The Rick Astley story is kind of neat. He became one of the biggest memes in internet history, which he actually struggled with quite a bit. Now he's taken that fame and started enjoying the reach he has with it. The Foo Fighters invited him on stage to perform and now he's made this cover of Everlong and just nails it.
His voice is excellent during the chorus. 2.2 million views in just over a month.
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The Rick Astley story is kind of neat. He became one of the biggest memes in internet history, which he actually struggled with quite a bit. Now he's taken that fame and started enjoying the reach he has with it. The Foo Fighters invited him on stage to perform and now he's made this cover of Everlong and just nails it.
His voice is excellent during the chorus. 2.2 million views in just over a month.
And he got rick rolled on reddit and it was hilarious.
You have to sort by top or scroll down a bit to find it.
The Rick Astley story is kind of neat. He became one of the biggest memes in internet history, which he actually struggled with quite a bit. Now he's taken that fame and started enjoying the reach he has with it. The Foo Fighters invited him on stage to perform and now he's made this cover of Everlong and just nails it.
His voice is excellent during the chorus. 2.2 million views in just over a month.
Wasn't Rick Astley one hit wonder famous. Wasn't around in the 80's to feel confident in this assertion but he was known for the song prior to memedom correct? Just a minor curiosity, but I seem to recall he showed up on those music of the 80's shows Much More music used to do.
Not even one hit, he had several (Whenever You Need Somebody, Together Forever, She Wants to Dance With Me, It Would Take a Strong Strong Man) within the same year or two with two back to back albums in the late 80s, but didn't have the sustainability to continue the momentum into the 90s. By 1993, after releasing a 4th album that tanked, he stopped recording altogether until 2001. I suspect the music world during the 90s was rather focused on an alternative sound (grunge, electronic, rap/hip hop) and he didn't find a comfortable place to produce light pop music until the early 2000s when that style of music made a comeback.
Bonus, here's Rick performing with the Foo Fighters, making a helluva rock song in the process. NSFW for swearing at the start.
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I can understand why Astley could struggle with feeling like his career was reduced to an internet meme or punchline. He is a talented musician who created one of the most iconic songs of the 80s - with a great hook.
And yeah it bothers me when he's also described as a one-hit-wonder, because he put together an impressive string of hits.
That bothers me about a lot of 80s bands though, where they are described as one-hit-wonders despite ongonig success, though in some cases not in North America. Aha were not one hit wonders. Men without Hats were not one hit wonders. Devo were certainly not one-hit wonders.
Glad to see that Astley is having a bit of a resurgence and being recognized for his talents.
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The only thing that bothers me is that it suggests "hits" are the only way to judge a musician. As if being on the radio is what makes music good.
Blur is one of those bands for me. They have a decent catalog but often get pegged into the one-hit wonder groups for Song #2. Which was kind of the point of the song.
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Blur is one of those bands for me. They have a decent catalog but often get pegged into the one-hit wonder groups for Song #2. Which was kind of the point of the song.
This is mostly a North American thing, in the UK, Oasis and blur were battling over number one band in the country. Damon also quickly transitioned into the Gorillaz after Song 2, not really giving blur a chance to build off that song. Which is fine because Gorillaz are way better than blur and had a much better appeal to North American sensibilities
