Data Rock Stars: The Rolling Forecasts
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As is often the case with these sorts of things, it all started with a tweet, based on an online magazine article about rock stars.
The tweet (shown above) was sent by Jill Dyché in regards to the article Are You a Data Rock Star? by Elizabeth Glagowski.
The Rolling Forecasts
After the original tweet went viral, our group had very little choice other than to get the band back together and prepare for our Data Rock Star World Tour 2010. Jean-Michel Franco named us The Rolling Forecasts. You can follow us on Twitter:
 Jill Dyché – @JillDyche |
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 Jean-Michel Franco – @jmichel_franco |
 Giedre Aleknonyte – @googlea |
 Michael W Cristiani – @mcristia |
 Phil Simon – @PhilSimon |
 Jill Wanless – @sheezaredhead |
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Elizabeth Glagowski – 
Jim Harris –
We are currently working through some “creative differences” while recording our latest studio album, which is scheduled to drop sometime this summer. For now, please enjoy the following lyrics from one of our greatest hits of all time. Rock On!
You Can’t Always Get the Data You Want *
I saw her looking for business direction
A document of requirements in her hand
I knew she would find a database connection
And search for the business value they demand
No, you can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
But if you try sometimes, you might find
You get the insight you need
I saw her struggle with data’s imperfection
When at the cursor she declared her command
I knew she questioned her SQL selection
Because the result set wasn’t what she planned
You can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
But if you try sometimes, well you might find
You get the insight you need
Oh yeah, hey hey hey, oh...
And I went down to the vendor’s product demonstration
To listen to the salesman’s fair share of lies and abuse
Singing: “Now we’re gonna vent our customer frustration
Because we are sick of hearing your sorry ass excuse”
Sing it to me now...
You can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
But if you try sometimes, well you just might find
You get the insight you need
Oh baby, yeah, yeah!
I went down to the operational datastore
To get your source data request fulfilled
I was standing in the cubicle of DBA Jimmy
And man, did his data look pretty ill
We decided that we should talk about data quality
Master data management and data governance too
I sung my song to DBA Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was “Screw!”
I said to him
You can’t always get the data you want, no!
You can’t always get the data you want, I’m telling ya baby
You can’t always get the data you want, oh no
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
You get the insight you need
Oh yes! Woo!
You get the business insight you need
Yeah baby!
Oh, yeah!
I saw her today at the executive presentation
She knew telling the truth would not win her any fans
But she was tired of practicing the art of deception
And I could tell she finally understands
Sing it!
You can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
You can’t always get the data you want
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
Oh, you just might find
You get the insight you need
Oh, yeah!
Oh, baby!
Woo!
Ah, you can’t always get the data you want
No, no baby
You can’t always get the data you want
Telling you right now
You can’t always get the data you want, oh no!
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
You just might find, that yeah!
You get the business insight you need!
Oh, yeah!
I’m telling the truth about data...
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* In 1969, The Rolling Stones released a similar song called “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” on their album Let It Bleed.
