The History of the Rick Roll

[jlw]

Originally published at: The History of the Rick Roll | Boing Boing

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[Mindysan33]

Also…

Choir! Choir! Choir! / Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up!!!

[Grey_Devil]

the frustration good jams they have inflicted on the rest of the world.

Fixed it for you. This song slaps.

[euansmith]

Sex and drugs and Rick and roll.

[ficuswhisperer]

Tired: Rick Roll
Wired: Nick Roll

Nicolas Cage Deepfake - Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

[Mindysan33]

[LurksNoMore]

The obligatory xkcd!

[iknownuurthing]

noice!

[euansmith]

There was a short period where Mr Astley seemed to be struggling to understand the intricacies of internet memedom; so it is great to see him accepting it now, and throwing himself in to the fun.

[Amstrad]

Yeah, there was a point where he finally figured out it was never going to go away and just leaned into it.

[BakaNeko]

Rick Astley & Foo Fighters - Never Gonna Give You Up (Live) (O2, London)

[iknownuurthing]

@Amstrad

never going to go away

Or give you up?

[Grasshopper]

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Roll) 1987 but with a Velociraptor

[anothernewbbaccount]

Could not have happened to a nicer bloke (even if it took him a while to accept it).