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| A '''rickroll''' is an ]. | |||
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| It took its name from an ] message board meme known as "duckrolling", a ] in which someone would post a blind link to a post, allegedly relevant to the discussion, that upon viewing would prove to be a ] - specifically, an image of a ] on wheels. Similarly, in a rickroll a person provides a link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand which actually takes the user to the Rick Astley video. By May 2007<ref name="Date"> | |||
| {{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/trends?q=rick+roll&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0|title=Rick Rolled Google Trends|accessmonthday=Feb 26|accessyear=2008|language=English}}</ref> the practice had become widespread, and it eventually began to receive some coverage in the mainstream media.<ref name="You've been tRicked">{{cite web |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/the-goss/You39ve-been-tRicked.2959023.jp|title=You've been tRicked|accessmonthday=January 17|accessyear=2008|author=Andy Williams|date=June 15|year=2007|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Taking the Rick">{{cite web|url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2266526,00.html|title=Taking the Rick|accessmonthday=March 20|accessyear=2008|author=Sean Michaels|date=March 19|year=2008|language=English}}</ref><ref></ref> On occasion, this was accompanied by javascript traps to prevent the unfortunate victim from closing the video loop. | |||
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| In connection with the online meme, "Never Gonna Give You Up" was played and performed at some of the ] February 2008 protests against the ].<ref>{{cite news | last =Saunders | first =Terri | title =A real song and dance at church: Entertaining protest fails to amuse Ottawa Scientologists | work =] | publisher =] | date =], ] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Kendrick | first =Mike | title = Cultura Obscura: Rickrolling | work =The Gateway | publisher =] | date =], ] | url =http://www.thegatewayonline.ca/cultura-obscura-rickrolling-20080313-2317.html | accessdate = 2008-03-20}}</ref> At ], ] protests in ], ], ], ] and ], protesters played the song through boomboxes and shouted the phrase "Never gonna let you down!", in what '']'' called "a live rick-rolling of the Church of Scientology".<ref name="takingtherick">{{cite news | last =Michaels | first =Sean | title =Taking the Rick: Twenty years after Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley became an internet phenomenon - and an unlikely weapon against Scientology | work =] | publisher =Guardian News and Media Limited | date =], ] | url =http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2266526,00.html | accessdate = 2008-03-20}}</ref> In response to a website created by Scientologists showing an anti-Anonymous video, Project Chanology participants created a website with a similar domain name with a video displaying the music video to "Never Gonna Give You Up".<ref name="takingtherick" /> | |||
| ] were rickrolled in ] ]. <ref></ref> ]] | |||
| According to '']'', four women's basketball games at ] were rickrolled during ] ]. Before the start of the games, "Never Gonna Give You Up was played while a Rick Astley impersonator danced and lip-synched to the music. A video containing footage of the pre-game rickrollings, misleadingly combined with previously-recorded game footage, was later released on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/business/media/24rick.html|title=The ’80s Video That Pops Up, Online and Off|author=Evelyn Nussenbaum|first=Evelyn|last=Nussenbaum|work=]|publisher=]|date=March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khq.com/global/Story.asp?s=8063968 |title=EWU student pranks the New York Times |accessdate=2008-03-27 |format= |work=KHQ.com }}</ref> | |||
| On April 1, 2008 at 0:00 UTC, the front page of the YouTube UK website was modified so that all featured videos pointed to "rickroll" video. The reason for this has not yet been found, it could have been a prank played by YouTube themselves for ], or possibly the work of ]. | |||
| In a March 2008 interview, Astley said that he found the rickrolling of Scientology to be "hilarious"; he also said that he will not try to capitalize on the rickroll phenomenon with a new recording or ] of his own, but that he'd be happy to have other artists remix it. Overall, Astley is fine with the phenomenon, although he finds it a little "bizarre" and only hopes that his daughter receives no embarrassment over it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/03/rick-astley-kin.html|title=Web Scout exclusive! Rick Astley, king of the 'Rickroll,' talks about his song's second coming|work=Web Scout|publisher=]|last = Sarno | first = David| date = ], ]}}</ref> | |||
| The term is also expanding to include any misdirection of a user to unexpected content.<ref></ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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Revision as of 01:49, 1 April 2008
A rickroll is an Internet meme.
It took its name from an anonymous message board meme known as "duckrolling", a prank in which someone would post a blind link to a post, allegedly relevant to the discussion, that upon viewing would prove to be a non sequitur - specifically, an image of a duck on wheels. Similarly, in a rickroll a person provides a link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand which actually takes the user to the Rick Astley video. By May 2007 the practice had become widespread, and it eventually began to receive some coverage in the mainstream media. On occasion, this was accompanied by javascript traps to prevent the unfortunate victim from closing the video loop.
In connection with the online meme, "Never Gonna Give You Up" was played and performed at some of the Project Chanology February 2008 protests against the Church of Scientology. At February 10, 2008 protests in New York City, Washington, D.C., London, Edinburgh and Seattle, protesters played the song through boomboxes and shouted the phrase "Never gonna let you down!", in what The Guardian called "a live rick-rolling of the Church of Scientology". In response to a website created by Scientologists showing an anti-Anonymous video, Project Chanology participants created a website with a similar domain name with a video displaying the music video to "Never Gonna Give You Up".
According to The New York Times, four women's basketball games at Eastern Washington University were rickrolled during March 2008. Before the start of the games, "Never Gonna Give You Up was played while a Rick Astley impersonator danced and lip-synched to the music. A video containing footage of the pre-game rickrollings, misleadingly combined with previously-recorded game footage, was later released on YouTube.
On April 1, 2008 at 0:00 UTC, the front page of the YouTube UK website was modified so that all featured videos pointed to this "rickroll" video. The reason for this has not yet been found, it could have been a prank played by YouTube themselves for April Fools Day, or possibly the work of Anonymous. In a March 2008 interview, Astley said that he found the rickrolling of Scientology to be "hilarious"; he also said that he will not try to capitalize on the rickroll phenomenon with a new recording or remix of his own, but that he'd be happy to have other artists remix it. Overall, Astley is fine with the phenomenon, although he finds it a little "bizarre" and only hopes that his daughter receives no embarrassment over it.
The term is also expanding to include any misdirection of a user to unexpected content.
References
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"Rick Rolled Google Trends".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|accessmonthday=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - Andy Williams (June 15). "You've been tRicked".
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help); Unknown parameter|accessmonthday=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - Sean Michaels (March 19). "Taking the Rick".
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help); Unknown parameter|accessmonthday=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - The ’80s Video That Pops Up, Online and Off - New York Times
- ^ Michaels, Sean (March 19, 2008). "Taking the Rick: Twenty years after Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley became an internet phenomenon - and an unlikely weapon against Scientology". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Saunders, Terri (February 11, 2008). "A real song and dance at church: Entertaining protest fails to amuse Ottawa Scientologists". Ottawa Sun. Sun Media.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Kendrick, Mike (March 13, 2008). "Cultura Obscura: Rickrolling". The Gateway. University of Alberta. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Nussenbaum, Evelyn (March 2008). "The '80s Video That Pops Up, Online and Off". The New York Times. The New York Times Comapny.
{{cite news}}: More than one of|author=and|last=specified (help) - "EWU student pranks the New York Times". KHQ.com. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- Sarno, David (March 25, 2008). "Web Scout exclusive! Rick Astley, king of the 'Rickroll,' talks about his song's second coming". Web Scout. Los Angeles Times.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Rick Rolled to child porn = you're a pedophile, says FBI