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[http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/xkcd_389.mp3 Listen to the music.]
 
[http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/xkcd_389.mp3 Listen to the music.]
  
A member of a marching band, after spending seasons marching in time to their music for their shows, ends up naturally walking with the rhythm of any music they hear around them, like at a shopping mall. Pausing the music for a split second would throw off the rhythm, supposedly enough to cause them to fall. The line of music in the comic is a piano reduction of the beginning of {{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}} by Rick Astley, a reference to the internet phenomenon of {{w|Rickrolling}}, a form of bait-and-switch in which a link that appears to point to something else instead links to Rick Astley's song.
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A member of a marching band, after spending seasons marching in time to their music for their shows, ends up naturally walking with the rhythm of any music they hear around them, like at a shopping mall. Pausing the music for a split second would throw off the rhythm, supposedly enough to cause them to fall. The line of music in the comic is a piano reduction of the beginning of {{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}} by Rick Astley, a reference to the internet phenomenon of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Rickrolling], a form of bait-and-switch in which a link that appears to point to something else instead links to Rick Astley's song. [[Randall]] talks about this music line in one of his [https://youtu.be/z_zwyJ6IYR0?t=35m48s talks].
  
 
The title text refers to the fact that almost all marching bands start marching with the left foot, so marching band members tend to naturally start with the left foot.
 
The title text refers to the fact that almost all marching bands start marching with the left foot, so marching band members tend to naturally start with the left foot.
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Revision as of 13:47, 28 November 2017

Keeping Time
You can identify them ahead-of-time -- they lead with their left foot when the music starts.
Title text: You can identify them ahead-of-time -- they lead with their left foot when the music starts.

Explanation

Listen to the music.

A member of a marching band, after spending seasons marching in time to their music for their shows, ends up naturally walking with the rhythm of any music they hear around them, like at a shopping mall. Pausing the music for a split second would throw off the rhythm, supposedly enough to cause them to fall. The line of music in the comic is a piano reduction of the beginning of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley, a reference to the internet phenomenon of Rickrolling, a form of bait-and-switch in which a link that appears to point to something else instead links to Rick Astley's song. Randall talks about this music line in one of his talks.

The title text refers to the fact that almost all marching bands start marching with the left foot, so marching band members tend to naturally start with the left foot.

Transcript

My Hobby:
Pausing in-store music for a split second and watching the ex-marching band kids stumble.
[On a balcony overlooking a supermarket, Cueball presses a button on a pedestal. The in-store music, the first four bars of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley, pauses briefly after the third bar, and one of the store's patrons falls on her face.]
FWOMP


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Discussion

Also, as a note or fun fact: most militaries and their associated groups (like cadets in Canada) also do the same. Ribbit it's Toad! (talk) 05:38, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Another fun fact: anyone who went to a piano to hear what this sounded like inadvertently rickrolled themselves! 141.101.98.70 21:40, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Hey Randall, Please don't do this. You just lost the game. NinjaWolf064 (talk) 04:04, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

There doesn't see to be any explanation for the title text, does it refer to anything? (talk)

Ex marching band kid- you always start marching with your left foot, and songs in a parade usually start on the left foot unless there's a pick up note.

The trinket.io music code for the treble is <d- g- b- d'->4. <e- a- c' e'-> <e- g- a->4 <c f a- c' e'->4. <f b- d'- f'> a'-16 g'- f'8 <d- g- b- d'->4. <e- a- c' e'-> <c e- g- a->4 ~ <c e- g- a->2 r8 <A- a-> <A- a-> <B- b->16 <e- e'-> <B- b-> <e- e'->. (I couldn't be bothered to do the bass, due to its complexity.)

This would absolutely work on me. 172.69.90.67 17:24, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

I actually like this version of the song lol (as long as there are no lyrics.), is there any more/has anyone identified if this has the rest of the song? p l e a s e i n e e d t h i s t o b e a t h i n g r a n d a l l (yes i watched the talk) ⟨Winter is coming⟩ Marethyu (talk) 19:26, 6 May 2022 (UTC)