Rickroll

Rickroll

Psst. Keep it down. It might hear you.

The Internet has it out for me. I’m not kidding, it’s stalking me. At first, I thought it was just chance occurrence. No, it’s done it a couple times.

Shh! It’ll hear you!

See, first there was this Rickroll. If you don’t know what a Rickroll is, let me explain. If you do know, well, maybe this story will sound familiar.

Say you’re a fan of John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin and Them Crooked Vultures, and you do a search on You Tube of blues musician extraordinaire, Seasick Steve, who JPJ played with. You’ve got to check that out right?



Awesome! Love that homemade-hubcap guitar Steve is on. But look, over there, on the right of the screen, a recommended clip. John Paul Jones solo. Not one with a lot of recorded solos out there, got to check that puppy out. (Unfortunately, sharing of this clip was disabled, so here is a link, if you’d like to check it out.)

Here

But wait, what’s this? "John Paul Jones Epic Lemon Song Bass Solo (VERY RARE)"

How could a JPJ fan resist? The mouse quickly darts to the right, almost with a mind of its own.



Wait, I'm no fool. That isn’t John Paul Jones. Rickroll! That's the song “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. Sigh. A four year long running joke. I thought I’d gotten past those, could see one coming. I guess it was bound to happen.

To cleanse your mind of the Rickroll, apply John Paul Jones’ awesome post Zeppelin song, “Snake Eyes” to the affected area:



Anyway, the internet wasn’t satisfied with just the Rickroll. Oh, not a chance of that.

More on that later…