Ben Folds to release 3 new EPs, produce William Shatner album
07-03-03, 03:19 PM
#1
DVD Talk Reviewer/ Admin
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Greenville, South Cackalack
Posts: 28,821
Received 1,881 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Ben Folds to release 3 new EPs, produce William Shatner album
Full story at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...music_folds_dc .
The first EP, slated for a July 22nd release, is only going to be sold through his website, concert dates, and iTunes. The only copies you can snag in traditional stores will be on vinyl. It's not stated if future EPs will follow a similar release pattern, but the followup will be released in September, followed by a third in November. The William Shatner album will start recording later this year, with a 2004 release date in sight.
The first EP, slated for a July 22nd release, is only going to be sold through his website, concert dates, and iTunes. The only copies you can snag in traditional stores will be on vinyl. It's not stated if future EPs will follow a similar release pattern, but the followup will be released in September, followed by a third in November. The William Shatner album will start recording later this year, with a 2004 release date in sight.
07-07-03, 09:00 AM
#8
DVD Talk Legend
Originally posted by WhattheFFF
Why EPs? Why not just realease a new full length CD.
What is the Shatner connection?
Why EPs? Why not just realease a new full length CD.
What is the Shatner connection?
I have no idea how he met Shatner but Shatner did some talking work on one of his songs (and a reprise) on his Fear Of Pop album.
It is actually really good and funny.
Ben Folds did a B-sides EP for Rockin' The Suburbs which was pretty good. I bought it off Ebay b/c I could not find it anyway else. It has 4 songs on it. Hiro's Song (great), One Down (even better), The Secret Life of Morgan Davis (decent) and Make Me Mommy (funny and even better in concert). Now I can combine them with the new EPs to make a full album.
Last edited by Spiderbite; 07-07-03 at 09:09 AM.
07-07-03, 04:57 PM
#9
DVD Talk Hero
Ben Folds and Shatner met during the filming for those Priceline commercials he did where he'd be "performing" while a band would play, and Ben was the keyboard player in the band - I'm not sure but I think all the band members were "names".
07-07-03, 06:50 PM
#10
DVD Talk Reviewer/ Admin
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Greenville, South Cackalack
Posts: 28,821
Received 1,881 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Originally posted by WhattheFFF
Why EPs? Why not just realease a new full length CD.
What is the Shatner connection?
Why EPs? Why not just realease a new full length CD.
What is the Shatner connection?
07-07-03, 09:31 PM
#11
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Newcastle, CA USA
Posts: 1,171
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I read the article & I understand why he's not releasing the CDs through traditional avenues but I'd still rather have a full length CD then 3 EPs.
The article didn't really discuss why he's working with Shatner.
The article didn't really discuss why he's working with Shatner.
07-08-03, 09:14 AM
#12
Moderator
Saw Ben Folds perform over the weekend at Newport Summer Music Fest and a local music paper said that the EP's would appear on CD form from his website, but that commercially the EP's would be released as vinyl - how's that for being screwy.
07-18-03, 12:31 AM
#13
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
This was just posted on his website:
Now, does that last sentence mean that all three EPs will be collected onto one CD? That's the way that I interpreted it. I'd much prefer just having one disc rather than three - my space is getting severly limited.
Oh, and the tracklisting for the first EP was posted, as well as a tentative tracklist for the second one. I'm looking forward to hearing his take on the Cure's "Inbetween Days."
i just finished an EP. it's called "speed graphic". it has 5 songs on it. it will be available in the next couple of weeks, during which time i'll be finishing another EP called "sunny 16", to be released in september. a third EP will be recorded (no name yet) for release in november. a trilogy of EP's. a full length cd will come out at the beginning of the year, for those who don't like EP's.
Oh, and the tracklisting for the first EP was posted, as well as a tentative tracklist for the second one. I'm looking forward to hearing his take on the Cure's "Inbetween Days."
09-22-03, 09:35 AM
#14
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Just bumping this to let y'all know that the next EP is up for pre-order and the first 500 will be autographed.
And, to answer my own question above, the latest e-mail contained this:
about the EP's and album coming up:
my plan at the moment is to take three songs from the EP's and put them on the full length. i may arrange and record them differently.. i'm not sure. the rest of the full length album to be released early next year, will be new.
And, to answer my own question above, the latest e-mail contained this:
about the EP's and album coming up:
my plan at the moment is to take three songs from the EP's and put them on the full length. i may arrange and record them differently.. i'm not sure. the rest of the full length album to be released early next year, will be new.
10-09-03, 01:29 PM
#16
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Originally posted by brianluvdvd
EPs just take up more room on my cd rack.
EPs just take up more room on my cd rack.
03-22-04, 11:13 AM
#17
Mod Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Outside of the U.S.A.
Posts: 10,674
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Captain Kirk sings Pulp!
From England's Sheffield Star newspaper:
AS Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise he was anything other than one of the Common People.
But now William Shatner – actor behind arguably the world's most famous sci-fi hero – is recording an unlikely version of the classic hit by Sheffield band Pulp.
The strange combination comes on a new album of duets the 73-year-old former Star Trek star has made, initially for release in the USA.
Common People – Jarvis Cocker's song about a snooty ex-girlfriend – got Pulp to number two in the singles charts in June 1995. It turned the band into a household name and led to them headlining Glastonbury Festival.
It clearly took the fancy of the retired starship captain, who has
been working with a bunch of unlikely collaborators on his new record, including Joe Jackson, outspoken Vietnam veteran-turned-singer and social commentator Henry Rollins and country star Brad Paisley. The album is being produced by Ben Folds, who once lost his shoes during a night at Sheffield's Leadmill and had to shop barefoot for replacements at Meadowhall the following day.
Shatner has released records before, most notably a rather testing cover of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, which went on to become a kitsch cult classic.
This latest crooning project has the toupe-loving star duetting with a gathering of famous and lesser known singers. Who he sings Common People with is a closely guarded secret.
It is 36 years since Montreal-born Shatner released his first album, The Transformed Man, which included spoken-word cover versions. Although the actor intended the record to be taken seriously, it became something of a legend in camp circles.
Pulp drummer Nick Banks said he wasn't aware of any official approach by Shatner over Common People, but welcomed news of the sci-fi legend covering their music. "I am as intrigued as anybody to hear this. I remember hearing some of William Shatner's other songs and they had a, shall we say, unique quality about them," said Nick.
Pulp are currently taking a rest from the music business. Jarvis is
living in Paris and enjoying fatherhood while Nick has joined the
family ceramics business.
The Hip Surgery Music Guide, an internet site that celebrates offbeat musical genres, says Shatner's songs can be taken as examples of "either impassioned intensity or pompous overacting". In recent years, he has made a living by spoofing his own overdramatic acting style. In 1998, he played himself in the comedy Free Enterprise and recorded a song called No Tears For Caesar for the soundtrack. Bizarrely, it combined elements of hip hop and a Shakespearean sonnet.
Surely his finest release, however, is the 1997 album Spaced Out! – a collection of songs by Shatner and fellow Trekkie Leonard Nimoy.
TOP TEN
More songs Captain Kirk could cover:
Klingon Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
Since You Beam Gone - Rainbow
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Space - Roberta Flack
Beam Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham!
Warped by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
I'm In A Different World - Four Tops
Shooting Star - Flip & Fill
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Stars - Simply Red
Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters
Plus anything by 'Dilithium' Crystal Gayle or Space.
But now William Shatner – actor behind arguably the world's most famous sci-fi hero – is recording an unlikely version of the classic hit by Sheffield band Pulp.
The strange combination comes on a new album of duets the 73-year-old former Star Trek star has made, initially for release in the USA.
Common People – Jarvis Cocker's song about a snooty ex-girlfriend – got Pulp to number two in the singles charts in June 1995. It turned the band into a household name and led to them headlining Glastonbury Festival.
It clearly took the fancy of the retired starship captain, who has
been working with a bunch of unlikely collaborators on his new record, including Joe Jackson, outspoken Vietnam veteran-turned-singer and social commentator Henry Rollins and country star Brad Paisley. The album is being produced by Ben Folds, who once lost his shoes during a night at Sheffield's Leadmill and had to shop barefoot for replacements at Meadowhall the following day.
Shatner has released records before, most notably a rather testing cover of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, which went on to become a kitsch cult classic.
This latest crooning project has the toupe-loving star duetting with a gathering of famous and lesser known singers. Who he sings Common People with is a closely guarded secret.
It is 36 years since Montreal-born Shatner released his first album, The Transformed Man, which included spoken-word cover versions. Although the actor intended the record to be taken seriously, it became something of a legend in camp circles.
Pulp drummer Nick Banks said he wasn't aware of any official approach by Shatner over Common People, but welcomed news of the sci-fi legend covering their music. "I am as intrigued as anybody to hear this. I remember hearing some of William Shatner's other songs and they had a, shall we say, unique quality about them," said Nick.
Pulp are currently taking a rest from the music business. Jarvis is
living in Paris and enjoying fatherhood while Nick has joined the
family ceramics business.
The Hip Surgery Music Guide, an internet site that celebrates offbeat musical genres, says Shatner's songs can be taken as examples of "either impassioned intensity or pompous overacting". In recent years, he has made a living by spoofing his own overdramatic acting style. In 1998, he played himself in the comedy Free Enterprise and recorded a song called No Tears For Caesar for the soundtrack. Bizarrely, it combined elements of hip hop and a Shakespearean sonnet.
Surely his finest release, however, is the 1997 album Spaced Out! – a collection of songs by Shatner and fellow Trekkie Leonard Nimoy.
TOP TEN
More songs Captain Kirk could cover:
Klingon Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
Since You Beam Gone - Rainbow
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Space - Roberta Flack
Beam Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham!
Warped by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
I'm In A Different World - Four Tops
Shooting Star - Flip & Fill
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Stars - Simply Red
Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters
Plus anything by 'Dilithium' Crystal Gayle or Space.
03-23-04, 07:29 PM
#22
DVD Talk Legend
Originally posted by Hollowgen
has anyone listened to his solo cd/actually own it?
has anyone listened to his solo cd/actually own it?
I've found it to be an excellent tool for making people leave your house.
07-02-04, 09:35 AM
#23
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Just got this e-mail:
the trilogy of eps is finally complete and "super d" will be ready on july 27.
we'll have pre-ordering information for you as soon as possible. and like the other eps, will only be available by internet orders at www.attackedbyplastic.com and through downloads.
"super d" features three new original ben folds songs: "kalamazoo", "adelaide", and "rent a cop" and two classic covers: the darkness' "get your hands off of my woman" and a wonderful early ray charles song called "them that got" recorded live in boston....
stay tuned...we'll be back with more info.
Finally!
the trilogy of eps is finally complete and "super d" will be ready on july 27.
we'll have pre-ordering information for you as soon as possible. and like the other eps, will only be available by internet orders at www.attackedbyplastic.com and through downloads.
"super d" features three new original ben folds songs: "kalamazoo", "adelaide", and "rent a cop" and two classic covers: the darkness' "get your hands off of my woman" and a wonderful early ray charles song called "them that got" recorded live in boston....
stay tuned...we'll be back with more info.
Finally!
07-03-04, 11:46 AM
#24
DVD Talk Legend
Is the compilation still on track? Or is that the "super d" mentioned above? Will this be available in stores?
tks
tks
08-09-04, 11:12 AM
#25
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
BadlyDrawnBoy, my duplicate thread got closed before I got a chance to thank you for posting a link to Shatner's version of "Common People." So...thanks!
Not sure if I'll be picking up has been on 10/5, but Shatner doing Pulp was pretty funny.
I still need to put an order in for the Super D EP. Too bad I missed out on the autograph copies this time.
Edit to add: Looks like Super D got pushed back yet again, this time to 8/24 (my birthday!).
Not sure if I'll be picking up has been on 10/5, but Shatner doing Pulp was pretty funny.
I still need to put an order in for the Super D EP. Too bad I missed out on the autograph copies this time.
Edit to add: Looks like Super D got pushed back yet again, this time to 8/24 (my birthday!).
Last edited by DJLinus; 08-09-04 at 11:16 AM.