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When I was at Cornell in the mid 2000s, one of the frats did a prank similar to this--though all it took was a roll of quarters. They loaded up the jukebox in t
by WillyF 9y ago
When I was at Cornell in the mid 2000s, one of the frats did a prank similar to this--though all it took was a roll of quarters. They loaded up the jukebox in the Ivy Room with quarters and set it to play Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping" on repeat. The brilliance was that the song faded out for about 30 seconds and with all of the noise in the dining hall, it sounded like the madness had finally ended. And then it would start again...
- busterarm 9y agohttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dpwa7w/i-played-the-boys-are-back-in-town-on-a-bar-jukebox-until-i-got-kicked-out-832 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dpwa7w/i-played-the-boys-...
- bfuller 9y agoI used to go to a bar that had a 30 minute jethro tull song on the jukebox. It was internet connected and I could pay for songs from home. They eventually unplugged the thing.
- dkarl 9y agoMy brother-in-law has Down Syndrome and is a sincere Rick Astley fan. (He went to a show in February and got a t-shirt signed, which he still wears.) He uses a jukebox app to play songs at one of our regular bars, and more often than not ends up picking Never Gonna Give You Up before the night is over. Every time I'm afraid to look around because I know everyone in the bar is eyeing each other wondering who the asshole is.
- jxramos 9y agoYou guys need to tamper with the jukebox one unexpected evening and see if the RICK will do a live cameo for the man. That would be awesome, score a ton of YouTube views.
- emodendroket 9y agoYou know what, joking aside, I like Rick Astley, and "Never Gonna Give You Up" isn't a bad song, as pop songs go.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoHe's got a great sense of humor about it too. He live Rick Rolled the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on a day so cold he had to do his performance in a heavy coat and gloves. https://youtu.be/wL-hNMJvcyI https://youtu.be/wL-hNMJvcyI Apropos of nothing: A punster friend of mine pun Rick Rolled himself in a dream. In the dream, someone gave him a bunch of movies, but withheld the movie Up. The dream ended on the pronouncement "I'm never gonna give you Up."
- codinghorror 9y agoI wish I could upvote this a million times.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoMy old local supermarket had a "jukebox" at the entrance, where you could select a song. Every time I went there, I'd put Never Gonna Give You Up on the queue. Last time I want there, however, they had removed the song. I guess I wasn't the only one putting the song on every time I walked in.
- FidelCashflow 9y agoI was in a very popular bar with a group of friends one rather busy Friday / Saturday night. They were playing all kinds of great music and the crowd was thoroughly enjoying it until somebody* played Wham - Careless Whisper. I have vivid memory of one drunk guy about to smash the jukebox and swearing while the mood in the bar was destroyed for almost 8 minutes.
- burger_moon 9y agoWhen those internet connected jukeboxes came out some bars in the area for some reason had the Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Body Workout on it. That one was always fun to put on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CJ4SD-kWek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CJ4SD-kWek
- jxramos 9y agoI imagine this part evoked some good chuckles https://youtu.be/1CJ4SD-kWek?t=69 https://youtu.be/1CJ4SD-kWek?t=69
- King-Aaron 9y agoUP DOWN
- LambdaComplex 9y agoYou're probably talking about Thick as a Brick, in case you're wondering
- bfuller 9y agoIt actually wasn't thick as a brick
- Kenji 9y agoHaha, that's great! I would have loved to hang out in that bar. I think I know which one. Thick As A Brick. I love that album. It comes in one single piece (actually two: SideA and SideB). Jethro Tull did it like that because the critics said that they're just stringing together random bits of music so that's exactly what they did with their next release.
- gingericha 9y agoJohn Mulaney has a hilarious bit about doing something similar in a diner with "Whats New Pussycat" http://www.cc.com/video-clips/plvv4v/comedy-central-presents-what-s-new--pussycat- http://www.cc.com/video-clips/plvv4v/comedy-central-presents...
- pc86 9y agoIt's not a bad song, but it's way longer than I thought. And it's got like a dip in the middle.