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51 comments to "10 Neat Facts About … Rick Astley!"
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redbeast
April 2nd, 2008 at
5:43 am
That video for “When you gonna” seems to be a mash up of different Rick Astley vids and Hahn beer adverts from Australia.
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luke
April 2nd, 2008 at
6:28 am
I’m over it already.
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DavidK
April 2nd, 2008 at
7:02 am
a radio DJ here in Hungary in the 80s always jokingly slowed down Kylie records to make them sound like Astley.
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kuanes
April 2nd, 2008 at
7:08 am
+1 redbeast
that whole video is like a poorly-conceived ‘mentos’ commercial.
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El_Greco
April 2nd, 2008 at
8:48 am
You know, I actually agree with you there, I like Rick Astley too. Other than the blatant 80’s-ness, it’s a pretty good song.
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marcus
April 2nd, 2008 at
9:10 am
No RickRolling for me…
just i’m just lucky. -
Thespian24601
April 2nd, 2008 at
9:24 am
Does anyone know why they call it “Rick Roll’d?” I know that’s not his last name, and I’m probably just being dumb, but I’m confused. Does Rolling refer to making someone watch a certain video?
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probinu
April 2nd, 2008 at
9:26 am
I actually enjoy being rick rolled. Everytime I fall for it I grin. Then I walk around the office and can hear the song in my head all day long…
I am never gonna give him up.
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CB
April 2nd, 2008 at
9:42 am
that song will always bring me back to elementary school skating parties…
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Justin
April 2nd, 2008 at
10:18 am
Yeah, that song has definitely grown on a lot of people including me.
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SonOfMagicFact
April 2nd, 2008 at
10:23 am
Well, I’ve gotta tell you how I feel as well. :3
I like Mr. Astley. I feel the same way every time I’m Roll’d. I smile, and listen to the track. I also appreciate the video for its sheer cheesiness. Good times.
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Mathew Ingram
April 2nd, 2008 at
10:24 am
Thanks for the link, Alex — and you are right, I am secretly jealous
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homebrewhokie
April 2nd, 2008 at
12:10 pm
Do you think that “When You Gonna” contains the first examples of white people saying “homeboy” and “homegirl” in history?
I do.
And yeah, enough with the Rick Rolling–played out. I enjoyed the post tho
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mixamillion
April 2nd, 2008 at
12:31 pm
i just thought it meant you got bamboozled. nothing this elaborate.
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Beatles Lover
April 2nd, 2008 at
12:53 pm
That songs appears to be associated with april fools day
WHY????????
HOW????????????
I would have selected ‘The Fool Up on The Hill’ by the Beatles as the ultimate song
or even The Joker by Steve Miller Band
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sybann
April 2nd, 2008 at
1:50 pm
More fun facts: son of Brit composer Ted and brother of Karen (who was married to The Who’s Pete Townshend from 1968-2000 and had 3 kids with him).
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Taylor
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:02 pm
Man, I don’t know how anyone can not enjoy being Rickroll’d. It’s like, the highlight of my day.
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Direct from Digg
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:22 pm
#11 - He’s never gonna give you up.
#12 - He’s never gonna let you down.
#13 - He’s never gonna run around and desert you.
#14 - He’s never gonna make you cry.
#15 - He’s never gonna say goodbye.
#16 - He’s never gonna lie and hurt you. -
Jonah
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:26 pm
Loved the article and loved your honesty in writing it (in re: to liking Astley).
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ihateallex
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:31 pm
Oh man, his music video is permenantly burned into my memory. That’s all I remember from the 80’s.
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Danny Dang
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:37 pm
Such as cheesy video, but so catchy!
Thespian24601 - Rick Rolled came from an Internet Meme, duckroll, mostly in forums being tricked into going to a link of an image of a duck on wheels.
Rick Rollin started middle of last year and has been spreading! Youtube for April fools linked all their featured videos to Rick’s music video.
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Lcs
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:39 pm
That first song sounds a lot like Respectable from Mel & Kim.
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soar
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:48 pm
I have a confession too. I like the song also. It’s catchy, lol.
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MrsBug
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:49 pm
This song always has fond memories for me. My first serious boyfriend used to sing it to me whenever it came on. Awwwww!
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su.wei
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:51 pm
never gonna give you up neatorama!
oOoO that song… -
Lainy
April 2nd, 2008 at
2:55 pm
I still love Rick Astley. He was the beginning of my nerdy guy love.
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Thespian24601
April 2nd, 2008 at
3:06 pm
Thanks Danny Dang.
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JimmyFo
April 2nd, 2008 at
3:09 pm
@Thespian24601
Rick “Roll” is from duck roll, a similar premise of tricking somebody into seeing something - it used to be a duck with wheels.
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Mark
April 2nd, 2008 at
4:47 pm
Rick has the dubious honor of being the subject of a fab Wonder Stuff song “Astley In The Noose” and mentioned in the Nick Lowe song “All Men Are Liars” where his name is rhymed with “ghastly”.
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Man
April 2nd, 2008 at
6:25 pm
haha!
http://www.rickrolldetector.com/keep yourself from those pranks!
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ted
April 2nd, 2008 at
6:27 pm
Always thought he was a black guy, too. Way too boyish looking to sing like that.
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bill
April 2nd, 2008 at
6:28 pm
so who started rick roll ??????
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kat
April 2nd, 2008 at
6:41 pm
ha! thats totally understandable! people say the same thing about my friend will: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&frien did=345482056&MyToken=cac47b0e-0878-4329-ac6c-e8db83a307be
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Rickous
April 2nd, 2008 at
7:45 pm
I was not aware that Rick Astley ruled so much!
He was HUGE in the Philippines before…
GO RICK ASTLEY!!!
You deserve it, man.
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Thomas
April 2nd, 2008 at
8:30 pm
Youtube got me. So did Attack of the Show on G4.
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Stacey
April 2nd, 2008 at
8:40 pm
I was Rick Rolled by a podcast yesterday. Damn you, Coverville!
I don’t mind though, because I LOVE this song.
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ted
April 2nd, 2008 at
9:24 pm
kat, your friend’s pretty good. They probably say that because of the genre he’s in. Rick Astley just looks bizarre when you see him singing with that deep voice.
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Magnus
April 2nd, 2008 at
10:15 pm
Cool video, the live one, and he’s really singing live too it appears, not just lipsyncing, that’s nice. I’m old enough to have been there when he was huge and everyone was humming this song and trying to mimic his dance moves
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Sofar
April 2nd, 2008 at
11:04 pm
Sofar has never been rickrolled nor will he ever be.
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Speedy
April 3rd, 2008 at
12:47 am
Well apparently, Rick Astley isn’t the only former singer celeb being rolled. MC Hammer has now fallen victim to the craze, as people are now getting “HammerRolled”.
A website located at http://HammerRolled.com explains this version of the gold ‘ole Rick Roll.
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kat
April 3rd, 2008 at
4:49 am
thanks ted!
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Peter
April 3rd, 2008 at
12:42 pm
I thought there was also a fact about his finger having to be cut off because he got tetatus from a rusty nail. From then on he hid his missing finger in his videos (hands gloved, etc.)
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Genx
April 3rd, 2008 at
4:46 pm
If you like his original music, search youtube for “rick astley sleeping” and watch the music video. It’s a song that was released early 2000 or 2001. Surprising how his voice can still sound good with more modern styles of music too!
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CheeseDuck
April 3rd, 2008 at
5:27 pm
Rick Astley is so black.
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Christophe
April 4th, 2008 at
10:22 pm
Just received this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw
pretty good one -
Jamie
April 5th, 2008 at
9:47 am
What’s wild about this Rick Astley thing is how popular his song is on iTunes… Wonder what his royalty check looks like. Full bars!
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Pol x
April 5th, 2008 at
10:56 am
Rick facts EXTRA
Rick is from the Lancashire town of St.Helens, notable for being the largest town in the UK.
Largest town, but not quite a city.
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JET
April 7th, 2008 at
7:56 pm
Stock, Aitken and Waterman claimed that Never Gonna Give You Up is written in less time than it takes to play. I believe that’s only slight hyperbole; the bass line a is a stock one, the melody follows the SAW template of slightly changing that teasing “nana nana naaa-na” and the song doesn’t even have a proper middle eight, just a cut up version of the chorus.
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Billy
April 9th, 2008 at
2:25 pm
Rick was born in the Cheshire town of Warrington and raised in Newton-le-Willows……..
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rolerboler
April 11th, 2008 at
5:53 pm
I want to support the prasidential campaign of Rick
http://ricktrollthevote.blogspot.com -
Reality Byte
April 28th, 2008 at
7:34 am
You forgot about the little bits of pwnage throughout the video, including the final three seconds. I wonder which came first…this or that video with the peaceful car driving through the winding roads and then pwnage?
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