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Has Been (2004) is William Shatner's second musical album after 1968's The Transformed Man. The album was produced and arranged by Ben Folds and most of the songs are co-written by Folds and Shatner, with Folds creating arrangements for Shatner's prose-poems. The album features guest appearances from Joe Jackson (on a cover of Pulp's "Common People"), Folds and Aimee Mann (backup vocals on "That's Me Trying"), Lemon Jelly (on "Together"), Henry Rollins, Adrian Belew (on "I Can't Get Behind That"), and Brad Paisley (on "Real", which he wrote specifically for Shatner).

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History

Joe Jackson explained his involvement in an interview, saying, "That came through Ben Folds, who's a big fan of mine. You’d have to ask him how he got hooked up with Bill Shatner, I don't remember. But I think he did a really great job of putting an album behind Shatner that is fun and not completely cheesy, though when it is too cheesy, it's deliberately so. (laughs) It's just a very musically satisfying record, and when he asked me to be a part of it, why would I not? How could I refuse? I went to Nashville for a few days and hung out with the two of them, and we created a couple of masterpieces."[5] He ultimately said about working with Shatner, "He's wonderful, very musical, and very funny, because he's so obviously in on the joke".[6]

Originally, Weezer and former U.S. President Bill Clinton were set to be featured on the album but by the time Weezer responded, Clinton had already backed out.[7][8]

In 2007, a ballet called Common People, set to Has Been, was created by Margo Sappington (of Oh! Calcutta! fame) and performed by the Milwaukee Ballet.[9] Shatner attended the première and had the event filmed. This footage became William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, a feature film which premiered at the Nashville Film Festival on April 17, 2009. The documentary also features interviews with Shatner, Folds, and Henry Rollins.

Track listing

  1. "Common People" (Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior) – 4:40
  2. "It Hasn't Happened Yet" (Ben Folds, William Shatner) – 3:49
  3. "You'll Have Time" (Folds, W. Shatner) – 5:18
  4. "That's Me Trying" (Folds, Nick Hornby) – 3:48
  5. "What Have You Done" (W. Shatner) – 1:46
  6. "Together" (Lemon Jelly, Elizabeth Shatner, W. Shatner) – 5:39
  7. "Familiar Love" (Folds, W. Shatner) – 4:00
  8. "Ideal Woman" (Folds, W. Shatner) – 2:23
  9. "Has Been" (Folds, W. Shatner) – 2:18
  10. "I Can't Get Behind That" (Folds, Henry Rollins, W. Shatner) – 3:00
  11. "Real" (Brad Paisley) – 3:08

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

  • Ben Folds – producer, arranger, mixing, art direction
  • Joe Costa – engineer, mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Alan Wolmark – executive producer
  • Smog Design, Inc. – art design
  • Jeri Heiden – package design, photography
  • Ryan Corey – package design
  • John Heiden – package design
  • Frally Folds – photography

Charts

Album

Chart (2004) Position
Billboard Top Heatseekers[10] 22

Song

Song Chart (2004) Position
"Common People" Triple J Hottest 100, 2004 21

See also

References

  1. ^ "William Shatner - Common People". Discogs. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ^ Has Been at AllMusic
  3. ^ Wyse, Pascal (1 October 2004). "William Shatner, Has Been". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ "William Shatner - Has Been". Pitchfork.
  5. ^ Ragogna, Mike (July 2011). "Chatting With Joe Jackson And Earl Klugh, Plus Mick Harvey's "The Ballad Of Jay Givens" Video". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  6. ^ Quill, Greg (30 March 2008). "First he loved Manhattan - now he loves Berlin". Toronto Star. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Cult heroes: Ben Folds, the bespectacled piano man forever flouting convention". TheGuardian.com. 18 August 2015.
  8. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Ben Folds on Getting William Shatner, Bill Clinton & Weezer on the Same Stage | The Rich Eisen Show". YouTube.
  9. ^ "The William Shatner Ballet". Milwaukee Ballet. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04.
  10. ^ Has Been Billboard chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.

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