Common People

Have you ever heard William Shatner's cover of Common People by Pulp?

Now, before your lip slides up too high in a superior sneer - as mine did when I discovered Shatner covertly slipped onto my ipod - you should know that it is amazing. Really. For whatever reason, Shatner's pompous, insane talk-singing works just exquisitely with this song. The production is amazing and the chorus? It rocks.

So I went to find it on youtube to show you, but I could only find videos made by others. The best of which is below. At first, I was gonna tell you to press play and then minimize the screen, so you could listen to the song without watching some dude mouthing the words. But then I watched the dude? And he's good. I like him. So now I suggest listening first without watching, so you can get the satisfaction of imaging Shatner in Star Trek pajamas telling what's what to some rich bitch, and then watch the dude.