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This was never about Joe just as last years campaign wasn't about Alexandra.
Sure, the wee guy has had his dreams trashed but that is what happens to real musicians when they are trying to make it. It's ridiculous that the winners expect a number one anyway when every other band/artist worth their salt learns their instrument, plays dirty pubs and clubs, pawns their flute etc on their way up. The music business is a struggle for everyone. Very well made. |
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All I have to say on the subject is..........
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Truly deserved, a true Christmas moment.
People coming together, that's what Christmas is all about isn't it? I think a Rage session is in order. |
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Is this the first number one where most of the buyers did not actually want the song?
This is the problem I have with this farce. Love them or loathe them, people who buy the x-factor songs buy them because they want them, whereas most people who bought the Rage song only brought it out of protest. They the ones who have caused more harm to the charts because it is no longer the song people enjoy most.
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I may be out of order here as I actually haven't heard it but is it a Christmas song? if it is then fair enough but seriously where are the christmas songs? every year I put together an xmas playlist and as much as I love Kirsty and Shane, John and Yoko and the Wombles it would be good to have new modern christmas songs!!
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But then you could argue anything done in life is done on the orders or continuation of someone elses's influence. You draw the curtains every day because...you're told to!
You don't have to though. ![]() This wasn't a sheep campaign, it was a revolution of the people who made CHOICE to go 'phuck you, Cowell!' and just for a change it worked. Someday you'll understand the meaning of rebellion, and you'll be glad of it. ![]() If Rage buyers were not sheep then nobody can argue that x-factor buyers were sheep. The problem I have with it as I mentioned earlier that most people who bought the xfactor song bought it because they wanted it, yet most who bought the rage song bought it not because they wanted it but to topple the xfactor. I even saw people post on forums that they bought the song even though they knew they hated it. That is sheep mentality which ever way you try and dress it up as a "rebellion". |
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I may be out of order here as I actually haven't heard it but is it a Christmas song? if it is then fair enough but seriously where are the christmas songs? every year I put together an xmas playlist and as much as I love Kirsty and Shane, John and Yoko and the Wombles it would be good to have new modern christmas songs!!
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Its not a Christmas song. I like it but I too would have preferred a Christmassy tune.
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GROUP HUG to everyone who downloaded. Bless everyone of you
![]() and we've made our point and let's not do this again. |
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GROUP HUG to everyone who downloaded. Bless everyone of you
![]() and we've made our point and let's not do this again. I think its just splendid that Cowell has been toppled off his branch this time and I hope it gives other artists hope for next year. I'd love a Christmassy floor-filling anthem. |
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Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh, Kylie's sister, Chico, C14E, Iain!! Your boy took one hell of a beating!
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im ragin
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Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh, Kylie's sister, Chico, C14E, Iain!! Your boy took one hell of a beating!
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by the power of grey skull
we did it well done everyone this was never about joe im sure he will be number 1 next week for me it was always about taking cowell down a peg well done
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I already had it downloaded from years back, but I bought it again anyway.
![]() A simple 'up yours' to Cowell and co. for all the garbage they've dumped on us since 2001. Right what's next... |
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Joe hasn't been completely robbed though. He is #1 in Ireland.
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LMAO
![]() Are you a bit upset SULLA? ![]() Quote:
Let's face it, that Hannah Montana cover is abysmal.
It's not the greatest of songs but young Joe sings it quite well and you can understand all the lyrics. However, I have heard it a few times and I have no need to actually own it.![]() Quote:
I don't have curtains so that shot down your theory
![]() If Rage buyers were not sheep then nobody can argue that x-factor buyers were sheep. The problem I have with it as I mentioned earlier that most people who bought the xfactor song bought it because they wanted it, yet most who bought the rage song bought it not because they wanted it but to topple the xfactor. I even saw people post on forums that they bought the song even though they knew they hated it. That is sheep mentality which ever way you try and dress it up as a "rebellion".
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Every now and then life gifts you a perfect moment that renews your faith in mankind, lifts your soul and has you jumping around like a total loon. Listening to this year's No2 being announced had me grinning like an idiot, as excited as I was when they hit the stage at Pinkpop in 1993 and tore the place apart. It's a cracking tune, a fantastic campaign (which has raised £75k for Shelter) and it gives me some hope that when my son grows up he might actually have a choice of what music he listens to.
Top work folks, job well done. ![]() Ali |
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Hey, don't dislike something because it became big. RATM haven't changed.
If anything this campaign has opened up RATM to a new generation. They felt X-Factor winners had become too big, so wanted to pop the bubble.Personally, I really can't understand why people get so enraged at the success of Cowell/BMG/Syco/X-Factor. It's just a business. They invest a lot of money into it, hoping to get big returns. Why is it that we are happy to lap that up in every other industry, but the music biz is somehow different?
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My Mum is 64, she hasn't bought a 'pop' record since Cliff was a nipper. And yet, every year since The X-Factor inflicted itself on our Saturdays, she's bought the winner's song.
She doesn't buy it because it's the best thing out there, she doesn't actually listen to anything else that MIGHT be out there. She buys it because because she's just spent weeks and weeks emotionally investing in some dimwits 'journey'. It's bought as a souveneir (sp?) from her time at Club Cowell. And while there are millions of people doing that nothing else stood much of a chance, for years. No wonder most bands have given up the fight and gone home for the holidays! The fun of the Christmas No 1 had been sucked dry. I downloaded RATM with great pleasure (always did like 'em), and tonight's events will have me chuckling long into the new year. Merry Christmas! |
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I don't think you should go around making sheep noises at him. The only sheep are the ones who go out and buy the x factor single.
At least Cowell didn't encourage people to buy the McElderberry single for any reason other than they like it. |
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I like to think of it as a collective mind, rather than 'sheep'. I.E. a common idea/desire spreads amongst a lot of people who have similar thoughts about the subject, rather than people just being sheep and being told what to do. I think that applies to both RATM supporters and X factor winner supporters.
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Symbolically good, though I suspect Cowell made more money than he otherwise would have.
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Symbolically good, though I suspect Cowell made more money than he otherwise would have.
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Not at all. If people want to buy stuff that they think is crap, it's up to them
![]() I downloaded it. I've already got the album from years ago but I love the song and 29p was well worth it to cause even a minor irritation to Simon Cowell. Quote:
It's not the greatest of songs but young Joe sings it quite well and you can understand all the lyrics. However, I have heard it a few times and I have no need to actually own it.
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They felt X-Factor winners had become too big, so wanted to pop the bubble.