Normally I have zero time for chart music. Don't get me started on the empty, soul-less, commercial trash that is constantly spewed out by the likes of Simon Cowell and his industry pop whores, it grinds my gears in ways that few other things do.
But for once... FOR ONCE... I am compelled and captivated by the current race for the Xmas Number One (TM). Year after year this top spot has been a highly sought-after prize in the music biz but Simon Cowell has held it tight for the last 5 years with his X-Factor winners. He has utterly ruined the whole concept of the Xmas Number One and monopolized it shamelessly, turning the once-competitive position into his own money making playground.
But this year, a rebellion is rippling from the pages of Facebook and into the realm of the music world. There is a campaign to get Rage Against the Machine at Number One this Xmas. Simon Cowell has already publicly declared that the campaign is "stupid" (what he really means is that the music-buying public are stupid for not buying HIS brand of plastic throw-away pop crap). The clear winner is still a way off yet but if Rage gets to No.1 then it will be a victory for the democratic purchase of music downloads instead of the normal stranglehold that the industry has on the music young people buy.
I would so love to see Rage get the Xmas No.1 spot. Aside from being a fantastic way to upset Cowell the pop music fascist, it will make a complete mockery of the whole pop industry and show it for the shallow meaningless trash it really is. There's heaps of excellent music out there but people tend to have to explore genres and artists to discover it, but I've always maintained that the pop industry, led by the likes of Cowell and X-Factor, discourages this type of exploration and force-feeds the youth of today into a single pop music mindset.
I have bought my copy, so come on everyone, join the fun and KEEP X-FACTOR OFF THE NUMBER ONE SPOT! Dont' let X-Factor pop ruin your Xmas, get down to some heavy rocking this year
You can buy your copy of Rage Against the Machine's song called KILLING IN THE NAME on Amazon for 79p. Just 79p can keep Cowell away from the top spot this year!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Killing-In-The-Name/dp/B001I5GQYU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1260997684&sr=1-2