As most people who often use the internet know, Rick Rolling has become a huge phenomenon. The Rick Roll is a deceitful little trick. To Rick Roll a person is to embed the link to one of Rick Astley’s video (This is controversial. Some argue that the only Rock Roll song is his hit, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, but other believe that the Rick Roll is complete when any Rick Astley video is used.) under a link to a different site. April Fools’ Day saw Google redirect all YouTube links to this video, Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’:
Now, the worst thing about being Rick Rolled is the extreme catchiness of Astley’s song. You can’t get it out of your heads for days. You catch yourself humming the tune while doing the most remedial, mundane tasks. Further, I have now grown to love this song because I have now listened to it more than I would like to admit.
What I would like to do here is to introduce a different trick of the same sort, I like to call it ‘getting Cardiganed’. The Cardigans have a song called, ‘Lovefool’ that is incessantly catchy, and served with a side of cheese. Try getting it out of your head, I dare you.
Do it. Cardigan someone.
