Actor? Singer? Both? Neither?

[Owlswing]

I have just, by accident, heard Lee Marvin's rendition of "Wandrin' Star" from "Paint Your Wagon".

This has, IMO, got to be one of the worst songs ever recorded, especially by an actor with virtually no musical/singing talent.

What song would get your vote as the worst recording of a song sung by an actor ever recorded?

[Rhiannon]

This (although from a comedian and not an actor.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzzq3dvJ4k

[Owlswing]

This (although from a comedian and not an actor.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzzq3dvJ4k

Dear old Kenny!

As a comedian he could hit targets that no-one else dared even aim at!

As a singer? No comment!

[Nearly Sane]

The song that George Clooney selected on Desert Island Discs on the basis that if you had to listen to it you hollow out your leg and make a canoe of it to get off the island

http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=V1Ar79f8aN8

[BashfulAnthony]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

[Owlswing]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

True - I have a CD of songs sung by Shatner and Leonard Nimoy - Spock knocks Kirk into a cocked hat as a singer - much the same as he did as an actor.

[BashfulAnthony]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

True - I have a CD of songs sung by Shatner and Leonard Nimoy - Spock knocks Kirk into a cocked hat as a singer - much the same as he did as an actor.

I believe when Marvin heard the recording for the first time, he burst into tears!  But it was a big hit, nonetheless.

[Owlswing]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

True - I have a CD of songs sung by Shatner and Leonard Nimoy - Spock knocks Kirk into a cocked hat as a singer - much the same as he did as an actor.

I believe when Marvin heard the recording for the first time, he burst into tears!  But it was a big hit, nonetheless.

Quite possible - it was, and, I suppose, still is, in its' way, unique.

Much as I find the record irritating - the man must have had balls of steel to even to attempt the recoeding.

[jeremyp]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

This is the worst song ever recorded by anybody ever.  It's made all the more excruciated when you consider how good the source material is.

Here's a Youtube link for those people who do not know what we are talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU

Do not click on it.

[BashfulAnthony]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

True - I have a CD of songs sung by Shatner and Leonard Nimoy - Spock knocks Kirk into a cocked hat as a singer - much the same as he did as an actor.

I believe when Marvin heard the recording for the first time, he burst into tears!  But it was a big hit, nonetheless.

Quite possible - it was, and, I suppose, still is, in its' way, unique.

Much as I find the record irritating - the man must have had balls of steel to even to attempt the recoeding.

The song got to number 1;  but he never made another record.  The archetypal one-hit wonder!

[Owlswing]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

This is the worst song ever recorded by anybody ever.  It's made all the more excruciated when you consider how good the source material is.

Here's a Youtube link for those people who do not know what we are talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU

Do not click on it.

AAARRRGGGHHH!

YYYEEEUUUCCCHHH!

[Rhiannon]

I think there is something oddly sweet about the Lee Marvin effort. Perhaps because I heard it a lot as a child.

[jeremyp]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

This is the worst song ever recorded by anybody ever.  It's made all the more excruciated when you consider how good the source material is.

Here's a Youtube link for those people who do not know what we are talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU

Do not click on it.

AAARRRGGGHHH!

YYYEEEUUUCCCHHH!

What part of Do Not Click On It did you not understand?

[Owlswing]

William Shatner: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.  Or anything else by Shatner!

This is the worst song ever recorded by anybody ever.  It's made all the more excruciated when you consider how good the source material is.

Here's a Youtube link for those people who do not know what we are talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU

Do not click on it.

AAARRRGGGHHH!

YYYEEEUUUCCCHHH!

What part of Do Not Click On It did you not understand?

I didn't click on anything - I listened to the CD and remembered why I only listened to the Nimoy tracks!

[Shaker]

I think there is something oddly sweet about the Lee Marvin effort. Perhaps because I heard it a lot as a child.

Yeah, same here. Paint Your Wagon always seemed to be on, and for all that Clint Eastwood may have been the technically more proficient singer, I'd sooner hear Lee Marvin's subsonic rumble over I Talk to the Bloody Trees any day.

I've just been looking it up and learnt that it went to number one in the UK for three weeks, keeping a popular music group from Liverpool at number two with a song entitled Let It Be.

[Owlswing]

I think there is something oddly sweet about the Lee Marvin effort. Perhaps because I heard it a lot as a child.

Yeah, same here. Paint Your Wagon always seemed to be on, and for all that Clint Eastwood may have been the technically more proficient singer, I'd sooner hear Lee Marvin's subsonic rumble over I Talk to the Bloody Trees any day.

I've just been looking it up and learnt that it went to number one in the UK for three weeks, keeping a popular music group from Liverpool at number two with a song entitled Let It Be.

And that is an achievement worth remembering.

[Owlswing]

I think there is something oddly sweet about the Lee Marvin effort. Perhaps because I heard it a lot as a child.

Yeah, same here. Paint Your Wagon always seemed to be on, and for all that Clint Eastwood may have been the technically more proficient singer, I'd sooner hear Lee Marvin's subsonic rumble over I Talk to the Bloody Trees any day.

I've just been looking it up and learnt that it went to number one in the UK for three weeks, keeping a popular music group from Liverpool at number two with a song entitled Let It Be.

😧

I've got an ear worm now , with "talk to the trees".

It has got a catchy tune.

I'm surprised Matthew has only just heard Lee Marvin and wandering star.

How did you manage that one, Matthew? I would have thought it would have been hard to avoid it 😉🌹

Nathaniel Jesus Scrote p a to Lord Lucifer of Hades

Is a bit long to type, sorry 😜🌹

Rose

What I meant was that the music that I have on both my computer and my iPod are set to play in "Random" mode. This means that I can go without hearing a particular track for quite a while - 160GB of music takes fair while to play through and 'Wandrin' Star' hadn't come up for some considerable time.

 

[Sebastian Toe]

I have just, by accident, heard Lee Marvin's rendition of "Wandrin' Star" from "Paint Your Wagon".

This has, IMO, got to be one of the worst songs ever recorded, especially by an actor with virtually no musical/singing talent.

What song would get your vote as the worst recording of a song sung by an actor ever recorded?

I'll have you know that is the only song I can attempt and get anywhere near as 'good' as the original artist - fact!

[BashfulAnthony]

I think there is something oddly sweet about the Lee Marvin effort. Perhaps because I heard it a lot as a child.

Yeah, same here. Paint Your Wagon always seemed to be on, and for all that Clint Eastwood may have been the technically more proficient singer, I'd sooner hear Lee Marvin's subsonic rumble over I Talk to the Bloody Trees any day.

I've just been looking it up and learnt that it went to number one in the UK for three weeks, keeping a popular music group from Liverpool at number two with a song entitled Let It Be.

😧

I've got an ear worm now , with "talk to the trees".

It has got a catchy tune.

I'm surprised Matthew has only just heard Lee Marvin and wandering star.

How did you manage that one, Matthew? I would have thought it would have been hard to avoid it 😉🌹

Nathaniel Jesus Scrote p a to Lord Lucifer of Hades

Is a bit long to type, sorry 😜🌹

"I talk to the tree, that's why they put me away,"  Spike Milligan's version!  Must ring a bell with some!   

[Harrowby Hall]

"I talk to the tree, that's why they put me away,"  Spike Milligan's version!  Must ring a bell with some!   

Isn't that banned at Highgrove?

[BashfulAnthony]

"I talk to the tree, that's why they put me away,"  Spike Milligan's version!  Must ring a bell with some!   

Isn't that banned at Highgrove?

If only it was true, and they really did put him away!