William Shatner released his 2nd Album on October 5th, 2004

“Common People” was released by Pulp in 1995. Ben Folds and William Shatner’s cover brought the song to an audience outside of the British Isles. Their version begins with an electronic keyboard Britpop or disco sound, but quickly moves into a drum kit and guitar-heavy indie rock style. Reviewers were pleasantly surprised by Shatner's spoken-word presentation of Cocker's tirade against class tourism as Shatner's previous work had been widely mocked by reviewers. Folds abruptly replaces Shatner's voice with that of singer Joe Jackson, and then alternates and blends the two into a duet, bringing along a large chorus of young voices on the line "sing along with the common people", which finally replace Shatner and Jackson's vocals in the song's concluding crescendo.

[William Shatner released his 2nd Album, Has Been, on October 5th, 2004]
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