Never Gonna Believe My Eyes
August 20, 2017 3:24 PM Subscribe
Foo Fighters featuring Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up. The Foo Fighters rickrolled their audience with the real thing in an interesting mashup.
Okay, sometimes this timeline is the AWESOME timeline.
posted by rmd1023 at 3:48 PM on August 20, 2017 [15 favorites]
posted by rmd1023 at 3:48 PM on August 20, 2017 [15 favorites]
Hearing Rick Astley yell "Come on you mother fuckers!" is both unnerving and hilarious.
posted by SansPoint at 3:50 PM on August 20, 2017 [53 favorites]
posted by SansPoint at 3:50 PM on August 20, 2017 [53 favorites]
This is brilliant.
Wonder when we'll see Foo Fighters doing a Smells Like Teen Spirit / More Than A Feeling / Never Gonna Give You Up mashup.
posted by lmfsilva at 4:04 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
Wonder when we'll see Foo Fighters doing a Smells Like Teen Spirit / More Than A Feeling / Never Gonna Give You Up mashup.
posted by lmfsilva at 4:04 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
OMG THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING. Ok whew. Had to get that out of my system. Thanks for sharing!
posted by FireFountain at 4:12 PM on August 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by FireFountain at 4:12 PM on August 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
R-rated rickroll incoming.
posted by Bringer Tom at 4:13 PM on August 20, 2017
posted by Bringer Tom at 4:13 PM on August 20, 2017
Never Gonna Give You Up is probably SAW's finest achievement (followed closely by the Mel & Kim hits and a handful of Kylies). Where was this? Was it a home gig for Mr Astley?
Anyway, I had a big silly grin on my face all the way through that.
posted by Grangousier at 4:18 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
Anyway, I had a big silly grin on my face all the way through that.
posted by Grangousier at 4:18 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
Hearing Rick Astley yell "Come on you mother fuckers!" is both unnerving and hilarious.
Taylor Hawkins kind of lost it too.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:21 PM on August 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
Taylor Hawkins kind of lost it too.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:21 PM on August 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
Context: This was at Summer Sonic Tokyo 2017; artists perform over the weekend, splitting between Tokyo and Osaka. The festival normally books a wide range of artists to perform in multiple stages over the period; Foo Fighters were one of the headliners along with BabyMetal for one day, while Calvin Harris and Black Eyed Peas headlined the other. Rick Astley was one of the later additions to the roster.
In related news, if someone out there has the video of Rick Astley doing Highway to Hell (on drums AND vocals) on his Osaka set, that's equally worthy of your internet time.
posted by FarOutFreak at 4:31 PM on August 20, 2017 [9 favorites]
In related news, if someone out there has the video of Rick Astley doing Highway to Hell (on drums AND vocals) on his Osaka set, that's equally worthy of your internet time.
posted by FarOutFreak at 4:31 PM on August 20, 2017 [9 favorites]
Teenaged Me would be appalled to know that Middle Aged Me loved this to pieces.
posted by Eikonaut at 4:58 PM on August 20, 2017 [23 favorites]
posted by Eikonaut at 4:58 PM on August 20, 2017 [23 favorites]
It's a thing he does, apparently...
posted by bird internet at 5:00 PM on August 20, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by bird internet at 5:00 PM on August 20, 2017 [6 favorites]
Hearing Rick Astley yell "Come on you mother fuckers!" is both unnerving and hilarious
This was the highlight for me, honestly
posted by Query at 5:28 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
This was the highlight for me, honestly
posted by Query at 5:28 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
Impressive that this video managed to troll me, even though I knew what it was going in. Left channel seems to go in and out, making me think I had a headphone problem.
posted by ODiV at 5:43 PM on August 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by ODiV at 5:43 PM on August 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
Because I have not yet blocked YouTube comments on this fresh install of my OS, I did get to see this gem:
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the fact that this was recorded horizontally?
Not bad.
posted by glonous keming at 5:49 PM on August 20, 2017 [13 favorites]
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the fact that this was recorded horizontally?
Not bad.
posted by glonous keming at 5:49 PM on August 20, 2017 [13 favorites]
Slightly better version without the audio issues in the video linked in the post.
posted by needled at 5:54 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by needled at 5:54 PM on August 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
I thought he was supposed to be sort of a Christian artist now?
posted by Naberius at 6:10 PM on August 20, 2017
posted by Naberius at 6:10 PM on August 20, 2017
I feel mahrvelous, and it is better to feel good than to look good.
posted by vrakatar at 6:12 PM on August 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by vrakatar at 6:12 PM on August 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
This is a good rock and roll moment.
posted by feckless at 7:01 PM on August 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by feckless at 7:01 PM on August 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
That opening deen-a dee-nee-nee-nee riff always makes me happy - I wish they had made it more Nirvana-y. It was fantastic to see Rick Astley unleash his inner rocker after watching that cheesy NGGYU video way too many times in the late 80s.
posted by bendy at 7:41 PM on August 20, 2017
posted by bendy at 7:41 PM on August 20, 2017
I will never get sick of this. If I am ever forced into karaoke, that is what will happen.
This is a good rick and roll moment.
posted by quinndexter at 8:03 PM on August 20, 2017 [5 favorites]
This is a good rick and roll moment.
posted by quinndexter at 8:03 PM on August 20, 2017 [5 favorites]
Reminded of this Nine Inch Nails / Rick Astley mashup by BRAT Productions, which is just masterfully done. Ooops, too late, falling down a hole of Commodores/The Cure mashups...
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:34 PM on August 20, 2017
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:34 PM on August 20, 2017
Hearing Rick Astley yell "Come on you mother fuckers!" is both unnerving and hilarious
THIS. Perfect combination of adjectives, there!
I wish he had worn a trench coat and done a few of those sweet, sweet "dance" moves from the original video, though. Cheesey, yet so pure. Sigh. Nostalgia.
posted by Amor Bellator at 7:14 AM on August 21, 2017
THIS. Perfect combination of adjectives, there!
I wish he had worn a trench coat and done a few of those sweet, sweet "dance" moves from the original video, though. Cheesey, yet so pure. Sigh. Nostalgia.
posted by Amor Bellator at 7:14 AM on August 21, 2017
best of the web
posted by mumimor at 9:32 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by mumimor at 9:32 AM on August 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
I loved this. Surprised how well the song works as a rock song!
posted by SisterHavana at 12:01 PM on August 21, 2017
posted by SisterHavana at 12:01 PM on August 21, 2017
Time to mention The National Rick Astley Hotline again.
posted by zengargoyle at 5:45 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
National Rick Astley Hotline numbers: Australia: +61-3-8652-1453 New Zealand: +64-9-886-0-LOL (+64-9-886-0565) North America: +1-760-706-RICK (+1-760-706-7425) UK: +44-11-REAL-RICK (+44-11-7325-7425) -- Don't forget you can always press '0' for additional services.If you're geeky, Paul Fenwick has the source up on GitHub, and has given several talks at conferences (on YouTube somewhere) about the evolution of the service and how to do cloud/VoIP/stuff.
posted by zengargoyle at 5:45 PM on August 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
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