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Old 03-12-2011, 17:17
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^^This. I wrote a heated reply to the negative posters and then deleted it, having vented my spleen in the privacy of my own home rather than on the forum!

I have already pre-ordered the single and instructed my family that, if they don't know what to get me for Christmas, I don't mind how many copies I get. It's not available on iTunes yet, but I'll get it on there as well as soon as it is.

Let's make it a Christmas number one, because:[LIST][*]I ♥ Gareth Malone and want to adopt him. [*]The Royal British Legion is a great charity that I'm happy to support[*]The programme was marvellous, uplifting and heart-warming[*]It's a lovely song and deserves to be more widely heard[*]Anything that p1$$es off Simon Cowell is okay by me[/LIST]
I've been telling as many people as possible about this -it would be wonderful for it to be the Christmas No.1. Methinks Gareth Malone has a very long list of people who want to adopt him - I'm on it I love him and have thoroughly enjoyed all his series - he has a natural ability to get on with and inspire people from all walks of life simply by being positive and optimistic about everyone's ability to sing and the joys of singing.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:18
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Simon Cowell won't like this getting to No 1
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:28
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Simon Cowell won't like this getting to No 1
Well he can jog on in my opinion. He has no divine right to anything. Prior to him, we had proper Number 1's at Christmas time...especially during the 70s and 80s.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:31
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Simon Cowell won't like this getting to No 1
It may not get to No 1, but as has been pointed out, the main aim is fundraising, not a race to top the chart

Would be lovely if it did, though
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:33
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I think you are probably right. I don't think Gareth has any idea what an impact his TV programmes have on the viewers. He should know by now that literally millions of people love his transformations, but it's just one of his many quirks that he doesn't!

Gareth is simply marvellous. I love his shows, I love what he does. He is genuine...and that, for me, is the secret. He totally kicks all the rubbish, which Cowell peddles, into touch.

Let's have a genuine, original, credible Christmas Number 1 this year for a change...and raise money for worthy charities at the same time. I have already ordered my second copy!

The Military Wives Choir & Gareth Malone for Christmas Number 1 2011.
I've been telling as many people as possible about this -it would be wonderful for it to be the Christmas No.1. Methinks Gareth Malone has a very long list of people who want to adopt him - I'm on it I love him and have thoroughly enjoyed all his series - he has a natural ability to get on with and inspire people from all walks of life simply by being positive and optimistic about everyone's ability to sing and the joys of singing.
I completely agree with all these posts and am on the list of people who want to adopt Gareth, he has a good voice too and can play the piano beautifully ..... a very talented man I do like a man who can sing, dance or play a musical instrument, have just ordered the single and the DVD of the Military Wives Choir programme
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:38
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But those songs don't elicit tears. And a lot of these posts seem to say that the MW song produces floods of tears. Now that's what I call.... undignified.
I would have thought many of the songs mentioned often got people in tears, what's wrong with some tears anyway?
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:40
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Time and a place. You want people to see you cry? Why?

It's private grief.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:55
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Time and a place. You want people to see you cry? Why?

It's private grief.
I don't particularly want to see people cry - but it happens all the time even in public.
Just the other week on Remembrance Sunday there were many people in the streets crying - and lot of those were old enough to have been around in the 40's without being bothered about it being unseemly.
I've cried in the cinema at a film, on the train at a book and in stadiums at music- and sometimes just because at random stuff.
Being moved by something isnt the same as grief
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:01
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I don't particularly want to see people cry - but it happens all the time even in public.
Just the other week on Remembrance Sunday there were many people in the streets crying - and lot of those were old enough to have been around in the 40's without being bothered about it being unseemly.
I've cried in the cinema at a film, on the train at a book and in stadiums at music- and sometimes just because at random stuff.
Being moved by something isnt the same as grief
Absolutely right. I was in tears during Remembrance Sunday the minute the bands started up, during Children In Need...and especially when the soldiers returned to their families during Gareth's series...terribly emotive.

It is fine for us Brits to show emotion now. Diana taught us that.
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:04
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I don't particularly want to see people cry - but it happens all the time even in public.
Just the other week on Remembrance Sunday there were many people in the streets crying - and lot of those were old enough to have been around in the 40's without being bothered about it being unseemly.
I've cried in the cinema at a film, on the train at a book and in stadiums at music- and sometimes just because at random stuff.
Being moved by something isnt the same as grief
Totally agree. Great music is supposed to move you. Being moved is not the same as grief and I'm not aware that anyone has expressed the wish to intrude upon anyone's private grief.

I really don't see what the problem is. If people are moved by the song and you aren't then that's fine. They may not be moved by something that you do find deeply moving.
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:05
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I've been telling as many people as possible about this -it would be wonderful for it to be the Christmas No.1. Methinks Gareth Malone has a very long list of people who want to adopt him - I'm on it I love him and have thoroughly enjoyed all his series - he has a natural ability to get on with and inspire people from all walks of life simply by being positive and optimistic about everyone's ability to sing and the joys of singing.
I didn't have adoption in mind: if I can't steal Gareth to be my toyboy, I'd at least like to abduct him to be my personal singing teacher!

His work, to me, is the antithesis of all this X Factor cr@p and it would please me greatly if their song knocked the XF one off its presumed perch (as another one who's old enough to remember Christmas No. 1s "before XF").
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Old 07-12-2011, 17:52
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One paper is saying that the Military Wives Choir from "The Choir" will be performing in the Semi Final this Saturday. Their specially written song is going for the Christmas No.1.

Can anyone confirm that the they will be in the show ?
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Old 07-12-2011, 17:54
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One paper is saying that the Military Wives Choir from "The Choir" will be performing in the Semi Final this Saturday. Their specially written song is going for the Christmas No.1.

Can anyone confirm that the they will be in the show ?
Yeah they are definitely on and Vincent and Flavia are dancing a showdance to them

Here is another thread which had slipped back the pages with more info..

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...military+wives
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Old 07-12-2011, 17:56
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Yeah they are definitely on and Vincent and Flavia are dancing a showdance to them
That will be good.
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Old 07-12-2011, 17:56
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Another thread said they would be on the results show.

Which, of course, is still Saturday!
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Old 07-12-2011, 18:06
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great that they may well be the xmas no 1
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Old 07-12-2011, 18:23
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Are we getting the results on Saturday...LIVE or are the results on Sunday as usual? It would be lovely if it all happened on one show.
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Old 07-12-2011, 19:19
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Are we getting the results on Saturday...LIVE or are the results on Sunday as usual? It would be lovely if it all happened on one show.
IIRC last year the results show was on the same night but Moira Ross said on Chris Evans show that the results show would be shown on Sunday this year.
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Old 07-12-2011, 19:22
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IIRC last year the results show was on the same night but Moira Ross said on Chris Evans show that the results show would be shown on Sunday this year.
Oh bummer. I love it when it is LIVE. Pre-record isn't so good is it.
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Old 07-12-2011, 20:02
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I thought they were going to be on last Sunday.
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Old 08-12-2011, 00:18
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But those songs don't elicit tears. And a lot of these posts seem to say that the MW song produces floods of tears. Now that's what I call.... undignified.
Oh yes, the songs during WW2, did elicit tears, I know I was around at the time, although quite young.
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Old 08-12-2011, 09:15
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Thanks for posting the clip.

It is a lovely song and I know the background, so I will buy it to show my support. But I wish they had chosen something that would be sung by choirs for years to come, rather than a song for one special occasion or one special purpose. I know getting that balance right isn't easy, but I'd love it to have a longer life than I suspect it will have. Hope this makes sense.
This isn't a criticism, so please don't be offended. As someone who has served and who's living with someone who still does I can say that even though certain songs and poems were written specifically for one conflict doesn't mean they aren't applicable for all.

eg. Dulce et decorum est (Owen)

In Flanders Fields (John McCrae)

Tommy (Kipling)*

War is war. The politics, haircuts, uniforms and weapons change, but the sentiments, fear and sense of loss and waste does not.

Here's to the military wives. My Mum was one too, and but I thank God she didn't join a choir. She's tone deaf!

*Quite apt for some of the posters on this thread... ahem.
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Old 08-12-2011, 15:37
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I thought they were going to be on last Sunday.
So did I!
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Old 11-12-2011, 16:04
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Just a reminder that the Military Wives are singing in the Results Show tonight.
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Old 11-12-2011, 16:30
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Just a reminder that the Military Wives are singing in the Results Show tonight.
Brilliant...thank you...and people, it is starting at 6.55pm so that it doesn't clash with a certain show on the other side.

Wherever You Are Updates & Current Placings...

HMV (CDS) : currently sitting at No.1 on pre-orders alone.
Play (MP3/CDS) : currently sitting at No.1 on pre-orders alone.
Amazon (CDS) : currently sitting at No.1 on pre-orders alone.
iTunes : Not sure at the moment.

CDS = CD Single
MP3 = Digital Download
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