Rickroll the New York Mets

[otterjb]

http://digg.com/baseball/Digg_users_unite_Let_s_Rickroll_the_NY_Mets_all_year

takes you to:

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/fan_forum/singalong_vote_form.jsp

The vote is for what song to play for Shea's last season during the 8th inning. Looks like a lot of people have been writing in Rick Astley's, "Never Gonna Give You Up," effectively RickRolling the entire Met fanbase.

In case you haven't heard of it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll

And a very important link to something you should take very seriously:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[otterjb]

Looks like I got cabrera'd in the TZ.

[UpTooLate]

And a very important link to something you should take very seriously:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

Wow.  That was so unbelievably painful.  I feel like I just took an ass whooping from a gang initiation.  Me thinks that the dance routine of the singer sums up how 90% of us white boys dance when we're at a club.  I will never dance again.  Damn you otter!!

[otterjb]

Yeah, it's pretty much a cringe-inducing, gawd-awful piece of video history that has seemed to of infected much of teh internets.

[Señor Stan]

So Up Too Late is never going to dance again....

That's because guilty feet have got no rhythm.

[UpTooLate]

So Up Too Late is never going to dance again....

That's because guilty feet have got no rhythm.

Guilty as charged your Honor.  When is the sentencing date?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I've always liked Nick Lowe's song "All Men A Liars" and it's reference to that Rick Astley song. It starts with the chorus, then in the first verse, Nick sings how Rick Astley's big fat hit was ghastly.

[UpTooLate]

So Up Too Late is never going to dance again....

That's because guilty feet have got no rhythm.

While on my youtube kick I might as well share vids.

This one is not new to the net, but by far the funniest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6KWjdWaTnE

Crappy video quality, but pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzvDpFC6NDU

Sad, sad, sad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfVDynEs_l4

Now this is original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaAXvX7B0VQ

Honorable Mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKUZAqgGI1M

[otterjb]

An update:

http://digg.com/baseball/Runoff_to_determine_Mets_new_8th_inning_song

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2008/04/runoff-to-determine-mets-new-8.html

edit: looks like it actually got played during the 8th inning of the first game last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNspCoZrFuM

[BUWebguy]

Am I the only one with "Never Gonna Give You Up" on my iPod?

[remy]

Am I the only one with "Never Gonna Give You Up" on my iPod?

I would if I had an iPod.  It's in C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Music\80's.

[otterjb]

CNN is now reporting:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2008/04/11/west.uk.rick.rolling.itn

[otterjb]

This is getting (as if it wasn't already) ridiculous:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7343833.stm