After word dropped that Rickrolling phenomenon Rick Astley had been included in MTV Europe's laughable Best Act Ever category, to be decided by online polling and awarded at the network's gala in November, some resourceful individuals wasted little time in...
This Rick Astley "Rickroll" phenomenon isn't going to fade anytime soon. Astley, whose last album 2005's Portrait barely put a dent in the US market, is experiencing a universal comeback thanks to prank links taking innocent internet users to Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video on YouTube. Two separate "Rickrolls," the term coined for the phony links, have garnered more than 12 million You...
Have you all heard about this? Have any of you been rickrolled?Rickrolling is a prank and Internet meme involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch: a person provides a Web link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand, but the link actually takes the user to the Astley video. The URL can be masked or obfuscated in some ma...
Peter Waterman has helped write music on over a dozen number one hits in the UK for the likes of Kylie Minogue, Donna Summer, Bananarama and other pop artists, but he is best known for the Rick Astley song he co-wrote called “Never Gonna Give You...
MUSIC NEWS - Is nothing sacred??? Straight from his win as Best Act Ever at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards Rick Astley personally 'Rick-rolled' the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade yesterday, November 27 in New York City . Astley appeared out of nowhere on the "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends' (Cartoon Network) kids TV show float and mimed to his 1987 British #1 hit 'Never Gonna Give ...
MUSIC NEWS- The show's over in England and performers from the USAdominated the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Liverpool, with Britney Spears and rock band 30 Seconds to Mars each grabbing two Awards ! The onlyBritish winners were former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, who was named ultimate legend in his home town (with Bono presenting the award to Sir Paul), and 1980s star Rick Astley . Astle...
I was recently accused of being the Townsperson with the worst taste in music by E. Pluribus (something that he even "respected" in some way)This post will certainly condemn me to this "highest of honors" (and maybe a .38 Special Box Set?, some Billy Joel bootlegs? A picture disc of Mick Jagger's She's The Boss?)Ok, here it goes.....I PREFER this mash-up to either song on it's ownIgnore the vid...