Comments on: 1988 Countdown #97: Rick Astley, “Together Forever” http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/05/22/1988-countdown-97-rick-astley-together-forever/ The Self-Aggrandizing Website of Gavin Edwards Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Tom Nawrocki http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/05/22/1988-countdown-97-rick-astley-together-forever/#comment-40 Tom Nawrocki Sat, 24 May 2008 20:02:26 +0000 http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/05/22/1988-countdown-97-rick-astley-together-forever/#comment-40 All right, now that I have had time to watch the video, I think you're missing the point here. Look at what Rick Astley has going for him: He's not handsome; in fact, he looks like a rather dorky 14-year-old boy (although he does wear a suit nicely). He is tremendously inexpressive, with his sole means of showing emotion being a raised eyebrow. He can't dance any better than your Uncle Murray at a wedding shaking it to "Celebration." All he's got is that voice. So how is he going to romance the ladies? Over the phone! It's his only hope! I think he spends the entirety of the "Whenever You Need Somebody" video on one of those old 1-900 chat lines. All right, now that I have had time to watch the video, I think you’re missing the point here. Look at what Rick Astley has going for him: He’s not handsome; in fact, he looks like a rather dorky 14-year-old boy (although he does wear a suit nicely). He is tremendously inexpressive, with his sole means of showing emotion being a raised eyebrow. He can’t dance any better than your Uncle Murray at a wedding shaking it to “Celebration.”

All he’s got is that voice. So how is he going to romance the ladies? Over the phone! It’s his only hope!

I think he spends the entirety of the “Whenever You Need Somebody” video on one of those old 1-900 chat lines.

]]> By: Tom Nawrocki http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/05/22/1988-countdown-97-rick-astley-together-forever/#comment-34 Tom Nawrocki Fri, 23 May 2008 21:24:09 +0000 http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/05/22/1988-countdown-97-rick-astley-together-forever/#comment-34 "It Would Take a Strong, Strong Man" is clearly the best Rick Astley single. I fear we aren't going to get to see that one. “It Would Take a Strong, Strong Man” is clearly the best Rick Astley single. I fear we aren’t going to get to see that one.

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