From the you-can’t-make-this-up department:
William Shatner is going to cover U2′s “In A Little While” on his next album.
Yes, that William Shatner … star of Priceline commercials, Star Trek, TJ Hooker and many more roles. He even announced it on his official website.
The album is called Searching for Major Tom and a lot of the songs he’s singing have space-related theme — “Space Oddity,” “Rocket Man” and more. You’ll look at the track list and think he was inspired by seeing a U2 360 show at some point, actually.
There’s no exact release date — the announcement just says later in 2011.
(photo courtesy of LostinTexas via Creative Commons; thx to @LanceASchart for the tip)
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In…
A little… while…
Surely…
This hurt…
Will hurt… no… more…
Backing vocal (Bones): He’s dead, Jim
When the night…
Takes…
A deep breath…
And…
The daylight…
Has… no… air…
Backing vocal (Spock): Fascinating
And…
Follows…
In the trail…
The…
Scatter…
Of light…
Turn it on…
Backing vocal (Scottie): Energizing
etc.
Thanks for the shout-out, Matt.
@LanceASchart
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I’m an U2 fan and I’m a Star Trek fan but I really can’t immagine Shatner singing any U2 song…
Geez, he could have picked a better song?!?!
“In A Little While” is one of U2′s best songs… and if you know the lyrics, you know exactly why he picked it. at first i was like, ‘that’s kinda random…’ but then i read the bit about all the songs having a space-related theme and i figured it out right away!! : )
i’ll probably never hear his version, though. i have this thing about the songs i like. i don’t want to hear anyone else singing them, ’cause then i invariably get their version stuck in my head, even if i only hear it ONCE!! : (