Spicy Ideas: The Revolution Is Being Televised

Concept graciously remixed and mashed up from Gil Scott-Heron and his 1974 spoken-word single "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Find out more about his original piece 在这里.

You WILL be able to stay home, brother.
You will be able to plug in, turn on, download, cop out.
You will be able to lose yourself on the World Wide Web and a 10MB connection,
Skip out for a microbrew during prerolls,
Because the revolution is being televised.

The revolution is being televised.
The revolution is being brought to you by Google, Adobe, Microsoft
In four parts with limited commercial interstitials.
The revolution will show you video of politicians
Behaving badly on the campaign trail
And a charge led by LonelyGirl15, the Star Wars Kid, Ask a Ninja
To create your own internet memes within the sanctuary of their comments section.
The revolution is being televised.

The revolution is not being brought to you by the Oscars, 学院, or the Emmys and will not star Paris Hilton and Tom Cruise or SpongeBob and Martha Stewart.
The revolution will show you how to blend an iPod.
The revolution will give you an outlet for your unpopular views.
The revolution will cause you to create a rap video about SEO.
The revolution will inspire you learn about wine by tasting dirt,
Because the revolution is being televised, brother.

T在这里 will be live video from your mobile phone of you and Elon Musk
In the Tesla electric sports car beating Jason Calacanis in his Corvette,
And you will see live mobile video coverage from an earthquake in China, 德克萨斯州的飓风, 以及伊拉克的交火.
NBC is able to predict the winner at 8:32,
But it’s 10 minutes after you watched 29 citizen journalists break the story
On Qik, Mogulus, Flixwagon, Ustream.
The revolution is being televised.

T在这里 will be video of Egyptian bloggers being wrongfully imprisoned
嵌入到你的博客中.
T在这里 will be video of foreign factory working conditions
有一百万的浏览量.
T在这里 will be video of JetBlue CEO David Neeleman
Apologizing for mistakes his company made.
T在这里 will be video of OK Go
Using treadmills, a tarp, a crappy camera
To create one of the most-watched music videos of all time.
T在这里 will be video of one of the most exclusive conferences in the world
Shared in full HD glory and accessible to all via TEDTalks.

绝望的主妇, 办公室, 实习医生格蕾
Will no longer be so damned relevant,
And people will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Big Brother 23 because we will be in the street,
Cameras in hand, telling our own stories.
The revolution is being televised.

T在这里 will be highlights on the 11 o’clock
新闻 ripped straight from YouTube, blip.tv, Viddler和Veoh
And videos of anonymous protests
And parodies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.
The theme song is written by Danger Mouse and Tay Zonday
And performed by Arnel Pineda, 舞蹈进化的家伙, 汤米成立的, 安迪·麦基, the Chinese Backstreet Boys.
The revolution is being televised.

The revolution will be right back after a message
关于 getting the attention of the opposite sex with your deodorant,
Getting a lower credit score, or getting a Mac instead of a PC.
You will not have to worry about DRM on your HD, a C&D from P2P, or CPMs on your UGC.
The revolution will go better with Diet Coke and Mentos.
The revolution will invite Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld into your home for fancy mustard.
The revolution will be your video replies on Seesmic, Disqus, 12seconds, Kyte.
The revolution will put you in the driver’s seat.

The revolution is being televised, is being televised,
Is being televised, is being televised.
The revolution will be no rerun, brothers;
革命正在进行.