The Rick Astley Channel

Boy, did I hit the 80s JACKPOT with the Rick Astley channel!!! Featured artists include, but are not limited to:

- The Cars
- Tears for Fears
- Mr. Mister
- the Thompson Twins
- Deniece Williams
- Jon Secada

Yeah, I'm a nerd, I admit. But I've just gotten a little tired of rap and whatnot lately. I don't even know what these folks are rapping about anymore.

Ex. Lil Wayne in the "Crying Out for Me" remix:

So I met this shawty the otha day
I got her numba called her up like what u doin
She say nothin
I say what's good?
She say not much
I say guess what
She say wassup
I say I think we should hook up
She say uhhh...
I say what?
She say but...
I say but... ?
Why u stuck?
She say ****
I say who?
She say not you
I say then who
She say you know
I know what?
You know who
I say I do?
She say you do

Trust me, it sounds stupid in the song.

Pandora Rocks!... but I wish it could read my mind.

So I listen to Pandora at work, and I love it. Sure, maybe I'm not supposed to be streaming radio or whatever else here, but they haven't blocked it yet and I'm sick of the commercials on the radio, so I use it. The only problem I initially had with Pandora is that, you put in your favorite artist or song, and it creates a "channel" of songs and artists that are similar so that you always hear something you like. Sounds great, except that I have really eclectic taste in music. I'll pretty much listen to anything (and I mean, ANYTHING) except country music. So I ended up creating, like, 6 different channels to address all of my moods. Well, I finally found the button that says "QuickMix," which plays a mix of all of your created channels. Yeah, it was right there in front of my face. I never said I was a genius.

Anyway, I will admit that I love a lot of 80s music and adult contemporary stuff... so I created a "Phil Collins" channel because I love him. That particular channel always pleases me with it's mix of Phil Collins, Sting, Simply Red, and many others. Sadly (and you can take the word "sad" for all it's possible meanings here), I've been waiting for them to pull out some Rick Astley and I haven't been getting it. I know, I know. Rick Astley isn't anything special. I think he had, maybe, 3 hits back in the day. But I guess I've just been waiting to hear that mediocre 80s pop. I wonder what it would come up with if I created a Rick Astley channel... Hmmmm... To Be Continued.