Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" as a breakthrough gay text

[melted_snowball]

Lost amidst the (deserved) hubbub about the Internet RickRolling phenomenon, wherein the video of Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" is linked in (seemingly) unconnected internet discussions, is the seminal nature of this #1 hit, and particularly its video, in the prominence of homosexuality and the gay gaze in 1980's Britain. It is

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[persephoneplace]

thank you brother. As one who well remembers the 80's, mad propz to ya.

[da_lj]

...funny thing- I hated the song until this year. Now it's the Best. Evar.

[crs]

This is brilliant and needs more widespread distribution, IMHO. :)

[melted_snowball]

I've unlocked it; feel free to link.

[insaint]

This is beautiful.

[swadfather]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrice/2270864796/

[icedrake]

Reminiscent of the section on cluster analysis from my rhetorical criticism class.

Make what conclusions you will :)