Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/10/an-oral-history-of-rickrolling.html
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MR. ASTLEY: What would you like for your birthday, honey?
MRS. ASTLEY: The blu-ray version of my favorite Pixar movie.
MR. ASTLEY: No.
MRS. ASTLEY: Well will you at least move that ladder back so I can get off this roof?
MR. ASTLEY: We’ve been through this.
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I’m pretty sure Rick Astley did the first Rick roll.
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What kind of MONSTER would Rickroll someone? I protest! Strenuously! I protest too much, even!
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I am not going to click on any of the links in this article.
Just sayin.
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I just did, they’re all fine. Really.
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oral history
Is there any other kind?
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Nice try.
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It’s kind of nice particularly in this era for the guy who was interviewed to not try to definitively take credit, to explain the nuances, the specifics of his own situation, his feelings about it, but not trying to just turn it into a black/white “YES I INVENTED RICKROLLING BITCHES SUCK IT” narrative.
I guess it’s kind of sad that this is all it takes to impress these days…
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I will click every single link, because that song slaps and i wish people would try to Rickroll me more often. If that’s the worst part of the day then i’m doing pretty good.
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Fair enough. You realize of course that he stole the melody from a 1975 tune by Aretha Franklin.
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Check out the history of clinical thermometers.
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Username checks out!
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Do I even need to state that this gif is obligatory?
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There are some contributors to this blog that are famous for it
glances quickly over to @beschizza
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I used to N@MBL@roll people.
"A"s changed to “@” due to modern paranoia.
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I am shocked comma shocked that anyone would stoop so low!
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