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X Factor v Rage Against the Machine
- Thread starter wellquickwoody
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sten_super
Brain Surgeon
Riggghhhttt. How do you work that one out?
The last time I cared about it was approximately this time last year. I absolutely detest x factor, and Simon 'twatboy' Cowell, and will do anything within my power to get this celebrity-obsessed shite off my telebox and out of the public conciousness. If there's even a vague hope that contributing my 79p might even slightly piss him off or make people realise what a f***ing waste of time the whole x factor shit is then it's money well spent in my opinion.
Buying a single to keep another single of the top of the utterly meaningless charts?
Behave.
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
As I say, I'll do (practically) anything to make people wake up to what a steaming pile of turd x factor is. It's a forlorn hope, but it's a hope nonetheless.
I've not been interested in the charts since I was about 12, but every christmas I was at least aware of what song was christmas number 1, and that there was a bit of kudos attached to it. That's been completely eroded now because every sodding year it's the ruddy shite x factor single. It just demeans the entire process and is a damning indictment of our tv celebrity obsessed culture. IMO, like.
It's not just X Factor though is it. My f***ing Blobby was number one back in the 90's. If you think having a shit novelty tune at number 1 at crimbo is demeaning the process then you must surely wonder what the point of the process is in the first place.
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
Christmas singles by their very nature are often novelty. It's not that I have a problem with. It's the precise lack of novelty in hearing some reasonably good singer sing someone elses song at number one just because they've been on the poorest excuse for a tv show I've ever seen.
NMH
Banned
FOOL!
Is school out already?
Go on wellthickwoody, you surely have some homework to get on with.
NMH
Banned
At least someone else here 'gets it'.
I'm afraid we are talking to the uneducated here, who even lack the capacity to understand any semblance of sense.
No doubt they will stumble along for many years thinking in stupid terms that have been successfully dumbed-down by mass media.
I wonder if one of Simon Cowell's mates manages RATM?
Bluejuice
Lazy as a rug on Valium
I sort of liked the idea behind this at first but to be honest I couldn't tell you who the Christmas number one was for any of the last ten years as far as I can remember.
Max mentioning Mr Blobby reminded me of that one getting there and didn't the Teletubbies do it one year? Other than those novelty tunes and the ubiquitous Live Aid track I am totally unaware of the acts/artists contesting top spot at Christmas each year. In fact I don't have a clue about chart rankings as a whole. I think the last time I knew what was at number one it was that Umbrella song by Rhianna and that was only because it managed to stay there for so long it made it into the news as I recall.
The pop charts are full of terrible shite because that's what the popular music radio stations in this country (all owned by the same group of unimaginative money grabbing cronies) force feed everyone.
Most people who genuinely love music and know what they like aren't going into HMV and buying it off the shelves or even downloading it off iTunes. I don't think the vinyl I buy from Rounder Records gets counted for official chart rankings and I don't care.
For this campaign to have worked you'd need to release a track with proceeds going to a charity as a big two fingers up at Simon Cowell and co. instead of promoting an old song from a back catalogue belonging ultimately to Sony Records.
The only way Cowell's X Factor song will be beaten to number one now is if someone like Paul McCartney dies in the next few days and someone quickly capitalises on it a la Elton John with Lady Di.
OR perhaps Jade Goody's family could release a song in tribute to the now deceased famous for nothing attention whore. They could call it Cancer Pig. And I don't need to do any market research to tell you that the same saps buying X Factor records are the people that bought tabloids with Jade photos in.
The only thing these commercial mugs love more than cheesy pop is over-hyped tragedy.
In fact, does anyone have a recording studio? I reckon there's a pretty penny to be made out of exploiting Jade Goody's death this Christmas
Max mentioning Mr Blobby reminded me of that one getting there and didn't the Teletubbies do it one year? Other than those novelty tunes and the ubiquitous Live Aid track I am totally unaware of the acts/artists contesting top spot at Christmas each year. In fact I don't have a clue about chart rankings as a whole. I think the last time I knew what was at number one it was that Umbrella song by Rhianna and that was only because it managed to stay there for so long it made it into the news as I recall.
The pop charts are full of terrible shite because that's what the popular music radio stations in this country (all owned by the same group of unimaginative money grabbing cronies) force feed everyone.
Most people who genuinely love music and know what they like aren't going into HMV and buying it off the shelves or even downloading it off iTunes. I don't think the vinyl I buy from Rounder Records gets counted for official chart rankings and I don't care.
For this campaign to have worked you'd need to release a track with proceeds going to a charity as a big two fingers up at Simon Cowell and co. instead of promoting an old song from a back catalogue belonging ultimately to Sony Records.
The only way Cowell's X Factor song will be beaten to number one now is if someone like Paul McCartney dies in the next few days and someone quickly capitalises on it a la Elton John with Lady Di.
OR perhaps Jade Goody's family could release a song in tribute to the now deceased famous for nothing attention whore. They could call it Cancer Pig. And I don't need to do any market research to tell you that the same saps buying X Factor records are the people that bought tabloids with Jade photos in.
The only thing these commercial mugs love more than cheesy pop is over-hyped tragedy.
In fact, does anyone have a recording studio? I reckon there's a pretty penny to be made out of exploiting Jade Goody's death this Christmas
NMH
Banned
Pull yourself together kid.
Someone else is finding you too simple to take apart.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
All your Xmas faves amongst that lot!
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
- 9,972
Do you know think there's irony in complaining about "our tv celebrity obsessed culture" and encouraging people to buy a single to keep an X-factor song off the top of the charts?
If you weren't interested in 'tv celebrity culture' (whatever that means) you could do what lots of people do, and ignore the charts and buy singles and albums because you like them, and not give a f*** who's number one. TOTPs isn't even on anymore, i think most people would struggle to name what the number one single is now
Benny Seagull
Active member
completely agree, despite the tracking being an absolute tooon. if it were anything else i wouldn't have thought twice.
utterly hilarious.
S'hampton Seagull
Well-known member
Nail on head. And as if starting some ruddy Facebook group about it will f*** all difference.
Simples....Just buy Must be Santa by Bob Dylan,and the album then all proceeds going as follows
all of Bob Dylan’s royalties from sales of Christmas In The Heart will be donated to Feeding America in the United States, Crisis in the United Kingdom, and the World Food Programme in 80 developing nations around the world. Dylan’s initial contributions will provide more than four million meals to more than 1.4 million people in the United States, 15,000 meals to homeless people in the United Kingdom during the eight days of Christmas (December 23 - January 1) and 500,000 meals to school children in the developing world during the holiday season.
Simple, sorted
all of Bob Dylan’s royalties from sales of Christmas In The Heart will be donated to Feeding America in the United States, Crisis in the United Kingdom, and the World Food Programme in 80 developing nations around the world. Dylan’s initial contributions will provide more than four million meals to more than 1.4 million people in the United States, 15,000 meals to homeless people in the United Kingdom during the eight days of Christmas (December 23 - January 1) and 500,000 meals to school children in the developing world during the holiday season.
Simple, sorted
Benny Seagull
Active member
what are you on about, it's made all the difference? it'll be fairly interesting to see how far this thing actually goes and to be honest i think there are enough people out there who dislike simon cowell to warrent a number one spot, which is basically what this whole thing comes down to. hate.