Rage Against The Machine For Xmas No.1!

Ieuanllan
Ieuanllan Posts: 152
edited December 2009 in The bottom bracket
The idea is, everyone buy 'Killing in the Name Of' between the 13th and the 20th, to stop X-Factor getting the xmas no.1.

You know this is a good idea!

http://bit.ly/inthename

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    F**k you, I wont do what you tell me.................... :twisted:
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    dmclite wrote:
    F**k you, I wont do what you tell me.................... :twisted:

    Exactly.... Don't do what Simon Cowell wants, do what some other t1t wants... :roll:

    This was a big fail last year, when the same t1t wanted everyone to buy a Rick Nasty single...
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    blap.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    least rage is a decent song!
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I'd rather x factor was no. 1 than those sixth form ranters. Terrible band. "Capitalism is like, bad and stuff, to find out how bad you'll have to buy my album, its out on sony!" Prats.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Yep they should have completely stuck to their guns and not signed with any record labels and never become popular and spread their message :roll:
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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    P.S. Journey for x mas number one.
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  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    I'd rather x factor was no. 1 than those sixth form ranters. Terrible band. "Capitalism is like, bad and stuff, to find out how bad you'll have to buy my album, its out on sony!" Prats.

    Well yeah, you kind of need money these days... At least they're singing about something interesting rather than whatever the tw@ts on sh1tfactor are on about. And you kind of need a record label to sell albums!

    People seem to have missed the point about getting Rage to Christmas no.1. It's not about not following a trend it's about bringing quality music to the forefront rather than the tripe that comes out of all these sh1tty music programmes.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Don't even think Rage were quality music. And they had that tedious "no electronic instruments" thing...

    As for them not being gigantic, rich as chuff hypocrites... well why not self release their records? Loads of bands with a genuine antiĉapitalist message manage it. Even if they didn't do that, there must be slightly less gigantic labels than Sony!

    My point is that their message is rendered worthless by the fact they coin it in off angry teenagers and live in mansions. They're basically sting with rap metal. At least x factor is honest... you know the money isgoing to make simon cowell even richer and that the contestants are just fame hungry idiots!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    It's about the music not whether they live in mansions or not. I think they write amazing and original metal songs with a bit of meaning which is more important to me then where they live. It's the music industry not politics.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Is being Number One the big thing it used to be nowadays ? Or am I just too old to care now ?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    I've got to say Rage Against The Machine is a pretty good band - better than the crap X-factor is. People who watch X-factor have no respect.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I'm no fan of either TBH
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • drewfromrisca
    drewfromrisca Posts: 1,165
    Hey they are big MTBers...should roadies vote for them :?:
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    It's never going to work.
  • Ieuanllan
    Ieuanllan Posts: 152
    Wow.
    Strong views!
  • emjayjay
    emjayjay Posts: 39
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Don't even think Rage were quality music. And they had that tedious "no electronic instruments" thing...

    Hi Goat,

    The tedious no electronic instruments thing was to show that it's possible to get all sorts of sounds out of a guitar without needing samplers, or keyboards. At this time there was a lot of dance music about, and for those people that wanted a guitar band, but weren't keen on the "Hair Metal" scene of the 80s, RATM were just what they were looking for. This predates the popularity of grunge too...

    emjayjay
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    I'm with Half Man Half Biscuit this year - It's Clichéd to be Cynical at Christmas.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    CHRISNOIR wrote:
    I'm with Half Man Half Biscuit this year - It's Clichéd to be Cynical at Christmas.

    They can generally be relied upon for words of wisdom on most things. I loved their Millenium album "Four Lads Who Shook The Wirral".

    In fact sod it, lets have an orchestrated campaign to make "All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit" number one!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • simonaspinall
    simonaspinall Posts: 645
    Surely having killer riffs is prefereable to (insert bland cover here) ?

    Alternatively - Adrian Edmonson and the Kaisers cover "Ever fallen in love????"

    with Van Halen providing a solo the song deserves - a 12 minute one. :D
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Sorry to ressurect this, I just read Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai on Twitter

    "RATM= Sony/BMG, X Factor= Sony/BMG. Yeah, that's really sticking it to the man. Christ the kids are fupping stupid"
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Not so sure that it's all about "sticking it to the man" though, apart from Cowell maybe. The RATM song was probably only chosen for its sweariness index.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    hopper1 wrote:
    This was a big fail last year, when the same t1t wanted everyone to buy a Rick Nasty single...

    Thought it got to number 2?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Killing In The Name happens to be a song I like
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  • amt27
    amt27 Posts: 320
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    "RATM= Sony/BMG, X Factor= Sony/BMG. Yeah, that's really sticking it to the man. Christ the kids are fupping stupid"

    beat me to it, but i think the point with this campaign is there are lots of people who don't like x-factor with diverse music tastes, who will band together to make a stand, these people are untouched by cowell's marketing machine,

    anyway the music industry is controlled by a few conglomerates, you can find a link like the one mentioned with pretty much every well known song,
  • Elektriksheep
    Elektriksheep Posts: 5
    There's been quite a lot of controversy about this, so just thought I'd clear this up in case anyone's interested....

    I HAVE JUST PHONED AMAZON ON THIS NUMBER: 0800 496 1081 AND CONFIRMED THAT THE 29P SALES DO COUNT TOWARDS THE CHARTS.

    So if anyone wants to support the cause, it only costs 29p from Amazon, here...

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001 ... d_i=468294

    Personally, I say BUY RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.

    DO IT EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, DO IT FOR REAL MUSIC, DO IT IN SUPPORT OF ALL THAT IS AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE, DO IT 'CAUSE IT'LL BE A LAUGH, IT'LL BE DIFFERENT, AND IT'LL BE MEMORABLE. DO IT TO PROVE THAT IT CAN BE DONE.

    Come on, people, get involved :O)
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    Elektriksheep wrote:
    DO IT TO PROVE THAT IT CAN BE DONE.
    I think that sums up the 'campaign' perfectly!! :)
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    "RATM= Sony/BMG, X Factor= Sony/BMG. Yeah, that's really sticking it to the man. Christ the kids are fupping stupid"

    Missing the point.

    Christ Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai is fupping stupid.
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Elektriksheep wrote:
    DO IT EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, DO IT FOR REAL MUSIC, DO IT IN SUPPORT OF ALL THAT IS AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE, DO IT 'CAUSE IT'LL BE A LAUGH, IT'LL BE DIFFERENT, AND IT'LL BE MEMORABLE. DO IT TO PROVE THAT IT CAN BE DONE.

    But when has xmas number one ever had anything to do with real music?

    At worst F Factor getting to no.1 is a minor irritation - I still never have to hear it...and I already own a copy of that Rage against The Machine track so why buy it again?
  • graemeho
    graemeho Posts: 36
    Look, we all have choice, X factor had 18 million people choosing to watch ... let folks choose what to do / who to buy.

    If successful this campaign will acheive little other than

    - impacting the life of a lovely young lad who does sing really well
    - irritating the 18m people who like x factor. but not changing their viewing habits.
    - making Simon Cowell even more powerful, thru the PR

    If for no other reason, give the guy ( Joe) a break.
    Imagine if he was your mate. How would you feel.

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