This is a better video for "Star Trek Bohemian Rhapsody." It respects the material, and the crew sing their own parts. Way better than stills:
Star Trekkin' by The Firm
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As this thread has transformed into talking about any Star Trek related songs:-
I was walking about yesterday, listening to my iPod randomly shuffling through songs in my music library, and it played a track from the 1993 Kate Bush album "The Red Shoes". The song is called "Constellation Of The Heart", and it includes the following lyrics:
Well we think you'd better wake up capt'n
There's something happen'n up ahead
We've never seen anything like it
We've never seen anything like it before
I want a full report
That's it
What do you mean, "that's it?"
That's all you get
You'd better do something 'bout it
What am I supposed to do about it?
We don't know, but you can't run away from it
Maybe you'd better face it
I can't do that
C'mon face it
I can't do that
C'mon face it
What am I gonna do?
Is it gonna hurt, is it gonna hurt me bad?
Oh here's the constellation of the heart
Who said anything about it hurting
It's gonna be beautiful
It's gonna be wonderful
It's gonna be paradise
Now it's very vague (as most of Kate's lyrics were), but... considering that I've loved Kate Bush for over 40 years (and it's fair to say that for a period in my youth I was 'in love' with her), I choose to believe that they were inspired by Star Trek and that Kate was a Trekkie, just like me. If any of you know for a fact that that they aren't, then keep it to yourselves, I don't want to hear it.
I was walking about yesterday, listening to my iPod randomly shuffling through songs in my music library, and it played a track from the 1993 Kate Bush album "The Red Shoes". The song is called "Constellation Of The Heart", and it includes the following lyrics:
Well we think you'd better wake up capt'n
There's something happen'n up ahead
We've never seen anything like it
We've never seen anything like it before
I want a full report
That's it
What do you mean, "that's it?"
That's all you get
You'd better do something 'bout it
What am I supposed to do about it?
We don't know, but you can't run away from it
Maybe you'd better face it
I can't do that
C'mon face it
I can't do that
C'mon face it
What am I gonna do?
Is it gonna hurt, is it gonna hurt me bad?
Oh here's the constellation of the heart
Who said anything about it hurting
It's gonna be beautiful
It's gonna be wonderful
It's gonna be paradise
Now it's very vague (as most of Kate's lyrics were), but... considering that I've loved Kate Bush for over 40 years (and it's fair to say that for a period in my youth I was 'in love' with her), I choose to believe that they were inspired by Star Trek and that Kate was a Trekkie, just like me. If any of you know for a fact that that they aren't, then keep it to yourselves, I don't want to hear it.
This is new to me. How many, if any, of the tracks were Star Trek related?
Going by the rear cover:
"Wobblies From Space" probably was.
Also, their other album "Folk Songs For Folk Wo Ain't Even Been Yet", has a track called "Bones" which is annotated on the sleeve notes with "Our favorite country doctor!". It must be about McCoy.
TIL how posing in front of a brick wall was something done by more than just The Ramones, just without the midriffs. Among other things, I dig the layout, even if the title's typeface can only be fully appreciated after drinking, eating, and snorting something that may or may not be legal.
The music makes me think of the do-si-do from "Caretaker". Seriously, if this was made in the 21st century, even I would have been genuinely tempted to swap out the song.
Bonus:
(Hey neat, it's in "4K", but when shrunk back down to 720x480, they look like wax figures with melted butter hairstyles, complete with overly-sharpened details when lack thereof... very uneven... that corn really does stand out, but so does the compression artifacting cleanup.... I do appreciate the premiere more than I had used to despite my nitpicks, though... but I digress.)
Or the "Radio Shack", the parody of "Love Shack" (The B-52s) by "Guns'n'Moses" if I recall the band name correctly. Underrated ditty, but everyone remembers mostly "Fish Heads" for some reason, meaning any time I hear or read a different song, I am so there... at warp speed...
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Enjoy!Or the "Radio Shack", the parody of "Love Shack" (The B-52s) by "Guns'n'Moses" if I recall the band name correctly. Underrated ditty, but everyone remembers mostly "Fish Heads" for some reason, meaning any time I hear or read a different song, I am so there... at warp speed...
ON EDIT: https://markjonathandavis.com/the-dr-demento-show.html (the same episode has a Spock parody too
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Star Trekkin' was used often during advertising for TOS (and eventually TNG) reruns in the late '80s, early '90s. I thought it was hilarious. But then I was raised on British weirdness
We're not weird! Everyone else is!
All though I was a Star trek fan when Star trekin came out, I always preferred the doctor who parody song by I think The Timelords. Also as the years went on that freaken song would be sung when normies learned of my passionate support of the franchise, usually followed by beam me up Scotty, and doctor Spock.
I also really liked "Doctorin' The Tardis", which also had a very low-budget video. I doubt it gets played much these days due to the strong connection to Gary Glitter.
There's a Norwegian band I saw on YT called S.P.O.C.K.
Look for 'never trust a klingon'.
Look for 'never trust a klingon'.
I always found "Star Trekkin'" a pretty annoying listen. I just tried listening to it again, and I only made it about 30 seconds in.
I did develop a liking for the Star Trek novelty rock band Warp 11, though. Their song "Everything I Do, I Do With William Shatner" was featured on the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner and the band appeared in Denise Crosby's Trekkies 2. According to Wikipedia, they finally called it quits last year, after 25 years and eight albums. Not a bad run at all.
I did develop a liking for the Star Trek novelty rock band Warp 11, though. Their song "Everything I Do, I Do With William Shatner" was featured on the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner and the band appeared in Denise Crosby's Trekkies 2. According to Wikipedia, they finally called it quits last year, after 25 years and eight albums. Not a bad run at all.
Yeah, that's where I heard it back in the early the about the late 1990's, until I moved and no local station played his show.
I enjoyed that. Best bits: Captain Jerk, Mister Snott, McCoy shouting "I'm a doctor, not a scriptwriter!"
Is it the same Bobby "Boris" Pickett that did The Monster Mash?
Yep the same.
These two always get me:
"Elevator, transporter room."
"I'm fine, how are you?"
"Elevator, I said transporter room!"
"I'm fine, how are you?"
"Oh forget it."
"Snot here, Captain."
"What's not there Mr. Snot?"
"I said SNOT HERE, Captain!"
I'm pretty sure Lt. Manura's voice is an imitation of Geraldine Jones in her single line referring to them having taken “a shellackin' out here!”
This comes from the liner notes to Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary collection
"There have been many comedy bits about Star Trek throughout the years, but 'Stardrek' by Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara out-warps them all. Yes, it's the same Bobby Pickett who rules Halloween with 'Monster Mash'. Since that 1962 million seller, Bobby has established himself on both coasts as a fine actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He still comes up with a new novelty song every now and then. 'Stardrek' was written in 1976 by Bobby, with Peter Ferrara, who's produced several Jonathan Winters TV specials. When the time came to record the sketch in New York, Bobby was working in Los Angeles. Peter wound up doing all the voices himself, but the two still agreed to share the credits."
