Never Gonna Give You Up!
I hate Rick Astley. Back in 1988, this horrible song called Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley came out which I immediately disliked. But, being a fan of Top 40 music, I couldn’t escape it. It was on the radio and MTV all the time. This was the decade where MTV played lots of music videos and I watched it a lot. Which meant I watched Rick Astley a lot for a few months. I never even liked the song a little. Like some bad songs, this one didn’t grow on me. Not even after several years. Sometimes you’ll hear an old song that you used to hate and nostalgia alone makes you suddenly think that it’s not so bad. Not this one. As far as I’m concerned, it will suck forever.
I’ll never understand how that song made it to #1 on the Billboard charts. I had to listen to it on the radio for about a year. And after that song’s momentum died down, he came out with another single called Together Forever which was even worse than Never Gonna Give You Up. (Click here to watch the video for that one.) I don’t remember if that one made it to #1 or not, I just know they played it nonstop on the radio and MTV too, making me endure even more endless months of Rick Astley.
So I go about 15 years without thinking of Rick Astley or his horrible music. And then some jerk creates Rickrolling. Sure, I thought it was amusing at first and I remembered that painfully awful song. But geez, people have been Rickrolling for a year now. That’s about how long I had to endure Rick Astley the first time around. When’s it going to stop? I’ve heard that song so many times over the past year. Not as bad as when it was on the radio, but still a lot.
The reason I’m going on about this is because I kept hearing that song in my dreams last night. Yes, my dreams are being Rickrolled now.
You know what’s going to suck? Now that Rick Astley’s song is sort of popular again, somebody is going to remake it. And it’s going to end up being played on the radio all the time again. I’m surprised it’s taken this long for that to happen.
Note to self: cover the Rick Astley song, and dedicate it to RBCP.
Listen to me…Rick Astley will ALWAYS suck
Allow me to be the harbinger of doom! ^.^
The Rickrollerz remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqfEjidRh7U
http://www.therickrollerz.com/masters/NeverGGYU-edit8.mp3
This is very steadily gaining popularity.
I actually like Rickrolling, and this song, though.
Well. I actually loved both those songs. I used to listen to the radio for hours just waiting for that specific song to come on. I guess we aren’t friends anymore.
You know, I was going to write a journal entry about this very thing. I have been rickrolled like 10 times this year and it is wearing on my nerves. People suck. At first I thought someone just put a wrong link up and I thought it was funny. Then I find it again and again and realize it’s intention and grr. Yeah.
Jammie – I think the idea of the joke is hilarious. It’s a bad song and a funny joke. I just hate that I have to hear a song that I can’t stand so much.
Sage – I really hope you’re kidding! I don’t want to hate stuff about you.
Kit – As much as I hate the song, I really liked that remix. It makes me think that maybe a remake of the song wouldn’t be an entirely bad thing.
actaully no. I bought the cassingle back in the day.
most people in germany call him rick arschloch.
Seriously John?! Wow, I don’t remember that. I neither loved nor hated it. And I’d never even heard of being rickrolled till now. It would be great fun to figure out how to rickroll Brad with every click of the mouse wouldn’t it. But don’t worry, I’m no evil genius, (and I probably wouldn’t do it even if I was). But it is fun to think about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf79MCuQ8jM
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