William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2008
- William Shatner's beatnik version of Bob Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man". The song is funny enough, but I thought it deserved a little Kirk to go along with it.
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This video was made using "artistic license" in order for people to have a good laugh, a moment of Shatner worship, or a disgusted guffaw. I am NOT making any monetary or career gains by my creation of this video.
So, I made this video about a year ago, and have been meaning to improve it, but I lost motivation. I just found it on my computer after forgetting about it and it made me chuckle, so I thought I'd upload it for you all to mock and make inappropriate comments and/or death threats toward me.
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I want this played at my funeral. Loud. 50 times in a row. With all of the doors locked and no way for anyone to leave.
I don't know you but I'll happily attend pass out kazoos and Mardi Gras beads.
You want the mourners to listen to a tortured drug addict pleading for a fix?
@@kitcat7538 Sorry, but that is not what this song is about. Listen to it and you might find out something more than is on the surface...
@@pegclairezach What is below the surface is exactly what Shatner's dramatic reading of the lyrics is bringing out.
@@kitcat7538 In your opinion. And that is great because we can all have our own opinions and they don't need to be validated by anyone! :) Have a super day.
On my deathbed I hope I have the strength to shout, “MR TAMBOURINE MAAAANN!
I'm gonna try and remember this. It could be like my "rosebud".
"I'll show that Nimoy and his stupid song about Bilbo Baggins what TRUE art is."
Nimoy actually did quite good on "Proud Mary".
You got that right, Brother!
😂
Nonono the pinnacle of Saint Nimoy's Oeuvre is his magnificent version of If I had a Hammer. Totally straight here, it's bizarre and totally amazing. It never fails to make me grin like the Uncle that asks you to pull his finger.
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He makes "I'll come following you" into a threat.
A descent into madness
LOL That's exactly how I felt upon hearing this on a NYC bus, of all places, some 40 years ago.
Or impatience. Hey Mr. TAMBOURINE MAAAAAAAANN Whaderyou DEAF!!??
@@Nestor123057 A descent into madness is exactly what it portrays.
Shatner recites song lyrics as poetry, and he always finds the deeper meaning in them.
This song is actually about drug addiction. That's what Shatner is bringing out.
@@kitcat7538 Yeah right.
The tortured scream at the end is what nails this astonishing interpretation.
That's drastic.......
3:16
Cannot stop laughing at that part! Gets me every time.
it sounds like Shatner is constipated throughout the whole song...and at the end, the huge dump finally is released.
@Nenethegreat W only one of my friends gets why I love this rendition
This is like listening into the mind of someone slowly going insane...
I love it.
Did he ever record a version of there coming to take me away ah haaa??
That's exactly what was intended. Beautiful performance.
Do you know Porter Waggoner's "rubber room"
It's on youtube.
This Shatner cover should have been on the soundtrack of the movie adaptation of Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas....
It’s played in the closing sequence of the 1978 fear and loathing omnibus as Thompson’s funeral is visualized.
You’re welcome
@@chewbaccasita "fear and loathing omnibus?" Is it a miniseries? I never heard about it! Tell me please! No ! Don't ! I forgot i could use the information superhighway and googled it. Thanks for telling me it exists! Now i have to find it (torrent...?)
By god, those last two "Mr. Tambourine Man's" may be the greatest bit of acting ever performed by a human being!
Are you serial?😅
Bob Dylan wrote it, The Byrds made it a hit, and William Shatner...God, I don't know.
+Alex Colberg Made it EPIC!
yes...Yes...YES!
EXACTLY !!!!!!
William Shatner makes anything cooler.
you're hilarious, man!
i just love how when the scream at the end happens, the music just stops midway into the scream
Brilliant touch. Emphasises that the man is, after all, quite alone.
This is motherf*cking art! I feel sorry for people who don't see the greatness in this,
haha
Protector of the Realm This is art at its finest!!!
Really is great.
He sounds like he were trying to summon an inattentive waiter.
He sounds like a drug addict pleading for a fix -- which is what his performance is about.
🤣🤣
@@kitcat7538 prove it. Shatner has said on numerous occasions that this performance is based on his experience of being contacted by extraterrestrial beings in the desert in 1967.
@@waukivorycopse2402 Go soak your head.
There are underrated musicians and then there's William Shatner.
Shatner is underrated by many but much loved and appreciated by many others.
This is a brilliant performance, although he could hardly be called a musician, since he is reciting the lyrics as poetry.
😂
He's the Chuck Norris of singers.
He wasn't too enthusiastic when he was at an autograph signing and someone brought him The Transformed Man 😅
Agreed
My dad had this burned onto a CD when I was little and used to play it in the car all the time. He'd be laughing his ass off and at that age I didn't understand what was going on. Now listening to this as an adult, it has me in stitches too
If I had this CD, I'd burn it too
I like your Dad!
I think I finally get it. It's tragic, because Mr. Tambourine Man passes him by. Shat sees him coming and tries to catch his attention, the whole song he's pleading to be overtaken by the music and the moment and in the end he just can't bring himself to let go no matter how badly he wants to join that somnambulant parade. I feel like I understand you now, Bill. I've felt your pain.
It is a brilliant performance. That song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and it is this dark subtext which Shatner is bringing out, speaking the lyrics as poetry.
Shatner has made a lot of these, and he always digs beneath the surface and finds new meaning in what he is reading.
This is Shatner doing what he does best. Anything he wants. No one else could ever pull this off.
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance.
He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
He was a member of the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. He acted in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V. He first came to America to star in a production on Broadway of Tamburlaine, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587.
He is trying to bring a taste of that world into pop culture, trying to bring a tradition he loves to a wider audience.
@@kitcat7538 LMAO !
Hell, HE didn’t even pull it off…which makes it even better, imo…
Never knew it was possible to dramatically choke out a tortured groan of the word "jingle-jangle". #mindblown
Angela Kluge: LOL That was funny.
@EnriqueLovinLife OMFG 😂 DYING HERE 😂
He found a way.
I’ll come FOLLowing YA!
That is actually very fine acting. He's portraying a drug addict, and the words "jingle-jangle morning" take on new meaning.
genius. whatever this man touches turns to entertainment gold.
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
The best finish to any music track, ever.
Best ever.
Shatner really wants Mr. Tambourine Man to play the fucking song.
What the singer wants is a drug fix. This is one of those songs that are really about something else.
O... M... F... G... is there NO end to the sheer intergalactic AWESOMENESS of the AMIGHTY Shatner?! 🙇🙇🙇
So many crap videos with 1 billion views. Now, this video deserves it!! A masterpiece!
Agreed 100%
The Shatner being The Shatner.
He certainly shat upon this song.
He has always had the courage to try something new. He is bringing out the dark subtext in this song and making it about drug addiction.
God I can't express in words how much I love this song.
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
Shatner was a member of the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. He acted in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V. He first came to America to star in a production on Broadway of Tamburlaine, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587.
He is trying to bring a taste of that world into pop culture, trying to bring a tradition he loves to a wider audience.
Are you using the humourous device known as sarcasm?
Still has me rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off, after all these damn years. Holy crap.
Kindred spirits. I own his CD, this is my favorite because it's a completely neurotic rendering. And I saw him do Rocket Man as a kid in the moment on T.V.
You got to love Bill. You see the movie Free Enterprise? What a hoot. UA-cam has his Julius Caeser rap from it.
Awesome...
It is a brilliant performance. That song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and it is this dark subtext which Shatner is bringing out, speaking the lyrics as one reads poetry.
Shatner has made a lot of these, and he always digs beneath the surface and finds new meaning in what he is reading.
I find this shit infinitely hilarious!
Nobody else around me gets it, but it makes me laugh!
Just tell them "You had to be there and then you'd understand."
Same as me mate.
The people who actually get it don't laugh because it is a very powerful and moving portrayal of a drug addict.
@@kitcat7538 did bobby dylan tell you that?
You obviously need to change your circle of friends.
I'll always remember this track. As a little kid, I tried to use primitive early 90s internet to download a WAV of this. Right after the final scream, the hard disk corrupted. Left quite an impression on me!
I first heard it as a freshman in college, my roommate had found this album, I remember us laughing our asses off.
Je suis une grande fan de William Shatner j'adore son physique
Your life, touched, by the incredible power of Shatner.
I almost peed my pants the first time I heard this. Could not stop laughing. Thank you for this video!
Me too, it's freaking hilarious lol.
This video is one of the most underrated in all of youtube.
i dont know what hes trying to convey in this but im loving it
It is a brilliant performance. That song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and it is this dark subtext which Shatner is bringing out, speaking the lyrics as one reads poetry.
Shatner has made a lot of these, and he always digs beneath the surface and finds new meaning in what he is reading.
I was playing "The Very Best of Shatner and Nimoy" driving my daughter back from school, it must have been about 2012. My girl had been quite enjoying Leonard Nimoy singing, "Ruby, don't take your love to town" and then suddenly this song came on. As we were turning off the slip road of the M32, to St Werburghs (Bristol), William Shatner suddenly burst out with "Mr Tambourine Man!" My daughter asked me to never play that song again. But it was funny!
Nobody I've told this to EVER believed me. Now I have proof!
Back then when an actor begant to be popular, they tried to cash in on all the entertainment platforms. I remember hearing this as a kid, on the radio in my dad's car. He was laughing so hard we almost crashed.
When the strain of command started to take its toll on Captain Kirk he would resort to expressing himself in song. Much to the distress of the crew.
They kept his recordings contained in a device codenamed the Corbomite device.
Such were the legends of the disastrous effects of listening to these recordings it became a code word for a device of mass destruction.
Mister Tambourine MAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!
+eromitlabhitw 3:16 lol
+eromitlabhitw 3:16 lol
😂😂😂
no, stop it
KHAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!
At the end, when he yells "MR. TAMBOURINE MAAAAAAAAN!!" he sounds like he's begging for his life!
Shatner conveys a myriad of emotions in this classic: anger, disgust, frustration, resignation, melancholy, alienation, disenfranchisement to name a few.
Superb actor giving a wonderful performance, bringing out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
Agreed
Amazing performance by a talented performer
A man with a great sense of humor. We need more of him.
Shatner must be quite a comedian. I enjoyed his CDs very much. It helps me to get a very good laugh.
Godspeed, Mr. Shatner. You enrich our lives, and no mistake.
This version of the song set to those Trek images creates an almost psychedelic experience! (even the music is slightly reminiscent of certain TOS tracks) The implication of it being a bad trip/dream of Kirk as he lays asleep in his cabin on the Enterprise is fascinating (Kirk must've had some truly bizarre dreams/nightmares what with all the eerie creepy twilightzoney stuff he experienced on a regular basis as he charted a haunted universe that harboured some deeply strange and frightening things)
I love everything Shatner does!! One of the most unique personalities of our time!!
Everything he does is so individual! This performance, bringing out all the dark subtext of a familiar song, is just wonderful.
@@kitcat7538 Wow I forgot all about this comment from 9 years ago!! :)
"How do you do a spoken word version of a rap song?" --- Walter Koenig in the 33rd century
"And yet he found a way..." --- Melllvar, seer of the tapes, knower of the episodes
I see you are a man of culture as well
This is the definitive version of this song. It's a shame the Byrds' version has gotten the most attention over the years.
Check out Leonard Nimoy's version of Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
@@thomasking5472 excellent
Not definitive, perhaps, but a very powerful alternative reading.
Shatner recites song lyrics as poetry, and he always finds the deeper meaning in them.
This song is actually about drug addiction. That's what Shatner is bringing out.
As Glaucon always said to Socrates in The Republic, "only a fool would reason otherwise."
Play it BACKWARDS
Where's Shatner's Nobel prize? This cover gives entirely new layers of meaning to the work.
I completely agree. Everybody ignores the CD insert, and completely mis-interprets this piece as a song -- this was never meant to be singing -- it is an album of spoken word set to music. And each track comes paired with two pieces of a totally opposite nature. The entirety of the album illustrates the many aspects of man's dual and contradictory nature. It's really brilliant and creative. But it's the morons who incorrectly interpret this to be a song who find this to be terrible. That's just how brilliant an album this is -- by revealing the contradictory natures of the ignorant and un-ignorant listener!
I'm sure the folks what's staying at Bellevue find this to be a brilliant album too!
Grammy!
This is the most surreal thing I have ever seen.
@@athens31415 Well said! What Shatner is doing here is too intelligent and subtle for some people.
This is a brilliant performance, bringing out all the dark subtext of the song. I'm glad William Shatner has the self-confidence to pursue this kind of experimental work. He doesn't care what his detractors say.
Our beloved Captain Kirk did this mind-boggling rendition of Dylan's classic after smoking a Tribble 😄 this must be one of Bob's favorite covers of his songs!!
This is my favorite version.
Ben P fuck off, ASSHOLE
Don't listen to morons. This is a powerful and moving interpretation by a superb actor.
This is art.
Shatner was a member of the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. He acted in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V. He first came to America to star in a production on Broadway of Tamburlaine, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587.
He is trying to bring a taste of that world into pop culture, trying to bring a tradition he loves to a wider audience.
And THIS is why I will continue to love William Shatner! Great vid! I've heard Shatner's version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" lots of times but I absolutely love how you did this. The screenshots were hilarious and fit with the song so well.
The screen shots were only intended to mock a moving and beautiful perfornance.
I actually like this as a piece of art. It's very bold and unique and certainly not as bad as everyone says it is.
It'a excellent, very powerful and moving.
Bob Dylan's song is actually about drug addiction. That's what Shatner is bringing out.
It wasn't until William Shatner got ahold of this song that Mr. Tambourine Man finally got the freaking message.
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
This is so over-the-top fantastic...costly arrangements and total madness. Tell me you've ever listened to this and not ended up in a better mood than you began and I won't believe you. The bongos, the ending scream....I think it narrowly beats jos Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
Tough call between the two...
It's hard to hear the song over the sound of how awesome Kirk is.
Lol😂 Word.
Those of us with ears to listen hear it very well. It's a beautiful performance.
I don't just like this, I love and adore it.
Me too. A beautiful and moving performance, bringing out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
Words can't describe how utterly awesome this is!
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
When William Shatner covers a song he makes it his own!
I LOVE THIS! If you close your eyes and listen, the song is very effective. Shatner conveys an intense desperate longing very powerfully.
The images appearing on the video are intended to mock and undermine Shatner, of course, but one need only look away from them to feel the power of his performance here. I simply LOVE this!
Too much malt liquor dude 😂
This never fails to bring a smile to my face.
I freaking love this! William shatner is the best. If you don't get him I'm sorry but he is just too cool. Always has been always will be God bless you shatner
I love how william shatner actually appears to be piss-scared of mr tambourine man lol - LOVE his pronunciation of it
This is a song about drug addiction, and that hint of fear is very appropriate.
Makes Bob Dylan sound like Frank Sinatra.
Shatner isn't singing. He is doing a poetry reading -- doing it beautifully, too.
@@kitcat7538 he's an overdramatic buffoon.
@@dbkparm Well, that's your reaction. I found his performance powerful and moving, but then I like Shakespeare and Shatner came from that tradition.
@@kitcat7538 honestly that makes so much sense because Dylan is a great poet
Makes Bob Dylan sound like Nancy Sinatra.
This is the best. Ever.
This is GENIUS!!! Who else but Shatner could've pulled this off!
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
He was a member of the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. He acted in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V. He first came to America to star in a production on Broadway of Tamburlaine, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587.
He is trying to bring a taste of that world into pop culture, trying to bring a tradition he loves to a wider audience.
I was looking for this particular song after making a big speech about how great William Shatner is at everything he's done. For the exception of singing.
I had forgotten the “MISTER TAMBOURINE MAN!!” scream at the end. Perfection.
Excellent editing. Simply marvelous.
The crap editing is only intended to mock a superb performance.
This is one of the most wonderful "this should NEVER NEVER EVER have been allowed to happen" pieces of music I ever heard. I've never listened to this without laughing enouht to feel better after I listened than I did before.
It is a brilliant performance. That song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and it is this dark subtext which Shatner is bringing out, giving a dramatic reading of the lyrics.
Shatner has made a lot of these, and he always digs beneath the surface and finds new meaning in what he is reading.
So over the top, so deliciously bizarre....so.....so kitschy, yet so amazingly sincere. Just f*cking incredible!!!
Shatner was a member of the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. He acted in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V. He first came to America to star in a production on Broadway of Tamburlaine, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587.
He is trying to bring a taste of that world into pop culture, trying to bring a tradition he loves to a wider audience.
One of the greatest albums ever made.
He wasn't high, just sincerely having a good time.
An inadvertent masterpiece.
Shatner was a member of the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. He acted in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V. He first came to America to star in a production on Broadway of Tamburlaine, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587.
He is trying to bring a taste of that world into pop culture, trying to bring a tradition he loves to a wider audience.
@@kitcat7538 Thanks for the reply on a comment near 10 years old lol.
His intent is widely questioned on this Transformed Man album. And while I believe that he was sincere in making a serious "Shakespeare meets modern pop(at the time)" record, some commenters think it's an elaborate prank or a drug induced extravagance; both pretty ridiculous interpretations when you think about it.
Genius! This could be the best humanity ever produced.
I love his humour. He is such a funny guy.
Pure Genius!!!
It is a beautiful performance. Brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
Or did he achieve a tone so right, that it BLOWS YOUR MIND. If he sang this in the "right tone", I wouldn't be listening to it right now. Neither would you.
He always gets the tone right -- and the expression on his face perfect for the emotion his character is feeling.
MR. TAMBOURI-I-I-NE MA-A-A-A-A-N!!!
I totally made this into a ringtone.
It's the wail of a drug addict pleading for a fix.
Since the first time I saw this until now…this version is the best.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Best Dylan cover ever made, right here...
MR TAMBOURINE MAAAAN!!!
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
he's a rocket man , a tambourine man...he's a fkn genius!
Shatner: A true Renaissance Man.
One can only wonder what was going through the mind of good ole William Shatspeare when he decided to do this. You gotta love how the actual music itself contrasts with Shatner's melodramatic spoken word delivery and of course at the end when he screams "MR TAMBOURINE MAN!!!!!!" Makes me laugh my ass off.
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance.
This song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
Shatner was a member of the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. He acted in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He was Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V. He first came to America to star in a production on Broadway of Tamburlaine, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587.
He is trying to bring a taste of that world into pop culture, trying to bring a tradition he loves to a wider audience.
flawless masterpiece
It is a brilliant performance. That song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and it is this dark subtext which Shatner is bringing out, speaking the lyrics as poetry.
Shatner has made a lot of these, and he always digs beneath the surface and finds new meaning in what he is reading.
I love that he ain't afraid to do this kind of stuff.
When Captain Kirk sings a song it's his forever!
2:46 - I love how constipated he sounds.
He LOOKS equally constipated in the still pic that comes up.
He sounds like the drug addict he is portraying.
Some of the people posting comments on this thread seem to have MINDS that are constipated.
I'm in tears.
Love the Byrds.
Now in a state of confusion and sadness yet laughing.
Indescribable.
Oh my god, I wish I had discovered this masterpiece earlier! "Mr. Tambourine Man!!!"
This could be the greatest thing ever made by a human.
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
A true renaissance man, decades ahead of his time.
Dozen of centuries ahead of his time
Your sequence of still shots makes listening to this hoot once again worthwhile, thanks @maestrojohn!
Hey, Mr. Shatner Man, ham up a song for me!
Cuz I gotta sleep and there's tons of places I'm going to.
Actually, it is a beautifully acted portrayal of a drug addict, which is what this song is about.
I'm sure some zen master would say otherwise- but this will be played at my funeral- it just sums up my fucked up mess of a life
Oh I can't help but laugh out loud every time I hear this. His Kirk-like exclamation at the very end is hilarious. Like some Tribble just got him or something.
It is a brilliant performance. That song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and it is this dark subtext which Shatner is bringing out, speaking the lyrics as poetry.
Shatner has made a lot of these, and he always digs beneath the surface and finds new meaning in what he is reading.
A true artist!!! An originator!!! I love tha SHAT!!!
He has the courage to reach into things a little deeper. Wonderful performance.
The best version - of anything.
Dammit Jim you're a Starship Captain not a lounge singer.
I wonder what the backup singers were thinking as they recorded. "We're the ones with musical training and WE'RE backing up THIS GUY?!?!!"
Still, what a riot!! A typical Shat laugh riot!!
It is a brilliant performance. That song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and it is this dark subtext which Shatner is bringing out, speaking the lyrics as poetry.
Shatner has made a lot of these, and he always digs beneath the surface and finds new meaning in what he is reading.
Shatner: "MR TAMBOURINE MAAAAN!!!!"
and Guilfoyle: " THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!!"
Brilliant, so funny.
Love this- and the pics are perfectly synced with the scenery-chewing delivery!
Shatner gives a very moving and beautiful performance.
This song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction. He brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
Finally, thanks to the accompanying video, this rendition now makes perfect semse.
Well done, As well as being extremely amusing, I found It all to be strangely moving.
Possibly you found it strangely moving because it is actually a beautiful performance. This song is not about tambourines; it is about drug addiction, and Shatner brings out all the dark subtext of the lyrics.
Thanks for sharing this! I love it.
Beautiful! Reminds me of taking toooo muuuch!