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Rickroll: An Oral History
- WilTimSon 7y agoNot a bad write-up but I clicked mostly due to my interest in why this specific song became a meme and the article does little to establish it. Their reasoning boils down to 'it's a relic of a bygone era, it's cheesy', which is kind of weak. I wonder if there's some guy out there who did the first proper Rickroll on 4chan and he's the one who kickstarted Astley's career resurgence. That said, Astley totally deserves some popularity, he seems like a genuinely nice guy and he recently posted a video of him doing some growling vocals on Reddit. [0] That really made my day and it's nice to see a man have fun with the fame he got because of a really weird set of circumstances. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/edd4vz/love_you_reddit_merry_christmas_rick_astley_x/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/edd4vz/love_you_redd...