Since the advent of the Rickroll–in which Web surfers are redirected to a clip of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”–the song has become something of a “funny” karaoke staple for people who want to incorporate some comedy into their routine. But is Rickroll karaoke still funny when Astley himself is responsible for vocal duties? An audience in Athens, Ga., found out the other night, when the British singer stopped by, and treated the audience to a performance of his now-signature hit. He’s definitely working the crowd, allowing them to sing along. (Also, the glasses make him look quite fetching!) And there’s more from the evening–after the jump, Rick shows off his falsetto with a performance of “9 To 5,” and peeves someone else in attendance with his need for multiple star turns!
Apparently Rick was ready to roll every performer who dared near the mic, as evidenced by this little rant on the ride home by someone whose sister’s performance of “Song 2″ got interrupted! Warning: the word “douchebag” is uttered a lot.
See, everyone? Even Rick Astley can seem like a jerk when he tries to hog the microphone at the karaoke benefit. Sure, a blog post on the evening notes that he’s welcome back anytime, but I think that if he wasn’t famous, that wouldn’t be the case.
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some friends of mine told me a story once where they were on tour and they stopped to get some drinks at a bar in a small town. the bar was having a karaoke contest, and one of the songs they happened to be using was one of my friends bands hits, so they thought it would be funny to enter the contest and have the singer do the song. they were going to come clean afterwards and everything, but he actually ended up loosing to some other kid! i don’t think he even placed in the top three!
@infinitLoop: What was your friends’ band? If you don’t want to say then I’m going to assume you’re friends with either Creed or Godsmack. ;) Funny story, though.
Rick Astely is a Cenobite, and that’s all there is to say about him.
I thought the whole rickrolling thing had run its course until yesterday afternoon when someone drove through my neighborhood blasting “Never Gonna Give You Up”. Now I’m starting to wonder if that was Rick Astley.
Can anyone confirm or deny that he was in downtown Seattle yesterday?
The dude in the third clip is the same dude in the first clip busting out the sweet moves by the side of the stage. He didn’t seem mad at Rick at that point…..but it seems Rick wore out his welcome! How many songs did he jump in on? It sounds like a lot! Seriously, that is pretty funny.