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Is the UK the only country that care about the charts at Christmas?
I don't think I've ever heard about other countries having such a hype over a No 1 at Christmas. Even America's Billboard Chart. How does the Christmas charts grip this country. It's the same with TV too buy having bog shows at Chirstmas time.
With other countries, Is there any other seasonal charts that interest them? |
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In America I dont think its possible for Christmas songs to re-enter the Billboard Hot 100, so even if they do get the same exposure (im not sure if they do or not), I dont think we'd hear much about it anyway.
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I'd clarify that it's only a handful of sadsacks in the UK that care deeply.
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and who could that be Slick Nick?
The media?, Simon Cowell?, The Charts Company? |
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I'd clarify that it's only a handful of sadsacks in the UK that care deeply.
It's all (and always has been) a big commercial really. If you want good music head out to the clubs and bars and find it. Read the music magazines. Forget about the "pop" charts. Shouldn't be called pop music, should be called greed music. |
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I don't think I've ever heard about other countries having such a hype over a No 1 at Christmas. Even America's Billboard Chart. How does the Christmas charts grip this country. It's the same with TV too buy having bog shows at Chirstmas time.
With other countries, Is there any other seasonal charts that interest them? |
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"Bog shows"? Tell me more!
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Well we are quirky, and we like our traditions
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It's all (and always has been) a big commercial really. If you want good music head out to the clubs and bars and find it. Read the music magazines. Forget about the "pop" charts. Shouldn't be called pop music, should be called greed music. Pop music is so called because it is POPULAR amongst the people, it is bought by many so it attains a high chart position as a result. It should be noted many, even most, pop singers worked hard for the success - it's not as though they've had it handed to them easily. |
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So with the Christmas chart ready tomorrow. Wonder how much coverage will the media will get whatever Joe McElderey or RATM get it?
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I don't think it's a case of being a "handful of sad sacks" at all, it had became (or it had pre-Cowell) a sort of Christmas tradition in the UK, to bag the #1 and it used to be hotly contested until Cowell came along with X-Factor and it's fading out now with hardly anyone releasing that week now.
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So with the Christmas chart ready tomorrow. Wonder how much coverage will the media will get whatever Joe McElderey or RATM get it?
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When is it coming out? I'll be checking the internet at that time then.
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If we care about a Christmas No 1, What about a New Year No 1? Next week would be the last of the 2000s.
Oh! and for US no 1 for Christmas , Jay Z and Alisha Keys have got it with Empire State of Mind" |
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Christmas 2003 was a bit weird
the No 1 was .... Mad World.... great song .. but very sad and lonely ! All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere And their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tomorrow, no tomorrow And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you 'Cos I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very, very Mad World Children waiting for the day they feel good Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday Made to feel the way that every child should Sit and listen, sit and listen Went to school and I was very nervous No one knew me, no one knew me Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson Look right through me, look right through me go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHjdTZ-myCU Pity Posh did nt make it with .... Hold your Head Back.... a classic song... it sold a ton but got pipped at the post. |
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Pity Posh did nt make it with .... Hold your Head Back.... a classic song... it sold a ton
but got pipped at the post. While a lot is made of the 'battles' of the past, I struggle to remember many; Westlife vs Bob the Builder, and The Darkness vs Mad World are two I can think of off hand. Was there really any more competition the 3 years that the Spice Girls topped the charts? Maybe it was a bigger deal, but it's hard to see who we'd expect to put out a single now... Girls Aloud? The Saturdays? McFly? Cliff? |
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Posh released the week after Christmas, in a very slow selling week and still failed to reach number one, bankrupting the record company in the process!
While a lot is made of the 'battles' of the past, I struggle to remember many; Westlife vs Bob the Builder, and The Darkness vs Mad World are two I can think of off hand. Was there really any more competition the 3 years that the Spice Girls topped the charts? Maybe it was a bigger deal, but it's hard to see who we'd expect to put out a single now... Girls Aloud? The Saturdays? McFly? Cliff? Don't get me wrong, I like her but her solo career was handled in the worst possible way. As for chart battles in recent years - the Spice Girls' '2 Become 1' in 1996 had competition from 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' which was a charity release for those affected by the Dunblane tragedy. In 1997, they managed to keep the Teletubbies off the top and I don't recall much of a competition in 1998. 1999 saw Cliff vs Westlife - Cliff managed to get No.1 the week before though - his last so far. He's also failed to reach it in this decade meaning he's failed to produce a No.1 in five consecutive decades. It was Westlife vs Bob the Builder in 2000. That was a pretty rough year - the competition was bad on both sides! 2001 was Robbie & Nicole Kidman. I don't recall who their competition was that year. 2002 was the Popstars: The Rivals battle - Girls Aloud beating those One True Flops. 2003 saw The Darkness vs Gary Jules. IMO, the last year a decent Xmas song was released by The Darkness. Also the last year the UK saw it's last real chart battle as Band Aid 20 in 2004 was a gaurantee and the X Factor doing it for the next 4 years. |
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so thats why I could nt find it on U tube..
awesome 30 meg slide show of the same song go here..... http://rapidshare.com/files/17274589...HEAD__BACJ.wmv (all my own work ) surely that was released pre christmas... it must have been released in dec 2003 Posh was up for a christmas No 1 ! |
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so thats why I could nt find it on U tube..
awesome 30 meg slide show of the same song go here..... http://rapidshare.com/files/17274589...HEAD__BACJ.wmv (all my own work ) surely that was released pre christmas... it must have been released in dec 2003 Posh was up for a christmas No 1 ! |
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which kind of proves it was released and on sale long before christmas
what record company with such a hot, classic record and a hot celeb... would miss the xmas sales and release in January ? I think its Posh's best solo song..... pity she didnt keep on making songs and vids do you really need the big studios now ? we ve all got video cameras.... I could make one ... and record my song on the computor ! (no one would notice the difference !) No need to stop Posh.... keep on going ! download the vid Toby.... you wont regret it |
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which kind of proves it was released and on sale long before christmas
what record company with such a hot, classic record and a hot celeb... would miss the xmas sales and release in January ? I think its Posh's best solo song..... pity she didnt keep on making songs and vids do you really need the big studios now ? we ve all got video cameras.... I could make one ... and record my song on the computor ! (no one would notice the difference !) No need to stop Posh.... keep on going ! download the vid Toby.... you wont regret it In fact, it was reported at the time that the record company decided on that week as it was known to be one the quietest weeks of single sales of the year and she was the only big name releasing anything that week - therefore hoping she would be finally able to get herself to the top as a solo artist. Didn't work and she could only manage 3. As for the song itself, many would argue that yes, perhaps it is her best solo single. But many people think that all her singles were actually the worst songs on her albums. Her first album has a R&B/Pop sound but her second, the one that never even got released commerically, is a more dance/pop sound. It was called 'Open Your Eyes' - if you can find it then I'd recommend it. It's out there you just have to.... 'Open Your Eyes'.... ![]()
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JUST found this on the web
quote Beckham's first single with Telstar Records, "Let Your Head Go / This Groove",[ was released in the UK on 29 December 2003, following heavy promotion and many TV appearances across the Christmas period with the video being directed by Andy Hylton (http://www.andyhylton.com) The single charted at number 3 in the UK end quote Im sure it was on the radio big time in December 2003 does that mean you could nt buy it till 29th dec ? I dont get the logic Looks like Posh had more success with the pen quote Learning to Fly became the third best-selling non-fiction title of 2001 and the total UK sales stand at more than 500,000 copies. end quote |
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You have to remember that in 2003 there weren't (legal) downloads, so songs were promoted before the release, whereas now it kind of overlaps to a greater degree
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Don't get me wrong, I like her but her solo career was handled in the worst possible way. 