[WillyF]

When I was at Cornell in the mid 2000s, one of the frats did a prank similar to this--though all it took was a roll of quarters. They loaded up the jukebox in the Ivy Room with quarters and set it to play Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping" on repeat. The brilliance was that the song faded out for about 30 seconds and with all of the noise in the dining hall, it sounded like the madness had finally ended. And then it would start again...

[bfuller]

I used to go to a bar that had a 30 minute jethro tull song on the jukebox. It was internet connected and I could pay for songs from home. They eventually unplugged the thing.

[dkarl]

My brother-in-law has Down Syndrome and is a sincere Rick Astley fan. (He went to a show in February and got a t-shirt signed, which he still wears.) He uses a jukebox app to play songs at one of our regular bars, and more often than not ends up picking Never Gonna Give You Up before the night is over. Every time I'm afraid to look around because I know everyone in the bar is eyeing each other wondering who the asshole is.

[emodendroket]

You know what, joking aside, I like Rick Astley, and "Never Gonna Give You Up" isn't a bad song, as pop songs go.

[DoreenMichele]

He's got a great sense of humor about it too. He live Rick Rolled the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on a day so cold he had to do his performance in a heavy coat and gloves.

https://youtu.be/wL-hNMJvcyI

Apropos of nothing:

A punster friend of mine pun Rick Rolled himself in a dream. In the dream, someone gave him a bunch of movies, but withheld the movie Up. The dream ended on the pronouncement "I'm never gonna give you Up."

[toomanybeersies]

My old local supermarket had a "jukebox" at the entrance, where you could select a song. Every time I went there, I'd put Never Gonna Give You Up on the queue.

Last time I want there, however, they had removed the song. I guess I wasn't the only one putting the song on every time I walked in.

[jxramos]

You guys need to tamper with the jukebox one unexpected evening and see if the RICK will do a live cameo for the man. That would be awesome, score a ton of YouTube views.

[FidelCashflow]

I was in a very popular bar with a group of friends one rather busy Friday / Saturday night. They were playing all kinds of great music and the crowd was thoroughly enjoying it until somebody* played Wham - Careless Whisper. I have vivid memory of one drunk guy about to smash the jukebox and swearing while the mood in the bar was destroyed for almost 8 minutes.

[codinghorror]

I wish I could upvote this a million times.

[burger_moon]

When those internet connected jukeboxes came out some bars in the area for some reason had the Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Body Workout on it. That one was always fun to put on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CJ4SD-kWek

[jxramos]

I imagine this part evoked some good chuckles https://youtu.be/1CJ4SD-kWek?t=69

[King-Aaron]

UP

DOWN

[LambdaComplex]

You're probably talking about Thick as a Brick, in case you're wondering

[bfuller]

It actually wasn't thick as a brick

[gingericha]

John Mulaney has a hilarious bit about doing something similar in a diner with "Whats New Pussycat"

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/plvv4v/comedy-central-presents...

[pc86]

It's not a bad song, but it's way longer than I thought. And it's got like a dip in the middle.

[busterarm]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dpwa7w/i-played-the-boys-...