William Shatner's Album- Has Been
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Listening to the William Shatner Album. It's freaking great. I mean really. Songs like 80's and 90's alternative music, garage rock with lyrics you can understand. Not a bad song in the bunch. The song 'Common People' reminds me of a alt song where the fellow sings about the women in his life- sings/talks like this song. (I'll be driven nuts until I can remember that song and get a copy of it) And like that badly described song, this one resounds with words of truth. 'That's Me Trying' is a father talking to an estranged daughter, trying to connect but not being apologetic for his life. His reply to the sometimes vicious humor at his expense is 'Has Been' - where he says to his critics that at least he's had a life where critics are basically those without a life of their own who get their joy from belittling others. True words. 'I Can't Get Behind That'- a shouting beat poet type of rant against the crap of life. It's all great. The small heartbreaking song 'What Have You Done' which I think is about him finding a drowned member of his family is too hard to listen to again. But it's real. And the song 'Real' is an answer to his Star Trek fame where he says thank you for the love and while a part of him is Captain Kirk, he's a real person and can't save the world as his character has. A warm song, a great album.