(AUDIO RESTORED) William Shatner "Sings" 'Rocket Man' 1978
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- My gift to all Shatner Fans who have had to sit through the abysmal versions of this song replete with buzzing and hissing. It was a bit more difficult than your average restoration project but Captain Kirk deserves no less than my best attempt. Some artifacts remain but on the whole I'd say it is considerably better than the original found here:
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Paul McCartney was asked about Shatner’s interpretation of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, and his response works for this as well: “It’s wrong, but it’s so wrong it’s great”
I came looking for the legendary videos of Shatner singing, and I came across your comment. Paul McCartney is my favorite artist hahaha
paul is better than shatner at everything including acting
@@braidennuggies Uwe Boll is better at directing than Shatner is at singing.
@@10th_Doctor probably
How is that relevant
The greatest thing about Shatner's "singing" performances is that you can never tell if he's serious or if it's a goof. That's genius!
He’s very serious.
@@Shlankyman545 He appears to be but .... I don't know.
Father of spinal tap...
@Koji-888 It was the '70s. Today he'd get cancelled just for smoking.
Per his most recent memoir, "Boldly Go...", projects like The Transformed Man and Has Been are very serious. But he's not above having a laugh, like his rendition of "Tears for Caesar" in Free Enterprise.
I think we're all missing the truly impressive aspect of this performance; he managed to time his cigarette to the song almost exactly.
Back then proper smoking was taught in acting classes. A lot of actors did cigarette ads for extra income, like John Wayne and Yul Brynner , both of whom died of lung cancer.
that's a blunt man
Kirk was high af
I don't think that's a cigarette.
That's so funny
Nice work. I really don't want to live in a universe where this never happened.
William Shatner holds up very well on the reruns of Star Trek. As a matter of fact, the whole original ST holds up just fine.
I want THIS version played at my wake! Dressed like the partied out version. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me Either 🤣🤣🤣
My condolences 💐
I lived in a universe where this never happened. So i moved
Still holds up as one of the truly fearless yet disastrous performance of a song at an awards show
Was it, though?
Check out his rendition of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”. He’s gotta get an album out - he owes it to the people.
im fucking dying lmao
FActoid = ALLWAS got the woman. Janas,robot girl, Temtress aliens. got the woman,, Bill.
disastrous? This is the best version.
I love how the first two Shatners seem annoyed at Party Shatner's appearance.
There is only room for one Shatner on the planet
@@jasonphillips5816 two*
Because he won't pass the spleef!! Bill was and IS a HUGE cannabis consumer.
My ideal t-shirt is a graphic tee of all 3 of them like a 3 wolf moon shirt
@@Slappap Agreed...pause at 4:20 and thats exactly the screenshot I would want on my 3 Shatner Moon Shirt
This is the pinnacle of human culture. Can anyone top that?
shatner singing mr tamborine man beats this humdinger
1978: Shatner "sings" Rocket Man
2021: Shatner becomes Rocket Man!
and after blowing all those CARBON emmisions from that rocket goes on to spew about "saving the earth from "climate change". HAHAHA
@@Antsylum Kerosene is a bi product of petroleum. Rocket fuel is Kerosene.
You should research the facts before you speak or post, makes you sound smarter
This is the most painful set of replies ever.
@@scottchapman9931 Sunshine, you really haven't researched this. Aviation fuel is generally kerosene, or similar. But rocket fuel is a bit different and comes in a lot of forms. Space rockets are usually powered by mixing liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, the combustion product of which is water.
So directly, there is no carbon emission; however, there will be carbon emissions involved in the production of the liquid hydrogen and oxygen, and there is a greenhouse effect of water vapour in the atmosphere (though this is less well understood than other effects.
All that said, the emissions involved in the occasional space launch, compared with the vast emissions involved in daily air travel, and road use are infinitesimal.
@@edwardcoe7293 While it is true for the rocket Shatner flew on, Blue Origin's New Shepard, it's certainly not true in general. The rocket engine used on New Shepard does indeed burn only hydrogen with oxygen, producing nothing but water vapor as exhaust, but the vast majority of rockets launched throughout history and the most active ones today, burn refined kerosene (usually RP-1) with oxygen. It's equivalent to commercial airliners in terms of exhaust products, being mostly carbon dioxide and water, along with soot as not all the carbon in the fuel reacts with oxygen during the combustion process in the rocket engine. Many rockets also combine kerosene-burning engines with solid rocket boosters, where the fuel typically is powdered aluminium metal which burns with ammonium perchlorate as oxidizer. The exhaust is pretty nasty. The third major category is the hypergolic fuels, often some variant of hydrazine combined with nitrogen tetroxide. Horrible substances when unreacted.
I love the way Shatner acts his way through the song, it's like a lesson from your drama teacher on three different ways to interpret lines.
People always seem to forget Shatner is classically trained. He knew _exactly_ what he was doing in this.
I wonder if it was a stealth reference to Freudian personality theory. Or maybe I give Shatner too much credit. :P
I certainly had some teachers like Third Shatner but that was due to the vodka.
Acts?
The phrase ‘Third Shatner’ really should have superseded ‘Magnum Opus’ by this point in popular culture
We all strive to reach the third shatner level but fail.
President Bush, a third Shatner just manifested on the stage of the Saturn Awards.
Yes. There is the 3rd Shatner that's been going all nite & wants to take a road trip to vegas.
There's a third Shatner in all of us. Polyp-like in nature
When Third Shatner showed up, I laughed myself into a coughing fit so hard i started aeeing stars and that honestly improved it so so much
Every couple years or so something reminds me of this and I watch it again. Third Shatner's entrance gets me every damn time.
I read your comment as Third Shatner made his apparition. I laughed myself into a coughing fit, too.😂
When something is so terrible it's wonderful.
No, just wonderful.
A lesson for us all. If you think you're doing shit, don't try to improve. Do the counterintuitive thing of attempting to become more shit, it may well turn into gold.
It’s wonderful. Not bad @ all.
@@DCI-Frank-BurnsideHow do you know that Shatner thought he was “doing shit,” let alone “attempting to become more shit”? Not to mention, that’s a terrible lesson that this is not teaching.
@@imfsresidentotaku9699 I was merely echoing the O.P's sentiment in more meandering terms.
Oh wow, he really leans into this.
It truly *is* glorious.
Forever legendary.
there’s a lesson here about committing to an original idea no matter how insane and ridiculous it seems. this truly is an original interpretation; explains why it’s so controversial, and also why we’re still talking about it almost 50 years later
The look on Shanter#2’s face when Shanter#3 pops out from behind Shanter#1 is priceless.
Wait, what?
Hearing his dramatic reading of this song changes you. You will never be the same.
Check out his interpretation of “Lucy in the sky with Diamonds”. You may never recover.
@@colcocon6021THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION. IM SO EXCITED TO HEAR IT.❤❤❤
@@Hylianmonkeys My pleasure. While you’re at it, check out Leonard Nimoy’s valiant attempt at “Where is Love”. Epic.
I agree
@@colcocon6021 LOL
The more I see this, the more I think this is the best performance of the song. Comedy aspects aside, he understands the song on a spiritual level.
He high
That's why I love these Shatner performances - he is treating it as a role he is performing just as he would in any scripted dialogue from an acting role. Singers are more just singing a nice tune and telling a story.
It’s absolutely brilliant.
@@leftifornian2066 as a kite by then
I saw this live. The adults thought I was crazy that I wanted to watch this show.
Lucky man.
You lucky lucky man! 👍
I was actually on the moon watching him perform this on earth.
@@theshapeexists You must have ben very high at the time.
And maybe still are.
@@CommodoreFan64 for the MANGS!!
It may be the greatest piece of art ever created.
The way he manages to imitate Stewie Griffin's mannerisms is sensational.
It's amazing how he copied Stewart Gilligan Griffen
🤡
Are you serious this was like in the 70s
This was just a year before Star Trek: The Slow Motion Picture.
No, Stewie Griffin was imitating William Shatner’s mannerisms. That was a parody of this.
This clip shows the man's versatility. And at 90, he went into space. Unbelievable life.
Happy 93rd Birthday, Captain!
Admiral, you uncultured swine.
Today, October 13, 2021, The Shat Man officially became a ROCK-IT-MAN!
I have occasionally used the term "Shatner!" scatalogically.
@@lizab.stough9396 LMAOOOOOO
He's so powerful that he really split into 3 parts that night. Truly a timeless classic.
Shared this today in honor of 90 year old William Shatner being released from the Earth's Gravity and really making his way where no man of his age has gone before. Thanks for the remaster. It's great!
Same here; had to experience it again. I'm just amazed that seemingly _none_ of the commentators over the last couple days have referenced this!
All the world's a masonic stage...
Finally someone who knows!!!!
Technically, because it was a sub-orbital flight, he was not released from Earth’s gravity
Beyond awesome
If this was the only thing on the internet it would be worth it. Thank you, Bill. Thank you.
It’s a great thing to see someone capable of self amusement at this high of a professional level. In front of the songs writer no less.
That's right folks ! You watched it ! You can't unwatch it !
Magical performance....
He is the MAN. His spoken word version of who's the real shady deserves to be in the library of Congress.
I thought all published material is there.
He’s a Legend !!
His talk-singing of other songs as well is unique and so-genius 🌟!
I love Shattners surrealistic point of Humor.
Oh please he's DEAD ASS SERIOUS
@@matthewwalsh3399 He WAS dead ass serious back in 1978, sure.
At this point, 40+ years later? He's a bit more willing to poke fun at himself and enjoys trolling everyone.
He was totally sincere when he started doing these.
That's the special Romulan blend tobacco 😉
This is not meant to be taken as a joke, whatsoever.
Amazing audio restoration. Like you said, Shatner deserves no less than your best. His "singing" is a guilty pleasure of mine. Somewhat ironically, the "original" version has since been nuked by TH-cam.
If you really really think about this songs lyrics and listen to Shatner sing it in the wee small hours then this performance is truly quite a power one. 😇
Someone said this should of been a post credit scene in Rocketman movie but with Chris Pine as Shatner
If chris pine did this, we could shut down the internet. It couldn't get any better.
That'd have been the greatest moment in cinema since Citizen Kane
bUt hE bELiEveS iN a gOd tHaT iSn'T dIsNEY!!??!!
If somebody could get Chris Pine to do this I'm sure somebody with a lot of ca$h, like Howard Stern, would pay good money just for the "it was SO funny I pissed myself" hilariousness of it ! Hell... at this point... I'd settle for a deep fake swap out of Shatner for Pine.
😂😢 I WISSHHH
This is one of the single greatest moments in film and music history, and i am proud to say, i was there when it happened
I wasn't there, but I had permission from my parents to watch the award show
Question, if indeed you were there, while he was on stage how did they replicate his to other personas?
Did they use a film projector or did the audience only see 1 Shatner?
Brilliant! A true Shatner fan can only agree. He knew exactly what he was doing
A magnificent mix of sarcasm and droll sarcastic humor. Love it! Can’t stop laughing!
Good job on this. By far the best quality version. God i love it. It's almost as though his belief in how good it is is some kind of madness and we are all just along for a ride around Shatner's breadbasket
Thank god for yt.
We'd never get to see these gems otherwise.
Incredible job, always considered this singing of this song one of my favorite guilty pleasures but I've honestly never heard sound so satisfying. Everything was very clear the instruments were much more prominent and Shatner was balanced into the music nicely, very well done.
i never thought i would get to see captain kirk from star trek singing rocket man by elton john, but here I am watching this wonderful presentation i love my life
Pure Genius!!
I saw this reference on Family guy and never knew what this was referencing but this is pretty awesome lolol
The best, the most unforgettable performance of this song ever. I love it. James T Kirk IS the Rock-It-Man!!!
I absolutely love William Shatner. Grew up watching him in so many endeavors. Fangirling. This is fabulous. Thank you very much for sharing this! (I've never seen it before.)
You should share it with him. Especially since he took that trip to outer space.
I have watched this video a dozen times, and the more I watch it, the weirder it gets. Truly bizzare.
7 years in and this is still glorious
Now that is some awesome weed.
It must have blown peoples minds to see three William Shatners on screen at once singing and reacting to each other properly in sync over what started out as a live stage performance in 1978. I don't believe this had ever been done before this and with the television quality of the 70s it probably looked more realistic than how it looks here as well
He's on the verge of tears on that last "it's gonna be a long long time"
It WAS a long, long time, but he's finally going to be the Rocket Man he always wanted to be on October, 12, 2021.
You might want to edit your comment, as it's getting delayed to 10-13-21 due to very high winds.
10/13 aliyah day (means going up)
I don't think that was tobacco.
Also, he must have been a time-traveller. Went to the year 3008 and saw Zap Brannigan in a karaoke bar... the rest is future history from the past.
After watching this again, I agree. Looked more like a joint.
It was a cigarette, you idiot. Do you really think they would have let him smoke shitty marijuana? Cigarettes are better anyway if you wanna get things done.
@@jameslincoln92 I assume you have incontrovertible proof it was a cigarette?
@@colcocon6021 I assume you have incontrovertible proof that it wasn't a cigarette.
@@scottchapman9931 Are you for real? Have you HEARD his rendition of “Lucy in the sky with Diamonds”? Come ON!!
Thank you so much for this, I listen to this all the time! This is so underrated and a surreal, powerful, amazing cover of a timeless and brilliant song by an actual legend.
Every now and then I come back to this video to restore my faith on humanity.
This is the video I’ll look for on the sad day when he leaves us for another dimension
I love this😂 you're the man Shatner!
never gets old
I was 12 when I saw this iconic performance. It is the best performance that I’ve ever seen in any award show before and since. Nothing can beat William Shatner’s performance of Elton John’s Rocket Man.
In an episode of Family Guy, baby Stewie gets the honor to perform Rocket Man in the same style as William Shatner. It wasn’t meant to outshine Shatner but it was a reminder of that performance.
The Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Awards was a dream come true for me because it was an award show for all things sci-fi, fantasy and horror. It is now known as The Saturn Awards. The last time I saw a clip from the Saturn Awards, there was a tribute to George A. Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead. And an appearance by comedian Sam Kinison.
Great work on the audio clean up. Bravo, sir!😎👍👏
This is really good, I heard the original and this is a lot better. It feels like your in a studio without the audience
Proves that schlock can pass for art in ANY decade.
This is an absolute masterpiece
So nice
I'm so glad I have been alive to witness this.
May God bless you for posting this :-)
A true legendary man/persona replication of an equally legendary artist/musician`s work is truly a sight / sound to behold
Hey captain.....You finally made it! 😀
Awesome sir. Thank you for restoring this - first time i've heard it but I know Shatner was a real stand up comic! No sir you are not the man we think you are back home, and it has been a long long time.
Shatner, we love you man.
This is so raw. Pure genius. Its beautiful, truly.
10/13/2021 William Shatner at 90 years old becomes the oldest man to ever go to space. He's finally a Rocket Man!
This video lives rent free in my head.
I’m in stitches….this cured my depression
It stopped me from killing myself.
Now this is art! One of the greatest performances ever caught on film. The stuff of legends!
I'm listening to this, while watching Bill's flight into space on Blue Origin... Live Awesome!
I have been restoring and archiving things recently and this sounds really good! I know it takes work. Thank you!
It may have taken 55 years but soon at 90 he will really be the oldest "Rocketman" to go into space.
For some reason, I love this. I cant help but.... feel it. The fact. The solid statements. The emphasis at points.
Brilliant. A beautiful version of a wonderful song. Sung with such depth and meaning. Only Mr. Shatner could portray 3 of life's meaningful moments within a song. Act 1 Reflection with a ciggarete and or vape. Act 2 Sheer determination to be a Rocket Man. Act 3 An absolute fucking rocking it Rocket Man !
Thank you for this...especially on 10/13/21, the day Bill got to see it all for himself. As he said, “I hope I never recover from this.” Way to go, Rocket Man!
And I'm gonna be........high................ as a kite.
Such a great dude. Anyone else see how much fun he's having???
Something is special in this song. Thanks for sharing.
I love the old synth sounds. I'm happy to have seen this historic piece of entertainment... now I never have to watch it again lmao. LOVE YOU SHATNER!
This is brilliant work restoring the audio. I know some might think it's dated, but that arrangement and that band are crushing it. That style was so much fun to play.
That man is a world treasure!
We Must Protect Bill at All Costs.
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Ah. Classic Shatner!
Great restoration, for a Great song, with a great man.. you think Shatner is the kinda person who can turn his hand to anything, and no matter how corny or cheesy it seems it will always turn out amazing.
Man the ultimate in "im cool" self-indulgence
Oooooh yeah... that's the good stuff.
I got that reference.
William Shatner is
truly in a class by
himself....no one else
could do this justice ! ❤❤❤❤❤
This is so great on so many different levels. ❤
A voice that goes boldly were no voice has gone before
Congrats on becoming a real rocket man mr Shatner!
Remember he did this on purpose. Rehearsed for a couple of weeks. It's hard to imagine that the Theater was big enough to fit his massive titanium encased balls.
Shatner is such a great actor.
Thank you Tim. Sending love to Florida ❤
Live Long and Prosper, Mr. William Shatner. What a monumental day it is that this is the day Commander James T. Kirk launched into space for the first time.
So long since I've seen this! Thanks for the restoration. Helps me cringe so much more vividly. Awesome.
Excellent restoration and in doing so you've gained a subscriber.
That was amazing
3:40 BEST PART XD
For sure!
I'm a rock it man!