the sneakyiest rick roll ever?

[thomsbrain]

On Weezer's just-released Red album, there is a song about the singer's influences called "Heart Songs." Included in with several other stolen lines from songs is this doozy:

"Never gonna give you up."

This from a guy who did a long-running group songwriting experiment on Youtube, so you KNOW the guy knows what he was doing with that line.

I'd say getting people to pay MONEY for a Rick Roll might qualify as the sneakyiest Roll ever.

Edit: I should add that the song was produced by RICK Rubin, too.

 

[Vehemence]

Hmm, gonna give that a big noper.

 

[Gibson486]

ha...I never realized that song was just a bunch of stolen lyrics...

but WTF!!! I had band in high school and we made a song with a just a bunch of one liners from different songs. To think he is gonna make millions and be called genious on something that a bunch high school kids did for fun years ago. Oh well....yet another lost oppurtunity

 

[Injury]

If the song wasn't entirely about older songs, including a bunch of other 80's CRAP, I'd consider it a Rick Roll, but the fact that you can listen to the song and not even catch it means it doesn't count.

Rick Rolls are loud and obvious and intentionally annoying, none of which that line or song fit the bill for.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Injury
If the song wasn't entirely about older songs, including a bunch of other 80's CRAP, I'd consider it a Rick Roll, but the fact that you can listen to the song and not even catch it means it doesn't count.

Rick Rolls are loud and obvious and intentionally annoying, none of which that line or song fit the bill for.

but but but weezer can be loud and annoying

 

[judasmachine]

rick astley gave you up for lent, and never went back.

 

[Jeff7]

The next State of the Union should start out with a Rickroll, performed by the president.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Injury
If the song wasn't entirely about older songs, including a bunch of other 80's CRAP, I'd consider it a Rick Roll, but the fact that you can listen to the song and not even catch it means it doesn't count.

Rick Rolls are loud and obvious and intentionally annoying, none of which that line or song fit the bill for.

but but but weezer can be loud and annoying

Is there any way they can't be?

 

[Alyx]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Injury
If the song wasn't entirely about older songs, including a bunch of other 80's CRAP, I'd consider it a Rick Roll, but the fact that you can listen to the song and not even catch it means it doesn't count.

Rick Rolls are loud and obvious and intentionally annoying, none of which that line or song fit the bill for.

but but but weezer can be loud and annoying

Is there any way they can't be?

When you pause them?


Oh and I guess from the last verse that Nirvana's Nevermind album was the influence for them to start a band. Will the music world ever move away from that album, 20 years of popular music influenced by one release.

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The next State of the Union should start out with a Rickroll, performed by the president.

If I'm elected, I promise to rick roll the whole country. At EACH state of the union address.

 

[Platypus]

weezer needs to crawl into a hole and die

 

[CorCentral]

Some artist needs to actually mislabel a song on a cd and have it be "Never gonna give you up"...... Now that would either lead to huge sales or the album would flop because of it :laugh:

 

[mrSHEiK124]

I want fscking Rick Roll on Rock Band damnit. Yeah it'd end up being keytar, the bassist would pick his nose for half the song, and the drummer could probably handle it one-handed, BUT I WANT TO SING.

 

[keird]

I didn't want to start a new thread for this, but check this out

Infant wants to be Rick Rolled

 

[S Freud]

I've been Rick Rolled in the grocery store.

 

[cKGunslinger]

I think this one on the WoW forums was pretty good..

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[S Freud]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
I think this one on the WoW forums was pretty good..

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I'm surprised someone caught on so quickly.

 

[Throckmorton]

Weezer is into internet memes so it's obviously intentionally a Rick Astley reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanLLnVixC4

 

[AstroManLuca]

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wait wrong band

 

[SSSnail]

I've rick rolled an entire karaoke bar before.

 

[Throckmorton]

I got Rick Rolled in a JC Penney.. I was just trying to find a belt, when it came on the store audio system

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Weezer is into internet memes so it's obviously intentionally a Rick Astley reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanLLnVixC4

ROFL @ 1:04.

The whole video is practically a youtube tribute.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Zaitsev

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Weezer is into internet memes so it's obviously intentionally a Rick Astley reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanLLnVixC4

ROFL @ 1:04.

The whole video is practically a youtube tribute.

On May 23, 2008, the video premiered on YouTube. It features the band interacting with many YouTube stars and Internet memes,[20][21][22] including Gary Brolsma, Matt McAllister, Mark Allen Hicks ("Afro Ninja"), Chris Crocker, Caitlin Upton, Judson Laipply, Kicesie, Tay Zonday, Kevin Federline (archival footage), Liam Kyle Sullivan (as Kelly), Ryan Weiber, Michael "Dorkman" Scott, Jeong-Hyun Lim, and the Star Wars kid, as well as references to the Dramatic Prairie Dog (including lookalikes of J-Pop group Mini Moni, who were in the original TV clip the Dramatic Prairie Dog originated from), Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz's Diet Coke and Mentos eruptions, parody G.I. Joe PSAs, catching Raybans with one's face, the Free Hugs Campaign, the Dancing Banana, Will It Blend?, All Your Base Are Belong to Us, One Man Band by Connor Berge, Daft Hands, Daft Bodies, the Sneezing Panda, the Soulja Boy dance (listed on YouTube as "Crank That Soldier Boy"), a CGI Donald Duck and King Kong, Charlie the Unicorn, and the UFO sighting in Haiti Hoax video.