# @tomwatsonofficial on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CNHl8f8FT7r
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59681695-tomwatsonofficial-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-04-01T09:47:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Tom Watson politics culture coffee fitness (@tomwatsonofficial) — https://gondola.cc/tomwatsonofficial

## Caption

My guest this week is officialrickastley. We recorded this episode late in January of Lockdown Three when the world seemed bleak.

He's a rare thing, is Rick. He straddles generations. It's not just people like me in their 50s who remember him as a cheeky young baritone singer who topped the charts in the 1980s. It's those generations that sit behind me that also know him as a cultural icon.
He's a meme in the game of Fortnight. I know eight-year-olds that sing his songs because of it. 

Rick still has excellent reach into the entertainment industry, and I don't think he gets the credit for it. 

And if you are thinking of embarking on a career in music and entertainment, you'll benefit from his words of wisdom.

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