I could picture a dystopian cyberpunk future where a generation gap causes Rick Astley to be revered as a god and this is the national anthem or something.
First recorded rickroll was the night of the first GTA4 trailer (March 29 '07). The Family Guy episode aired May 20. If there was any influence, it went the other way. Quod erat demonstrandum.
Video wise: -4 for stupid editing tricks, +2 for freaking me out a little.
I guess I'm lucky that I haven't been as inundated with the Rickroll phenom as some. +3 for the trenchcoat, though...and for the various creative real-life ways I've seen the meme used.
Anybody who hates this meme is just a jerk. You have an insanely catchy 80s tune with an adorably lame video somehow catching the attention of the entire internet and becoming unimaginably popular.
I really can't imagine a better video for this to happen to, or would you rather live in a universe where you get "rolled" by something "cooler" like Slayer or something queer like that. Fuck off fag.
Yeah I appreciate it, but I've also seen it a million fucking times and in at least three different forms on this site alone. Plus this version fucking sucks.