Rage against the Machine for Christmas No 1

[Crisp Sandwich]

Wahey!

Nice one.

 

[The Dutch Gold Kid]

I think this facebook campaign is really tedious though, and the song they chose to front it is ridiculous.
X-Factor will be number one this Christmas, and next Christmas and maybe the Christmas after that and facebook campaigns won't ever change that.

 

[corkman34]

 

[Haro]

By persuing this, they're just legitimising something that's been obsolete and irrelevant for some years now - The charts.

Why do people want to judge the merits of music based on how many teenage girls/sheep buy it?

I genuinely feel sorry for them in that they will never understand real music, condemned to a life of radio listening, their loss is incalculable.

How is it legitamising it when it's showing how easily it can be disrupted by a hashed together facebook campaign? Come on.

 

[corkman34]

 

[corkman34]

 

[corkman34]

 

[rubbish mouth breath]

 

[Jim Comic]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
Sunday, December 20, 2009
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE THANKS ‘EVERY FAN AND FREEDOM FIGHTER’ FOR ‘THE ANARCHY CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF 2009’:
NO. 1 CHRISTMAS SONG UPSET VICTORY
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LOS ANGELES – RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE issued the following statement today in response to the band’s upset victory this afternoon in the historic people’s campaign to beat Simon Cowell for Britain’s No. 1 Christmas single to raise money and awareness for homelessness:
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“Rage Against the Machine is honored to have been drafted by this historic grassroots campaign to make our song ‘Killing in the Name’ the No. 1 song on the UK Christmas Week pop chart. This is a huge victory by and for fans of real music and we extend our heartfelt thanks to every fan and freedom fighter who helped make our anthem of defiance and rebellion the Anarchy Christmas Miracle of 2009.
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“As promised we will play a free concert in the UK in celebration of this incredible upset victory over the heavily favored X-Factor single. We are also pleased that so much money has been raised for homeless charity Shelter and are happy to donate as well to aid this important cause. While there are many lessons that can be drawn from this historic upset, the main one is this: that ordinary people, banding together in solidarity, can change ANYTHING, be it the pop charts or the world.”
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The song, first released in 1992, sold more than 500,000 copies in the week leading up to the end of business yesterday to beat*X Factor winner*Joe McElderry's*“The Climb”*to the top of the chart, the*Official Charts Company*announced today.
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McElderry*achieved sales of 450,000 - although sales of his CD fell away over the past couple of days. In taking the title for 2009,*“Killing in the Name”*also sets two new landmarks, becoming the UK's first download-only Christmas number one and notching up the biggest one-week download sales total in British chart history.
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Rage Against the Machine*led the race for number one from the beginning of the week. By Friday morning,*according to the Official Charts Company, Rage Against the Machine*held the advantage by just 9,000 copies. But*“Killing in the Name”*went on to sell 200,000 copies across Friday and yesterday to emerge victorious.
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PLEASE NOTE: This will be the only statement Rage Against the Machine will make at this time.
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[Haro]

I don't like how every smartass is using this as an excuse to be clever. It always rubs me the wrong way - people who do sweet fuck all towards anything acting like everyone's a hypocrite for participating in something. At worst it's a bit of fun.