The Rick Astley Appreciation Thread

[arwalden]

http://www.rickastley.co.uk/

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Never gonna give you up, Never gonna say goodbye

:rofl: WHY do I know that?!

[gmoney]

2. "Do you remember..."

"Do you remember Rick Astley?
He had a great big hit, it was ghastley...
He said 'I'm never gonna give you up or let you down..."
Well, I'm here to tell you that Dick's a clown.'

-- Nick Lowe, "All Men Are Liars"

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Our Lord!

[Fenris]

6. He shall never give ye up.

Never.

[asthmaticeog]

11. And Rick Astley spoketh, saying

1) I've been stood up and messed around and taken for a fool

2) But next time around I'm gonna change the rules

3) And I don't care about the things that people say

4) It's you I think about each and every day

5) It's much to late for you to change your ways

6) I can't keep holding on expecting you to stay

7) When you're all alone and if you're feeling down, call me, I'll be around

From "Whenever You Need Somebody."

Annotations:

1) This verse refers to His harsh treatment - His crucifixion, if you will - in the hip music press.

2) A prophecy of His second coming

3) A restatement of His omnipotence...

4) ...followed by a reassurement to the faithful that He is indeed Lord, and will care for them.

5) Here He condemns the wicked...

6) ...and rebukes the gentiles...

7) ...but speaks again to those who know His divine nature, underscoring the power of prayer to enable the flock to achieve Earthly power and succor through His Grace.

[arwalden]

13. Praise Rick!

[sundog]

4. together foreverandnevertopaaaaart

[swag]

5. It is right to give thanks and praise.

[darkstar]

7. I'll kick it for Rick

He's really got soul. To spare. He takes an unfair beating from some, but I doubt you all ever saw him live. I saw him at Southewestern Missouri State College's rodeo grounds on the "Forever Together Tour" in roughly 83-84 and it was AMAZAING. Seriously. I've seen them all from Elvis Costello to Bjork to Areosmith and this guy has a serious set of pipes !

He closed the show with a cover of "Tears of a Clown" that--I swear to God--blew Smokey's version out of the water.





















Just kidding.....

[GCP]

10. How about George Michael for a set of pipes

That guy can belt it, have you ever heard his cover of "Someone to Love"?
Wow, just, wow.

[darkstar]

12. OK, the sheer incongruity of that

actually made me LOL. A rartity. I thank ypu, GCP.

[terrya]

8. I'm never gonna give you up, Rick.

[billyskank]

9. Those cherubic features! Isn't he SWEET!

:D

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. "Together forever..."

:-)

[Clintmax]

15. I loved both...

"Never Gonna Give You Up" AND "Together Forever"! Great songs the both of them!

[RPM]

16. Rick Astley is white?!?!?!?!

I didnt know that.

[tishaLA]

17. Oh for the days of hi-NRG Stock/Aitken/Waterman production

Makes me wanna listen to Samantha Fox.

[bettyellen]

18. Naughty Girls Need Love, Too!

how did i know that
:blush:

[sundog]

19. you mean bananarama, right?

:P

[6000eliot]

20. I always thought he was a tiny guy

without much of a torso at all. But, to each his or her own.

[lildreamer316]

21. I actually have a white label mix of Never Gonna Give You Up.

's pretty cool. I'm an 80's freak though.

[lumberingbear]

22. He did a great version of...

Nat King Cole's "When I fall in love, it will be forever" !

I was always amazed that that voice came out of that body. ;)

[XNASA]

23. Hallowed be His name.

[underpants]

24. It' s .. it's a MIRACLE!!

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