackson chimes in toward the end. Don’t get me wrong… while I spent a good many years disliking the man intensely, now that he’s embraced his destiny as a, well… has-been, I’ve grown to like him and even in some cases, love him. I’ll buy the CD and I’ll probably have a good (good-natured) augh at it but it’s still bizarre and I’m still happy it’s not a hip-hop album. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/18 "2004-08-25T19:03:40Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’ve grown to like him and even in some cases, love him. Ah, but are you willing to [Stalk William Shatner](http://www.apeculture.com/shatner.htm) to prove your love? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/19 "2004-08-25T19:23:35Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > He does “Slim Shady” on an episode of _Futurama_. He does a rap based on Shakespeare’s **Julius Ceasar** in the movie **Free Enterprise**. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373/20 "2004-08-25T20:00:07Z")
I really need to see that movie.` [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-has-been-a-new-cd-uh-oh/261373.md?page=2)