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Happy 55th birthday to Rick Astley

We're all getting old.

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by Anonymousreply 35January 26, 2022 9:42 PM

Still shocked to the very core that he's STRAIGHT.

I mean, every bit of this is like Gay Shopbottom of 1989 - the hair, the clothes, his weird dancing.

by Anonymousreply 1February 6, 2021 3:41 PM

But we’re never too old to RickRoll baby!

by Anonymousreply 2February 6, 2021 3:42 PM

He still looks good, maybe even better than the late 80s.

by Anonymousreply 3February 6, 2021 4:34 PM

My favorite Rick

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by Anonymousreply 4February 6, 2021 5:42 PM

more Rick

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by Anonymousreply 5February 6, 2021 5:45 PM

This never fails to delight.

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by Anonymousreply 6February 6, 2021 5:49 PM

Rick, Sonia, Kylie, Jason, Sinitta and Banarama should release a tribute album to SAW and use the money to donate to COVID research foundations.

by Anonymousreply 7February 19, 2021 9:11 AM

A song that doesn't take a single wrinkle. In wedding parties everyone still dances on "Never gonna give you up"

by Anonymousreply 8February 19, 2021 9:18 AM

He's definitely one of the cutest redhead guys I have ever seen.

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by Anonymousreply 9February 19, 2021 9:53 AM

Here is in 2019, still doing it and doing it good.

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by Anonymousreply 10February 19, 2021 10:15 AM

Love him

by Anonymousreply 11February 19, 2021 10:44 AM

Stock Aitken Waterman made everyone love their dance-pop that influenced by disco and R&B music. Rick brought some Northern soul to it.

by Anonymousreply 12February 19, 2021 12:43 PM

Damn, he’s still a hottie.

by Anonymousreply 13February 19, 2021 12:51 PM

He couldn't compete with George Michael, Michael Jackson, New Jack swing acts like Bel Biv Devoe or R&B groups like Boyz II Men.

by Anonymousreply 14February 19, 2021 11:01 PM

Damn, he and I share the same birthday! He's 30 years older than I am. I always liked his voice.

by Anonymousreply 15February 19, 2021 11:03 PM

One of the nicest celebs I've met.

You've taken me back to the 80s OP. Puffball skirts and going clubbing in your suit and tie. Pre drugs on the dancefloor. I used to have a VIP card for my local club. Used to queue jump and never pay. They were simple times. Great music.

by Anonymousreply 16February 19, 2021 11:22 PM

This song should have had a music video. It could have been another hit single in The US.

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by Anonymousreply 17February 20, 2021 9:00 PM

Bumping this because I found this article. I really love that he respects the fact his early music got popular in gay clubs and he never forgets to praise the gay community for supporting him.

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by Anonymousreply 18January 26, 2022 8:00 PM

Still hot.

by Anonymousreply 19January 26, 2022 8:02 PM

Are we sure he's not family?

by Anonymousreply 20January 26, 2022 8:04 PM

He doesn't ping.

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by Anonymousreply 21January 26, 2022 8:05 PM

Given he's rags to riches. Got discovered by Waterman at a local pub and then moved in with him to work as a tea boy. I'm sure he did some sexual favors.

by Anonymousreply 22January 26, 2022 8:06 PM

I'd let him move in for sexual favours too, R22.

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by Anonymousreply 23January 26, 2022 8:08 PM

Ginger twinks are the best.

by Anonymousreply 24January 26, 2022 8:13 PM

Not bragging, but when I was younger people used to say I looked like Rick Astley. I admit I kind of do only my eyes are brown and my hair is wavier. I'm younger than him though, in my 40s now, but am mistaken for mid 30s all the time.

by Anonymousreply 25January 26, 2022 8:17 PM

This is the second time I've seen implication on DL that Pete Waterman is gay. Is it the same poster repeating himself?

by Anonymousreply 26January 26, 2022 8:21 PM

Many English working class lads are flexible.

by Anonymousreply 27January 26, 2022 8:32 PM

Silly assertion.

by Anonymousreply 28January 26, 2022 8:35 PM

He’s a good man. Wildly popular on Reddit, has a good sense of humour about himself and is quick witted.

by Anonymousreply 29January 26, 2022 8:51 PM

[quote]This is the second time I've seen implication on DL that Pete Waterman is gay. Is it the same poster repeating himself?

He's been married 3 times and had kids with each of his wives.

He was famous for making sure Big Fun stayed in the closet, despite being the world's first gay boyband.

And NO gay man would have been involved in One True Voice. Rick wrote this song. Not one of his finest.

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by Anonymousreply 30January 26, 2022 9:15 PM

Take That probably all had to sleep with their gay manager. He even made them perform in gay clubs and make very homoerotic videos and cover disco clubs. One of which video had nudity, leather gear and whipped cream. Robbie Williams was the jailbait at only 17. Of course once they got teen girls listening to them they ditched the gays for a more hetero sound and look

by Anonymousreply 31January 26, 2022 9:22 PM

Boy George once said, "I'd like to pick him up and cuddle him."

by Anonymousreply 32January 26, 2022 9:29 PM

Everyone on this planet is getting old-er.

by Anonymousreply 33January 26, 2022 9:31 PM

[Quote] Of course once they got teen girls listening to them they ditched the gays for a more hetero sound and look

I guess you don't recall the devils look from their tour. That was after they became massive.

by Anonymousreply 34January 26, 2022 9:35 PM

[quote]Boy George once said, "I'd like to pick him up and cuddle him."

Rick is lucky that Boy George didn't handcuff him to a radiator and hit him around the head with a metal chain.

by Anonymousreply 35January 26, 2022 9:42 PM
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