Kirk/Spock cartoon video / Pulp's "Common People" mashup

Excellent slash cartoon mashed up with Pulp's "Common People," performed by William Shatner. (Thanks, wyrmwoud!)

Previously on Boing Boing:
• Pulp and Archie détournement

[#1 posted by Jake von Slatt , June 4, 2008 2:04 PM]

I had forgotten the animated Star Trek, and oh man this is brilliant - Thanks Mark!

[#2 posted by Wyrmwoud , June 4, 2008 2:08 PM]

Glad you liked it!

[#3 posted by darkbhudda , June 4, 2008 2:39 PM]

The creator of this is a legend.

[#4 posted by Sardenta , June 4, 2008 2:51 PM]

Super awesome! But I don't see how it's K/S slash cartoon.

[#5 posted by dwiff , June 4, 2008 3:08 PM]

Um - that's a Bill S. and Ben Folds actually.

Its a track off of "Has Been" - http://www.amazon.com/Has-Been-William-Shatner/dp/B0002RUPH4

[#6 posted by Church , June 4, 2008 3:09 PM]

Excellent work!

About a year ago I did a similar style vid, and even used some similar shots "The Lorelei Incident" is apparently the go-to TAS episode.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ve4cyx81m1c

@Sardenta: it's implied by the lyrics.

[#7 posted by Billistic , June 4, 2008 3:09 PM]

Ths sckd.

This is way better.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=NShgvtEro7I

[#8 posted by djam , June 4, 2008 3:44 PM]

great video! who wants to be common? Most of us spend all our time trying to be better than common!

[#9 posted by Art Carnage , June 4, 2008 3:59 PM]

> Um - that's a Bill S. and Ben Folds actually.

No, that's Joe Jackson singing with the Captain. Actually.

That song has racked up an amazing 800+ comments over on RadioParadise.com, more than I've seen for any other song.

[#10 posted by elvisneedsboats , June 4, 2008 4:26 PM]

Everyone's right! It's from the Ben Folds' produced William Shatner album Has Been featuring a cover of Pulp's Common People with Joe Jackson on back up vocals. Geez.

[#11 posted by duus , June 4, 2008 5:50 PM]

yay for everyone being right!

[#12 posted by Thinkerer , June 4, 2008 6:14 PM]

Make...it...stop....please....make....it...stop....

[#13 posted by Trent Hawkins , June 4, 2008 7:37 PM]

that was full of awesome!

When's Shatner's next album coming out?

[#14 posted by wilberfan , June 4, 2008 7:48 PM]

This is SUCH an awesome song... It almost took the top of my head off the first time I heard it! And when Joe Jackson comes in? Doesn't get any cooler...

[#15 posted by Guinness74 , June 5, 2008 6:00 AM]

My wife and I actually sing in the chorus on that song. Ben Folds recorded it when he was in Louisville, KY for a non-commercial radio conference show. It was awesome. He said he was working on an album with Shatner and needed a choir that he didn't have to pay. You can hear us (and a couple thousand other Louisvillians) come in for the first time at 2:51.

Joe Jackson comes in at 1:43.

[#16 posted by dwiff , June 5, 2008 12:44 PM]

Producing, arranging, and playing count as performing, "actually," art carnage.

thanks for correcting me after i provided the link to the actual album. with the actual Joe Jackson credit. actually.

[#17 posted by Sam , June 5, 2008 12:51 PM]

Best video I've seen all week. I got the album. Thnx.

[#18 posted by historyman68 , June 5, 2008 1:05 PM]

@15 - you are my hero. Did you sing on the other songs with choruses, like "You'll have time", too?

[#19 posted by Guinness74 , June 6, 2008 8:33 AM]

@18 HistoryMan68...no, we only did the chorus work for that one song. Folds was only on stage for about 30 minutes, but he taught us the entire line work and had it all recorded and still played a couple of songs. It was super high energy. He was like a madman.

The chorus list is supposed to be in the liner notes, although I've not seen it. He said he'd put everybody in the notes that signed their name to the board out front. Sadly, we did not sign our names, but we know that we were there.