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Old 22-12-2009, 13:35
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Well I think the point is, the X Factor took over a Christmas tradition and presumed that it would automatically get Christmas number 1 year after year. Sure, it wasn't a pretty tradition and sometimes (ok most of the time) the songs were hideous novelty songs, but there was something enjoyable about it really, and that was stolen away by Cowell and his 4 month extravaganza to the top of the chart... People did get very bored of them stealing away a fun tradition and at least this song brought it back.
If it was a christmas song I would have agreed with you. But it's not, it's a just dent in Simon Cowells monopoly that's still on the rise. That's the way music is becoming unfortunatley. Christmas number one is just one bloody week. Cowell has Susan Boyle at number for albums and will be delighted at her with in the mean time. Britains got talent will still get 20 million viewers this year. He just gets bigger unfortunatley.
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Old 22-12-2009, 13:38
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Exactly!! 'F*** you, I won't do what you tell me' - apart from buying a single for the sole purpose of beating the X Factor - which they all did! Fail against the machine
Well it would have been a pretty shit campaign if everyone pissed off and bought random songs. The only way you're going to topple the X Factor is to come together, pick ONE song and help each other. In fact, nothing in life works if everyone just ****s off and does whatever they please to beat a massive corporate giant.
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Old 22-12-2009, 13:41
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My problem is is that this doesn't help music in the long run. Oh so he was stopped for 'one' week. You think Simon's music domination isn't going to get smaller or something. Britains got talent for the other half of the year.:yawn:
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Old 22-12-2009, 13:42
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Be good the see Journey get a bit higher
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Old 22-12-2009, 13:57
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Well it would have been a pretty shit campaign if everyone pissed off and bought random songs. The only way you're going to topple the X Factor is to come together, pick ONE song and help each other. In fact, nothing in life works if everyone just ****s off and does whatever they please to beat a massive corporate giant.
I'm grossly dissapointed that in a week when our world's leaders pissed on the chance to do something about climate change, the best 'machine' that a bunch of tinpot anarchists could find to rage against was Simon bloody Cowell.
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Old 22-12-2009, 14:00
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It doesn't matter at this point - the point people wanted to make was made last week.
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Old 22-12-2009, 14:46
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Steve Brookstein got to number 2 when he first released his single, then it rose to number 1 the following week.

I am hoping for Joe's sake he doesn't follow the same pattern as Steve. Look what happened to him

However well done to Joe if he does get the number 1. I did not think anyone could stop Cheryl Cole.
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Old 22-12-2009, 14:59
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it was about beating the X Factor winner to christmas Number One and break the chain,no more no less,the point was proven
Well that is a bit pointless, it's just saying to the X-factor mob that we have power for a week! Then it's all yours, a bit like our criminal justice system, a crook gets three years but serves 3 months. So in the end it was just a hollow victory, don't get me wrong I hate the X-factor but this campaign on the face of it is a bit weak willied if it only manages to keep Cowell at bay for one week!

If the aim of the objective was to keep Joe Mcel- whatever off top spot then that's failed, if it was to send a message to Mr Cowell well that didn't really work because I'm sure he'll get number one and the sales he desired in the next few weeks.
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Old 22-12-2009, 15:22
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Well that is a bit pointless, it's just saying to the X-factor mob that we have power for a week! Then it's all yours, a bit like our criminal justice system, a crook gets three years but serves 3 months. So in the end it was just a hollow victory, don't get me wrong I hate the X-factor but this campaign on the face of it is a bit weak willied if it only manages to keep Cowell at bay for one week!

If the aim of the objective was to keep Joe Mcel- whatever off top spot then that's failed, if it was to send a message to Mr Cowell well that didn't really work because I'm sure he'll get number one and the sales he desired in the next few weeks.
No the objective was to keep The X Factor winner off the Christmas Number One,thus saying to Mr Cowell that the Christmas Number One isnt his to promise to the winner
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Old 22-12-2009, 16:54
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Exactly!! 'F*** you, I won't do what you tell me' - apart from buying a single for the sole purpose of beating the X Factor - which they all did! Fail against the machine
How is it a fail when they are number 1?

I don't like the song personally but I was getting fed up with a X Factor song being number 1 every year. It just takes the sparkle out of things. The videos are exactly the same every year, just Cowell's mugshot just appears in the video more as each year goes by.

I would rather the X Factor song be released a week before Christmas so that it could have a fair contest between securing its place to a newcomer battling for the Christmas Number 1.
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Old 22-12-2009, 16:55
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What is so ridiculous about this campaign is that Christmas wasn't actually going to be on 25 December. The early Christians originally plumped for early Spring but with the pagans have a festival in December they decided that it would be best to try and get one over them and they took it over. Anyway the Gregorian calendar made everything out of kilter and Denys Exiguus who sorted out the calendar in the first place decided that he wanted the first day of the year on 1 January. It could have been any day!
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Old 22-12-2009, 16:56
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Steve Brookstein got to number 2 when he first released his single, then it rose to number 1 the following week.
Was it due to the fact that Band Aid 20 was Number 1 at the time though. I think Steve's song was also on sale just after Christmas as well rather than the week before.
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Old 22-12-2009, 17:57
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The job has already been done, RATM took the Christmas no.1 slot..that is all that mattered/matters.
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:02
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That's pretty impressive, the campaign is over, the hype has gone, and yet it's still sold 40k and is in 2nd place.

Go RATM
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:53
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No the objective was to keep The X Factor winner off the Christmas Number One,thus saying to Mr Cowell that the Christmas Number One isnt his to promise to the winner
I don't really think Cowell cares about the Christmas number 1. He's about the money he's a smart man, he'll probably throw a curve ball next year by changing the week in which the x-factor single is released.
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Old 22-12-2009, 20:32
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Good for Joe, hope he gets his no.1
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Old 22-12-2009, 20:42
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Doesnt matter job is done, point proven, Cowell brought down a peg or two, alot of money going to charity, happy days.
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Old 22-12-2009, 22:26
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That's what I thought too!
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Old 22-12-2009, 22:41
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I don't really think Cowell cares about the Christmas number 1. He's about the money he's a smart man, he'll probably throw a curve ball next year by changing the week in which the x-factor single is released.
by one week
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Old 22-12-2009, 23:25
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If it was a christmas song I would have agreed with you. But it's not
As I've said before out of the 51 Christmas number Ones. 8 times it has been a Christmas song. Three of those were 'Do They Know Its Christmas' and Two of those were 'Mary's Boy Child' so only 5 individual Christmas songs have actually EVER been to number 1.
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Old 23-12-2009, 10:20
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maybe this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=barLaHrtvoM could get to No 1 this week
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Old 23-12-2009, 10:25
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The paper were claiming Chezza was gonna knock him off which i thought was odd and it is obviously untrue
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Old 23-12-2009, 11:29
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Wednesday Midweeks:

Singles
1 Joe McElderry
2 Rage Against The Machine
3 Lady GaGa
4 Cheryl Cole
5 Peter Kay

8 Journey

15 Cheryl Cole

21 Alexandra (BH)

27 JLS (EIL)

37 Leona
38 Leona


Albums
1 Michael Buble
2 Susan Boyle

5 JLS

9 Will Young
10 Cheryl Cole

13 Leona lewis

21 Alexandra
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