Music
The guys get the context around the weird cocktail of pop music, internet trolling and goofball humor known as "Rickrolling" and examine the frustrating and short career of the man at the center of it all. SHOW NOTES Songs used in this episode: "Never Gonna Give You Up" version by Rick Astley and a version by The Animal in Me; "Touch Me" by Samantha Fox, "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Astley https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-28-ca-154-story.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Aitken_Waterman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania:_The_Album https://qz.com/994372/manuel-noriegas-capture-in-panama-kicked-off-a-new-era-of-sound-as-psychological-warfare/ http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894180,00.html https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duckroll Moot interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyaceYHrC2g https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/an-oral-history-of-rickrolling "I did the first Rickroll" video: https://youtu.be/tmVadY7vX1I Rick Rickrolls the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: https://youtu.be/wL-hNMJvcyI Rick’s Moot tribute: http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894180,00.html