I swear that Rick rolling has been around longer than the Internet. I swear people used to drive round my town centre, windows down playing Astley's finest. Can anyone else back me up? I've googled and the Internet says it's an Internet phenomenon. Originally from Shropshire if that helps or explains things
Posted May 2, 2021, 9:07 AM UTC
I nearly clicked
I expected that
Wikipedia has it as 2007/2008. But the whole article is quite fun to read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling
I see you and raise you
In the interests of clarification, are you saying you're originally from Shropshire? Of the Internet version of Rick rolling started in Shropshire?
The Internet was invented in Shropshire. Not a lot of people know that!
Presumably by Peter Sellers.
I remember when it was in the charts as a child!! Stock aitkin and Waterman produced loads of shit tunes from the 80s Rick and Sonia being some of their trash..
I first recall hearing about this new thing when I was in 6th form, which would have been 2007 - YouTube was still a relatively new thing, so a lot of people had a very muddy MP3 on their phones and blasted it on the back of a bus to complete their duty
I mean, playing the song on your radio isn't Rick Rolling. People do genuinely listen to it, and I don't blame them, it's a banger.