We were in a video room at an anime convention this past week when a friend of mine put Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video on a big screen and turned it up. Before more than a bar or two of the song’s unmistakable percussion intro had played, everyone in that room — including adults and kids (some of whom were not born when the song was released) — was up on his or her feet, singing and dancing along. What amazed me was that the kids knew every word!
Congratulations to Rick Asley on his promotion from Top 40 footnote to icon of Western culture.
(It really is a catchy song, dammit...)
ByeBye LOLcats??? i don’t THINK so!!!