Dear Rick Astley Cassette Tape,
Hey there! I was thinking about you today and just thought I’d drop a line.
My 13-year-old and his friend rickrolled their teacher on Friday – they inserted the song right into a video they had to submit for a class project. And first I thought how strange it is that rickrolling is still around. I think it cropped up around the time my son was born.
And then I remembered that day on the deck when you were on my boombox and my dad picked up your case, took out the liner notes and asked why I liked you so much. I said I liked Rick Astley’s voice, and he said, “well you know he uses a special microphone to sound that way,” and I was pretty disappointed. Also I felt young and silly when moments before I had felt pretty grownup, crushing on Rick Astley and running the batteries down in my very own boombox.
And I was probably about 13.
Things come full circle don’t they?
Anyway, we had good times.
-e.