Ever Been "Rick Rolled" By Rick Astley?

tommy767 · Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:59 pm

For those of you who don't know, there has been a recent gag trend on the internet involving Rick Astley's (two-hit wonder) 1987 smash hit "Never Gonna Give you Up" video.

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Apparently this has been quickly becoming an internet and media phenomonon. When someone gets
"Rick Rolled" a user has to send the Rick Astley video in a link describing the link as something completely different. As a result, the other user clicks on it and thus become "Rick Rolled."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

If you clicked on this, I have successfully "rick rolled" you.

I did a search and a whole page comes up on wikipedia regarding the "Rick Roll." It is a very interesting read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll

So have you ever been "rick rolled?" Personally I love the song, and have his album "Whenever you need somebody" on vinyl. Discuss...

N1120A · Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:13 pm

I didn't know what Rick Rolling was until it happened to my girlfriend and I when we were out the other night. We were sharing a nice moment at dinner or something and the song started playing.

dragon6172 · Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:19 pm

Radio station I listen to runs a blog and posts video gafs and what not. Many times the set up paragraph leads you to believe you are about to view something great, but they are just setting you up for a good Rick Rolling.

srbmod · Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:27 pm

I was one of many who got Rick Rolled by YouTube on April Fools Day. Not too long after that, someone pulled a Rick Roll here in Non-Av. It was horrible, as you had to keep clicking pop up boxes that had the lyrics.

Superfly · Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:27 pm

That looks so cool!

When his hits were new back in 1987, I couldn't stand it. I was hardcore in to metal at the time.

Now I own that record and I love his music. Cool

At first I bought it as a joke because it was only 10 cents in the bargain bin and the LP had never been opened.
Then it grew on me.

* never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

allstarflyer · Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:40 pm

Who would put that voice with that face? How did a guy who looks like a cross between the cover of Mad Magazine and Beaver Cleaver pump out chords like this? The guy had baby-face looks and a voice fit for a stadium.

Superfly · Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:50 pm

Quoting Allstarflyer (Reply 5):
Who would put that voice with that face? How did a guy who looks like a cross between the cover of Mad Magazine and Beaver Cleaver pump out chords like this? The guy had baby-face looks and a voice fit for a stadium.

That is what everyone was saying back in 1987.
It was almost comical seeing this short scrawny British guy sing with so much soul.

Moose135 · Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:16 pm

Quoting Allstarflyer (Reply 5):
Who would put that voice with that face? How did a guy who looks like a cross between the cover of Mad Magazine and Beaver Cleaver pump out chords like this? The guy had baby-face looks and a voice fit for a stadium.

Ever heard Jim Nabors sing? A far cry from Gomer Pyle - Shazam!

mdsh00 · Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:42 am

I had got Rickrolled before the media even picked up on it. Anyone that reads Fark has probably been Rickrolled a long time ago.

Blackbird · Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:59 am

I think he's got a great voice. I remember hearing his music when I was a kid.

sunshine79 · Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:59 am

I was rick rolled a while ago, maybe April time.

huskyaviation · Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:08 am

Quoting Superfly (Reply 6):
It was almost comical seeing this short scrawny British guy sing with so much soul.

All these years, and I had no idea he was British. Why do so many British singers lose their accent when they are singing?

flyboysp · Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:41 pm

Quoting Srbmod (Reply 3):
I was one of many who got Rick Rolled by YouTube on April Fools Day. Not too long after that, someone pulled a Rick Roll here in Non-Av. It was horrible, as you had to keep clicking pop up boxes that had the lyrics.

Do you have a link or remember the thread that this link was posted.?I have some friends who will soon become familiar with it Wink

Birdwatching · Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:40 pm

Hell yeah, I've been Rick Rolled! In fact, I was on a road trip with him earlier this month - he sure knows how to avoid potholes at 120 kph in the middle of the night, but I warn you, never let him touch your fridge or he might just break it!

Soren

Superfly · Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:48 am

Quoting HuskyAviation (Reply 11):
Why do so many British singers lose their accent when they are singing?

Seems like a lot play up their accent. Especially the 1980s modern rock bands.
Tears For Fears, Simple Minds, Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark (OMD), General Public, Duran Duran just to name a few.
Then of course theres that fake British band Green Day. duck

Superfly · Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:05 am

Let's not forget Rick's brother John Astley.
I started a thread about this a few years ago.

https://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...hid=843745&s=John+Astley+#ID843745

This is just wrong. Sad

Here is a video clip.

jpetekyxmd80 · Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:10 am

Quoting Dragon6172 (Reply 2):
Many times the set up paragraph leads you to believe you are about to view something great,

Oh, but you are. Wink

Analog · Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:46 am

By Rick Astley himself? No.

It would be really funny to be Rick Rolled by the man in person, especially if the bartender showed up to do the backflip.

I should probably be embarrassed that I like the song, though it gets tedious after 2 minutes or so.

tommy767 · Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:01 am

Quoting Analog (Reply 17):
It would be really funny to be Rick Rolled by the man in person, especially if the bartender showed up to do the backflip.

or jump off the fence..haha. The video is all about that bar tender.

Quoting Superfly (Reply 4):
At first I bought it as a joke because it was only 10 cents in the bargain bin and the LP had never been opened.
Then it grew on me.

Wow I overpaid. I got it for a buck. The LP was still in great shape though.

Quoting Birdwatching (Reply 13):
Hell yeah, I've been Rick Rolled! In fact, I was on a road trip with him earlier this month - he sure knows how to avoid potholes at 120 kph in the middle of the night, but I warn you, never let him touch your fridge or he might just break it!

HAHAHAHAHA!

N328KF · Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:38 pm

Quoting Superfly (Reply 14):
Then of course theres that fake British band Green Day.

This is nothing compared to The Killers...I think they're from Ohio, but they try to sound like a British new wave band. They are sometimes quite convincng — if I had heard some of their songs in the 80s, I think they would have blended right in.

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