They did it then!
I hope the irish times are joking with this line "a little-known American punk-metal band have beaten the winner of the X Factor to the UK Christmas number one slot"
Since when are RATM a little known punk-metal band? They sell out massive arenas all over the world you clowns. A lot more than anyone out of x factor has ever done (including the most successful x factor contestant Leona Lewis, who i believe is still yet to even do a tour)
consider who the times is written for...Originally Posted by Jofspring
I hope the irish times are joking with this line "a little-known American punk-metal band have beaten the winner of the X Factor to the UK Christmas number one slot"
Since when are RATM a little known punk-metal band? They sell out massive arenas all over the world you clowns. A lot more than anyone out of x factor has ever done (including the most successful x factor contestant Leona Lewis, who i believe is still yet to even do a tour)
funny stuff all things considered.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
I hope the irish times are joking with this line "a little-known American punk-metal band have beaten the winner of the X Factor to the UK Christmas number one slot"
Since when are RATM a little known punk-metal band? They sell out massive arenas all over the world you clowns. A lot more than anyone out of x factor has ever done (including the most successful x factor contestant Leona Lewis, who i believe is still yet to even do a tour)
Apparently her inability to sing for more than 30 minutes is going to kill her career. They're crapping themselves ahead of the tour that they've booked.
We should just do Charlie Brooker's idea next year
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...st-the-machine
The temptation might be to pour a lot of time and effort into creating a catchy anti-X Factor anthem, but the smartest counter-move would be to release something short, cheap and throwaway that isn't even a proper song at all. I propose a track called Simon Cowell: **** for Ears, which consists of a couple of eight-year-olds droning the phrase "Simon Cowell, **** for ears" four times in a row in the most deliberately tuneless manner possible. It should last only about 15 seconds or so. Quick enough to register; brief enough not to outstay its welcome.
I propose something by Captain Beefheart. Could be considered homage to John Peel and a way to freak out mainstream radio listeners.
Saw them described as "nu-metal" elsewhere. I thought nu-metal bands had to look like they were on their way to a halloween fancy dress competition in the guise of tw@s.I hope the irish times are joking with this line "a little-known American punk-metal band have beaten the winner of the X Factor to the UK Christmas number one slot"
Since when are RATM a little known punk-metal band? They sell out massive arenas all over the world you clowns. A lot more than anyone out of x factor has ever done (including the most successful x factor contestant Leona Lewis, who i believe is still yet to even do a tour)
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Could you not say though that the x factor song is also a part of a campaign that starts back in August that in the end builds up to the Christmas no1. The X Factor winner doesn't deserve it anymore than anyone else. Being no.1 in the singles charts doesn't really matter these days. Its just nice to see this guaranteed no.1 for x factor every year stopped. The Rage song just makes it funnier. Good to hear RATM are donating some of the proceeds of the downloads to charity.
Ruin Christmas number one? Sniffing solvents/adhesives can kill instantly you know. Have a read of this list from the last two decades, comprised as it is, of abject atrocities only rarely punctuated by the odd rise in standard.
1990 Cliff Richard "Saviour's Day"
1991 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
1992 Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"
1993 Mr Blobby "Mr Blobby"
1994 East 17 "Stay Another Day"
1995 Michael Jackson "Earth Song"
1996 Spice Girls "2 Become 1"
1997 Spice Girls "Too Much"
1998 Spice Girls "Goodbye"
1999 Westlife "I Have A Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"
2000 Bob The Builder "Can We Fix It?"
2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman "Somethin' Stupid"
2002 Girls Aloud "Sound of the Underground"
2003 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules "Mad World"
2004 Band Aid 20 "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
2005 Shayne Ward "That's My Goal"
2006 Leona Lewis "A Moment Like This"
2007 Leon Jackson "When You Believe"
2008 Alexandra Burke "Hallelujah"
Check out a more expansive list here . Little Jimmy Osmond aside there's scarcely a dud in there from the early sixties up to the early 80's.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
It was far less cynical, had far less money and spin behind it and a far better talent behind it than the crap that has made the Christmas Number 1 in recent years, they were just ITV sponsored. It's only a shame that the similar campaign last year, to push Jeff Buckley's version of Halleluliah ahead of Alexandra Burke's dismal version.
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