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[[Image:Anonymousexposed rickroll.JPG|thumb|left|"Never Gonna Give You Up" has been used as a theme in the protests against Scientology.<ref name="takingtherick" />]]
[[Image:Anonymousexposed rickroll.JPG|thumb|right|"Never Gonna Give You Up" has been used as a theme in the protests against Scientology.<ref name="takingtherick" />]]
===Scientology protests===
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]].<ref>{{cite news | last =Saunders | first =Terri | title =A real song and dance at church: Entertaining protest fails to amuse Ottawa Scientologists | work =[[Ottawa Sun]] | publisher =[[Sun Media]] | date =[[February 11]], [[2008]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Kendrick | first =Mike | title = Cultura Obscura: Rickrolling | work =The Gateway | publisher =[[University of Alberta]] | date =[[March 13]], [[2008]] | url =http://www.thegatewayonline.ca/cultura-obscura-rickrolling-20080313-2317.html | accessdate = 2008-03-20}}</ref> 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".<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 =[[The Guardian]] | publisher =Guardian News and Media Limited | date =[[March 19]], [[2008]] | 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" />
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]].<ref>{{cite news | last =Saunders | first =Terri | title =A real song and dance at church: Entertaining protest fails to amuse Ottawa Scientologists | work =[[Ottawa Sun]] | publisher =[[Sun Media]] | date =[[February 11]], [[2008]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Kendrick | first =Mike | title = Cultura Obscura: Rickrolling | work =The Gateway | publisher =[[University of Alberta]] | date =[[March 13]], [[2008]] | url =http://www.thegatewayonline.ca/cultura-obscura-rickrolling-20080313-2317.html | accessdate = 2008-03-20}}</ref> 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".<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 =[[The Guardian]] | publisher =Guardian News and Media Limited | date =[[March 19]], [[2008]] | 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" />


=== EWU basketball games ===
=== EWU basketball games ===
[[Image:3 15 bball rickroll 1.png|thumb|right|According to the New York Times, four women's basketball games at [[Eastern Washington University]] were rickrolled in [[March]] [[2008]].<ref name="nussenbaum" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Rose | first =Adam | title =College Basketball Game Rick Roll'd | work =LAist | publisher =Gothamist LLC | date =[[March 19]], [[2008]] | url =http://laist.com/2008/03/19/college_basketb.php | accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}</ref>]]
[[Image:3 15 bball rickroll 1.png|thumb|left|According to the New York Times, four women's basketball games at [[Eastern Washington University]] were rickrolled in [[March]] [[2008]].<ref name="nussenbaum" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Rose | first =Adam | title =College Basketball Game Rick Roll'd | work =LAist | publisher =Gothamist LLC | date =[[March 19]], [[2008]] | url =http://laist.com/2008/03/19/college_basketb.php | accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}</ref>]]


According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', four women's basketball games at [[Eastern Washington University]] (EWU) 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 sync|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 name="nussenbaum">{{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=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=March 2008}}</ref><ref name="EWUstudentprankstheNewYorkTimes">{{cite news | last =Staff| title =EWU student pranks the New York Times| work =KHQ Right Now| publisher =WorldNow and KHQ| date =[[March 27]], [[2008]]| url =http://www.khq.com/global/Story.asp?s=8063968| accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}</ref>
According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', four women's basketball games at [[Eastern Washington University]] (EWU) 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 sync|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 name="nussenbaum">{{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=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=March 2008}}</ref><ref name="EWUstudentprankstheNewYorkTimes">{{cite news | last =Staff| title =EWU student pranks the New York Times| work =KHQ Right Now| publisher =WorldNow and KHQ| date =[[March 27]], [[2008]]| url =http://www.khq.com/global/Story.asp?s=8063968| accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}</ref>


On March 27, 2008 the New York Times issued a correction stating that the EWU women's basketball games had not actually been interrupted, and that the newspaper was hoaxed by [[Pawl Fisher]], a student who shoots game videos for the university, and [[Dave Cook]], a sports information director.<ref name="nussenbaum" /><ref name="EWUstudentprankstheNewYorkTimes" /><ref>{{cite news|title=New York Times owns up to EWU student prank|publisher=KHQ Right Now|date=[[April 1]], [[2008]]|url=http://www.khq.com/global/story.asp?s=8079367|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New York Times Gets Rick Roll'd|publisher=G4TV|date=[[April 1]], [[2008]]|url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/684031/New_York_Times_Gets_Rick_Rolld.html|accessdate = 2008-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=College Basketball Game Gets Rick Roll'd|publisher=PAWL TV|date=[[April 1]], [[2008]]|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeuEMeg8eQE|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref>
On March 27, 2008 the New York Times issued a correction stating that the EWU women's basketball games had not actually been interrupted, and that the newspaper was hoaxed by [[Pawl Fisher]], a student who shoots game videos for the university, and [[Dave Cook]], a sports information director.<ref name="nussenbaum" /><ref name="EWUstudentprankstheNewYorkTimes" /><ref>{{cite news|title=New York Times owns up to EWU student prank|publisher=KHQ Right Now|date=[[April 1]], [[2008]]|url=http://www.khq.com/global/story.asp?s=8079367|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New York Times Gets Rick Roll'd|publisher=G4TV|date=[[April 1]], [[2008]]|url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/684031/New_York_Times_Gets_Rick_Rolld.html|accessdate = 2008-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=College Basketball Game Gets Rick Roll'd|publisher=PAWL TV|date=[[April 1]], [[2008]]|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeuEMeg8eQE|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref>

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Screenshot of a Rickroll on YouTube.

Rickroll is an Internet meme involving Rick Astley's music video for his song "Never Gonna Give You Up". In a rickroll, a person provides a link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand which actually takes the user to the Astley video. It can also mean playing the song loudly in public in order to be disruptive.[1] By May 2007[2], the practice had become widespread, and it eventually began to receive some coverage in the mainstream media.[3][4][1]

Reported instances

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"Never Gonna Give You Up" has been used as a theme in the protests against Scientology.[4]

Scientology protests

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.[5][6] 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".[4] 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".[4]

EWU basketball games

According to the New York Times, four women's basketball games at Eastern Washington University were rickrolled in March 2008.[1][7]

According to The New York Times, four women's basketball games at Eastern Washington University (EWU) 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.[1][8]

On March 27, 2008 the New York Times issued a correction stating that the EWU women's basketball games had not actually been interrupted, and that the newspaper was hoaxed by Pawl Fisher, a student who shoots game videos for the university, and Dave Cook, a sports information director.[1][8][9][10][11]

April Fool's Day, 2008

On April 1, 2008 (April Fools' Day), all YouTube Featured Videos hyperlinked to the Rickroll. The prank began with international YouTube portals before affecting the main site.[12] In addition, LiveJournal announced on the same day that they would be adding a new member to their Advisory Board, linking members to the journal "rickastley", which contains a Rickroll.[13] Also, on the same day, Isohunt had the Rick Astley video instead of their normal frontpage, as did LyricWiki.org. Popular gaming website Kongregatealso claimed to have finally launched it's upcoming card game Kongai, only to leave its players not with the game, but being rickrolled. Also on the same day, the Mahalo Daily video podcast hosted by Veronica Belmont produced a Rickroll purporting to be an interview with Steve Jobs. Media search engine SeeqPod included an mp3 of "Never Gonna Give You Up" as the top hit for all searches.

In episode 17 of the music review podcast Have You Heard, while discussing Rick Astley's reaction to rickrolling, the hosts play clips of the song effectively rickrolling their audience.

Astley's reaction

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.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Nussenbaum, Evelyn (March 2008). "The '80s Video That Pops Up, Online and Off". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. {{cite news}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  2. ^ "Rick Rolled Google Trends". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Williams, Andy (June 15, 2007). "You've been tRicked". Wigan Today. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d 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)
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Rose, Adam (March 19, 2008). "College Basketball Game Rick Roll'd". LAist. Gothamist LLC. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b Staff (March 27, 2008). "EWU student pranks the New York Times". KHQ Right Now. WorldNow and KHQ. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "New York Times owns up to EWU student prank". KHQ Right Now. April 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "New York Times Gets Rick Roll'd". G4TV. April 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "College Basketball Game Gets Rick Roll'd". PAWL TV. April 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Arrington, Michael (March 31, 2008). "YouTube RickRolls Users". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Feldblum, Eli (April 1, 2008). "Risk Astley and More April Fools Day Goodness". Search Engine Watch. Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC. Retrieved 2008-04-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ 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)

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