20+ years later, and the "Rick Astley"/"ghastly" rhyme STILL makes me laugh.

@jimsweetdog

3 жыл бұрын

Every damn time, it never wears out :-)

@harvey1954

3 жыл бұрын

Because it's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO true !

@LazyIRanch

2 жыл бұрын

He wrote this decades before the "Rick-roll" became ubiquitous. When he wrote this, he assumed Rick Astley would be just another one-hit wonder that no one would remember in a few years.

@floydblandston108

Жыл бұрын

Yup- same here. Whenever I hear him referenced I remember to come listen to this song again.🙂

@stevewynnearts

9 ай бұрын

🎉

I love this guy. He has a great attitude to music and life. Knocks out tunes that are fun, doesn't take it too seriously, laughs at himself and life. In the next life I wanna come back as him.

@manwithnoplan5496

Жыл бұрын

He’s fantastic

@paulgerkin2851

Жыл бұрын

I agree . He's very good , and deserves more recognition . I'm going to post some of his stuff on various social media outlets .

@stefantaxacher5057

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely lovely, and a funny clip.🙂

F-ing legend is Nick

The world would be a sadder place without Nick Lowe. If only all pop stars possessed a sense of humour.

I love the all the clever irony in this song. It's a song about how all men lie. Being sung by a man. Who swears that he's telling the truth. Cute bit of songwriting.

@johnr8095

8 жыл бұрын

+legendaryrat and that's the truth.

@WiltshireByways

4 жыл бұрын

Just after he divorced the wife he married in 'Cruel to be Kind'.

@marywatkins6798

3 жыл бұрын

Lowe is a clever songwriter.

@mickseeley4666

2 жыл бұрын

@@WiltshireByways SO untrue - check your history and dates, dude!

@WiltshireByways

2 жыл бұрын

@@mickseeley4666 Nick divorced Carlene Carter the same year this was released (1990). They were married in 1979 with footage from their wedding featuring in the Cruel to be Kind video.

He's saying the song is ghastly because it perfectly encapsulates how all men are liars. Rick is redeemed in the end in that he learns the truth. Plus it gives nick a chance to rhyme Astley with ghastly.

@edwinsantos7937

9 жыл бұрын

John R Exactly, John! I'm glad there are people out there like you who are smart and are able to see through the wittiness of the song. You have a nice day.

I just love how he rhymed "Rick Astley" with "ghastly"!!! A treasure and a really nice, down to earth guy - met him when he toured Oz in the 80s and my friends (Dynamic Hepnotics) played support.

This song was so enjoyable and funny.

That man has magnificent hair.

Still sublime all these years later. I can't help but sing along and smile. God bless Nick Lowe, "the shifty brute"!

incredible hair.

The (9) jerks that gave this song a thumps down are still cheating on their wifes or girl friend. Great song Mr. Lowe.

@vollsticks

4 жыл бұрын

@Music Came here to post this

Influenced by an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Thanks for posting Yep Roc Records. Cheers!🥨

This guy is the epitome of musical poet..I could be lying.

I met Nick at a Flux gig in Dacorum College, c. 1972, and he told me that he would never go grey. Ain't that the truth.

Echoes of the psalmist: "I said in my haste, All men are liars" (Psalm 116). Although, as Nick Lowe tells us, he heard the phrase on Oprah Winfrey's show!

Great song---writing and music...rediscovering Nick Lowe is a rare pleasure!!!

@oshiriz6486

3 жыл бұрын

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I LOVE LOVE THIS SONG

How did I ever miss this song?! Great!

@wallacegrommet9343

9 ай бұрын

You’d better explain! It was released around 1990

I believe him; thousands wouldn't. Bless his heart. :)

This is one of those songs that just sound different than basically everything else, something about the melody, progression and that guitar.. Instantly appealing to me

One of his best. Incredible recording.

This whole album is fantastic!

Always has been my favourite song of his. Without any political commentary, without any commentary on Rick Astley, Its just a good fun song!

My coach for tennis showed this to me before he passed away back in April.

This video is cool and song is best I hope all you people are listening to this song you will like

one of my favorite songs of all time!

Great song heard Dar Williams version of this song the other day driving to work..had to see the orginal

Great song from a vastly underated recording.

one of my fave nick songs

Cf. rhythmic echoes, 11 years earlier, in Nick's "Cruel To Be Kind".

It's word for word in the Bible...

I am happy when this one is on !

There is a lot of real fighting in the comments about (1)slandering/hating Rick Astley, (2) Promoting a feminist agenda (3) being a gender traitor? Really? The video has dancing plastic flowers wearing sunglasses. It's not that serious.

LOL! Back then I used to understand: "Old man Elias"! :-)

@EmmaKnightleyNo1

5 жыл бұрын

And, do you like it better than the original?? 😅 I definitely prefer some of my misheard lyrics to the original! 😎😄

An all time great!

When Nick wrote this song, he explained it by stating that it was a way of saying to the ladies : "Here, let me take some of the burden off your shoulders". A generous fellow he indeed be. And as for a past commenter who labeled Nick a "nobody for the rest of his life"...Well, Rick Astley had a few big hits (which is OK), but Nick has amassed an enormous song catalog over the last 40 years featuring many classics plus a dedicated fan base equal to Astley's. For a "nobody" that speaks volumes.

@paulcasey6759

5 жыл бұрын

What a load of crap. So he slanders his own gender to exacerbate the division that already exists between men and women after decades of feminist poisoning and you say "what a great bloke." There are words for the people who submit to this hateful agenda of playing men against women, blacks against whites, natives against immigrants etc and while you're not as bad as the evil ones pulling the strings, you're still no good until you fucking WAKE UP. If he wants to do something nice for women he should do it without shitting on the gender opposite otherwise it's not really nice at all, is it?

@hothooker5382

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like someone's button got pushed

@mickseeley4666

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulcasey6759 Dude, get a life, you Socialst bastard! It's s SONG, and a damn good one.

Mera sanningar från en av de stora låtskrivarna...

Great hair!

One of Nick's last Pop songs.

A Master of the hook line!

Great song by the master tunesmith!

so breezy.. always makes me smile! :)

love this song! Thank you, Nick! Jolly good!

Love this tune !!! Great video !! The great Nick Lowe .

My hero!!!

Always endearing and inspired by the music of Nick Lowe...and that's the truth!

J'adooooooooooore!

Would this be classified as a country song even though Nick Lowe is rock n' roll?

I love this! Ahhh.

I heart Nick Lowe!!!

Nick Lowe!! The best!!!

Thanks, Yep Roc.

excellent video

It's true. 💯

Love Nick!

This is great, but my fave is "Raging Eyes".......great video, too

Love it

how come I never saw this on MTV?

One of the few "videos" produced for a Nick Lowe song....

My very first concert. A long time ago.

Good track, nice video clip. Greetings to one and all from Jarrahnut in wonderful western Australia.

That's what brought me here. :)

Second verse makes this the anti-Rickroll lol

Did Rick Astley break his heart? 😂

Nick is too good looking for his own good. Oh and yeah Jesus of Cool rocks. Lies a little too.

🖤💙oh wie wahr💙🖤

man this brings back memories of the movie titled all men are liars

Great Song Nick, actually got me a date when I told a chick to watch this video........ Who New!

@kathynapierala3048

5 жыл бұрын

Easier to get dates if you stop using the word "chick" unless you mean a baby chicken.

@youtubaloser

4 жыл бұрын

@@kathynapierala3048 Get over the women's lib bullshit already, chicky. Now, get back in the kitchen where you belong...

This is a very cleverly crafted pop song with a brilliantly simple and devastatingly catchy melody. I wish I could write like that!! If you want to see the movie, check out, "All Men Are Liars"

Rick A should guest on a version of this! (He's turned out to be a guy with a great sense of humour, so I believe he would like the put-down).

A really good version of this was on the podcast Comedy Bang Bang a week or two ago (Lowe was a guest).

n8icks my dude

TRUTH

Can we get some credits? Who are the actors in this video?

That's soooo true!!!!!At least one thing is true that they are liers!!!

Good times

@mrk70 I didn't realize Dar covered this! She's great, too!

The rick astley bashing in the first verse sent me 🤧

It took 'em a while to make the video. Some shots are much later in the day.

Nah. He doesn't say all men lie ALL THE TIME. Even liars tell the truth occasionally.

It's rock n roll extra

👍😀

Fantastic song and video!

It's the Empodoclean Paradox, as used by Capt Kirk.

0:36

Great Song. Good Movie.

@tomallen5837

Жыл бұрын

movie?

@TheGrumpy01

Жыл бұрын

@@tomallen5837 yep "All Men Are Liars". been out for a while.

@TheGrumpy01

Жыл бұрын

@@tomallen5837 kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6WXpc6rXbbcj6Q.html

@tomallen5837

Жыл бұрын

@Dayvd Allen lol, well whaddya know. Just played the trailer! ok thanks Dayvd

🖤💙stimmt💙🖤

mr astleys baaaaaaack

so, is he telling the truth?

That Rick Astley bit is one of the most ironic things I've ever heard.

@EmmaKnightleyNo1

5 жыл бұрын

It actually made me feel more gently towards poor Rick😅 (not that torturous SAW tune though 🙉)

More relevant than ever, politically and otherwise, not to mention a rickroll.

I say Rick Ashley on a talk show recently and he was very nice and has aged well.

Boy, could Nick turn a phrase… …or what!

I admit it! Guilty as charged!

If all men are liars, that means he's a liar too... so, how do we know if this is true at all? I believe Nick Lowe has created a paradox...

Say it ain’t so Rick! 🤣

@voiceofmegatron Come on...it WAS ghastly!

I'm guessing this video was shot in England.

is one of those girls Nastsya Kinksi?