# Shatner sings Pulp's 'Common People' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427 "2004-07-22T22:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/1 "2004-07-22T22:55:22Z")
[Hear.](http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/common_people.mov) Tremble. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/2 "2004-07-22T23:11:32Z")
Y’know, I didn’t hate it. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/3 "2004-07-23T00:42:22Z")
A great song shines through. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/4 "2004-07-23T00:45:41Z")
Ooo, check out the full track listing of his upcoming album: “Common People” (with Joe Jackson) “It Hasn’t Happened Yet” “You’ll Have Time” “Trying” (with Ben Folds and Aimee Mann) “What Have You Done” “Together” (with Lemon Jelly) “Familiar Love” “Ideal Woman” “Has Been” “I Can’t Get Behind That” (with Henry Rollins) “Real” (with Brad Paisley) ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/5 "2004-07-23T04:54:21Z")
It’s not awful, but it lacks something. The original is my favorite Pulp track, and is delivered with real feeling. Shatner is kind of walking through it. It really hits home when the actual singing starts. Since the two voices step on one another, and I see Joe Jackson credited, I’m guessing that Mr. Jackson is the one doing the singing, which is delivered with real feeling instead of the Shatneriffic quality of the rest. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d give it a hearty “don’t care enough to come up with a number.” ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/6 "2004-07-23T05:39:20Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > …delivered with real feeling instead of the **Shatneriffic** quality of the rest. Band name. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/7 "2004-07-23T11:41:47Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > It’s not awful, but it lacks something. The original is my favorite Pulp track, and is delivered with real feeling. Shatner is kind of walking through it. I think the problem is that El Shatto has no empathy or connection with actual common people in real life - the song needs genuine bitterness in it’s delivery. Sings the phrase:- “smoke some fags…” without a wince tho’ ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/8 "2004-07-23T11:48:32Z")
:smack: - only it must have been Joe doing that bit (“sings” rather than "overacts"giving the game away) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-sings-pulps-common-people/256427/9 "2004-07-23T13:11:33Z")
I LOVE IT! But then, I could listen to The Transformed Man all day. so take my opinion with a grain of salt (or a salt vampire).