Randy Epstein of Host.net and WVFiber graciously (or perhaps maliciously, given the quality of the performance) filmed and did the post-production on the recent performance at the Global Peering Forum. If I had a virtual tip jar, I would set it out. Enjoy:
At the recent Global Peering Forum I performed a spoof song based on the recent YouTube hijacking. (I'm told that video will eventually be available, at which point I'm sure I'll have to go into hiding at an undisclosed location.)
American Pie was previously parodied at a RIPE meeting and now is practically a tradition, much to Mike Hughes's chagrin, as he thinks it's overdone already. The great thing about the original song is that it's choc full of references in the music industry. I tried to pepper several more into my version (and I have a few additional verses in progress that I just didn't finish).
What links would you provide to these references? What additional references do you think are important and missing (given the history of the Internet theme)?
A long long time ago
I can still remember how the videos used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance,
I'd watch the prison thriller dance
and maybe I'd be happy for a while.
But February made me shiver with every packet I'd deliver
bad routes in the tables, the paths they were not stable.
I can't remember if I cried when I saw my request was denied
but boredom welled up deep inside
the day the YouTube died.
