To Boldly Rock Where None Have Rocked Before

by Al Ridenour on May 28, 2009 · 2 comments

guest post by Al Ridenour

So the new Star Trek film made a good at drawing kids into their parent’s (or grandparent’s) sci-fi franchise, but it’s not like Roddenberry wasn’t trying to get with the kids back in 1969. What else would explain this exquisitely ham-fisted jam by the “Space Hippies” of episode #76, “The Way to Eden”, wherein Spock grudgingly breaks out his Vulcan harp for a bit of musical diplomacy.

Of course, the real-life Nimoy was anything but grudging in his pursuit of musical stardom, and these strivings — along with the occasional nod to the breathless rhapsodies of Shatner and other ST notables — are admirably documented at Maiden Wine, with troves of all-but-lost treasures including never-before-seen footage from Nimoy’s notorious “Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” music video.

Naturally, all of this has inspired fans to join the musical chorus in a variety of ways, whether it’s hand-carving “an exact working replica” the aforementioned Vulcan harp. (It’s tuned to a diatonic, dontcha know!), dressing up as the “Mugato” and moshing with Sacramento’s Trekker punks, The No Kill I or recording novelty rockers like “Jim Beam Me Up” with Sacramento’s OTHER rival Trekkie band Warp 11.

The Musical Touch of Leonard Nimoy

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filed under Culture, Film, Geek, Music, Pop Culture, Retro, Sci-Fi, Television, Video, Weird

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1 Amelia Nan Sour May 28, 2009 at 11:11 pm

I want to drink strangely opaque white champagne from dilithium crystal glasses in the bath with Warp 11!

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2 mattdidthat May 30, 2009 at 7:32 pm

The fellow singing in that Star Trek clip is none other than Charles Napier.

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