Sometimes a meme glitters too strongly for me to resist getting pulled in… that happened to great effect that just before the OpenStack Havana summit. When my code-addled mind kept swapping “poppin’ tags” for “OpenStack” on the radio edit, I stopped fighting and rewrote the Thrift Shop lyrics for OpenStack (see below the split).
With a lot of help from summit attendees (many of them are OpenStack celebrities, CEOs, VPs and members OpenStack Foundation board), I was able to create a freaking awesome cover of Macklemore’s second hand confection (NSFW).
Frankly, I don’t know everyone in the video (what, what?)!
But here’s a list of those that I do know. I’m happy to update so the victims actors get credit. Singers (in order):
Rob Hirschfeld (me) & Monty Taylor, Peter Poulliot, Judd Maltin, Forrest Norrod, Josh Kleinpeter, Tristan Goode, Dan Bode, Jay Pipes, Prabhakar Gopalan, Peter Chadwick, Simon Andersen, Vish Ishaya, Wayne Walls, Alex Freedland, Niki Acosta, Ops Track Monday Session 1, Ben Cherian, Eric Windisch, Brandon Draeger, Joseph B George, Mark Collier, Joseph Heck, Tim Bell, Chris Kemp, Kyle McDonald & Joshua McKenty,
OpenStack is Awesome Lyrics
(to the tune of Mackemore’s Thrift Shop)
What, what, what, what What, what, what, what qoi, qoi, qoi, qoi What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what I'm gonna write some code 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up This is OpenStack awesome Nah, Walk up to the summit like, "What up, I got a big app" I'm so pumped I got my bits on github python on the screen, it's so damn frosty People like, "Damn! That's a code choas monkey." Rollin' in, hello geek, headin' to the keynote screen, Dressed in giveaways, except for what can't be seen Posting to an etherpad, chat's beeping next to me Probably shoulda posted this, shouts like Randy's tweets Shit, it was open-source! Clonein' it, buildin' it, about to go get some compliments Passin' up on those blueprints someone else's been working on But me and grungy coding it man I am uploadin' and pullin' and savin' my money hella happy that's a bargain I'ma take mainframe's style, I'ma take mainframe's style, No for real - ask your sys admin - can I have his hand-me-downs? Quantum network and some Cinder blocks Crazy Compute Nova packet that I found diggin' They had a broken keyword, I fixed that on my keyboard I fixed a bug and some, then posted to the message board Hello, hello, my ace man, Folsom Bill Gates ain't got nothing on my fringe game, wholesome I could take some API, make them cool, share those The REST heads would be like "Aw, he's got the fellows" I'm gonna write some code 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up OpenStack is awesome I'm gonna write some code 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up This is OpenStack awesome Your script-y, your ruby, your java, your net-y I'll take those Linux servers and run cloud Lock-ins notta feature on the cloud sucker I make the apps that run on that sucker They be like, "Oh, that vblock - that's hella tight." I'm like, "Yo - that's mega dollars a core." Limited edition, let's do some simple addition Mega dollars for a core - that's some serious scratch They call that enterprise software I call that getting locked to a business That cloud's hella dough Wanna share code? closed source is a hella don't cloud game, come take a look through my source code Trying to lock clouds to a brand? Man you hella won't Man you hella won't code well... OpenStack... yeah! 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up This is OpenStack awesome I run your next gen clouds I look incredible I make big IaaS run Like that start up down the road I run your next gen clouds I look incredible I make big IaaS run Like that start up down the road What, what, what, what What, what, what, what qoi, qoi, qoi, qoi What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what What, what, what, what I'm gonna write some code 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up This is OpenStack awesome Nah, Walk up to the summit like, "What up, I got a big app" I'm so pumped I got my bits on github python on the screen, it's so damn frosty People like, "Damn! That's a code choas monkey." Rollin' in, hello geek, headin' to the keynote screen, Dressed in giveaways, except for what can't be seen Posting to an etherpad, chat's beeping next to me Probably should'a posted this, shouts like Randy's tweets Shit, it was open-source! Clonein' it, buildin' it, about to go get some compliments Passin' up on those blueprints someone else's been working on But me and grungy coding it man I am uploadin' and pullin' and savin' my money hella happy that's a bargain I'ma take mainframe's style, I'ma take mainframe's style, No for real - ask your sys admin - can I have his hand-me-downs? Quantum network and some Cinder blocks Crazy Compute Nova packet that I found diggin' They had a broken keyword, I fixed that on my keyboard I fixed a bug and some, then posted to the message board Hello, hello, my ace man, Folsom Bill Gates ain't got nothing on my fringe game, wholesome I could take some API, make them cool, share those The REST heads would be like "Aw, he's got the fellows" I'm gonna write some code 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up OpenStack is awesome I'm gonna write some code 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up This is OpenStack awesome Your script-y, your ruby, your java, your net-y I'll take those Linux servers and run cloud Lock-ins notta feature on the cloud sucker I make the apps that run on that sucker They be like, "Oh, that vblock - that's hella tight." I'm like, "Yo - that's mega dollars a core." Limited edition, let's do some simple addition Mega dollars for a core - that's some serious scratch They call that enterprise software I call that getting locked to a business That cloud's hella dough Wanna share code? closed source is a hella don't cloud game, come take a look through my source code Trying to lock clouds to a brand? Man you hella won't Man you hella won't code well... OpenStack... yeah! 550 coders on my project I'm hunting, looking for a cloud-up This is OpenStack awesome I run your next gen clouds I look incredible I make big IaaS run Like that start up down the road I run your next gen clouds I look incredible I make big IaaS run Like that start up down the road
