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shatner,rocketman,taupin,elton john I Found It! The Original Shatner Rocket Man

I Found It! The Original Shatner Rocket Man

posted by silvercord 3 years 1 week ago • 2613 views
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Ahahahah! Bravo silvercord! Bravo!!!!!!!! Whooooooo!!!


written by legacy0100  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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...indeed...The Transformed Man....smoking like he wants to be Serge Gainsbourg!!


written by choggie  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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All right, here's some background on this clip: Shatner is performing this interpretation of "Rocket Man" at the 1978 Science Fiction Awards.

I don't think it gets much better than this. Classic moments throughout. Enjoy!


written by silvercord  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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If you look through the lexicon of last 30 years of pop culture this clip is at the base. Look for it here in the Beck video for "Where It's At" (if you can't wait, 2:24 in)

http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=21724


written by youdiejoe  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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Wasn't this posted in the past?


written by ant  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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*




written by Fletch  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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Here's some other things to consider: first, it IS Bernie Taupin that introduces Shatner. I have never seen him anywhere else in my history. Although I haven't seen everything I think this is pretty rare.

Next, if you don't watch this video to the end you miss something special.

The following is from Wikipedia:

The song has been performed by many others (for example, Kate Bush) but arguably the most famous performance was in 1978, at a science fiction film awards ceremony, Bernie Taupin personally introduced William Shatner's unique interpretation of Rocket Man. Shatner's version utilized then-modern chromakey video techniques to portray simultaneously three different facets of the Rocket Man's character. A low-resolution video circulates on the Internet [1]. This performance has built up a cult following, and was parodied on the U.S. animated series Family Guy, Freakazoid, Futurama, Canadian CGI series ReBoot, as well as in the video for "Where It's At" by Beck.


written by silvercord  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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Damnit i´ve watched it to the end and so what? Where´s my surprise?


written by conan  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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Good god. Awesome.


written by Deano  | 3 years 1 week ago | CH
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o no!!! busted??!! Quick someone find a replacement!


written by joedirt  | 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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*dead recommended replacements
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8hykRC_0Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUfkdIzXaws


written by joedirt  | 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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The link to this video has been flagged as dead. Fix it within 7 days or it will be discarded (dead called by gold star member joedirt)


written by siftbot  | 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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*undead


written by silvercord  | 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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The link to this video has been fixed (undead called by original submitter silvercord)


written by siftbot  | 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Isn't this so good that it's *terrible?


written by twiddles  | 2 years 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Terrible) - requested by twiddles.


written by siftbot  | 2 years 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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This performance happened exactly 30 years ago today, on January 16 1978. In honor of this auspicious occasion I offer the following *promote.


written by therealblankman  | 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Monday, November 20th, 2006 11:22pm PST - promote requested by therealblankman.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Reminds me of Zapp Brannigan singing Leela (L-e-e-l-a, leeeela).


written by gwiz665  | 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Today is the 30 year anniversary of this performance. If you check my blog you will find a first generation copy of this historical document. Also my YouTube post of this vid is getting pounded today as it was FARKED


written by youdiejoe  | 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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*promote. Shatner may be awful...awful entertaining!


written by rasch187  | 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago | CH
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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 2:03pm PST - promote requested by rasch187.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago | CH
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*promote


written by youdiejoe  | 1 year 2 months 1 week ago | CH
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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Friday, September 5th, 2008 5:56pm PDT - promote requested by youdiejoe.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 2 months 1 week ago | CH
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How the hell did we survive the 70's?


written by honkeytonk73  | 1 year 2 months 1 week ago | CH
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*dead


written by chilaxe  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by chilaxe.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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Must . . . fix . . . embed . . code!


written by silvercord  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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done


written by silvercord  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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You gotta appreciate the sheer balls it takes to make a version like this.

Much better quality here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY


written by gwiz665  | 6 months 1 week ago | CH
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