New album by William Shatner coming out: 'Seeking Major Tom'

[bananas]

Take a look at the track list and performers.

http://www.covermesongs.com/2011/09/william-shatner-returns-with-iron-man-cover.html

William Shatner Returns with “Iron Man” Cover
Posted by Ray Padgett at 4:00 pm
Sep 092011



In the seven years since he released Has Been, the people have requested – nay, demanded – another William Shatner album. You can only replay that “Rocket Man” video so many times before you need something fresh. Well, as we mentioned back in February, that comes in the form of his metal space-themed covers album (that’s the awesome album art up there). Now we’ve got our first listen, in the form of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” It even features ex-Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde shredding away.

Shatner’s “Iron Man” isn’t an instant classic in either the good or the bad sense. The music is pretty faithful and Shatner’s delivery is…well, it’s closer to on-the-beat than he sometimes gets. Still, this remains an instantly identifiable William Shatner production, which gives its own charm. Stream “Iron Man” below and get excited for 17 more tracks like this come October 11th. (via Revolver)

William Shatner ft. Zakk Wylde – Iron Man (Black Sabbath cover)
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‘Seeking Major Tom’ Tracklist:
Disc 1
1. Major Tom (Coming Home) feat. Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
2. Space Oddity feat. Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night
3. In A Little While feat. Lyle Lovett
4. Space Cowboy feat. Brad Paisley & Steve Miller
5. Space Truckin feat. Ian Paice (Deep Purple) & Johnny Winter
6. Rocket Man feat. Steve Hillage (Gong / System 7)
7. She Blinded Me With Science feat. Bootsy Collins & Patrick Moraz (Yes/Moody Blues)
8. Walking On The Moon feat. Toots Hibbert (Toots & The Maytals)
9. Spirit In The Sky feat. Peter Frampton
10. Bohemian Rhapsody feat. John Wetton (King Crimson / Asia)
11. Silver Machine feat. Wayne Kramer (MC5) & Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge / Rod Stewart)
12. Mrs. Major Tom feat. Sheryl Crow

Disc 2
1. Empty Glass feat. Michael Schenker
2. Lost In The Stars feat. Ernie Watts (Zappa/Rolling Stones)
3. Learning To Fly feat. Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream)
4. Mr. Spaceman feat. Dave Davies (The Kinks)
5. Twilight Zone feat. Warren Haynes (Gov t Mule / Allman Brothers Band)
6. Struggle (original track William Shatner / Adam Hamilton)
7. Iron Man feat. Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne) & Mike Inez (Alice In Chains)
8. Planet Earth feat. Steve Howe (Yes / Asia)

[Raschel]

1. What a hoot. Bill is right up there with Keith Richards, only looks much more preserved (and is

coherent) He's amazing.

[Bosonic]

2. Whilst I'm sure both Mr Shatner

and his warblings are clinically fascinating, was the Science forum the desired target or is it just accidental collateral damage from the Entertainment forum???

[bananas]

3. The Science forum was the desired target.

I'm particularly looking forward to this track:
"She Blinded Me With Science feat. Bootsy Collins & Patrick Moraz (Yes/Moody Blues)"

With the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet, we should remember that the first Space Shuttle was named after Star Trek's Starship Enterprise:

A write-in campaign by Trekkies to President Gerald Ford asked that the orbiter be named after the Starship Enterprise, featured on the television show Star Trek.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise

The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle orbiter. <snip>

Construction began on Enterprise on June 4, 1974.<2> Designated OV-101, it was originally planned to be named Constitution and unveiled on Constitution Day, September 17, 1976. A write-in campaign by Trekkies to President Gerald Ford asked that the orbiter be named after the Starship Enterprise, featured on the television show Star Trek. Although Ford did not mention the campaign, the president—who during World War II had served on the aircraft carrier USS Monterey (CVL-26) that served with USS Enterprise (CV-6)—said that he was "partial to the name" and overrode NASA officials.<3><4>

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Oh the pain, the pain...

Edgar Froese? Never would have thought...

[Mojambo]

5. Has Been was a pretty fucking remarkably great record

This material on this one doesn't really interest me all that much, but i'll still give it a listen.

[dbonds]

6. You can listen to hist Iron Man track here...

http://www.revolvermag.com/news/exclusive-william-shatner-premieres-his-version-of-black-sabbaths-iron-man.html

It actually isn't bad. Zakk's guitar work is great.