rage against the x-factor - Outcome: RATM is the Christmas Number One!

ahhh that is good news. i'm not sure i aspire to some of the opinions behind this, but i bought the track as i like the band and i'm sick of hearing the same old crap on the radio all the time - it makes a very welcome change and at the very least has provided for a memorable Christmas #1 for a change

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Kenai said:
That's not the point though, you're just becoming exactly what you campaigned against just because you happen to like this style of music better.
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Not really there's a big difference between an original band and some kid winning a glorified karaoke contest using other peoples songs.
 
Some people just can't understand that some bands out there are much more than music.

What they represent is presented through their music, music is 2nd to their message and RATM are one of those bands.

Them and XFactor couldn't be further apart
 
DampCat said:
I thought the BBC were supposed to be un-biased?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8419446.stm
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I've also found it strange that outlets such as the BBC and the Daily Mail have referred to the track Killing In The Name as being "anti-X Factor", as the song itself was written more than ten years before the X Factor franchise was conceived, and in itself holds nothing against such talent shows.

The campaign was most definitely anti-X Factor, but the song itself wasn't :confused:
 
As I was unfortunately laying laminate flooring without so much as a radio, and o2's 3G network seems to have bundled under all the snow, I missed the 10 pages of "TENSION!!" earlier, though reading them back is pretty funny.

So, my fashionably late addition to the thread..

GET IN!!! :D :D :D

Now playing the track full belt on the geetar. Neighbours are loving it.
 
Very good balanced article in my opinion.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091220/ten-web-crusade-stops-british-christmas-a56114e.html
An Internet campaign to stop the winner of Britain's top television show from once again claiming the coveted Christmas number one single triumphed against the odds Sunday.

US rap metal band Rage Against The Machine's expletive-ridden 1992 hit "Killing In The Name", which has lyrics about rebelling against control, saw off Joe McElderry, the winner of this year's "The X Factor" singing contest, in the battle for the festive top spot.

A campaign on the social networking website Facebook was set up in a bid to stop student McElderry's version of "The Climb" from becoming a fifth straight "X Factor" shoo-in for the Christmas number one slot.

"Killing In The Name" sold more than 500,000 copies in the past week while "The Climb" sold 450,000.

"Killing In The Name" is the first download-only Christmas number one, and achieved the biggest download sales total in a first week ever in the British charts.

"As we have seen in recent years, overhauling any 'X Factor' winner in the race for the Christmas number one is no mean achievement," said The Official UK Charts Company's managing director Martin Talbot.

"The popular support we have seen for the record this week has been truly amazing."

Rage Against the Machine vocalist Zack de la Rocha told BBC radio: "We are very ecstatic and excited about the song reaching number one.

"It says more about the spontaneous action taken by young people throughout the UK to topple this very sterile pop monopoly and less about the song and the band. We are very proud to have had the song chosen as the vehicle by which to do this."

McElderry, 18, said: "Fair play to the guys who have organised the Facebook campaign -- it's been exciting to be part of a much-hyped battle."

He added: "This time last year I never thought for one minute that I'd win 'The X Factor', never mind about having a debut single out, so I'm just delighted to be in the charts."

Pop mogul Simon Cowell, the main force behind 'The X Factor', said: "I am gutted for Joe because a number one single meant a lot to him."

However, Cowell kept a hold on the album chart as Scottish singer Susan Boyle's debut "I Dreamed A Dream" remained at the top spot for a fourth straight week.

"This is a truly remarkable outcome -- possibly the greatest chart upset ever," said Gennaro Castaldo, spokesman for high street retailer HMV.

"This is all about the stunning impact of the Rage Against The Machine Internet campaign in galvanising music fans to protest against the dominance of the reality show in recent years.

"Rage Against The Machine may not be the ideal expression of the Christmas spirit -- and many people will have preferred a more appropriate song to top the festive charts, but their anti-corporate message proved a perfect vehicle through which to register such a powerful protest."

Over the decades,the Christmas period has traditionally seen sales surge and a contest for the top spot, though the last four years have all been comfortable victories for "The X Factor" winner.

The Beatles hold the record with four Christmas number ones; the band's bassist Paul McCartney has featured on a further three festive chart toppers.

"Do They Know It's Christmas?" has hit the top three times in different versions (1984, 1989 and 2004), while Queen's epic "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the only recording to have topped the charts twice (1975 and 1991).
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That's going to be the best XMAS ever!!!!! :)

RATM is one of my favourites band ever and I'd never think this would actually work.

(I am actualy quite ashamed as I watched xfactor for the first time this year but not planing again next year)
 
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