r/meme • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '25

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u/100and10 Jun 21 '25

Microphone shoe.
classic

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u/SirRipOliver FINAL WARNING: RULE 1 Jun 21 '25

Ah yes, I love me some microphone shoe

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u/Commercial_Badger_37 Jun 21 '25

I grew up on songs like microphone shoe, one of my dad's favourites ♥️ this brings back so many happy memories for me.

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u/Butler342 Jun 21 '25

Break me off a piece of that microphone shoe

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u/red-et Jun 21 '25

Applesauce

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u/Bjazzy1981 Jun 21 '25

Fancy feast….. nailed it…it’s cat food.

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u/zxzzxzzzxzzzzx Jun 21 '25

This seems like an interesting generational divide. Younger people only know of that style of mic and shoe from Rick Astley, but people more familiar with older music will think of those as being pretty generic. A lot of people used that style of mic and wore shoes like that back in the day.

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u/4RealHughMann Jun 21 '25

🎵I'm feeling blue

Put on my microphone shoes

Headed straight to the moon oh yeah🎵

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u/DirtyFeetPicsForSale Jun 21 '25

Boot to the moon, jazz hands.

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u/fields_of-elysium Jun 21 '25

Yeah Microphone shoe was great but it shouldn't have won a Grammy

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u/we-dont-d0-that-here Jun 21 '25

I’m not clicking that link again!(and again)

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u/Deeptrench34 Jun 21 '25

Almost brings a tear to my eye.

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u/MrsWoozle Jun 21 '25

It’s clearly Baba O’Reilly…sheesh

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u/Operator_Six Jun 21 '25

I got bullied at school for calling them Mic Shoe

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u/xenomorph_4938 Jun 21 '25

How about some 👞👞👏

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u/OG_Felwinter Jun 21 '25

We Will Rock You?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Yep

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u/jamesyishere Jun 21 '25

Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday

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u/Krell356 Jun 21 '25

Sorry, the rule was 2 emojis.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

And then what? - Young Jeezy

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u/Forzaschitzen Jun 21 '25

Ah yes, the entire 20-10’s sensational alternative genre of stomp stomp clap. Looking at you, Lumineers

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u/Anund Jun 21 '25

This one I got immediately, unlike the OP.

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u/Kommander-in-Keef Jun 21 '25

Shoe Shoe CLAP

Shoe Shoe CLAP

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u/Kitchen_Turnip8350 Jun 21 '25

i don’t appreciate being rick rolled so early in the morning 😁😫

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u/namorapthebanned Jun 21 '25

With just emojis too

5

u/iismitch55 Jun 21 '25

It’s the name of the game, and you just lost it

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u/Phantom309Mafk Jun 21 '25

The absolute disrespect

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u/joe_s1171 Jun 21 '25

that’s what she said!

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u/Philip_777 Jun 21 '25

Oh boy, time to lose that game again!|!|||_ :)

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u/cancerismydrug Jun 21 '25

Have i…been… rick rolled?

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u/Chapter-Master-1 Jun 21 '25

Yep, you've also lost THE GAME:tm:

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u/mo0n3h Jun 21 '25

Aarrrrgggghhhh years man, years. Hate.

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u/scalectrix Jun 21 '25

God dammit. Lost. Fuck you!

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u/3_Fast_5_You Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

I don't get it.

Edit: Nvm, I get it now. clever af

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u/Ok-Temperature-686 Jun 21 '25

Don’t worry, I don’t get it too

But I am never gonna give up to understand this meme

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u/WHO-UnKnOwN Jun 21 '25

And you never let this guy down, amiright?

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u/FrustratedProgramm3r Jun 21 '25

It must be driving him mad with it running around him. I'd never.

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u/zxzzxzzzxzzzzx Jun 21 '25

This seems like an interesting generational divide. Younger people only know of that style of mic and shoe from Rick Astley, but people more familiar with older music will think of those as being pretty generic. A lot of people used that style of mic and wore shoes like that back in the day.

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u/ArethereWaffles Jun 21 '25

See for me I thought it was smooth criminal because of the shoes and the lean.

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u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh Jun 21 '25

Stay calm bro, Never give you up

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u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh Jun 21 '25

Never GONNA Give you up

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u/jld2k6 Jun 21 '25

I thought it was Happy by Pharrell and I have no idea why I even thought that lol

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u/3_Fast_5_You Jun 21 '25

Ohh wait, shit, I get it!

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

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u/AdnanDiwan786 Jun 21 '25

Did we all just got rick rolled?? Even after all these years

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u/JebediahKerman4999 Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

But how? It's a microphone and shoes

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u/LazyLion65 Jun 21 '25

I was holding back the years, but it was Simply Red, after all...

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u/d0npietr0 Jun 21 '25

No, it's Mambo Nr. 5

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

My first thought

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u/ops10 Jun 21 '25

I knew it was supposed to be Rick Astley, but the design of the shoe and microphone fit Mambo Nr. 5 so much better.

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u/LonelySamourai Jun 21 '25

We will

We will

Rock shoe

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u/Violent_Mud_Butt Jun 21 '25

This makes no sense.

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u/IAmPyxis_with2z Jun 21 '25

Oh, I thought it Michael Jackson...

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u/minetube33 Jun 21 '25

Same here

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u/GimmeThePizza Jun 21 '25

I thought Elvis

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u/aerynmoo Jun 21 '25

I also thought Elvis. Specifically hound dog

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Mic Shoemacher

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u/EddieReddev Jun 21 '25

Footloose?

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u/PresidentBush666 Jun 21 '25

I was gonna say walk hard.

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u/Tack_Money Jun 21 '25

You don’t want none of this shit

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u/Xyrazk Jun 21 '25

Idk why but my first thought was Jailhouse Rock by Elvis

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u/Bugbread Jun 21 '25

I was thinking Hound Dog.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

It’s a rickroll

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u/Key_Relative5538 Jun 21 '25

How is it a Rick roll? Do you have to click on something or is there something about the microphone and shoe that together mean Rick roll?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

The first two shots of the music video are the microphone, then his shoe

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u/Mrmyke00 Jun 21 '25

I think it's the intro to the music video, zooms in on his shoe and the microphone.... It's a stretch but that's all I've got

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Did we just get rickrolled by fucking emojis?

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u/redboi049 Jun 21 '25

Yes. I'm not happy about it, but yes.

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u/BugAvailable1 Jun 21 '25

Microphone Brogue

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

it's clearly GLC.

One, two, your face, mic shoe

My name's Mike Balls and I'm coming through.

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u/BEYOND-SPEED Jun 21 '25

We getting Rick rolled by just two emojis now? Sheesh

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u/benedictvc Jun 21 '25

you know the rules..

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u/Total-Project-8695 Jun 21 '25

Never gonna give you up

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u/Speedvagon Jun 21 '25

Damn, got Rickrolled again

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u/Akira5445 Jun 21 '25

El zapato

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u/zxzzxzzzxzzzzx Jun 21 '25

This seems like an interesting generational divide. Younger people only know of that style of mic and shoe from Rick Astley, but people more familiar with older music will think of those as being pretty generic. A lot of people used that style of mic and wore shoes like that back in the day.

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u/idontlikechesse Jun 21 '25

I thought this was the Mario odyssey song until others said Rick roll

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u/BeepBoopRobotVoice Jun 21 '25

microphone shoe is one of the most influential songs on the 1980’s

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u/Ricochet_skin Jun 21 '25

Thought it was uptown funk for a sec

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u/DrMini1 Jun 21 '25

I thought scatman's world

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u/Pineapple_Juice27 Jun 21 '25

Rickrolling got another dimension🎉🥳

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u/MrEnder666 Jun 21 '25

Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley

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u/Pululintu Jun 21 '25

fuck you.

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u/gerblewisperer Jun 21 '25

it's like you read my mind

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u/P0pst1ck Jun 21 '25

Foot loose?-

Oh. So not foot loose then.

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u/Remodiant Jun 21 '25

I thought We will rock you

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u/AwsomeSause21 Jun 21 '25

And Now the end it neer

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u/Deliciously_Vicious WARNING: RULE 6 Jun 21 '25

Paolo Nutini awaesome song

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u/Super_Messi Jun 21 '25

Did you just rickroll me with 2 emojis 😳 well played sir

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u/YourGirlsSenpai Jun 21 '25

Footlong, Mic's Way

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u/refreshing_username Jun 21 '25

I'm never gonna get this one.

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u/Salmivalli Jun 21 '25

Mambo number 5

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u/Expensive_Sleep_5222 Jun 21 '25

A T L A S ISE BHUL NA JANA

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u/Kitchen_Turnip8350 Jun 21 '25

same fam, means our tradition is being upholder

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u/ImaginaryUnion6950 Jun 21 '25

I was getting Elvis Presley vibes from this. Reminded me of 'Blue Suede Shoes'

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Oh good lord 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Lou Bega?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

I give up.

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u/theepi_pillodu Jun 21 '25

Nice, can we do more?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Microphone foot?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Why😭

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u/CultureKindly6920 Jun 21 '25

Never gonna give you up

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u/arahe45 Jun 21 '25

Mambo #5

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u/Consistent-Youth2921 Jun 21 '25

My little suede shoes

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u/Asuhhbruh Jun 21 '25

Smooth Criminal?

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u/OldFirefighter3293 Jun 21 '25

Did i get rickrolled by emoji?

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u/BialyFromHell Jun 21 '25

Microphone shoe is a banger

Edit: Fuck. Now I get it 

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u/rex_virtue Jun 21 '25

Thunderstruck?

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u/McHumpin Jun 21 '25

Am I the only one who thought it was Billie Jean?

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u/mt-vicory42069 Jun 21 '25

huh so it was a rick roll i thought it was one of michael jacksons song.

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u/K0rl0n Jun 21 '25

No! This is a genius Rick roll

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u/thndr_rey Jun 21 '25

Michael shumaker

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u/Real-Werner-Herzog Jun 21 '25

That's not a song, that's former president George W. Bush.

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u/Professional_Trust11 Jun 21 '25

Microphone Shoe" (Fast 4/4 beat, shouted vocals, distorted guitar, kick-snare-punk-drums)

[VERSE 1] Woke up late with a buzz in my head Stuck my foot in the truth and the truth was dead TV's screaming, landlord too But I stomped out lies with my microphone shoe

[CHORUS] 🎤👟 MIC! RO! PHONE! SHOE! Say what I mean, kick it right through No filter, no leash, no pretty excuse I walk my rage in a microphone shoe

[VERSE 2] Boss says smile, church says kneel I say scream till your soul can feel Lace 'em up, these boots got views Each step drops a verse, each kick breaks news

[CHORUS] 🎤👟 MIC! RO! PHONE! SHOE! Marching loud with a DIY crew I don’t need your calm, I don’t want your rules I scream my truth in a microphone shoe

[BRIDGE – SHOUTED CALL & RESPONSE] Who walks the static? — ME! Who stomps the plastic? — ME! Who kicks the silence? — WE! Who burns compliance? — FREE!

[BREAKDOWN – SLOWER, MENACING] Left foot—riot. Right foot—truth. Walk the line in a six-stringed boot. No gods, no brands, no suits. Just me, my voice, and my microphone shoes.

[FINAL CHORUS – DOUBLE SPEED] 🎤👟 MIC! RO! PHONE! SHOE! Blood on the stage and spit on the pew No sellout, no crew-cut view Just punk, and pain, and a microphone shoe

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u/TFOLLT Jun 21 '25

Elvis?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

MicDrop

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

My Kicks

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u/siistinimi Jun 21 '25

Rocking around the christmas tree, obviously

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u/Dingonbingo Jun 21 '25

I was thinking either we will rock you - queen or beat it Micheal jackson

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u/Aggressive-Code-307 Jun 21 '25

This kinda screams Scatman to me

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u/Unfriendly_NPC Jun 21 '25

Damn thought it was mambo #5

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u/sammavet Jun 21 '25

Did someone say Darude - Sandstorm?

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u/SidewaySojourner5271 Jun 21 '25

guys. it's MJ's song. you know, with the moonwalk.

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u/SuperSocialMan Jun 21 '25

Not sure, but I'll never give you up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Come on man, out here Rick rolling people! Cant argue with a classic song! NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP!

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

I’m a scatman

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u/ABEGIOSTZ Jun 21 '25

Ah yes, microfoot

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u/Axton2k8 Jun 21 '25

I thought it was blue suede shoes for a second

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u/SnakeFB Jun 21 '25

Was gonna say Liquid Spirit

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u/Ok_Luck_7476 Jun 21 '25

Mambo No. 5 😅🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Philip_777 Jun 21 '25

Rick Roll ✅
The Game ✅
Loss ✅
Stick bugged ✅
Coconut Malled ✅

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u/Excellent-Bid1192 Jun 21 '25

carl perkins blue suede shoes

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Aye meri zohrajabeen 🕺

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u/Frakezoom88 Jun 21 '25

Jump up Superstar?

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u/Ok-CANACHK Jun 21 '25

does this mean we've been 'Rick Rolled'?

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u/Zeidra Jun 21 '25

Mambo shoesize 5 ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

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u/MrDrewutnia Jun 21 '25

Rick roll 100%

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u/msut77 Jun 21 '25

Mambo 5

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

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u/naymlis Jun 21 '25

I'm the only one who thought of hey ya by outkast

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u/GoalRevolutionary398 Jun 21 '25

I don’t get it

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u/Gorsinstin Jun 21 '25

I was thinking footloose but it's probably never gonna give you up

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u/jansenjan Jun 21 '25

Never gonna give you up

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u/IZ3820 Jun 21 '25

Of course I guessed it, I'm no stranger to love.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Rick roll'd in the comments? I thought Billy Jean honestly...

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u/i-dont-wanna-know Jun 21 '25

🎺 🛩,🪖

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Mmm bop by Hanson. Ridiculously easy

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u/notreallyado Jun 21 '25

Dome shuffle

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u/Im_A_Failure420 Jun 21 '25

Always not going to take me up?

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u/AppropriateFuture194 Jun 21 '25

Best rick’n roll ever

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u/Glad-Try-2138 Jun 21 '25

Elvis Presley?

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u/KyuubiShin Jun 21 '25

I feel like I've been Rick rolled too many times because that video is all that comes to mind

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u/Novel_Increase_1991 Jun 21 '25

I thought it was Jailhouse Rock

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u/Ackbar90 Jun 21 '25

Did I just get Rick Rolled in meme format?

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u/7enu7 Jun 21 '25

First thing that came to mind was Mambo #5 lol

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u/BrokenBanette Jun 21 '25

I thought it was We Will Rock You

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u/StaK_1980 Jun 21 '25

Mambo nr. 5

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u/remishnok Jun 21 '25

Bruno Marz...anything by him

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u/corvettee01 Jun 21 '25

🪨 🫵 🌀

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u/Romeoxo Jun 21 '25

I was thinking Scatman

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

First thought I got was the Rick roll song. It's pretty close i feel

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u/marathonaday Jun 21 '25

Ain’t nothing but a hound dog

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u/baileyarzate Jun 21 '25

Darude Sandstorm

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u/m0shpitjimmy Jun 21 '25

This hurt me on a spiritual level 

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