Common / People - a William Shatner, Kirk & Spock slashup
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Uploaded on Jun 3, 2008
A mashup of the old animated Star Trek series and William Shatner's cover of Pulp's "Common People." Done in the style of K/S stories, kinda. Therefore, a "slashup." For those complaining, Joe Jackson is the singer in this duet, but Ben Folds produced the entire album it comes from, which I think is where the confusion is coming from.
On Kirk/Spock stories, from Wikipedia:
Almost from the beginning, fans noticed the loving nature of the relationship. A few fan writers started speculating about the possibility of a sexual relationship between Kirk and Spock. The Kirk/Spock phenomenon eventually took on a life of its own, and became one of the driving forces in Star Trek fanzines during their heyday.
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Uploader Comments (Kirk Spock)
Kirk Spock 3 months ago
@enigine thanks
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flyfloyd33 1 year ago
This is really, really awesome! This version of the song is my favourite version, and you made everything fit with it wonderfully. Great vid!
(Also, did you know I'm watching a tv show called Rude Tube (is shows the best internet vid out there) and the episode Mashed 'n' Mixed has this video in it? Congrats on making it to tv if you did know!)
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Kirk Spock 1 year ago
Thanks for the info, I figured they did show it, they asked permission but I never did get around to sending them the okay... but I don't see why they'd need it from me, since I don't own the rights to the song or the video, I just put the mashup together. I'm kind of honored they went ahead and did show it though. I'm just glad people are still enjoying my silly little hobby, if you guys only knew how drunk I was putting this thing together...
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PumpkinHipHop 1 year ago
I'm not sure if you made this video, but if you did I wanna thank you because wow. I downloaded this a few years ago and have just fell for it. It's my favorite thing to come out of the Animated series hands down. Not only that but this Shatner cover of the song has replaced the original as my favorite. When I listen to Common People, this is the version I prefer. I have this video to thank. On the editing, this video had a heavy hand in inspiring to get my own video edits out on the net.
Thanks
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Kirk Spock 1 year ago
Thanks, that is very kind of you to say. I also like this version of Common People better, and that's not something I wanted to admit to at first. I think it's because it starts out as kind of a caricature of Shatner's acting, but quickly becomes brilliant as Joe Jackson joins in and the emotional fervor builds towards the end of the song. I'm glad you enjoyed it and hope you continue with your video edits as well!
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Dave Davis 1 year ago
[cont'd, @floodlezoot, re "continuity"] ...if there was a shot of a hand with eyes drawn on it and lipstick, mouthing the words, would that have been beyond your capacity for coherant and logical thought regarding such simple editting principles (heck, these days, it's practically "convention" - [oops... sorry, Mr. Shatner, I didn't mean to *#@&ing-well _swear_! ]) I was shocked by his rendition of "My Way" - Sid Vicious had a GUN! What, no phasers!? (Set for "stun", "dismay", or "confound")
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Kirk Spock 1 year ago
(con't) I think the only non-Kirk lip sync that really bothered me was using Spock towards the end when Shatner's really into the emotion of the song... but I just couldn't find any really good shots of Kirk with scowly eyebrows or a mad look on his face. Spock's mean eyebrows just fit the song, and in the end that's what I had to fill the rest of the video with.
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All Comments (593)
enigine 5 months ago
This song and this video is always cool - no matter how many times I view it.
...Its a parody, Jim. But not as we know it
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denisethepainter 5 months ago
This is so COOL!!
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Brian jackson 6 months ago
Long Live Common People!
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kdhob 6 months ago
I believe that's Harry Mudd
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paulgc9 6 months ago
You have enriched my life...thank you.
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the ScreamS 7 months ago
THAT is Warp factor 5 !!! Fantastic but we just can't hold it Jim.
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zoe taylor 7 months ago
"i wanna sleep with common people...like you" :D
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breakfastatmilliways 9 months ago
I love the bit of dialogue at the end of this. I remember watching that episode and marvelling at the fact that that moment had come RIGHT the hell out of nowhere.
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4chinonye1 9 months ago
MMM TRAVIS AND JUDITH LOVE STORY IS STILL THE CUTEST VIDEO.... EVER
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