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Art Direction + Design: A.F. Cortes
Cover Art
Original watercolor painting, “Plug it Up” by Laura Murray.
Recorded at: Perros Bravas and Mastadonte in Montevideo, Uruguay; Fort Awesome Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Mark Dann Recording Studio
Mixed at Mastadonte by Francisco Lapetina & Gastón Ackermann.
Mastered at Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA
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This song is a remake of Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”. If you listen to his original today, you will think nothing’s changed since the 70’s. Only now we have social media and we’re still happy to watch other people do all the thinking and acting for us.
We can go online and learn about the world or we can go online and spread shallow garbage. It’s always easier to sit on the couch and watch the world go by... but look what THAT got us.
“The first thing that needs to change is your mind; you have to change your mind before you change the way you’re living and the way you move. So when we said that the revolution will not be televised we were saying … that the thing that is going to change people is something that will never be able to be captured on film. It will be something you see and all of a sudden you realize, ‘I’m on the wrong page’. Or that, ‘I’m on the right page but on the wrong note. I have to get in sync with everyone else to understand what’s happening in this country.” - Gil Scott-Heron
lyrics
The Revolution was not televised
The Revolution was not brought to you by Nike and Reebok
With a generous donation from the Metlife Foundation
And the Revolution was most definitely not brought to you by
Jack Daniels, Harley Davidson and Budweiser.
The Revolution was not televised
The revolution will not be Twitterized,
Will not be Instagrammed
Will not be on SnapChat, Facebook
Or Whatever is coming next.
The Revolution will not be Twitter-ized
Protesters’ tweets about police violence will be hidden
In your feed under fake news and celebrity feuds
You will also see Tweets insulting famous people’s children
And Tweets that will sell you a diet app from the App Store for 3.99 a download.
With in-app purchases.
The revolution will not be Twitterized
The Revolution will not be Instagrammed
Instagram posts from activists documenting conditions in refugee camps will be drowned out by a new algorithm
That will show you posts for Spa Subscription Services from a new indie-luxury brand
The Revolution will not be on Instagram
The Revolution will not be on Snapchat.
All you will ever see on Snapchat are
Anime Animal Eyes superimposed on selfie videos
The Revolution will not be on Snapchat
The Revolution will not be on Facebook.
That is the place your racist uncle and misogynist aunt
Post the kinds of alt-right memes that you’ll see
No matter how many people you unfriend.
The Revolution will not be on Facebook.
Every song that was written to protest
Nixon’s war,
Reagan’s secret wars,
All of the Gulf Wars,
Are completely relevant now but you won’t hear them
Because they’re not on the celebrity-curated playlist promoted on Apple Music.
The Revolution will also not be on Spotify.
The Revolution will not be started nor will it live out any more of its days on social media.
You will not be able to activate for any cause by posting facts or truth
Because it will be lost in timeline trash
And no more than one of your friends or followers will see it.
The revolution will not be Twitterized,
Will not be Instagrammed
Will not be on SnapChat, Facebook
Or Whatever is coming next.
credits
from Resistance,
released February 14, 2018
Based on “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by poet, musician and author Gil Scott-Heron
Written by: Alberto Botero, Christa Imbriale and Francisco Lapetina
Christa Imbriale: vocals
Alberto Botero: drums
Francisco Lapetina: electric guitar, keyboards
Gastón Ackermann: keyboards, trumpet & beats
Federico Righi: bass
Sample: Gil Scott-Heron Interview from 1991
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