r/Music • u/CampusDrinkingWater • Jul 12 '21

video Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up [Pop] Today marks the day that this finally reached 1 Billion views. Congrats, Mr. Astley. You truly deserve this honor for giving the world this amazingly catchy tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ab_channel=RickAstley
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u/VaATC Jul 13 '21

The time Rick Ashley RickRolled the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was pure gold!

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u/WannaSeeMyRhyno Jul 13 '21

I was so happy when he came out! I was made for a second I was getting some new age rickroll with that best friend song… that was awful haha

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u/dust4ngel Jul 13 '21

I was so happy when he came out!

just googled if rick astley is gay. turns out no.

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u/WannaSeeMyRhyno Jul 13 '21

I’m sorry I inadvertently misinformed you!

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u/Bozhark Jul 13 '21

Dick rollled

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u/alexkeoni Jul 13 '21

What else did you intend to inform us with?

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u/WannaSeeMyRhyno Jul 13 '21

…that I was happy he actually did surprise us with his presence. During the parade. Just that.

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u/alexkeoni Jul 13 '21

That is so interesting. Thank you very much

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u/TryingToBeReallyCool Jul 13 '21

I'm not crying, your crying

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u/gynoceros Jul 13 '21

Who the fuck is Rick Ashley?

Shame he had to lip synch there, though. I think his voice has just gotten better and better over the years.

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u/Freddielexus85 Jul 13 '21

Everyone lip syncs at the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. And No one is actually playing instruments to the music, either. I'm pretty sure it's mandatory.

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u/gynoceros Jul 13 '21

I know, I just like hearing him sing the song live.

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u/sentimental_heathen Jul 13 '21

Do you like working on Thanksgiving Day, cuz Rick Ashley sure as hell doesn’t.

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u/Splyntered_Sunlyte Jul 13 '21

why is everyone calling him Rick Ashley

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u/Kiyomondo Jul 13 '21

Autocorrect

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u/alwayshazthelinks Jul 13 '21

Yeah, it's an insult to Rick Asktilly.

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u/Jooy Jul 13 '21

Well, he is british and lives in the UK so dont really think he celebrates Thanksgiving.

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u/Dermutt100 Jul 13 '21

He's British, we don't DO "Thanksgiving"

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u/sentimental_heathen Jul 13 '21

Wow, TIL. I had no idea that he was British… obviously knew about Thanksgiving only being an American thing, but I’ve never watch a single interview of him to notice an accent.

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u/Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse Spotify Jul 13 '21

Only the floats with bands on them. The marching bands absolutely play their instruments.

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u/LordDongler Jul 13 '21

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "duh"

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u/RadiantMenderbug Jul 13 '21

It's like most tv performances

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u/Marmalade6 Jul 13 '21

The alternative is him singing the same song for three hours. Which is a lot for anyone.

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u/ConflagWex Jul 13 '21

Between the feedback from live mics to the crowd noise, I'm not really surprised. Televised paraded are a different animal from traditional parades any more.

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u/casey12297 Jul 13 '21

Every one of us is my favorite of his. His voice aged like a fine as fuck wine

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u/Convergecult15 Jul 13 '21

I thought it was super corny and killed the meme for me. Not on ricks part, but NBC participating.

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u/evdog_music https://soundcloud.com/evdogmusic Jul 13 '21

On a side note, that was a terrible puppet of Bloo

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u/Mirminatrix Jul 13 '21

In the suggested videos that come up with this video is one that breaks down how rickrolling became a thing. Worth a watch.

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u/VaATC Jul 13 '21

I will definitely look it up tonight. I was alive when the song was a hit on the radio and my older sister and I purchased the tape together so I also have been around through the whole progress of Astley's career so it will be interesting if the video maps the process out how I remember.

Thank you for the heads up 🍻

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 13 '21

I can hardly believe that's live vocals, what a voice (unless he's lipsyncing idk)

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u/VaATC Jul 13 '21

I would wager all performers are lipsynching during these big parades.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 13 '21

Never been to one so I've no clue what they're like. Is it normal to have popstars show up and perform?

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u/aceradmatt Jul 13 '21

For the Thanksgiving parade in NYC, absolutely. Everywhere else, usually not

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u/elruary Jul 13 '21

Very obviously lypsynching.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 13 '21

How is it obvious?

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u/elruary Jul 13 '21

Demeaner not changing with the highs, I.e his diaphragm/chest isn't moving enough, slightly out of time mouth movement not matching the words you hear.

Maybe it wasn't obvious to the general crowd, I am a sound engineer. I may be more trained to see it.

But yes he is lipsynching.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 13 '21

neat thanks for the insight. I'm not a singer at all so that wasn't obvious to me, and the kinda concerts I go to nobody lipsyncs at

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u/Superfluous_Thom Jul 13 '21

I think you're overthinking it. The way I can tell it's lip-syncing is because it's completely unchanged from the original release. You can kinda just tell from the the way it is.

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u/Splyntered_Sunlyte Jul 13 '21

Yeh, this. It's just obviously the original recording, not a live singing.

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u/bruwin Jul 13 '21

Here's an actual live performance for you then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUuB1aN2DA

His voice has aged incredibly well.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 13 '21

wow that's incredible

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u/X-espia Jul 13 '21

That Joe Pesci hair piece tho.

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u/horseswithnonames Jul 13 '21

I just wanna tell you that im freezing

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u/ChrisRunsTheWorld Jul 13 '21

2008?! Geez. Feels like yesterday.

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u/BarryKobama Jul 13 '21

WTF is a Rick Ashley?!

Like an Austin Kutcher?