Technically, this isn't Rickrolling but....

Tidbit from Wikipedia (so who knows if it's really true):

A smaller Internet phenomenon came about when a YouTube viewer realized that, when played at half-speed, the vocals of Kylie Minogue's hit "I Should Be So Lucky" bore a startling resemblance to the voice of Rick Astley. Several videos on YouTube emerged highlighting the resemblance between the two. In the time since this strange coincidence was brought to light, Rick himself has acknowledged this phenomenon, adding a few lines of "I Should Be So Lucky" into a recent television performance of "Never Gonna Give You Up."
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People old enough remember this phenomenon when Astley and Minogue were hip back in the 80s.

My sister had records from both and we tried it ourselfs about 20 years ago: If you play a 45 rpm Minogue single at 33 and a 33 Astley record at 45, they sound like the same person.

And shortly after that it was discovered that Milli Vanilli could't sing :)
 
David Jimerson said:
Tidbit from Wikipedia (so who knows if it's really true):
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Yeah, David...thats actually how I stumbled across this. I read it off of Wikipedia first...I went there to see what Rick Astley was up to these days (all this Rickrolling of late got me to thinking) and read that exact paragraph you pasted. Then I went to YOUTUBE to see just how much they sound alike.

Turns out, they sound A LOT alike.

Rick
 
it's probably not only coincidence but the fact that Rick's voice is pretty smooth with no textures- it's prone to variable pitch dynamics. And its not surprising that a woman's voice slowed down would sound like that.... not to mention it's the same song.
 
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