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That video for "When you gonna" seems to be a mash up of different Rick Astley vids and Hahn beer adverts from Australia.

I'm over it already.

a radio DJ here in Hungary in the 80s always jokingly slowed down Kylie records to make them sound like Astley.

+1 redbeast

that whole video is like a poorly-conceived 'mentos' commercial.

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.

No RickRolling for me...
just i'm just lucky.

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?

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.

that song will always bring me back to elementary school skating parties...

Yeah, that song has definitely grown on a lot of people including me.

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.

:D

Thanks for the link, Alex -- and you are right, I am secretly jealous :-)

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

i just thought it meant you got bamboozled. nothing this elaborate.

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

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).

Man, I don't know how anyone can not enjoy being Rickroll'd. It's like, the highlight of my day.

#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.

Loved the article and loved your honesty in writing it (in re: to liking Astley).

Oh man, his music video is permenantly burned into my memory. That's all I remember from the 80's.

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.

That first song sounds a lot like Respectable from Mel & Kim.

I have a confession too. I like the song also. It's catchy, lol.

This song always has fond memories for me. My first serious boyfriend used to sing it to me whenever it came on. Awwwww!

never gonna give you up neatorama!
oOoO that song...

I still love Rick Astley. He was the beginning of my nerdy guy love.

Thanks Danny Dang.

@Thespian24601

Rick "Roll" is from duck roll, a similar premise of tricking somebody into seeing something - it used to be a duck with wheels.

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".

haha!
http://www.rickrolldetector.com/

keep yourself from those pranks!

Always thought he was a black guy, too. Way too boyish looking to sing like that.

so who started rick roll ??????

ha! thats totally understandable! people say the same thing about my friend will: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=345482056&MyToken=cac47b0e-0878-4329-ac6c-e8db83a307be

I was not aware that Rick Astley ruled so much!

He was HUGE in the Philippines before...

GO RICK ASTLEY!!!

You deserve it, man.

Youtube got me. So did Attack of the Show on G4.

I was Rick Rolled by a podcast yesterday. Damn you, Coverville!

I don't mind though, because I LOVE this song.

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.

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 ;-)

Sofar has never been rickrolled nor will he ever be.

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.

thanks ted!

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.)

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!

Rick Astley is so black.

Just received this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw
pretty good one

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!

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.

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.

Rick was born in the Cheshire town of Warrington and raised in Newton-le-Willows........

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/1042121_rick_returns_to_the_hits

I want to support the prasidential campaign of Rick
http://ricktrollthevote.blogspot.com

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?

when is rick going to release new songs he has a great voice is still on trend and has great respest for the woman in his life his music gives me a loy of joy especially on my way to and from work. i also listen to songs when am keeping fit, and where are all his videos for his songs? can't wait much longer for new music old is good but i want more!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you still like rick you will be pleased to no he is making a comeback and you can hear an interview with him as well as his new single on 96.5 bolton fm and if you cant get it where you are tune in on www.boltonfm.com and listen online thats tomorrow morning between 6 and 9am only on bolton fm

I LOVE THAT SONG

I've been spinning vinyl since 1982, and when Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" came up in my record pool, I copped doubles (2 copies). I would mix it (what they call a "Mash Up" nowadays) with the instrumental versions of other singles that had BPM's at 100-112. The brothers in my posse would bug! Anyway, dude had style, he had the strong, rich-sounding pipes, and you couldn't front like he sucked. No autotune, tone deaf vocalist fo sho. The kid was down! The chicks dug that shit! Props, from a lifelong B-Boy!!! RIIICK you was ILL and didn't even know it!!!