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'It is kind of nuts': Singer Rick Astley's Iconic Track Never Gonna Give You Up becomes a Huge Hit on TikTok
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | April 16, 2021 | Louise Starkey

Posted on 04/16/2021 7:52:10 AM PDT by Cecily

He infamously quit the music industry at the height of his stardom after becoming burnt out trying to shed his boy next door pop persona.

But almost 20 years later, Rick Astley has made a comeback on TikTok - and is already seeing success with the younger generation.

Speaking on Channel Nine's Today on Friday, the 55-year-old said it was 'kind of nuts' to think that his iconic track, Never Gonna Give You Up, was still a big hit.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Cecily

In preparation for a meeting, I placed a link to that video in one of the preparation document links. Two coworkers under 30 told me I made a mistake. Another in his mid 40s got a kick out of it. It was fun to explain Rick Rolling to the younger folks, but they still only politely laughed.


41 posted on 04/16/2021 10:59:58 AM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: real saxophonist
https://www.youtube.com/gcds-iap/unavailable.html

I think Mojo maybe had her...that's why he wrote this...she was a skank!

42 posted on 04/16/2021 11:12:38 AM PDT by gr8eman (Elder Non-Binary Sibling is Watching You!)
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To: Textide

Try explaining ‘More Cowbell’ to these young’uns.


43 posted on 04/16/2021 11:20:38 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uhh... your opinion, man)
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To: Dilbert San Diego; real saxophonist

Fortunately, you can listen to “80’s on 8” via XM/Sirius radio, and hear the original VeeJay’s, Ms. Quinn included!


44 posted on 04/16/2021 11:29:39 AM PDT by ro_dreaming ("XX = female; XY = male. Who's the science deniers now?" - Me)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Martha Quinn was definitely the “girl next door’ cutie.

Fun fact...

Martha Quinn’s stepmother was Jane Bryant Quinn, a financial journalist.


45 posted on 04/16/2021 11:31:18 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: SamAdams76

Try a few of these - they might pique your interest!

“One Night In Bangkok” - Murray Head
“All You Zombies” - Hooters
“Kiss Me Deadly” - Lita Ford
“Legs” - ZZ Top
“I Want My MTV” - Dire Straits

One of those surprised me with it’s content... in a GOOD way, at that!


46 posted on 04/16/2021 11:34:14 AM PDT by ro_dreaming ("XX = female; XY = male. Who's the science deniers now?" - Me)
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To: Cecily

Funny, I guess he got the opposite of the Christopher Cross curse.

He’s got a durn good voice, though. Actually, they both did. Just one was too ‘cute’, and the other not, I guess. :P


47 posted on 04/16/2021 12:38:22 PM PDT by Kommodor (Solzhenitsyn was an optimist...)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

‘Xactly. Nuttin new.


48 posted on 04/16/2021 12:55:35 PM PDT by griswold3
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To: KC_Lion

The dancers were cute, too.


49 posted on 04/16/2021 2:46:58 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: gundog
Especially Mojo Nixon.

If you don't got Mojo Nixon then your store could use some fixin'!

50 posted on 04/16/2021 2:48:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SamAdams76
The other night, I checked out "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby.

One of the weaker tracks on "The Golden Age of Wireless", one of the best albums from the 80s, IMHO.

51 posted on 04/16/2021 2:50:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator; stylecouncilor

lol


52 posted on 04/16/2021 2:54:37 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Cecily

The Lego Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkiZ9yboyGk


53 posted on 04/16/2021 2:58:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love. Best video on MTV.


54 posted on 04/16/2021 6:34:48 PM PDT by punknpuss
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To: bramps

you can copy the video address from any starting time bypassing all the crappola


55 posted on 04/16/2021 11:25:02 PM PDT by stylin19a (Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.)
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To: real saxophonist

That one had some legs. But yeah, it’s interesting how humor doesn’t always carry down to the next generation.


56 posted on 04/17/2021 10:39:31 AM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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