Always going to give you up.

October 8, 2008 8:47 AM

YouTube, now in Quad-Resolution!(QLYT)
posted by blue_beetle (17 comments total)

That is the longest I have ever happily endured a rickroll.
posted by middleclasstool at 8:56 AM on October 8, 2008

Totally worth it just for the '(QLYT)'.
posted by The Wig at 9:01 AM on October 8, 2008

Starting them out of sync makes it even more 80's like.
posted by rokusan at 9:02 AM on October 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

BELLBOY!
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 9:10 AM on October 8, 2008

I had a little problem with this. If anyone is having trouble, the solution is to press "play," then "restart," then "play" again.
posted by Electrius at 9:38 AM on October 8, 2008

This is awesome. So f'ing clever.
posted by tmcw at 9:41 AM on October 8, 2008

wtf! he didn't even bring his love to her, she brought it to HIM! he was too busy, what with all the studio dancers and rayban's. this video is bullshit.
posted by Mach5 at 10:11 AM on October 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

I was rickrolled.
I was rickrolled.
I was rickrolled.
I was rickrolled.
posted by andreaazure at 11:04 AM on October 8, 2008

andreaazure,

     I   |   Was
--------------------
   Rick  |  Rolled

Is what I think you meant.
posted by maxwelton at 11:07 AM on October 8, 2008 [6 favorites]

Fucking. Fantastic.
posted by cavalier at 11:18 AM on October 8, 2008

Wait that's totally a different girl than the one Rick is never gonna give up.

You fucking cad!
posted by shakespeherian at 11:59 AM on October 8, 2008 [3 favorites]

Check out the rest of the stuff in Mr. Doob's lab. He does some really cool PV3D stuff.
posted by ryoshu at 12:01 PM on October 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

I think I liked it more when it first started and was slightly out of sync. Once I restarted it and it was all nice and in-sync then it wasn't so neat anymore.

Mind you, nice to have a different Astley song for once.
posted by sycophant at 12:15 PM on October 8, 2008

Finally, a different Rick Astley song!

My roommate in college found his classic (never gonna give you up?) on vinyl in a thrift store: It sounded a whole lot better played back at 45 RPM.
posted by dunkadunc at 2:20 PM on October 8, 2008

chortle, chortle, chortle, chortle, chortle, chortle, chortle, chortle, chortle. Ta.
posted by Arnolfini at 4:18 PM on October 8, 2008

Tic Tac.
posted by fourcheesemac at 7:26 PM on October 8, 2008

@dunkadunc.

There used to be a rumour in thew late 80's, that Kylie Minogue was, in reality, just Rick Astley played at double speed.

IIRC this was at a time when Slick Rick was the 'star product' from the Stock, Aitken and Waterman 'pop factory' and Kylie was but a spunky young Aussie upstart.

How I hated those 3 cynical pop-Svengalis - and some things never change
posted by JustAsItSounds at 10:30 PM on October 8, 2008