Babies Have Terrible Musical Taste: The Daily Nooner (EST)!
RickRolling The Baby
We all give Rick Astley a hard time without a moment’s hesitation, but think about it: When was the last time a song YOU sang 20 years ago made a baby stop crying?
“Never Gonna Give You Up” is about as popular as a steaming turd in a hot car these days, but this video suggests that hating it might not necessarily be hardwired into the human brain. Could it be that we’ve become too cynical, too far removed from the innocence of childhood to enjoy the simple pleasure that is Rick Astley, or do babies just like shit that sucks? Is this kid being ironic? Are babies capable of that? This video might only be 30 seconds long, but it raises questions that could take a lifetime to answer.
Maybe after the scientific community wraps up all those pesky little problems like AIDS and cancer and global warming and world hunger they can start focusing on something that actually MATTERS. You know - like figuring out the physiological mechanism that’s responsible for making us hate Rick Astley. I’m pretty sure the military would be more than willing to provide funding for the psychological warfare possibilities alone. The Iraqi insurgents are tough, but are they tough enough to withstand the awesome power of a WEAPONIZED RICKROLL?
February 25th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I’m hearing a little defensiveness in this article, as though, just maybe, the author secretly harbors a deep and unquestionable love for the Artist Formerly Known As The 80s. Give Mr. Astley his due– EVERYONE remembers that song, and can sing at least the chorus straight from memory. Hell, even the baby recognizes his talent!
February 25th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
That song is awesome. That baby knows what’s up.
February 25th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Being able to remember an old song doesn’t automatically make it any good. This song, however, rocks!
February 25th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I thoroughly enjoy rick astley, but I don’t care for this bald bimbo baby. Sorry.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
The real question that should be asked here is how the parents figured this one out? Was the mother holding her bawling baby and suddenly got the urge to listen to Rick Astley? Or was it some horrible cosmic coincidence that only further goes to show the universe has no goodness in it?
February 25th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
That baby is totally being ironic. I totally saw him the other day wearing an elmo t-shirt and looking decidedly detached.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
My nephew has done that exact same thing,not to Rick Astley but to some equally bad song on one of my father’s CD. I think it was Slim Whitman singing Indian Love song or some shit.
How we figured it out was we were in the car and the kid was screaming, song came on, kid stopped, song goes off, kid starts screaming, put song back on, kid stops screaming and so on.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:11 am
The song is rather awesome. Rick Astley, however, is not quite so awesome. Or else we would recognize other songs in his repertoire.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:11 am
My baby cousin likes the Walker Texas Ranger theme song. Although I think that qualifies her as out of this work kick-ass rather than future RickRoller.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:49 am
To quote Shakespeare verbatim: methinks Wolinsky doth protest too much. All the people who rail against Rick Astley do it with such fervor as to suggest they are merely attempting to compensate for a love they have yet to allow themselves to enjoy.
It’s true, I read the similar article at Blackwhitekiss.
(As an aside, I think that even low-level celebrities should get miniaturized names. Jennifer Lopez>J.Lo, Lindsy Lohan>LiLo, Ross Wolinsky>RoWo, etc. It only doesn’t work for Miguel Swaim.)
February 26th, 2008 at 9:54 am
What about M.Aim?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:57 am
MiSwa. It sounds French.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I think you’re right RoWo.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
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February 26th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Baby can’t go to sleep, read them this shit.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
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February 26th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I think the baby just likes music a lot. I think when he gets older, he’ll be able to tell the difference.
Probably will be some kind of Mozart because hearing this will make him want to make good music.
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February 27th, 2008 at 2:57 am
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February 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I like that song…
February 29th, 2008 at 8:57 am
My little brother had the same thing when he was that age as well, only his song was “Gettin’ Jiggy With It” by Will Smith. I FUCKING HATE THAT SONG.
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm
i’m a 51 year old black woman and i still love rick astley. one of my friends was working on one of his music videos and i went to look at him. he was really cute, really tall and really nice. we talked about him being a howdy doody look-a-like and sounding like a black guy. i miss paul young too.