Never gonna give you up never gonna let you down... Fuck how is this my brains first thought, thats insane.
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Seriously I didn't even need the hint. My first impression when I saw all those empty letters was that there's no way I can guess this. Take a stab at it anyway, shed a tear as I realized that I guessed it first fucking try. Only then I see the hint. I think Rick Astley secretly controls society.
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I love the alt text on your images, top notch
How does one see alt text? I've seen people reference it on here, but I have no idea how to see it
In the Lemmy web UI in a browser, clicking the third button from the left (from the left it's the upvote, downvote, then the page with a turned corner looking thing) will show the source code for a message. Below it's colored green after having pressed it:
The "Alt text" is the part between the straight brackets, before the URL in the parentheses. So "img1", "img2", and "img3" in the screenshot - see how original they are!?:-P
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Did anyone else get it without even noticing the hint at the bottom?
Yep. If you’re on the internet for long enough, you pretty much develop a sixth sense for when you’re being rickrolled. As soon as I saw that ‘Never’ fit, I knew what was up.
Yup, same, I didn't even look for hints, just tried those lyrics...and groaned! Just like loosing the game, once you've been sucked into the vortex you'll never get out!
And yes, I just lost the game.
always coming from hinder me up
MJ
I lost the game.
You deserve it.
Ricky Rolling right
OK fuck sake this got me, gonna bring the song up now
Is this from the soundtrack of a famous video people would often send?
Do you think in 20-30 years time, you can do the same with a 2010s song lyric, with the answer being Baby Shark? Or is Rick Astely just too famous/infamous to be replaced?
Rick Astley is never gonna give up
I didn't think any will work.
Rickroll has been a thing for what 20 years? It's not about just being catchy. It came about in a time when 'going viral' still meant something. Early Internet culture spread it everywhere. I remember an addon in WoW that was a full screen Rickroll. People everywhere in various forums were tricking folks. So many people have grown up with it.
Ai will rick roll you with youtube links sometimes. The meme has transcended humans.
I can't think of lyrics iconic enough to do that for from the 2000s/2010s. Maybe Oops I did it again?
Will people in the future hide Baby Shark links?
I already had the answer, knew what I was clicking, and did it anyway. I have no regrets, Pat.
Is this Loss?
We're no strangers to that meme. But you know the rules, and so do I.
This is not loss.
Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.
I didn't even need it to tell that it's an 80's song lyrics
remem berrr too dri nk yourov altine
Well that was a lot quicker than I expected
This isn't Facebook you know
I didn’t thanks for letting me know
That song came out in 1980s?? I always thought it came out at around early 2000s because of those memes.
no.
...
nooooooooooo
1987 to be precise. It was quite a popular song when it was released; it was a chart topper in 25 countries. It was played for weeks on the radio and the single sold like hot cakes.
What’s even wilder: it was Rick Astley’s first solo hit. He had done duets and sang on other people’s tracks, but that was his first single from his debut studio album. And it went straight to the fucking moon.
He had a fair few hits and ‘retired’ in 1993. He was 27 at the time! He returned in 2000, and in 2007 the rickroll became a thing. And the rest you know.
As an 80’s kid, you can imagine it was wild to see kids using one of my favorite songs ever as a meme. I’m just glad Astley himself took the jokes in a good nature and is enjoying his continued career because of it. Gotta be even stranger for him to see the song get back to this level of popularity well over 20 years post release because of a dumb internet joke.
What’s even wilder: it was Rick Astley’s first solo hit. He had done duets and sang on other people’s tracks, but that was his first single from his debut studio album. And it went straight to the fucking moon.
That is wild, had no idea. Was he well known as a non solo singer at the time with lot of anticipation of his first solo?
Well if you look at his musical career, it's relatively short prior to 1987. So not really.
He started singing in a church choir when he was 10. He played drums in some local bands and left school at 16. He started playing drums for bands that played clubs. In 1985, he became lead singer for the soul band FBI and was noticed by a record producer. His first real songs were singig on 'Let It Be' by a charity group Ferry Aid, after the Zeebrugge ferry disaster. That was march 1987. Followed that up by a duet with Lisa Fabien in may. And in august 1987 Never Gonna Give You Up was released, which he'd actually recorded on january 1 st that year.
It's certainly... not common for someone to go from 'shy guy playing drums in a nightclub band' to having a chart topping hit in 25 countries in less than five years. He managed to actually have a pretty good career after that, though none of his work will ever reach the lofty heights of Never Gonna Give You Up in terms of sheer popularity. And the fact that the song managed to be a hit, disappear, and come back ten times as strong because of a joke is like a fluke on top of a fluke.
Rick finds a magic lamp with a genie in it in 2007 and is asked what he wants for his 1 wish.
He says to be famous again.
Im actually proud of myself for not getting it after looking at the comments
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