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  • Johnny! Revolution in America and the globe in 2012, son!!....

  • Al Sharpton has about 20 red black and green jumpsuits

  • And it's coming soon. The revolution IS the great change in 2012.

  • Gil Scott Heron R.I.P thanks for laying the ground stones of hip hop no dawt

  • no it wont

  • keep on truckin'

  • Guys, I don't think the revolution is gonna be televised... :\

  • Tag. You're myISH.

  • Prince and The Revolution :)

  • Gil Scott-Heron!!

  • Julia would be Dianne Caroll

  • i saw him in an interview. he said he was referring to it not being televised because first it will happen in ur head.

  • Thanks

    abeldanger(dot)net

  • Do one with Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum

  • You did a really good job putting this together. Thank you!

  • Even though the track is more than 40 years old, the message is still as powerful as ever. May this poet of truth R.I.P.!!!!!!

  • Great Video!

  • RIP to the father of hip hop.

  • @7scorpio7 I don't know why...But for some reason....I'm expecting to find some random sampled remix by the late J Dilla. lol

  • Timeless......

  • This is powerful stuff!

  • The Revolution Will Wot be Televised was written and performed by Gil Scott-Heron in 1968/69. What does he mine by this? How is it like the Occupy Movement in the USA forty or more years later? Why would this be considered a form of poetry?

  • @jovi18me

    What does he mean by this?

    Answer: Back in those days when it came to the movies and TV Black people were practicly invisible.

    How is it like the Occupy Movement in the USA forty or more years later?

    Answer: We still have this class struggle between the haves and the have nots.

    Why would this be considered a form of poetry?

    Answer: Spoken word poetry originated from the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and blues music

  • i really love this song but i' m sure the revolution will be (badly?) televised, Warhold told it...or not.

  • The Revolution will be televised Monday on ABC. Goodbye, OLTL.

  • the revolution will be live on cnn. u can bet on it!

  • R.I.P brother.

  • I8 people and counting....will miss the Revolution.

  • Rest In Peace man. <3

  • RIP Gil Scott Heron. You spoke the truth.

  • Right On

  • ...and I'm a Mormon

  • I REMEMBER THIS IS MY TIME 

  • sooooo, im not allowed in the revolution :'(

  • Simply brilliant. Great work!

  • ...powerful song

  • i am learning about gil scott heron in school. he basically invented rap!!! he died 2 days after my sisters b-day. :(

  • the revolution will not have police pepper spraying UC Davis protestors!

  • took me a couple of goes to understand what this meant, but now i think it means that you cant be part of "the revolution" by doing nothing (ie. watching TV). So you have to go out and actively take part in the revolution.

    I think the song also subtly tells you to take action and have your own opinion instead of being fed by the media and government.

    Am I right?

  • @tombokickass He had an interview in his older years before his death explaining what he was thinking when he wrote this song. It was actually a little bit more philosophical in the fact that there revolution begins in your mind. Kind of like when you've had the last straw. When your mad as hell and cant take it anymore. The revolution will be live because you just transcended.

  • @tombokickass Well there is that, but its also that the revolution cannot be broadcast on television, photographed or captured with a microphone because the revolution begins inside each individuals mind and heart.

  • @tombokickass Close! In an interview, Gil stated that he thinks the revolution will not be television because the real revolution takes place in your mind, which then causes you to stand up and fight.

  • Powerful, strong, black brother and very attractive :) May he Rest in Piece

  • The Revolution will not be televised! Will not be televised! Will not be televised! Will not be televised! The Revolution will be no rerun brothas. The Revolution...will be live.

    Amaaazzinggg ♥

  • Fantastic video.

  • WAKE UP AMERICA. Revolutions On!

  • hahahahahahaha

  • Teehee... Correct! The Revolution WNBT because it will happen when people simply build a space of love for themselves for perpetuity. What a concept! Grow your own food, "support" yourself- Total anarchy! = Death to the Fascist regime known as technocratic society. Now -who else has the brains and balls to actually JOIN the Revolution?

    The Ringing Cedars of Russia IS the Revolution, it has already begun.

  • @jpsa5 Yeah the revolution will not be available on Itunes.

  • Dammn, this song is the truth, look at the occupy movement, the arabic revolution. The revolution will not be televised. State propaganda will be televised however.

    One love

  • This inspired one I just recently wrote. Thanks for uploading this. r.i.p. Gil....

  • The revolution will not be televised, but it will be livestreamed :)

    Sleep is the cousin of death. WAKE UP AMERICA.

  • love it.brough back memories..the under fifty folks need to wake up..

  • THE REVOLUTION will NOT be televised. Understand? Of course no major news media group will show the world what's really going on. The media is in it for MONEY. Hmm, what do most people do when they panic at what they see on TV? They turn it OFF. Do you want people to TURN OFF YOUR STATION if you own it? NO! Of course not. What brings in the money, keeps the TV industry alive.

    Thanks to Editors and Journalists of News companies,

    we the people are uninformed. They decide what gives them a raise

  • @ExExpatriate I know that now, unfortunately I cant change it. Could not find any info on the reference before hand hence the question marks above Julia Roberts. It was comedic effect at the time.

    I get a few messages a day about this lol.

  • @MRjimmvinnburr Thank you. I dont know what I would do without your daily Miami Dolphin reports.  Go Dolphins. XD

  • The revolution will not be televised, so we'll just have to elect Ron Paul without them.  Assclowns.

  • @Regency1100 As a great man once said 'The revolution will not be televised'.

  • Timeless

  • One word, EPIC!

  • As U2 said: Watch More TV.

  • rip how prophetic. thankfully llsm sees that more people think like dems than rethugs. power to ows

  • The revolution is here and, it is not being televised. How prophetic is that???

  • They didn`t listen then, they don`t listen even now, the people will help pay for the capitalists mistakes again & again & again, listen to your prophets not your profits. Quote Gil Scott Heron.

    Don`t let him and all the dead from starvation the whole world over, have died in vain, because you ignore the plain facts in front of you.

  • RIP mr. Scott Heron, you were an inspiration to many.

  • 16 people have hideous moms

  • revolution will not be televised there will be no rerun brother!

    REVOLUTION WILL BE LIVE!!!

  • Google Occupy Together to find a meeting near you! You think that many people don't know a thing about a revolution? Think again! Gandhi "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” It's not our fault that we're in the laughing stage! Keep laughing brothers and sisters, the fight back is coming!

  • Great sax work..

  • Oh, USGI hog maws.  I had to rewind - I thought it said "used hog maws!!!"

  • I'm Serbian, white on the surface and keep lovin' this for odd 40 years. Otpor, people.

  • Damn, I like this, and I'm an old broad.

  • This song is hella deep.

  • I could be wrong, but I'm really to bet that when this song came out, it didn't get too much airplay on AM radio.

  • R.I.P

  • The revolution will not be hashmarked on a social networking site.

  • @Madiaz14Lobo Yes it will, it is.

  • Dolphins Head Coach Sparano sent out a spirited message to Dolfans-He said he needs you all at the stadium 2REPRESENT & that the team needs your support & undying loyalty-He finished up with-We're going to get there (GET THERE-WHERE? DAMN-iT) one way or the other-I hope its with you but we'll do it without you-What do you think about his message-Will you be cheering on the Fins @SunLifeStadium this season-Sound off here @WPLG Your responses will be read on WPLG Local10 News @6am "BELiEVE"

  • @MRjimvinnburr Sport is a substitute for achievement in many people's lives.

  • Get out to a GA and march - the revoultion will not live streamed #occupywallstreet

  • One pretty bad mistake: at 1:16, he says "Willie May" (the Olympic hurdler) *not* (the pictured) Willie Mays. Also, I'm sure that "Julia" (:59) is a reference to the character played by Diahann Carroll in the sitcom of the same name from 68-71. And it's a little strange that you show someone playing a saxophone for all the flute licks.

  • black this out dot com

  • Occupy wall st to make the revolution live!

  • @TCharger130 Sorry occopy wall st movement does not know anything about revolution.

  • @depatman And I suppose the Tea baggers know how to do it? They cant even spell occupy.

  • @spuddy83 They suck, and English is not my native language, so you assume too much

  • @depatman There a peaceful revolution

  • @NecroMetro That's nice but that''s also a part of what I wanted to say.

    With all respect this peacefull "revolution" will solve nothing.

    We are indoctrinated with peacefull actions that''s what you''ve been told.

    I hope i''m wrong but I think the 1% will not be impressed, thinks will stay the way they are.

    On television I saw same people from occupy being sad for Steve Jobs. And he is the 1%) of the 1%.

    the 99% always and will always consume too much from the 1%

  • Down with Whitey!!!!

  • @Hermunkle Fake tan for everyone!!!!

  • Wrong Julia.

  • Free expression is a beautiful thing. Rap before Rap. Bless you Gil for the great music and profound lyrics.

  • The revolution will be live. #Globalrevolution

  • Great tribute! Thanks!

    Only the names have been changed today. Unfortunately, "The Revolution" was delayed indefinitely...

  • Gil Scott Heron spoke truth....funny how it still relates to today.

  • Except for all the racial comments, this is a great piece of work!

  • You bollocks,you.

  • Well done.

  • I'm going to go out on a limb and declare this to be the greatest rap song ever recorded. Rebuttal?

  • Word up.

    

  • this is real nice, great work

  • Quality video!!! I've long been fascinated by all the references in the lyrics and I salute your studious inclusion of them in the video

  • Rappers should listen to this.

  • ~ TRUTH ~

  • LOVE!!!

  • Amazing :D ♥

  • Take Wall Street - Sept 17. The revolution will be live streamed?

  • @terrorbytepresents Was not televised. Hmmm....

  • too bad this the only really truly good song ive ever heard by gil. the rest of his shit that ive heard is so relentlessly cheesy.

  • @jazzymood listen to Midnight Band

  • Has anyone else heard the version of this with a female saying "the revolution will not be televised" and the tempo is a bit faster than this. I heard it on the radio and can't find it any ideas?

  • This track doesn't sound dated in any way..

  • This is great! I was driving with my kids a couple of months ago and this came on the radio station. My kids had never heard it before: they thought it was terrific and thought it was a great, NEW rap song! Hahahahaha

  • REAL POETRY MEETS MUSIC!...Old School Rules Again.

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  • good work bet that tuck you a few hours trying to find all of them picks... well worth the effert.. thanks

  • this video is well put together. BRAVO!

  • get julia roberts out of here ???? about that "Julia" reference--In 1968, Diahann Carroll became the first African American woman to have the lead in a hit TV show, starring as Julia Baker - widowed mother of six year old ... glad but sad to see this still means something to us all---

  • THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL VERSION DONE BY THE LAST POETS IN THE 60'S. THIS IS WATERED DOWN BULLSHIT. SORRY Y'ALL!!!

  • will it at least be streamed on the internet?

  • am I the only one who feels the need to comment on the picture he used for "giant in your toilet bowl"? cuz that made me rofl.

  • I still have this LP. I have worn the grooves out on this.  May he rest in peace

  • 10 people are unhappy because they, themselves, are re-runs ;-)

  • The new and last Revolution now is The Israelites (Blacks and Hispanics of Negroe and Indian Decent Arising up Teaching the Truth about this Bible. We are teaching that Church has led us backwards in society and there teaching lies. We are teaching that America is hypocritical and Obama is not the Hope of Black People. The only Hope is the Black Messiah Jesus the Christ. We are the Real Jews!!! Blacks and Hispanics Wake up and return as the Israelites and Keep the Commandments.

  • @music prodave you not listening to anything he talking bout

  • damn! what a dope funkalicious bassline!

  • @michal23pl It sure is :)

  • What a stupid song...lol...spare me this hippie crap...lol

  • @musicprodave Hippie? go fuck yourself. Does he say anything about non-confrontational revolution?

    Go back to your daddy rock, Airhead.

  • @spuddy83 ahh...very brite of you to come up with a very educated communication style..."go f yourself"...wow you must be a product of public education...lol at liberals....go collect your govwernment check

  • @musicprodave Aw, did I hit a nerve? Tut, half of america don't even know what a liberal really is? You are a neo-liberal and the biggest political douchebag crawling the earth. I'm a good product of public education because in Ireland it works and we have no 1st amendment rights to hold arms so our kids aren't shooting each other to death and can concentrate on work.

    Where did you go to school? 'govewernment' what a joke. I have a job mate, because I can spell unlike some.

  • @spuddy83 Its second amendment rights. Also, you are both wrong. Guns are used by the responsible to fight the people that sometimes use them illegaly.

  • @ThePurpleP Sorry mate 2nd, i'm an irish guy in the UK and I always mix those up. lol

    Anyway, I disagree on gun distribution to the general public, US murder rates are a big factor.

  • @musicprodave I'm a trotskyist, social democrat. You may need help looking up what that actually means.

  • AWESOME!!!!!!

  • nine people are communists

  • @ThePurpleP HAHA, I'm a commy and I uploaded the damn thing. XD

  • @spuddy83 Ten people love their TV too much to join us ! ^^

  • @Sagitarius2501 Sadly so true, but it is when the middle classes realise they're not middle class any more that is when the real revolution will begin. Its just sad that the middle classes are sullied with so much distraction and a belief that things will get better.

  • @spuddy83 That's the magic of entertainment. You see the mascarade but the puppets are hypnotized and you feel alone.

    Take good care Spuddy, keep spreading love, my friend ! =)

    I hope my english is right, I feel sleepy. ^^

    Peace

  • @spuddy83 Damn!!! same thing here in Mexico. War on drugs is a war on the middle classes. War on terrorism, drugs, organized crime, comunism is always the same, people gets hurt and poorer.

  • @spuddy83 when you realize that the source of the problem is the FEDERAL RESERVE, we will have something to tear down.

  • @mgofthefc Yeah and the EU is talking about introducing a European Federal Reserve. Its all a bit dejavu. As the US formed theirs out of a similar hardship. No one learns from history.

    A future of debt awaits our children and their children.

  • @spuddy83 Cant hit like enough

  • @spuddy83 Awesome video dude, well done :)

  • @BlackStaticRages Thanks very much mate. I really appreciate that.

  • @ThePurpleP No my friend, you're wrong. If you read something about what you're saying you'll see that you probably have a blured concept about that idea. But hey, it's your position, i don't know you, i respect it. But most people have the wrong idea about it. Not saying that is the best one, but has a quite clear universe that most people don't know about it. And it's nuclear in our present era. Greeting from Europe.

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  • @ThePurpleP ...don't worry for they, are a good people, talk with!

  • @ThePurpleP look at the worlds economy is capitalism working you have to ask your self why china seems to be doing so well? lol

  • @ThePurpleP think the revolution is a pretty commy thing, so i think your comment is not that right

  • POWER TO THE PEOPLE...!!!

  • wrong julia : ) he was talking about diann carroll

  • Very fucking nice Brother!! Thanks!! Long live the Revolution, and long live Gil!!

    Cheers!!

  • @TheCrackfox9 Stay away from my videos. You disgust me.

  • @TheCrackfox9 You're a sicko. Get help. Don't you think there's enough hate in the world without your odious vitriol against someone you never even met. Your diatribe is vile. The world is the way it is because of people like you. I am white and thank God I don't think like you. You are an embarassment to white people.

  • @TheCrackfox9 What's wrong? pissed off your grandaddy lost the civil war? what makes you so great? I SEES U SHOPPING AT WALMART TOO!

  • masterpiece!! rip gil.