Russell Watson, the voice behind the one-time controversial song that opened the credits to “Star Trek: Enterprise,” had to undergo brain surgery on Wednsday to have a tumor removed. While the singer remains in Intensive Care, a spokesperson said his condition is listed as stable. The singer was in the middle of a recording session at a London studio when he suddenly stopped singing and became unable to continue. He was rushed to the hospital where a pituitary tumor was located and emergency surgery performed. A biopsy on the removed mass proved to be benign. Watson had complained that recently he had been suffering from headaches and blurred vision
Watson 40, most known in Great Britain as an opera singer, gained pop success with his song “Where My Heart Will Take Me,” which was used in Star Trek: Enterprise’s opening title sequence each week on the show. At first the song was considered controversial by old-school Star Trek fans because it was such a huge drift from standard, excepted Star Trek theme music of the past. However, over time, it caught on and is now considered another member of classic Trek music.
Watson is now able to sit up and eat and carry on conversations but, as one hosptial official stated in an official press conference, “He understands that his recovery plan may be a long haul.”
To learn more about Watson, his career and his continued recovery, visit his official website HERE.
I wish him no ill will when I say that the song is still controversial and sucks horribly for an entire series and embodies most of what was wrong with Enterprise and why it failed so horribly.
yeah, i’m not over it 😛
Absolutely. I sincerely hope he recovers quickly and with no lasting problems, but that ain’t classic Trek music by a long shot.
Sam, just because you’ve learned to tolerate the song does not mean that it “is now considered another member of classic Trek music.” That comment blew my mind.
Best of luck to him in his recovery, that’s gotta be one of the harder problems to deal with.
Actually, I don’t care for it much myself, but, among the new generation of Star Trek fans it has become a real favorite. I don’t hate the song, but it just isn’t my kind of Trek music……..That being said, I have learned I must open myself up to the possibility of other points of view on a subject that demands of me to be open minded, namely — Gene Roddenberry’s overwhelming Star Trek philosophy of IDIC. If I can’t accept this new trend in Star Trek music, how could I ever call myself a true enlightened fan of Trek and a follower of the Roddenberry vision?