Originally Posted by Littlemissmolz:
“One of my favourite Homer moments EVER!
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“One of my favourite Homer moments EVER!
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A Classic
Walsh: "Rage Against The Machine couldn't fill Wembley now. I think Joe will."
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They'd fill more of it than Joe would.
Artists like RATM may not be popular in the mainstream, but they usually have a loyal following.
Artists like RATM may not be popular in the mainstream, but they usually have a loyal following.
Oh let them continue to say silly things like this. I could do with daily comedy from those three. 
Ah well, maybe next year we should put their winner up against hmm, a song from Queen or another major big band. Then see what they say afterwards...
Ah well, maybe next year we should put their winner up against hmm, a song from Queen or another major big band. Then see what they say afterwards...
Originally Posted by JonSend:
“You'd be suprised. Faith No More managed to sell out every gig they played this year.
And for the same reasons, Rage fans who never got to see them in the begining would jump at the chance to see them again.
I am not sure if tickets were on sale @ the festivals Rage played at in the UK before or after their announcment on the line up, but, I would put money on if it was after, that would have sold the festival!
Of course just my opinion and comparison with other recent reunions”
“You'd be suprised. Faith No More managed to sell out every gig they played this year.
And for the same reasons, Rage fans who never got to see them in the begining would jump at the chance to see them again.
I am not sure if tickets were on sale @ the festivals Rage played at in the UK before or after their announcment on the line up, but, I would put money on if it was after, that would have sold the festival!
Of course just my opinion and comparison with other recent reunions
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To be fair Faith No More are alot better than RATM.
Originally Posted by celesti:
“Despite the no.1, I doubt Rage are that popular.”
“Despite the no.1, I doubt Rage are that popular.”
Your as out of touch as Mr. Walsh. Congrats on that.
People come to see RAGE for the Rock and Alternative aspect.
People go to see Joe... for Joe, not Pop music.
Originally Posted by fowlyetti:
“To be fair Faith No More are alot better than RATM.”
“To be fair Faith No More are alot better than RATM.”
To be fair, what you personally consider better or worse has little to do with popularity in the greater scheme of things.
Last year, RATM headlined Reading & Leeds festival with The Killers and Metallica.
This year, Faith No More headlined Reading & Leeds festival too.....................................on the Radio 1/NME stage, along with Gossip and Lostprophets.
and if joe fills wembley thats a lot of cash for a pub singer doing cover versions
personally id rather stab my jacobs with a fork several times than listen to the slow death of a good song and think of cowel lighting a cigar with the money i paid for a ticket .
personally id rather stab my jacobs with a fork several times than listen to the slow death of a good song and think of cowel lighting a cigar with the money i paid for a ticket .
Originally Posted by jenzie:
“joe nobody couldn't fill a wembley subbuteo stadium .....”
“joe nobody couldn't fill a wembley subbuteo stadium .....”
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeey!!
Originally Posted by Tommy_tank:
“ It's comments like this one and Simon's remark that Don't Stop Believing was a canny song choice by Joe because "it's not a particularly well-known song" (the most downloaded track in iTunes history, and that was before The X Factor) proves that they actually know or care very little about music.”
“ It's comments like this one and Simon's remark that Don't Stop Believing was a canny song choice by Joe because "it's not a particularly well-known song" (the most downloaded track in iTunes history, and that was before The X Factor) proves that they actually know or care very little about music.”
You said it Tommy_tank! What he actually meant was "well I had never heard of that song by Journey until somebody suggested doing it for the show. I was around in the '80s and if I can't remember it, nobody else will."
That Journey song was huge in America back in the 80's, I first heard it a few years back in the movie Monster
Originally Posted by ellenpagerocks:
“That Journey song was huge in America back in the 80's, I first heard it a few years back in the movie Monster”
“That Journey song was huge in America back in the 80's, I first heard it a few years back in the movie Monster”
It certainly was! Compared to the UK, its initial success was certainly far greater in America if you look at chart positions and such like. However, so many huge songs have performed quite poorly on our charts and have later gone on to enjoy huge popularity so chart positions don't really say a great deal.
As you say, the song was huge in America and by coming out with daft statements along the lines of "well choosing the Journey song was canny because not a lot of people know it," really does, as Tommy_tank said, prove that Cowell doesn't care or know a great deal about music. He shouldn't come out with sweeping generalisations like that at any rate - WHICH people was he talking about? The millions of Americans that know the lyrics to the song inside and out? The probably thousands of people in the UK that knew and liked the song before it was featured on the X Factor?
I can certainly remember "Don't Stop Believin'" being quite a big radio song in the UK during the 90s - it was regularly played on "late night love" type programmes on local commercial stations when I was younger.
I take it Simon Cowell dosen't use wikipedia, I take it he hasn't seen this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Stop_Believin'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Stop_Believin'
Originally Posted by ellenpagerocks:
“I take it Simon Cowell dosen't use wikipedia, I take it he hasn't seen this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Stop_Believin'”
“I take it Simon Cowell dosen't use wikipedia, I take it he hasn't seen this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Stop_Believin'”
Clearly he doesn't! I do recall reading elsewhere that "Don't Stop Believin'" had a record for one of the most downloaded songs in Ireland. In my opinion anybody with a bit of knowledge of popular culture in the last decade or so would realise that there was a resurgance in popularity for 80s music, aided by films like 'The Wedding Singer.' The problem is, he probably considers all of that to be too cultish. A wrong move ultimately as people are naturally curious and will go and check out songs they hear on soundtracks etc.
Originally Posted by Ezenden:
“To be fair, what you personally consider better or worse has little to do with popularity in the greater scheme of things.
Last year, RATM headlined Reading & Leeds festival with The Killers and Metallica.
This year, Faith No More headlined Reading & Leeds festival too.....................................on the Radio 1/NME stage, along with Gossip and Lostprophets.”
“To be fair, what you personally consider better or worse has little to do with popularity in the greater scheme of things.
Last year, RATM headlined Reading & Leeds festival with The Killers and Metallica.
This year, Faith No More headlined Reading & Leeds festival too.....................................on the Radio 1/NME stage, along with Gossip and Lostprophets.”
They may have had something to do with their late announcement after being an "Exclusive and first reunion gig" for Donington (Even though they played Brixton the night before
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walsh yet again proves himself to be totally unworthy of any respect. the bloke who brought us the most boring, talentless bunch of 'stars' ever has the audacity to pass incorrect comment on a real act like rage... makes me shudder..he should shut tf up and preferable crawl away with his acts and die..
Originally Posted by JonSend:
“They may have had something to do with their late announcement after being an "Exclusive and first reunion gig" for Donington (Even though they played Brixton the night before )”
“They may have had something to do with their late announcement after being an "Exclusive and first reunion gig" for Donington (Even though they played Brixton the night before
)”
Of course, some of us were at the Brixton gig...
Originally Posted by Mr Bungle:
“Of course, some of us were at the Brixton gig... ”
“Of course, some of us were at the Brixton gig...
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Lucky so n so!!
I was on Holiday
Originally Posted by superboy:
“never take the words seriously of a man who tells 4 people "you deserve to be in the final" when there's only 3 places...”
“never take the words seriously of a man who tells 4 people "you deserve to be in the final" when there's only 3 places...”
and a man that backed jedward...
Originally Posted by Ezenden:
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Last year, RATM headlined Reading & Leeds festival with The Killers and Metallica.
This year, Faith No More headlined Reading & Leeds festival too.....................................on the Radio 1/NME stage, along with Gossip and Lostprophets.”
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Last year, RATM headlined Reading & Leeds festival with The Killers and Metallica.
This year, Faith No More headlined Reading & Leeds festival too.....................................on the Radio 1/NME stage, along with Gossip and Lostprophets.”
they also headlined Download mainstage on the friday
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