Saw an interview with him last night. They were totally unprepared to film that video, amateur hour. He was young and scared shitless, made up the dance on the spot. Guy doing backflips? "Hey guys! Watch what I can do!" In the video he went. There was a guy yelling out his apartment window for them the shut the fuck up down there. Wardrobe? Nope, those were his own clothes.
And on that thread, Subways of your Mind by FEX. A group of West German friends who recorded music together but were never picked up had a recording of their song on the radio from the 80s become "The most mysterious song on the internet" which led to them getting back together and making new music in the 2020s.
My boyfriend and I share a spotify account and when one of us notices the other one is listening we insert the song into the queue. Most of the time my boyfriend doesn't even notice he is getting rickrolled.
89 Comments
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 469 pts · 173d
This is next level shit. You made me Rick roll myself
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 254 pts · 173d
ICastFist@programming.dev · 8 pts · 173d
Ah, the DataRiker maneuver
Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 117 pts · 173d
psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 173d
Inconceivable!
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 173d
Never start a land war in Asia?
Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 127d
Never click a link with Rick Astley in the title! HAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHA...thud
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 173d
Una@europe.pub · 220 pts · 173d
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 173d
No he never
Samsy@lemmy.ml · 117 pts · 173d
Omg you are right, here check this, its gone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=1
ceenote@lemmy.world · 121 pts · 173d
See, I know what you're doing, but imma click it anyway
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 39 pts · 173d
Were you let down?
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 37 pts · 173d
4k remaster! Even BIGGER, moar hi-def Rickrolls now!!!
PHWOAAAAAAARRRR!!
dumbass@piefed.social · 6 pts · 173d
The true defence against evil.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 18 pts · 173d
thejokebutworse
someguy3@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 173d
The joke but easier.
13igTyme@piefed.social · 14 pts · 173d
Good to see the url XcQ still going strong.
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 173d
Does t=1 mean the first second is missing ( where it autostarts from)?
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 173d
yes
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 68 pts · 173d
Still up, I checked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
ImNotThatPokable@lemmy.world · 151 pts · 173d
You got rickrolled in 2026. Congratulations!
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 173d
It worked best when YT had banner ads instead of video ads. Today you get Wix rolled for a minute or two before you get to the Rick.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 173d
You need more Revanced in your life
ICastFist@programming.dev · 17 pts · 173d
Or ublockOrigin
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 9 pts · 173d
Or set your VPN to a country where they don’t monetise videos (Albania’s one)
shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 173d
I watch YouTube on a TV, as the good lawd intended, not on a pocket screen.
MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 173d
Then God's sake, pay the $13 a month. You get YouTube music included, which has damn near everything.
Don't let your brain get destroyed.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 173d
I don't get YouTube ads. Between my Pihole and Ublock, I see nothing.
MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 173d
Good, just check it in on your health. Those things are invasive. Not even sure I trust a person that listens to ads on YouTube.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 170d
Id rather never listen to music again than pay for that lmao
tomi000@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 173d
There are people who watch ads on Youtube?
na_th_an@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 173d
It's not the original though. The OG ended in RHA0.
Tower@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 173d
XcQ is the only one I ever saw...
IzzyScissor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 173d
Yep.
XcQ - Link stays blue
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 173d
afaik there were always a handful of different links out there
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 173d
Fool me once shame on you.
Fool me twice and "I just wanted to check how many views it had by now that's all."
markz@suppo.fi · 52 pts · 173d
Ha! Excellent try, but I know exactly what you're doing.
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 173d
you can't troll me, youtube is currently A/B testing me by banning my IP unless I login which I rarely do.
tackleberry@thelemmy.club · 10 pts · 173d
screw youtube. they are doing the same to me
bebabalula@feddit.dk · 9 pts · 173d
Me too. Are we sure there even is a B in this A/B test?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 173d
A stands for Ass, B stands for Butt and since Asses and Butts are the same thing, you won't notice the difference.
Soupbreaker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 173d
Just shuffle through a few vpn servers until it works. Always does the trick for me ¯\(ツ)/¯
Edit: same goes for commenting with a lemmy.world account
shalafi@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 173d
Saw an interview with him last night. They were totally unprepared to film that video, amateur hour. He was young and scared shitless, made up the dance on the spot. Guy doing backflips? "Hey guys! Watch what I can do!" In the video he went. There was a guy yelling out his apartment window for them the shut the fuck up down there. Wardrobe? Nope, those were his own clothes.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 173d
Rick Astley was Ren before Ren.
Pogbom@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 173d
Ren as in Kylo, MC, or "& Stimpy"?
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 173d
Ren Gill.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 38 pts · 173d
He gave you up 😞
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 173d
He let us down.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 173d
He ran around, and deserted us!!
AeonFelis@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 173d
He made us cry.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 13 pts · 173d
He said goodbye
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 172d
He told a lie and hurt us!
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 173d
No he never
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 173d
No he never
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 172d
That's what he'd said, yet he did anyway.
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 173d
No he never
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 173d
1.5 billion views. Who knew this song would reach such fame decades after its release.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 173d
Not nearly as big of a story but you should hear about BER - The Night Begins to Shine..
ProfessorHoover@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 173d
And on that thread, Subways of your Mind by FEX. A group of West German friends who recorded music together but were never picked up had a recording of their song on the radio from the 80s become "The most mysterious song on the internet" which led to them getting back together and making new music in the 2020s.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 173d
Who knew. Cool.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 173d
Fallout Boy (or, specifically, Patrick Stump) also does the theme song for "Spidey and His Amazing Friends" and "Hot Wheels: Let's Race!"
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 173d
And almost nobody actually wanted to watch it.
daannii@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 173d
We all thought we were safe and then OP pulled one off again.
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 173d
It is hard to believe. I’m not going to believe you. I’m not falling for that trick.
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 172d
Yes, never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down..
Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 173d
Outstanding move
Denjin@feddit.uk · 20 pts · 173d
Don't worry! There's a mirror here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L18fPGfPjlU
He would never give us up like that!
mlg@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 173d
This thread did a great job showing which lemmy instance users can't be taken seriously lol.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 15 pts · 173d
meta rick'n'roll. well played sir.
deacon@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 173d
But, XcQ!
XcQ!
expatriado@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 173d
they had the song on the radio while i was driving, wonder if that count as getting rick rolled 🤔
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 173d
No, that's just being Ricked.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 2 pts · 173d
How to finish the roll in that case?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 173d
Have to be caught unawares for the roll!
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 173d
I believe subversion of expectation is required
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 173d
My boyfriend and I share a spotify account and when one of us notices the other one is listening we insert the song into the queue. Most of the time my boyfriend doesn't even notice he is getting rickrolled.
Hoimo@ani.social · 13 pts · 173d
I didn't have the url in my browser history, but I just typed it from memory
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 173d
You can't troll me, YouTube won't autoplay on my machine!
trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf · 11 pts · 173d
Nice try nerd, I've been duckrolled into oblivion
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 173d
I still can't believe he was 20 when he recorded that.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 10 pts · 173d
Pouring one trombone for the legend
whimsy@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 173d
I like this version more, subvert your victims' expectations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvh0nX08nRw
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 173d
Top drawer.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 173d
What? Why?
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 22 pts · 173d
To make you check and rickroll you indirectly. Iťs an edited screenshot, you don't see metadata of unavailable videos
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 168d
.... So not only I got Rick Rolled in 2026, I actually went there myself, like a double tap.
Nicely done!
tackleberry@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 173d
I have been Rick-rolled a total of 4 times out of that number
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 173d
Lol