RickRollin’Astley
I love the internet. Radiohead fans awaiting a special announcement at radioheadlp7.com during the week were foiled by an elaborate Rickroll.
A Rickroll occurs when you post a link that is so tantalising that over-eager Android’s Dungeon–types simply can’t resist clicking on it (“Footage of Carrie Fisher’s costume fitting for Return of a Jedi? Yes, I believe I would profit from seeing that”) but which actually sends the eager clicker in the pastel and flaming red coloured direction of a Rick Astley video on YouTube. Yes, that Rick Astley, emblem of the late 1980s and winner of the ‘popstar who most looks like David Caruso’ competition hosted and judged by myself about six minutes ago.
A fuller and more amusing explanation of this internet phenomenon can be found at encyclopediadramatica.com.
And yes, I have been Rickrolled — because when it comes down to it, I’m really just an over-eager Android’s Dungeon type.
No, I won’t tell you what I clicked on.