Kirk – Spock – Shat – Pulp

Someone posted this at Hit & Run a few days ago, and despite all the weirdness, it’s kind of cool in some way I can’t explain.

This is complicated, so here are a few things you need to know:

• The original 1960’s science fiction series Star Trek starred William Shatner as Captain James Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock.
• Some fans of the original Star Trek series wrote Kirk/Spock gay fan fiction.
• There was an animated Star Trek series in the 1970’s for which Shatner and Nimoy did the voices.
• British alternative post-puck rockers Pulp had a breakthrough 1995 single called “Common People.”
• In 2004, William Shatner recorded a cover of “Common People” with Joe Jackson.

Now mix all that up…