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Rick Astley in 1988 and 2001......(www.rickastley.co.uk)
Think he has a beaudy voice: "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a piece in my personal '80s puzzle

Me Too Anelim. I'm a fan of that song. Wonderful happy pop song!

He went from Hero to Zero pretty fast though once he stopped recording with Stock Aitken and Waterman!

I hated Rick Astley! :lol:

Didn't he start out as a tea boy or something? I read that once.

I really liked Rick Astley. He doesn't look any different in those pictures.

Really good pop star. I liked all the the songs that cxharted here in the States. I really liked Cry For Help in the 90s.

I still love Rick Astley, songs like "Never gonna Give you up", "Together Forever", he has really beautiful songs that all we've wish someone dedicated to us. The first record of Rick Astley was my first vinil, i still have it but is only a memory because is very mistreated and it doesn't sound.

He did indeed start of as a tea boy at SAW. I saw a documentry in which Pete Waterman talked about how Rick was alergic to fame big time, this was probably his downfall eventually. Fantastic voice and very unique.

He did indeed start of as a tea boy at SAW. I saw a documentry in which Pete Waterman talked about how Rick was alergic to fame big time, this was probably his downfall eventually. Fantastic voice and very unique.

Rick became sick of being Stock, Aitken and Watermans 'puppet. Tiring of having to sing pre-written sappy stuff, one day according to a recent documentary Rick was on his way to to airport to begin a tour of the USA, when he asked the driver to stop the car and let him get out on the Motorway. He told his Manager that he just couldn't go through with the tour, and that marked the end of his relationship with S A and W.

To me that was a brave decision, and some of his own produced stuff was actually pretty good. Even now, Pete Waterman is still bitter about the split(well, what do you expect from someone who thinks he was gods gift to Pop Music) :6ohboy:

I have 12 inch vinly thats called "Road Block " by S.A.W. I did not know that they did pop.

I have 12 inch vinly thats called "Road Block " by S.A.W. I did not know that they did pop.

Stock, Aitken Waterman were the most prolific pop music factory during the 80s. They produced such acts as Kylie Minogue, Jason Donavon and Dead or Alive, to quite a bit of success internationally. :)

Stock, Aitken Waterman were the most prolific pop music factory during the 80s. They produced such acts as Kylie Minogue, Jason Donavon and Dead or Alive, to quite a bit of success internationally. :)

That is very true, commerically they were indeed a huge success. But it also marked the end of the 80's for me Mikey :cry: 1988 marked the beginning of the end of the 80's, and Mr Stock, Mr Aitken and Mr Waterman had a lot do do with it by feeding the public such sickly-sweet, repetitive pop music.

Having said that, Dead Or Alive is one band that I consider to be a SAW success, looking back. 'You Spin Me Round' and 'In Too Deep' have aged very well indeed :dance:

I actually hated most of what SAW did at the time. It's weird now that I am 30 and have developed an apreciation for the music they produced. They were kind of britains answer to motown...the old conveyer belt idea. Would I be right in saying that Sinita was there first act?

I would say that 'Dead or Alive' were probally the first artist they gave the full S.A.W. treatment to, which was in '84 when 'You spin me round' was released. Sinitta didn't appear till around '86 with 'So Macho' but that wasn't produced by S.A.W.
The contractual block that Rick Astley suffered as a result of him walking out is what efectively ended his career.
Some of the other notable artists they produced in the '80's included Bananarama, Mel & Kim, Kylie, Donna Summer, Pepsi & Shirlie, Big fun and Sonia.

Pete Waterman went on to have success as one half of 'The Hitman & Her' as well as creating his multi-label empire known as 'PWL', home to such artists as '2 Unlimited' and 'Mandy Smith'. :mwaha:

The S.A.W. tune mentioned 'Roadblock' was originally going to be promoted as a long lost 70's release that had been 'discovered', rather than as themselves as they felt their image wasn't 'Funky' enough. :lol: