#1
Fiona (Fiona Lamont) wrote:
Posted on Wed, 9 December 2009 at 21:58
#2
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Hahah, gotta be done. Please remind us on the 13th!!
Posted on Wed, 9 December 2009 at 23:03
#3
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
this is stupid, its reeks of a record label set up as well, coincedence both killing in the name of was and the xfactor winners song will be released on sony records? i think not. either way sony have your money, the best way to send them a message would be for everyone to boycott buying single tracks altogether that week or buy something on an indie label.
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 01:04
#4
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
plus who gives a fuck about the charts nowadays?
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 01:07
#5
RoyBatty (Steve) wrote:
While I agree with you that the charts don’t mean fuckshit anymore, I think this is just a last gasp chance for us Oldsters (or Oldnesses or El Olderinos or Septuagenarians, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing) to act all young and rebellious. Ignore us; we’re out before midnight. ;-)
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 01:36
#6
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
you know what, i was wrong, im gunna buy it, if it does get to number one maybe xfactor will fuck off and die. plus the line ‘fuck you i wont do what you tell me’ sums up my feelings on alot of things in a blunt to the point way.
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 04:29
#7
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
I’m not going to buy it. I haven’t even known what’s been in the charts for years (other than having to be tortured by dirge like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, etc, etc appearing on or being mentioned on various shows).
Still, that’s a great song and it would be kind of amusing if it got to number one, so I hope this scheme (even though it probably is a money-making ploy by Sony) keeps X-Factor off number 1.
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 08:11
#8
chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
I heard about this on Rock Radio the other day…Sounds like a good way of keeping the Cowell machine from having the monopoly on xmas no1.
Yes, maybe the charts mean fuck all nowadays, but it’s just sickening and boring that every year it’s a Simon Cowell act that gets it. I’ll be joining in and buying it :)
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 10:59
#9
Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
I agree with the sentiment but its not really a song you’d want to sit down with your three year-old and sing along to. I am tempted to get it just to stop the Simon-Cowell-shit-machine but its a shame it comes to that.
No-one does decent Christmas songs any more, maybe they never did :-(
Last decent Christmas number 1? The Donnie Darko Tears for Fears cover?
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 11:22
#10
Spaceball 1 wrote:
|~Gimme Back My Brainsaw~| wrote:
plus the line ‘fuck you i wont do what you tell me’ sums up my feelings on alot of things in a blunt to the point way.
I’m pretty sure if you buy it there the actual line will be “BLANK you I won’t do what you tell me.” BLANKing censorship…
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 12:40 in reply to an earlier post
#11
Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 15:48
#12
fatboy wrote:
I don’t bother, no, refuse to download music because that’s one of the many reasons the industry is going down the shitter, hence the charts don’t mean much to me either.
But will I go against my own judgement to get Rage to piss over Cowell in the charts and down load the track?
Maybe
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 16:10
#13
smeghead (Anna) wrote:
They’ll never play it. RATM are an alternative band and as such it is dangeous to have too much chart exposure. Think I’m joking? Remember some dodgy girl band (can’t remember the name) doing RHCP and there is some god awful version of ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ I keep hearing in the gym with some crap warbler warbling over the top of it. I say keep it out of the charts. Before you know it you’ll get the Spice Girls doing a cover version of it and some spotty teenager will be churning it out Boyzone stylee in next year’s X Factor.
Personally, I’m going to live in a cave for the next couple of weeks to avoid it all. Just me, a bottle of Smirnoff and a Slade EP. Well, after all, it is Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssstttttttttttttttttttmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 18:28
#14
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
“Just me, a bottle of Smirnoff and a Slade EP”
Well, isn’t that what Xmas is really all about?
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 19:16
#15
glen wrote:
smeghead wrote:
They’ll never play it. RATM are an alternative band and as such it is dangeous to have too much chart exposure. Think I’m joking? Remember some dodgy girl band (can’t remember the name) doing RHCP and there is some god awful version of ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ I keep hearing in the gym with some crap warbler warbling over the top of it. I say keep it out of the charts. Before you know it you’ll get the Spice Girls doing a cover version of it and some spotty teenager will be churning it out Boyzone stylee in next year’s X Factor.
Personally, I’m going to live in a cave for the next couple of weeks to avoid it all. Just me, a bottle of Smirnoff and a Slade EP. Well, after all, it is Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssstttttttttttttttttttmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
its been on radio one all week (the censored version mind)
its starting to look very likely too, the xfactor xmas tune is gonna be a miley cyrus one (from what ive heard, isnt even her best)
i couldnt care less about the money or the sony nonsense, for me its a bit of fun, and a way of saying “fuckoff we dont want your mindless corporate, manufactured, cover version excuse of a song clogging the charts year after year”
what makes me laugh is cowell actually hit back saying “I also think it’s incredibly dismissive of the people who watch and enjoy the show… to treat our audiences as if they’re stupid and I don’t like that.”
LOL
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 19:52 in reply to an earlier post
#16
CarlOfHellacious! (carl) wrote:
Meh, it’s an overrated song from an overrated band.
I mean I’d much rather we did a ‘buy Screamager to make it number one’
Thats another song the rock fans know and like, and you know…it’s a pretty damn good one.
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 20:31
#17
glen wrote:
true true,
but it just doesnt quite stick it to the man like RATM
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 22:27
#18
CarlOfHellacious! (carl) wrote:
Posted on Thu, 10 December 2009 at 23:05
#19
Gav wrote:
Posted on Fri, 11 December 2009 at 08:29
#20
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Heh, quite amusing.
I like how he’s suggesting it spoils it for the X-Factor finalists as it might stop them getting a number one single. It’s not like they’ve done anything to deserve it anyway, or at least no more than someone who does karaoke in their local pub every weekend.
Still, as amusing as this is, it won’t get rid of the show or the millions of idiots who watch it, unfortunately.
Posted on Fri, 11 December 2009 at 08:39
#21
Gav wrote:
The whole thing was probably started by Cowell anyway - all those slobbering retards who sit transfixed (waits for the backlash from the x-factor loving wombles :p) week after week, but are too lazy / tight to actually buy the resulting single might be tempted into buying the x-factor one just because they feel sorry for whichever butlins redcoat wannabe actually wins it.
Someone hide Mrs. H’s knife collection ;)
Posted on Fri, 11 December 2009 at 08:45
#22
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Very true. This all adds attention to X-Factor, and like you say it could encourage more of the retard viewers to buy the X-Factor single. Oh well. The charts have been meaningless for years. The only two singles I bought this year were Crooked Timber and an old 3 Colours Red single - and both of those were just for the b-sides.
Posted on Fri, 11 December 2009 at 08:56
#23
Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
The whole thing is generating muchos publicity for Simon Cowell, and I think Gav’s right about the X-twactor baclash. Can’t imagine Simon’s really remotely upset.
Posted on Fri, 11 December 2009 at 11:19
#24
Gav wrote:
The fact that his smug little cuntyface and his two-styles for-the-price-of-one haircut is doing the news rounds is only going to be seen as a win in his eyes…
Posted on Fri, 11 December 2009 at 11:27
#25
glen wrote:
would be a nice way to end this shite decade, beating that fuckface cowell, hes crying about it already
plus the charity shelter is involved, and theyve almost raised 10k for it
Posted on Fri, 11 December 2009 at 23:01
#26
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
How do you do it so Shelter benefit?
Posted on Sat, 12 December 2009 at 02:07
#27
glen wrote:
Posted on Sat, 12 December 2009 at 11:48
#28
buffalo-boy wrote:
Cowell is moaning because it “treats their audience like they’re stupid”.
Hmmm, sorry to point out the obvious but THEY ARE FUCKING STUPID!!!!! Anyone who buys music because simon Cowell tells them to is a real loser! Cowell isn’t the enemy here - its the stupid record buying public, what a bunch of sheep!
Posted on Sat, 12 December 2009 at 13:12
#29
msd wrote:
Did they choose that song just because it has swearing in it? Seems to be cheapening the essence of RATM to me, sorry to be a spoilsport :-)
Posted on Sat, 12 December 2009 at 14:59
#30
caffeinebomb (Caffeine Bomb) wrote:
Well I suppose the sentiment is there, the idea being to tell the music industry that not everyone will buy what they’re told, although the irony isn’t lost on me that instead of buying the first thing they were told to buy, they will instead be buying the second thing they were told to buy instead!
In terms of a representative sampler to people who might be interested in RATM, it certainly doesn’t represent their best work, but it was the song that inroduced me to RATM at a tender age, so it’ll please a bunch of kids.
Posted on Sat, 12 December 2009 at 16:37
