TOGETHER FOREVVVERRR

Ah… criteria? Whim? Artistic merit, or rather lack thereof? Personal affront? Just because? Astley is the only one I am even vaguely familiar with, but it’s been years since that boy danced through any of my dreams… I'm surprised you even know who he is, unless you spend a lot of time in retro clubs. Interesting, as always, Toby. And not a little mysterious.

Hey, now..."Carribean Queen" is an hot mess of a song.

"The passion buhns you like nevah befoh."

Gag.

Together forever witchoo

if you speed rick up on your record player he sounds like Kylie Minoge in the 80s

never gonna give you up
never gonna let you down
never gonna turn around
and hurt you

i couldn't agree with you more on andie mcdowell. she and long fingernails on men make me throw up in my mouth.

Did you know that "Carribean Queen" was originally "European Queen"? They released the original song, it did nothing, they changed it to "Carribbean Queen," and like a year later it was a hit? Never got that.

Here's showing my age: I thought Rick Astley was hot as shit in a nerdy, Euroboy sort of way when he had his one hit and I was much younger. Guess you get that sort of thing as a closeted gay kid growing up in a strict Southern Baptist household in the Reagan 80s...

Bitch

OMG, you hate Rick Astley?

I understand why you can't stand Andie McDowell (I don't know anyone who likes her, either), but Rick?

Even though he hasn't done anything memorable in the past decade, neither has she.

And, Rick never had to quote that insipid L'Oreal babble on not hating him because he's beautiful (but some of his songs were sucky, so I guess that kinda makes them even).

Oh, that reminds me, I like Rick Astley, in case you haven't noticed.

OMG; You guys must be so old if you were sexual enough to have a crush on Rick Astley back when he was popular. Ewww; old!

"Whut is the pahr of 'Luna Mystique'? If the Moon can move an entahr ocean just thank whut it can do fur you."

HAHA I was just talking about Billy Ocean to someone cuz we were trying to figure out who sang the theme to License To Drive.

...um, yeah don't ask me why we were discussing retro Corey Haim movies. The convo's that come up post Martini, I tell ya...

But I kinda dug Rick Astley. Well, I did as a kid, when my mom blasted his vinyl and kept repeating "he sings like a black man!"

Come on! Rick Astley is cool! He didn't have one hit in the States. He had two number one hits in 1988: "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever". He was Clay Aiken before there WAS a Clay Aiken!

I very much agree.

I'm glad BillyLocean made the cut and not Peabo Bryson, cause his name's Peabo and ours isn't.

It is admissable to switch out McDowell with Sela Ward. She makes me puke, I always think of an Always maxipad ad when I see Sela Ward and she's almost as self-righteous as HelenHunt. Well, no, no one is.

Love the post though, good work.

HOW DARE YOU

I AM GOING TO HEAVEN AND YOU AREN'T BECAUSE GOD LOVES ME

TOODLES,
RICK ASTLEY, KING OF THE SMOOTH JAZZ