'Rickrolling' has been one of my favourite memes since it first came out and it never seems to get old. Rick Astley is so humble about it, I'm pleased that he's profited well from the meme, he deserves it.
It's a feel-good meme. I have to agree... it's not like jumpscares or anything, there's literally no harm to it. It's just an unexpected moment of cheesy fun.
And he has the best of both worlds. On stage, sing, off, then no tours or business crap. Then he gets to spend his time with his family! That, I think, is heaven for him.
Couldn't agree more. Definitely not "lost in showbiz" unlike many Z-list Celebs. He seems like a very level-headed chap. It's funny that his teenage daughter had to explain to him what was going on. I used to play keyboard with a couple of bands, a guitarist I knew said that he once got to rick-roll an entire audience at a music festival and they all found it very funny!
He is the Anti-Streisand effect - take something that could be apparently embarrassing, accept it, and allow yourself to be part of the popular zeitgeist (and be rewarded for it!)
I detested him till he was interviewed in the late 80's. He was interviewed about the song and if he thought the song would be number one when he recorded it. His reply was that he still could not believe it because he thought the song was crap and he only did it because he needed the money. That is a level of honesty you have to respect.
I think the lovely thing about this meme is that I haven't noticed people hating it. Yes they express the "D'oh!" reaction but they all feel good about the song or lyrics when they pop up. It's a feel good joke.
You should have seen people's reactions around 2009-2010, people HATED it. It's a "feel good joke" now cause it's so old and not many fall for it. It's so easy to spot now that when you do fall for it, most recognize it was their own fault.
I agree, being one of the guys that TH-cam rickrolled at the time. I mean, any video that I wanted to watch led to that song. These days, I'll just rickroll myself by actually searching for that song then laugh at the comments.
I disagree James. It wasn't hated, most people reacted with "duh" but nobody minded getting Rick rolled. It never became annoying or obnoxious. And even back then the video had millions of upvotes.
@@Synthwave89 I know this is months later, but I have to disagree. I've seen (and experienced it myself) where people were either having a serious debate or researching something and all links end up leading to a rickroll.
So here is a funny story. I used to mess with my friend all the time by linking him this video in steam after he would send me something. He never learned not to click it, lol. Well, at his wedding he had a dj playing songs. No one was dancing at all. Then this song comes on and just about everyone there gets out on the dance floor and starts dancing to it. Turns out my friend, the groom, went up to the dj and asked to put this song on. The dj said "uh no dude" and my friend responds with "uh yea, I'm the groom, your putting this on." It was kind of an inside joke between me and him but the joke turned into the only song that got people dancing at his wedding. Even as a joke this song is still a good song.
@@islesenpai1195 Nah, as I saw another commenter say, it's a "feel-good" joke (I rickrolled my boyfriend after this video, so hopefully, I'm right! 😅)!
It was a good song when it was first released and anyways thought it was nice and upbeat. A bunch of us back in the day couldn't believe a small guy like that have a voice that deep.
I had no idea Rickrolling was a thing when I returned to college and got a whole lot of eye rolling when I played what had been a very popular song in my youth on a jukebox in the student center.
Agreed, but sometimes they really miss it, like the chem trails video for example. Totally uninformed video, just basically their opinion on what they are.
Awesome to hear he's humble and appreciative of what he had, which has given him what he now has. So many celebrities could learn from him. I'm 47 and have always loved this song.
One time in class, the teachers had software that allowed them to project their iPads on screen, but none of them set a password. One student noticed that nobody set a password on their computer, so they just got random rooms and would project the Never Gonna Give You Up music video onto the screens from their iPad. So one time when I was in class (which that teacher Rickrolled us a couple months before), they heard something quiet from their speakers, turned it up, and it was the song. The teacher just then said, “Did we just get Rickrolled? I think it’s time to set a password on my computer,” in a totally serious voice before laughing at it. Lol.
Awww. Rick seems like such a genuinely good person. I think that makes it even better that he is immortalized in culture. Glad he has taken it with a good sense of humor.
Rick is really cool dude, clear head and honest. Look at the Foo Fighters "feat" or any of the recent lives.. He is damn good at what he does and as a baritone myself... we need more baritones...
I'm not. No legal basis to oppose it, and he's old enough that he's not reactionary and offended by every little thing and has a well seasoned sense of humor. Being a father who left stardom specifically to be a father probably has a lot to do with it too.
So Rick Astley is actually from my home town, and I wish that's what we were better known for rather than getting bombed that one time He's got such a chill attitude that's respectable for an ageing star He really keeps it in perspective and hasn't let fame go to his head It's usually cringe worthy to check up on has-been stars nowadays, with them clinging to fame or shamelessly selling out
I'm pretty sure nearly every town the UK has gotten bombed at least once. World war 2 was really rough on that region. I can almost promise that on a global scale, Rick astley is definitely what your town is best known for.
Our bombing wasn't the Blitz, it was the IRA; it was also one of the attacks that even spurred the program for the peace centre and shit which it's best known for The peace centre being a hub for communications and relations between England and Ireland and also as a community support for victims of terrorism So like the Manchester bombing saw a lot of people visit for it, especially since we're so close Most people from my town don't even know rick astley is from here Most people don't even know what town he's from If anything, we're better known for that one band who died about two years ago after their driver just flat out drove the entire band off a bridge for some reason or another But I forgot their name whoops They were supposedly meant to be the next big thing But yeah. Only time my town ever shows up in books or references is always in relation to that bombing because of the historical significance Astley also hasn't lived here for over 3-4 decades where as the bombing was in 1995
Rick Astley sounds like a real class act. I heard a little bit about this on a syndicated retro show on the radio a few weeks back, mentioning his daughter explaining to him that Rickrolling made him popular again, and he was ok with it.
The Foo Fighters actually Rickrolled a live audience by saying they were going to play a new song then broke into NGGUP and Rick appeared on stage to do the vocals. You can find it on TH-cam. Great rock version of the song.
I didn't know about Rick rolling back then so when the song popped up, I thought I just clicked the wrong vid somehow but I jammed out cuz I ADORE the song :) after finding out it was a joke I was still always happy to get Rick rolled and listened to the whole song lol
I'm always like: "This looks a lot like a rickroll, but let's click it anyway" It's just a good song and since I learned that Rick Astley is actually a great singer (at least now) and a seriously decent person, I can forgive the use of pitch correction.
I think another aspect of RickRolling is meta: You're expecting one thing (a GTA trailer) but you get another (Rick Astley) Same thing with Rick Astley. You hear his voice and are expecting one thing, but get something totally different.
Holy shit, do I respect Astley now. What a relaxed, contemplative, and fun person. I'm glad I watched this video. 2019 is not yet a week old and already it's a shitshow in the news. I needed something positive like this :)
As far as I remember, Snoop Dogg had an absolutely adorable reaction to being in a meme, tweeting like a million pictures of himself with the one single accompanying word: "Meme?"
Here’s how to make someone’s life miserable for a day. Go to rick astley 10 hrs and report nudity. Then someone is going to watch the entire video and find the nudity.
I will forever Love Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up and Together Forever! They just make you wanta dance. I think it's great that he's happy and a cool dad, not some burned out wanna-be.
he is pretty lucky, having his cake and being able to eat it too. hes famous, but also not, he can pick up and make a concert if he feels like it, but he doesn't have to. he can spend his time / money with his family anyhow he feels.
Zero Exodus - he had his head on straight from the start. Left the limelight before it burned him.
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He knew that the music biz would most likely ruin his family... the fact he gave it all up to be with his family proves he is a moral and exceptional man. ... and I was a fan of his in the 80s (high school). He WAS at the top when suddenly he vanished. There was no internet to search for where he went - just rumors and innuendos. To leave the business to be with your family is not Rolling Stone coverage material, and the evening news was not going to cover it... so he was just gone. Knowing now that he did it for his family... Rick is a class act and deserves his privacy and celebrity as he chooses. I love the dude for being so chill about the meme, too.
I remember Rick was once quoted as saying something like "Well...someone got an idea and ran with it." A little surprised that quote didn't appear here, but not really disappointed or anything. Fun video!
I actually watched the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade live, I just about died laughing when the Rickroll started. I remember the rest of my family looking at me like there was something wrong with me, which for some reason made it even funnier.
Dudepool What I hear is Fat Tony telling Marge “My wife is most insistent on the subject of the pretzel money. ‘Where is the pretzel money? When are we getting the pretzel money? Why don’t we have the pretzel money?’ Et cetera. So… THE PRETZEL MONEY!”
Great song, great meme. I can honestly say I enjoyed every single rick roll I stumbled into. Well, I put it like this, even the rick rolls that I didn't like, I really kinda did. Good to see he saw it in a positive light and also got publicity and solid momentum for his new material.
Astley is so wholesome, in the end it was a really good thing someone chose his video randomly so many years ago for this fad, imagine if the artist was a douche about it, or tried to grab the fame from it, it would've ruined the joke, or changed into something else. Rickrolling was just the perfect sum of parts to make it work, for so long, that's good, that's really good, to have something that's pure fun, in this ever more depressing world. Good informative video as always, for more from Astley directly watch his interview on the Graham Norton show about this, with Melissa McCarthy.
I love this song. Getting Rickrolled was never a joke to me, I would just dance and sing to it. Awww he has the best attitude. I didn't know he made this last album, I will check it out.
This is so funny... I didn't even realize Rickrolling was a thing, until now I look back, I was on the Toolband website, some few years ago in their news section they had a link to click for brand new unreleased footage of the new album, or a new video or something. Everyone was so anxious for anything new from Tool, it was the perfect setup. I laughed pretty hard getting duped into opening up the Rick Astley video. Nice!
I took my sister to see Rick Astley in concert back in 1989, in St. George, Utah. Rick was touring the US with Martika as his opening act. He was so very cordial and respectful to the audience--even when some crazy woman threw her bra on stage, he picked it up, smiled, and said "Someone lost something". Cracked the audience up! The most memorable moment was when he brought a chair out and then sat down to sing his rendition of Nat King Cole's "When I Fall In Love". While he sang you could hear a pin drop, then when there was the break, the crowd went wild before going quiet when Rick resumed the song. I managed to get one of his towels he used to wipe his face (have since lost it) and Rick used some incredible nice cologne that made me and my sister swoon. He was a one in a million gentleman and I will never ever forget that concert. So glad to hear he's been blessed and is still the same Rick from 30+ years ago.
Thank you I have been rickrolled by a youtuber (all of there viewers were) but I didn't understand the actual joke of rickrolling as I heard of the joke before But I never bothered looking it up because I was sure I would just get the wrong answer (from reading a news article) and would expect it as true never knowing that the article is wrong. Why do I trust this channel? because they've gotten the answer right before. I'm glad Rick Astley doesn't see rickrolling as a bad thing most stars would grow to recent it he also thinks he's lucky for the life he's had and I agree. I have huge respect for rick now. ~Raven
The manner in which Rick took this joke and how cool he was about it (an that he left the music biz to not be away from his family) just shows you how decent of a man Rick is. By the way... I grew up in the 80s and a Rick Astley album was in my record collection. I love his music!
Unless I'm going senile, I swear back when I was in college people were already doing this kind of thing on IRC which was a couple years earlier than 2008, like with links to roms and shit.
Another high quality video! I plan on watching many more because I'm never going to give you up, never going to let you down, never going to turn around and desert you.
You see so many artists having tantrums over stupid things on the internet. It's nice to see someone who finds it amusing and doesn't try to sue anyone.
While the term "Rick Rolling" might not have existed in the mid-90s, people have been emailing links to Rick Astley with the statement, "This is the coolest video ever" or similar since at least then. The problem then was on your 56K modem, it took forever to download.
I'm not senile. That's a weird introduction, I know. But I can no longer remember hearing this song in the 80s on the radio. Too many times in the 2000s have I heard the video. It's funny, very literal lyrics (not very lyrical), and something I like to hear a few times a year just for nostalgia. I know I heard and saw it in the 80s... but it's now hard to remember!
This is my theory: So there was a thing back in January 4 2007 it was called the "duckroll" so duck roll was like a rickroll thing that how duckroll works is u send a link then they will think they will get Grand Theft Auto for free then a user found a rick astley cvideo "never gonna u up" so he made that video in 2007 "Rickroll'D" he decided it should be a duckroll thing then the first comment was "Fuck You" aka first person to get rickrolled then it started to blow up more than duckroll then Rick Astley made the "Never Gonha give u up" and also he even also got rickrolled by his friends from a link and thats how and the time im writing this i haven't watched the video yet
Pro Tip Replace every windows system sound file with a 5 minute long rickroll. Everytime they click a button or open a window a new Rickroll starts playing over the ones already playing. You'd be surprised how long it takes most IT guys to figure out what you did.
Yeah, that's part of the joke too. Seeing the video for the first time, you get stumped by something completely different from what you expected. Like a Rickroll.
The fact that he was chill about it makes it even better. I always though rick rolling was hilarious. It's the rare type of humor that doesn't hurt anyone and you can't help but laugh at it because it's the epitome of 80's music.
A mate of mine showed me that clip. It's the trailer for a film called Hungry Bitches. I told him, this isn't porn, it's the most vile piece of cinematography I've ever seen.
And in 2008 at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Rick Astley himself comes out from behind the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends float and does the ultimate Rick Roll of all time and Rick Rolls everyone at both the parade and at home watching the parade!
I can't tell you how badly I wanted this to be a 10 minute rickroll
257fatman could be
it was a partial rickroll
Lol
That woulda been Hilarious..
That would have been annoying but funny
'Rickrolling' has been one of my favourite memes since it first came out and it never seems to get old. Rick Astley is so humble about it, I'm pleased that he's profited well from the meme, he deserves it.
It's a feel-good meme. I have to agree... it's not like jumpscares or anything, there's literally no harm to it. It's just an unexpected moment of cheesy fun.
It’s been so long since I’ve really come across those that I actual enjoy them again lol
@@BazilRat and annoyance
@J•Erik Nice try, but you aren't going to fool anybody that easily.
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Rick has the best attitude.
And he has the best of both worlds. On stage, sing, off, then no tours or business crap.
Then he gets to spend his time with his family! That, I think, is heaven for him.
Couldn't agree more. Definitely not "lost in showbiz" unlike many Z-list Celebs. He seems like a very level-headed chap. It's funny that his teenage daughter had to explain to him what was going on. I used to play keyboard with a couple of bands, a guitarist I knew said that he once got to rick-roll an entire audience at a music festival and they all found it very funny!
He is the Anti-Streisand effect - take something that could be apparently embarrassing, accept it, and allow yourself to be part of the popular zeitgeist (and be rewarded for it!)
He also sounds like the best dad.
Getting paid. 😂
Well dang... Rick is chill AF. Plus ten points
He is not Rick'est of all the Ricks.. But maybe the best.
No one stays the same over 30 years. Even van Damme got over it.
@@WormholeJim Did he? Thank God
See where he told the one Imgur or Twitter guy to fuck off?
Absolutely! I also have to award him one of my internets. I made a bad pun the other day and lost three internets. I'll give him one of those.
Rick seems like a pretty cool dude
ya, he seems to know da wae to live a good life
I detested him till he was interviewed in the late 80's. He was interviewed about the song and if he thought the song would be number one when he recorded it. His reply was that he still could not believe it because he thought the song was crap and he only did it because he needed the money. That is a level of honesty you have to respect.
Watch his live appearance with the Foo Fighters... It's smells like teen spirt with never gonna give you up lyrics.. mind blown
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Thank you. Thank you. I never knew I needed to experience that but thank you. Legendary on every single possible level.
rick is very roll
I think the lovely thing about this meme is that I haven't noticed people hating it. Yes they express the "D'oh!" reaction but they all feel good about the song or lyrics when they pop up. It's a feel good joke.
You should have seen people's reactions around 2009-2010, people HATED it. It's a "feel good joke" now cause it's so old and not many fall for it. It's so easy to spot now that when you do fall for it, most recognize it was their own fault.
I agree, being one of the guys that TH-cam rickrolled at the time. I mean, any video that I wanted to watch led to that song.
These days, I'll just rickroll myself by actually searching for that song then laugh at the comments.
I disagree James. It wasn't hated, most people reacted with "duh" but nobody minded getting Rick rolled. It never became annoying or obnoxious. And even back then the video had millions of upvotes.
@@Synthwave89 I know this is months later, but I have to disagree. I've seen (and experienced it myself) where people were either having a serious debate or researching something and all links end up leading to a rickroll.
@@JamesR624 yeah, I was livid. But I'm bad about getting angry about getting pranked.
I went to school with his nephew, he looks quite like him and he got rick rolled nearly every day. dont think he enjoyed that meme as much as we do.
Haha, bless him.
Rick put my neighbors shed up not long before he became famous.
Like famous in 1987, or famous in 2008?
I guess you can say, they never let him down! (Get it? -Cause they played it everyday?- )
@@KelDG3 cool story bro
So here is a funny story. I used to mess with my friend all the time by linking him this video in steam after he would send me something. He never learned not to click it, lol. Well, at his wedding he had a dj playing songs. No one was dancing at all. Then this song comes on and just about everyone there gets out on the dance floor and starts dancing to it. Turns out my friend, the groom, went up to the dj and asked to put this song on. The dj said "uh no dude" and my friend responds with "uh yea, I'm the groom, your putting this on." It was kind of an inside joke between me and him but the joke turned into the only song that got people dancing at his wedding. Even as a joke this song is still a good song.
Haha! Nice.
What was the average age at this wedding. I don't get why everyone wasn't up cutting a rug
@@danieldasilva7112 like mid 20s into 30s. Maybe a few parents that were older. Yea people just didn't care about the music that the dj was playing.
@@daerdevvyl4314 he couldve just searched it lol
@@daerdevvyl4314 well depending on when the wedding was
He sounds like a cool guy.
Humble too!
sounds like the kind of guy that would never give you up
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At the very least, he’d never let you down.
It makes me want to download the song. I'll probably sing it at the next Karaoke party.
He looks like vsauce
the joke's on anyone who Rick rolls me. I love that song
Same. I sing along and thoroughly enjoy every minute of it. :)
Is the rickroll meme is used to like irritate??
@@islesenpai1195 Nah, as I saw another commenter say, it's a "feel-good" joke (I rickrolled my boyfriend after this video, so hopefully, I'm right! 😅)!
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@@soup_daniel7139 this guy rolls
If I'm being perfectly honest with you I kind of like the song.
It was a good song when it was first released and anyways thought it was nice and upbeat. A bunch of us back in the day couldn't believe a small guy like that have a voice that deep.
A brave admittance, I guess it made top 40 back when it was released so you're not alone.
@@behavedave nope, I was not alone in that regard. Anyone that is a fan of 80's music will like that song.
@@rlj151 I've leaned towards rock, metal, second wave Ska and a little goth but there's something for everyone in that decade.
Same tbh
I had no idea Rickrolling was a thing when I returned to college and got a whole lot of eye rolling when I played what had been a very popular song in my youth on a jukebox in the student center.
so basically you rickrolled the student ctr. simply precious LOL.
Holy crap, this is really well researched for a video about rickrolling. Not that I'd expect anything less from TIFO.
Agreed, but sometimes they really miss it, like the chem trails video for example. Totally uninformed video, just basically their opinion on what they are.
@@n.i.5381 I sense bait.
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Imagine all the meme 'puritans' who'd get furious at this video for "explaining the meme".
Awesome to hear he's humble and appreciative of what he had, which has given him what he now has. So many celebrities could learn from him.
I'm 47 and have always loved this song.
Rick Astley is such a humble person. I'm glad I was a huge fan of his back in his hay days.
That nordvpn link should redirect to a rickroll video, it feels just right.
Here ya go, I found this one th-cam.com/video/EE-xtCF3T94/w-d-xo.html
@@robynmendez2002 stfu man 😂
Go buy his merchandise at PerchTheMerch.co - I'm sure that will help you feel better.
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Rick Astley seems to have a good attitude about it all.
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@@crypt5129 bruh
@@malachite-6172 bruh
One time in class, the teachers had software that allowed them to project their iPads on screen, but none of them set a password. One student noticed that nobody set a password on their computer, so they just got random rooms and would project the Never Gonna Give You Up music video onto the screens from their iPad. So one time when I was in class (which that teacher Rickrolled us a couple months before), they heard something quiet from their speakers, turned it up, and it was the song. The teacher just then said, “Did we just get Rickrolled? I think it’s time to set a password on my computer,” in a totally serious voice before laughing at it. Lol.
Wts ipads?? How old are you
Wish I could do that, lol.. nowadays teachers don't take kindly to pranks... •-• (also, love your salazzle pic!)
Awww. Rick seems like such a genuinely good person. I think that makes it even better that he is immortalized in culture. Glad he has taken it with a good sense of humor.
Rick is really cool dude, clear head and honest. Look at the Foo Fighters "feat" or any of the recent lives.. He is damn good at what he does and as a baritone myself... we need more baritones...
I'm surprised how mature Rick is about the whole thing.
I'm not. No legal basis to oppose it, and he's old enough that he's not reactionary and offended by every little thing and has a well seasoned sense of humor. Being a father who left stardom specifically to be a father probably has a lot to do with it too.
He's from the north west of England- we are known for being grounded in common sense
mikki sonn I’m British but that guy is to proud there nothing like that over there some are complete lunatics
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You missed a grand opportunity to put another title and a faux-ad and jump straight into a rickroll.
o0Donuts0o seriously. I was expecting to be rickrolled.
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So Rick Astley is actually from my home town, and I wish that's what we were better known for rather than getting bombed that one time
He's got such a chill attitude that's respectable for an ageing star
He really keeps it in perspective and hasn't let fame go to his head
It's usually cringe worthy to check up on has-been stars nowadays, with them clinging to fame or shamelessly selling out
I'm pretty sure nearly every town the UK has gotten bombed at least once. World war 2 was really rough on that region.
I can almost promise that on a global scale, Rick astley is definitely what your town is best known for.
Our bombing wasn't the Blitz, it was the IRA; it was also one of the attacks that even spurred the program for the peace centre and shit which it's best known for
The peace centre being a hub for communications and relations between England and Ireland and also as a community support for victims of terrorism
So like the Manchester bombing saw a lot of people visit for it, especially since we're so close
Most people from my town don't even know rick astley is from here
Most people don't even know what town he's from
If anything, we're better known for that one band who died about two years ago after their driver just flat out drove the entire band off a bridge for some reason or another
But I forgot their name whoops
They were supposedly meant to be the next big thing
But yeah. Only time my town ever shows up in books or references is always in relation to that bombing because of the historical significance
Astley also hasn't lived here for over 3-4 decades where as the bombing was in 1995
@@alexbenavidez4500 I didn't know the IRA bombed Newton-le-Willows. Rick is from Newton, not Warrington.
Rick Astley sounds like a real class act. I heard a little bit about this on a syndicated retro show on the radio a few weeks back, mentioning his daughter explaining to him that Rickrolling made him popular again, and he was ok with it.
The Foo Fighters actually Rickrolled a live audience by saying they were going to play a new song then broke into NGGUP and Rick appeared on stage to do the vocals.
You can find it on TH-cam. Great rock version of the song.
0:13 Di- Did we just got rickrolled?
Can’t decide if this is a trick or not...
That was so funny
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I didn't know about Rick rolling back then so when the song popped up, I thought I just clicked the wrong vid somehow but I jammed out cuz I ADORE the song :) after finding out it was a joke I was still always happy to get Rick rolled and listened to the whole song lol
@Nigel Lush You know the rules and so do I.
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I'm always like: "This looks a lot like a rickroll, but let's click it anyway"
It's just a good song and since I learned that Rick Astley is actually a great singer (at least now) and a seriously decent person, I can forgive the use of pitch correction.
I think another aspect of RickRolling is meta: You're expecting one thing (a GTA trailer) but you get another (Rick Astley) Same thing with Rick Astley. You hear his voice and are expecting one thing, but get something totally different.
What a class act, thanks for making this one.
This caliber is why I peruse your backlog of videos, Simon!
Rick Astley owning it. Good attitude.
Who spotted Simon cleverly at 3:12 saying “Ricklusive” .... a pun on Reclusive, but with Rick’s name. lol.
Someone: Rickrolls me
Me: Jokes on you, I'm into that shit
The guy who started the Rickrolling: lol that's me
Holy shit, do I respect Astley now. What a relaxed, contemplative, and fun person. I'm glad I watched this video. 2019 is not yet a week old and already it's a shitshow in the news. I needed something positive like this :)
This comment didn’t age well 😂
Imagine being the person who has that raincoat now though. You most likely couldn't sell it legitimately but you'd essentially have a gold mine
Gonna Rick Roll myself to the song after I am done with this video
Great minds think alike.
@@JonathanRobertAlexander RickRoller for life
It's like tickling, you can't rickroll yourself.
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@@googiegress Divine powers wiill help me with that lol
It would have been genius if the video ended at 0:23
😂
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I want Astley to do the intro for the next James Bond
I've always been interested in how the people who are the subjects of memes react to their memedom.
Yeah, like Mr. Trololo
As far as I remember, Snoop Dogg had an absolutely adorable reaction to being in a meme, tweeting like a million pictures of himself with the one single accompanying word: "Meme?"
@@dominicguye8058 Eduard Khil was awesome! He loved his fans. RIP.
as far as I know the "hidden pain Harold" also finds his meme hilarious, he was even hired to do a commercial and he accepted
Smash Mouth see the funny side of their newfound "All-Star" meme status.
I remember when I was in college I would prank call people all the time by "Rick rolling" them. Some of their reactions were priceless.
Here’s how to make someone’s life miserable for a day. Go to rick astley 10 hrs and report nudity. Then someone is going to watch the entire video and find the nudity.
I will forever Love Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up and Together Forever! They just make you wanta dance. I think it's great that he's happy and a cool dad, not some burned out wanna-be.
Being RickRolled by an educational channel in 2020 during the quarantine... I love this channel :)
he is pretty lucky, having his cake and being able to eat it too. hes famous, but also not, he can pick up and make a concert if he feels like it, but he doesn't have to. he can spend his time / money with his family anyhow he feels.
Zero Exodus - he had his head on straight from the start. Left the limelight before it burned him.
He knew that the music biz would most likely ruin his family... the fact he gave it all up to be with his family proves he is a moral and exceptional man.
... and I was a fan of his in the 80s (high school). He WAS at the top when suddenly he vanished. There was no internet to search for where he went - just rumors and innuendos. To leave the business to be with your family is not Rolling Stone coverage material, and the evening news was not going to cover it... so he was just gone.
Knowing now that he did it for his family... Rick is a class act and deserves his privacy and celebrity as he chooses. I love the dude for being so chill about the meme, too.
I remember Rick was once quoted as saying something like "Well...someone got an idea and ran with it." A little surprised that quote didn't appear here, but not really disappointed or anything. Fun video!
I actually watched the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade live, I just about died laughing when the Rickroll started. I remember the rest of my family looking at me like there was something wrong with me, which for some reason made it even funnier.
Man he's so wholesome, why are all the memes so kind and humble?
I feel like Rick needs to capitalize on this meme. He's such a nice dude, he deserves a break once in awhile
He was already a multi-millionaire when he walked away from the pop scene.
I had no idea Rick Astley was English either. You really do learn something new every day.
“A couple of girls and a couple of cups”
Now wait just a damn minute there was only one cup if I recall correctly
Perhaps Simon has seen a sequel that we're not aware of. 🤔🤣
Rick is a great guy. Appreciates the internet meme, doesn't full on capitalize onto it. AND people aren't harassing him. Its a win win
This video made me really happy, he seems like a nice dude, im glad hes having a good time
TIL some bloke out there probably has Rick Astley's raincoat. Talk about weird flexes.
I can't see the phrase "where's the money" without adding a "Lebowski" to the end in my head. I'm sure it's there, lemme check again.
Dudepool What I hear is Fat Tony telling Marge “My wife is most insistent on the subject of the pretzel money. ‘Where is the pretzel money? When are we getting the pretzel money? Why don’t we have the pretzel money?’ Et cetera. So… THE PRETZEL MONEY!”
@Nigel Lush Nice marmot man
Great song, great meme. I can honestly say I enjoyed every single rick roll I stumbled into. Well, I put it like this, even the rick rolls that I didn't like, I really kinda did. Good to see he saw it in a positive light and also got publicity and solid momentum for his new material.
My favorite was when the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade got Rickrolled.
Astley is so wholesome, in the end it was a really good thing someone chose his video randomly so many years ago for this fad, imagine if the artist was a douche about it, or tried to grab the fame from it, it would've ruined the joke, or changed into something else. Rickrolling was just the perfect sum of parts to make it work, for so long, that's good, that's really good, to have something that's pure fun, in this ever more depressing world. Good informative video as always, for more from Astley directly watch his interview on the Graham Norton show about this, with Melissa McCarthy.
Damn, Rick hasn't aged
I love this song. Getting Rickrolled was never a joke to me, I would just dance and sing to it. Awww he has the best attitude. I didn't know he made this last album, I will check it out.
Is this behind the meme???
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Isaac Carter I want a whole series
@@ShitStainedBallSack god stop
He seems like such a sincere, genuine, and grounded guy. That’s so rare in celebrities
Hmm did anyone else’s video skip from 7:23 to 8:40?! Almost like it skipped something I didn’t give 2 shits about.. Weird! 😏
Did this video or any video using a snippet of the song get a copyright claim for the audio?
Rick Astley's new album really isn't that bad. It completely not my type of music but production is rather good and the guy can sing well.
You missed a great opportunity to just Rick roll us.
Well, now I know where that term came from. Thanks, Simon!
Now that video has almost 1 Billion views on his TH-cam channel, that could be close to $2 Million depending on his adsense rate.
So he didn’t want to milk it by doing infinite remixes when it got popular.
The complete opposite of old time road
This is so funny... I didn't even realize Rickrolling was a thing, until now I look back, I was on the Toolband website, some few years ago in their news section they had a link to click for brand new unreleased footage of the new album, or a new video or something. Everyone was so anxious for anything new from Tool, it was the perfect setup. I laughed pretty hard getting duped into opening up the Rick Astley video. Nice!
Kid: mom can we have vsauce
Mom: we have vsauce at home
Vsauce at home:
rickrolling is so famous that they made it an irl thing
With 12 dollars he could get 3 months of nord vpn
😆😂
I took my sister to see Rick Astley in concert back in 1989, in St. George, Utah. Rick was touring the US with Martika as his opening act. He was so very cordial and respectful to the audience--even when some crazy woman threw her bra on stage, he picked it up, smiled, and said "Someone lost something". Cracked the audience up! The most memorable moment was when he brought a chair out and then sat down to sing his rendition of Nat King Cole's "When I Fall In Love". While he sang you could hear a pin drop, then when there was the break, the crowd went wild before going quiet when Rick resumed the song. I managed to get one of his towels he used to wipe his face (have since lost it) and Rick used some incredible nice cologne that made me and my sister swoon. He was a one in a million gentleman and I will never ever forget that concert. So glad to hear he's been blessed and is still the same Rick from 30+ years ago.
Thank you I have been rickrolled by a youtuber (all of there viewers were) but I didn't understand the actual joke of rickrolling as I heard of the joke before But I never bothered looking it up because I was sure I would just get the wrong answer (from reading a news article) and would expect it as true never knowing that the article is wrong. Why do I trust this channel? because they've gotten the answer right before. I'm glad Rick Astley doesn't see rickrolling as a bad thing most stars would grow to recent it he also thinks he's lucky for the life he's had and I agree. I have huge respect for rick now. ~Raven
That is the most fluid and awesome transition between content and sponsor promotion! Bravo, good sir!
Was I just rick rolled?
Yes, yes we were
The manner in which Rick took this joke and how cool he was about it (an that he left the music biz to not be away from his family) just shows you how decent of a man Rick is.
By the way... I grew up in the 80s and a Rick Astley album was in my record collection. I love his music!
Unless I'm going senile, I swear back when I was in college people were already doing this kind of thing on IRC which was a couple years earlier than 2008, like with links to roms and shit.
I remember getting Rick rolled around the same time. Damn near started when TH-cam did!
I was around back when people were tricking people with links to Goatse (don't do an image search if you don't know what it is).
Another high quality video! I plan on watching many more because I'm never going to give you up, never going to let you down, never going to turn around and desert you.
Fun fact : if you still enjoy the meme of rickroll, your a legend
OGBB!
2007? No way man. I remember getting Rick rolled on sites like Ebaums world back in '03
Sumbitch embraced the meme. Rick truly had the last laugh.
You see so many artists having tantrums over stupid things on the internet. It's nice to see someone who finds it amusing and doesn't try to sue anyone.
Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme", and it was good... I love bonus facts.
While the term "Rick Rolling" might not have existed in the mid-90s, people have been emailing links to Rick Astley with the statement, "This is the coolest video ever" or similar since at least then. The problem then was on your 56K modem, it took forever to download.
Not going to lie. Now that I'm old I still enjoy the song and I'm good with being rickrolled jaja
I'm not senile. That's a weird introduction, I know. But I can no longer remember hearing this song in the 80s on the radio. Too many times in the 2000s have I heard the video. It's funny, very literal lyrics (not very lyrical), and something I like to hear a few times a year just for nostalgia. I know I heard and saw it in the 80s... but it's now hard to remember!
I actually like that song.
This is my theory:
So there was a thing back in January 4 2007 it was called the "duckroll" so duck roll was like a rickroll thing that how duckroll works is u send a link then they will think they will get Grand Theft Auto for free then a user found a rick astley cvideo "never gonna u up" so he made that video in 2007 "Rickroll'D" he decided it should be a duckroll thing then the first comment was "Fuck You" aka first person to get rickrolled then it started to blow up more than duckroll then Rick Astley made the "Never Gonha give u up" and also he even also got rickrolled by his friends from a link and thats how and the time im writing this i haven't watched the video yet
anybody interested in this, needs to search for the Foo Fighters and Rick Astley, you will enjoy :)
Pro Tip
Replace every windows system sound file with a 5 minute long rickroll.
Everytime they click a button or open a window a new Rickroll starts playing over the ones already playing.
You'd be surprised how long it takes most IT guys to figure out what you did.
For those of you pushing 40 (like I am), when this debuted on the radio... how many of you thought it was a black guy singing?
Denji2006: Literally Everyone, apart from those who knew Rick or were involved with the studio when Rick recorded the song.
Yeah everyone did mate, me included 😊
@IwasMurloc Not so much proud of the white race, but proud of Rick.having such a great voice
IwasMurloc What low IQ loser gets "proud of a race" because some guy had great bass vocals...? Go back to your Steve Wilkos shows.
Yeah, that's part of the joke too. Seeing the video for the first time, you get stumped by something completely different from what you expected. Like a Rickroll.
The fact that he was chill about it makes it even better. I always though rick rolling was hilarious. It's the rare type of humor that doesn't hurt anyone and you can't help but laugh at it because it's the epitome of 80's music.
3:00 it wasn’t a couple of ladies and a couple of cups...only one cup...
A mate of mine showed me that clip. It's the trailer for a film called Hungry Bitches. I told him, this isn't porn, it's the most vile piece of cinematography I've ever seen.
Trent Bergin: Oh, don't you worry Trent, the massive volume of what gets inserted into the cup more than makes up for the lack of cups...
The Macy's Parade appearance brought the whole thing to an end. Nobody could top that.
Ahh 80's cheese😍
Humor used to be so simple. "Here's a picture of my dog PRANKED it was a duck with wheels!"
We are never gonna give up notification squad.
And in 2008 at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Rick Astley himself comes out from behind the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends float and does the ultimate Rick Roll of all time and Rick Rolls everyone at both the parade and at home watching the parade!