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Tonight's guests are Mo’Nique and Stephen Fry.
I forget. Is it "the revolution will be televised"? Or is it "the revolution will not be televised"?
Check it out:
Now for a jazz/funk version:
I think both versions are okay. (There's some nice "whacka whacka" licks at the halfway mark on that funk version.)
Try the original version, which answers my question.
You can also buy his piece at Amazon. Go ahead. It's a classic from the counter-culture, and only a buck. And while you're at it, might as well buy "Whitey On The Moon", too.
Maybe the revolution will be something else.
By the way, Gil Scott-Heron, the author of this rap, is still alive. And, evidently, still militantand full of revolutionary fervor. Keep the faith, baby!
Here's a man who's really kept the faith -- Bishop Desmond Tutu talking with Craig Ferguson: (I wonder, is it douchebaggery to embed a video of a middle-aged white guy interviewing a black man who's done so much to make this world a better place?)
Part deux: