Never Gonna Give You Up

I got brainwashed last Monday night. Last-song syndrome, that is. The grocery that the missus and I went to kept on playing “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley over and over and over and over again. Even the CD itself wanted to stop as the song was scratching and jumping all over the place.

I remember a long time ago when Rick Astley was number one. My sister would go to our rich neighbor’s house to play while they listen to Rick Astley songs. That neighbor of ours even had a Rick Astley poster on her closet ---yup she was one of those. It’s just that the whole Rick Astley phenomenon came to a stop for me when I saw Roderick Paulate doing his own dance moves during the fame of Tonight With Dick and Carmi. In the words of Simon Cowell: "It was a complete and utter mess."

The missus wanted to buy a pair of slippers since she decided to retire her old pink pair which is circa 1990s, I think. After almost an eternity of “Never Gonna Give You Up” encores, she finally found the one she liked: a pair of slip on blue rubber sandals with the brand “asadi” marked on it ---I assume that it’s a pirated version of Adidas. Honestly, it reminded me of our weekend househelp who does the mountainous laundry back home for she wore the same footwear.

As we left the slippers section, the Rick Astley concert stopped. “Finally!” I said. I then heard a brief commercial break of the grocery’s latest promos then the DJ said:

“Here’s the 4th highest song in 1987! NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP BY RICK ASTLEY!!!”

NOOOOOooooooooooo!!!!

One...two...ready...sing! Never gonna give you up...Never gonna let you down...

(As we reached home and the missus tried on her new slippers, she felt uncomfortable with the inside folds hurting her feet. Needless to say that we shall be returning the pair of slippers next Monday for another quest to find the right pair ---with Rick Astley reverberating on the background.)