who do people think will win xmas number 1 this year?
Xmas No 1
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I'm still thinking Mariah Carey because of how well it's already doing on Spotify, and those streaming numbers are only going to increase as we get closer to Christmas.
The only way a charity single could be Christmas #1 is if Good Morning Britain create a campaign to get said charity single to #1. It worked last year with the NHS Choir so who knows.
The only way a charity single could be Christmas #1 is if Good Morning Britain create a campaign to get said charity single to #1. It worked last year with the NHS Choir so who knows.
Probably too late for Greg Lake but it would be honourable and deserved, seeing as it's the best Christmas single ever.
Originally Posted by Kid B:
“Probably too late for Greg Lake but it would be honourable and deserved, seeing as it's the best Christmas single ever.”
“Probably too late for Greg Lake but it would be honourable and deserved, seeing as it's the best Christmas single ever.”
It was hovering in the 40's on I-Tunes but falling now.
Originally Posted by JohnStannard:
“who do people think will win xmas number 1 this year?”
“who do people think will win xmas number 1 this year?”
I would love it to be the Greg Lake song, it will probably be some pointless rubbish instead.
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“It was hovering in the 40's on I-Tunes but falling now.”
“It was hovering in the 40's on I-Tunes but falling now.”
There's the rub Elvis - iTunes this and download chart that - I miss the bona fide TOTP chart - one size fits all etc - but I'm a mere dinosaur now in the lost world
Originally Posted by Hitstastic:
“I'm still thinking Mariah Carey because of how well it's already doing on Spotify, and those streaming numbers are only going to increase as we get closer to Christmas.
The only way a charity single could be Christmas #1 is if Good Morning Britain create a campaign to get said charity single to #1. It worked last year with the NHS Choir so who knows.”
“I'm still thinking Mariah Carey because of how well it's already doing on Spotify, and those streaming numbers are only going to increase as we get closer to Christmas.
The only way a charity single could be Christmas #1 is if Good Morning Britain create a campaign to get said charity single to #1. It worked last year with the NHS Choir so who knows.”
It could happen but I suspect Mariah will fall short because she isn't doing as well on downloads. She might manage 40-50k's worth of streams in Christmas week but only do 5k of downloads which probably won't be enough to get her to #1.
Not sure who's actually going to manage it. The Zayn and Louis singles I suspect will fizzle out quickly. Maybe Rockabye can hold on. Not sure if anything else is coming out other than The X Factor winner. People are being too quick to rule that out I think - if it's a good song it'll do better than last year, and with the deal they have with Spotify it'll probably be prominent on its playlists.
Originally Posted by Kid B:
“Probably too late for Greg Lake but it would be honourable and deserved, seeing as it's the best Christmas single ever.”
“Probably too late for Greg Lake but it would be honourable and deserved, seeing as it's the best Christmas single ever.”
One problem with it is that is actually an anti-Christmas song.
Originally Posted by Hitstastic:
“The only way a charity single could be Christmas #1 is if Good Morning Britain create a campaign to get said charity single to #1. It worked last year with the NHS Choir so who knows.”
“The only way a charity single could be Christmas #1 is if Good Morning Britain create a campaign to get said charity single to #1. It worked last year with the NHS Choir so who knows.”
I thought it was because Justin Bieber tweeted "For 1 week it’s ok not be #1. Let’s do the right thing & help them win. It’s Christmas." (If it wasn't, it's a massive coincidence how it jumped above him.)
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“One problem with it is that is actually an anti-Christmas song.”
“One problem with it is that is actually an anti-Christmas song.”
It has been misinterpreted by some like that including yourself but it really isn't...
http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/the-...-christmas-833
Quote:
“Sinfield: Some of it was based on an actual thing in my life when I was eight-years-old, and came downstairs to see this wonderful Christmas tree that my mother had done. I was that little boy. Then it goes from there into a wider thing about how people are brainwashed into stuff. Then I thought, ‘This is getting a bit depressing. I’d better have a hopeful, cheerful verse at the end.’ That’s the bit where me and Greg would’ve sat together and done it. And then I twisted the whole thing with the last line, “The Christmas you get, you deserve”, which was a play on “The government you get, you deserve”. I didn’t necessarily explain all the politics or the thoughts behind it. It’s not anti-religious. It’s a humanist thing, I suppose. It’s not an atheist Christmas song, as some have said.”
“Sinfield: Some of it was based on an actual thing in my life when I was eight-years-old, and came downstairs to see this wonderful Christmas tree that my mother had done. I was that little boy. Then it goes from there into a wider thing about how people are brainwashed into stuff. Then I thought, ‘This is getting a bit depressing. I’d better have a hopeful, cheerful verse at the end.’ That’s the bit where me and Greg would’ve sat together and done it. And then I twisted the whole thing with the last line, “The Christmas you get, you deserve”, which was a play on “The government you get, you deserve”. I didn’t necessarily explain all the politics or the thoughts behind it. It’s not anti-religious. It’s a humanist thing, I suppose. It’s not an atheist Christmas song, as some have said.”
http://blogcritics.org/i-believe-in-...christmas-one/
Quote:
“Featuring some delicate acoustic guitar work, the tune begins as a pretty homage to Christmas, but soon turns dark: “They said there’ll be peace on earth/But instead it just kept on raining/A veil of tears for the virgin’s birth,” Lake croons. As the track progresses, it’s clear that the narrator believes that the “dream” or image of Christmas rings false: “And I believed in Father Christmas… Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn/And I saw him and through his disguise.” Yes, “Deck the Halls” this isn’t.
The final verses take an even darker turn; after wishing the listener love, peace, and happiness, the song comes to a crashing end with these two lines: “Hallelujah noel be it heaven or hell/The Christmas you get you deserve.” While this sentiment may send a shiver down the spine, Lake has stated that this was not his intention. According to a sound clip on Lake’s website, Lake stated that it sometimes brings some strange reactions. Some people have said it’s anti-religious… but in reality it’s really about objecting to the commerciality of Christmas and trying to remind people basically ‘the Christmas you get you deserve.’ It’s all about giving; it’s the joy of giving. That was the real intention of the song.”
“Featuring some delicate acoustic guitar work, the tune begins as a pretty homage to Christmas, but soon turns dark: “They said there’ll be peace on earth/But instead it just kept on raining/A veil of tears for the virgin’s birth,” Lake croons. As the track progresses, it’s clear that the narrator believes that the “dream” or image of Christmas rings false: “And I believed in Father Christmas… Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn/And I saw him and through his disguise.” Yes, “Deck the Halls” this isn’t.
The final verses take an even darker turn; after wishing the listener love, peace, and happiness, the song comes to a crashing end with these two lines: “Hallelujah noel be it heaven or hell/The Christmas you get you deserve.” While this sentiment may send a shiver down the spine, Lake has stated that this was not his intention. According to a sound clip on Lake’s website, Lake stated that it sometimes brings some strange reactions. Some people have said it’s anti-religious… but in reality it’s really about objecting to the commerciality of Christmas and trying to remind people basically ‘the Christmas you get you deserve.’ It’s all about giving; it’s the joy of giving. That was the real intention of the song.”
#nuffsaid
Originally Posted by Kid B:
“There's the rub Elvis - iTunes this and download chart that - I miss the bona fide TOTP chart - one size fits all etc - but I'm a mere dinosaur now in the lost world”
“There's the rub Elvis - iTunes this and download chart that - I miss the bona fide TOTP chart - one size fits all etc - but I'm a mere dinosaur now in the lost world
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Agree totally with you. Of course downloads count as they are purchases after all and very few if any actual CD singles are released now. Don't think streaming should count though as they're not buying music, only listening to it over and over again.
Originally Posted by EStaffs90:
“I thought it was because Justin Bieber tweeted "For 1 week it’s ok not be #1. Let’s do the right thing & help them win. It’s Christmas." (If it wasn't, it's a massive coincidence how it jumped above him.)”
“I thought it was because Justin Bieber tweeted "For 1 week it’s ok not be #1. Let’s do the right thing & help them win. It’s Christmas." (If it wasn't, it's a massive coincidence how it jumped above him.)”
The biggest joke about last years Xmas number one is that it made history the following week for all the wrong reasons. It fell from 1 to 29 making it the biggest drop from number one in chart history. I don't think that will feature in the upcoming film about the NHS choir story!
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“Agree totally with you. Of course downloads count as they are purchases after all and very few if any actual CD singles are released now. Don't think streaming should count though as they're not buying music, only listening to it over and over again.”
“Agree totally with you. Of course downloads count as they are purchases after all and very few if any actual CD singles are released now. Don't think streaming should count though as they're not buying music, only listening to it over and over again.
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Official downloads, yes, like the occasional song I will purchase from iTunes or Amazon for 99p but there is still a huge amount of illegal downloading and file-sharing as we know.
Your point about streaming, I know little about this - would that mean something like Spotify?
And on my main gripe, schoolchildren are probably having to Google things like "cassette tape" and think that VHS is probably something they may not want to catch.
Originally Posted by Kid B:
“Official downloads, yes, like the occasional song I will purchase from iTunes or Amazon for 99p but there is still a huge amount of illegal downloading and file-sharing as we know.
Your point about streaming, I know little about this - would that mean something like Spotify?
And on my main gripe, schoolchildren are probably having to Google things like "cassette tape" and think that VHS is probably something they may not want to catch.”
“Official downloads, yes, like the occasional song I will purchase from iTunes or Amazon for 99p but there is still a huge amount of illegal downloading and file-sharing as we know.
Your point about streaming, I know little about this - would that mean something like Spotify?
And on my main gripe, schoolchildren are probably having to Google things like "cassette tape" and think that VHS is probably something they may not want to catch.
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Yes but illegal downloading doesn't count towards the charts anyway. Yes streaming like Spotify which you pay to just listen to a song but there are ways I'm told to get round actually paying at all.
The hormonal teens must sit all evening and weekends listening to the same songs over and over again. That's why Drake was No.1 for 15 weeks this year and Justin Bieber had several No.1's in a short space of time last year too. If you don't do loads of streams these days you've no chance of a high chart position.
LOL at your points about schoolkids. Most won't know either what an LP or vinyl single is.
Even twenty years ago a teenager got confused at a party by being asked to play a vinyl single rather than a CD when she tried putting the needle in the middle of the record! 
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“The hormonal teens must sit all evening and weekends listening to the same songs over and over again. That's why Drake was No.1 for 15 weeks”
“The hormonal teens must sit all evening and weekends listening to the same songs over and over again. That's why Drake was No.1 for 15 weeks”
Yes, which can bring me (or anyone) to the point about 'where is the talent these days?' - I've heard of Drake but doubt whether he could pen something like Bohemian Rhapsody.
But just this past couple of weeks I've discovered two absolute (to me anyway) gems that no doubt the kids today are crowing about - Calum Scott and Jess Glynne (neither are on Now 95 strangely though), so there maybe is isolated talent across the modern genres but what I hear mostly is old choons sampled to death and then mixed into something that's well, pretty bland. I guess even that is a sweeping generalisation because I have heard a mere microcosm of the whole spectrum but you know what I'm getting it, the old "they don't make songs like that anymore" chestnut.
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“I have Jess Glynne's album I Cry When I Laugh which came out in 2015 and it's very good.”
“I have Jess Glynne's album I Cry When I Laugh which came out in 2015 and it's very good.”
Maybe "Take Me Home" is on it? I adore it!
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