At the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards, William Shatner provided one of the most unique covers of a pop song, certainly in a sci-fi convention, but maybe at any convention, or anywhere.
Over the years, Shatner has weirdly denied it happened, but it did, and Flemishdog found a U-MATIC videotape with an unaltered, high-quality version of Shatner's "Rocket Man". And here it is.
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@textfiles Reminds me of Peter Seller's interpretation of Hard Days Night, just much more over the top and somehow not in the name of humour. https://youtu.be/zLEMncv140s
That said, I kind of dig it.
