RE: SteemitCentral Lyrics Challenge – Day 15 / 60 – “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott-Heron
The bull market may be televised
And we will see the joys of those who bought the dip.
From the comfort of our bed rooms
We will watch the foolishness of the referee in slow motion because the football match will be televised.
But the revolution will neither be televised nor aired on the radio nor livestreamed on Youtube
The revolution will not be televised, Brother.
We all will be the cast with no directors to tell us our roles.
For me, the lyrics above is your greatest entry so far. I have been hearing the sentence, the revolution will not be televised for a long while but I didn't know how it originated because I never bothered to find out. Having read and reread this lyrics, I can only thank you for sharing it. I feel educated. Inspired. Refreshed. Renewed. The revolution will not be televised, Brother.
Thanks for your comment, and for your additional verse.
I'd agree with you that this is the greatest or finest entry thus far. I first heard this a few decades ago, and of course, it was inspiring back then. It still is.
It's kinda sad that these lyrics and Scott-Heron remain unknown and obscure. This is the kind of stuff that should be taught to youth, and which should have been part of a curriculum for the past 50 years. Don't you think that kids would love to learn this? Don't you think that their understanding of their world would improve from their learning this?
Fortunately, @SteemitCentral's "Lyrics Challenge" gave me the opportunity to present it to a bigger audience. Thanks for that, too!
Always remember, the revolution will be live.
The revolution will be live and will not be televised. These lyrics should be written in gold and learnt by heart by all the school pupils in the world. I agree with you.
Unfortunately, the government, those who dictate the curriculum, will never see any need to adopt the song and teach it. They don't want any uprising or revolt that will mark the end of their oligarchical oppression.
The revolution will be live with nobody to direct the cameras.