Rage Against X-Factor. Killing In The Name of for UK Xmas #1
Posted by DaveEllis
oh yeah, i know all about that Dave, how the song was just picked for no other particular reason. i was just commenting on how nicely that lyric could fit with the situation we find ourselves in, the RATM supporters buying the track cos the f/b group said so, and the tv viewers buying the winner's song cos Cowell said so.
i understand that any other song by any other artist could have been chosen to go against x factor, but by a fluke coincidence the song chosen has a lyric that fits nicely.
@ MikaH, search youtube for "Joe x factor the climb" or something, you should find the cover.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
i understand that any other song by any other artist could have been chosen to go against x factor, but by a fluke coincidence the song chosen has a lyric that fits nicely.
@ MikaH, search youtube for "Joe x factor the climb" or something, you should find the cover.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
WHAT???
OK, now I am in no way a Miley Cyrus fan, but taking that song to cover is genuine foul play. Miley recorded a lot of kiddie pop as "Hannah Montana", but last year she finally emerged as a singer in her own right and "The Climb" was her breakthrough song. It was the track that defined her as Miley Cyrus, not Hannah Montana.
For someone to take that song and cover it, especially someone who is only likely to be famous for a few months, is sticking a middle finger up to the importance of that song to the original artist.
Just imagine if you finally make it big with one of your own songs for the first time, only to have people forever refer to it as, "Oh, that's the song done by that nobody off X-Factor."
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What does this say about me, that I couldn't care less about RATM getting one over Simon Cowell but I'm incensed that someone's ripped off Miley Cyrus?
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OK, now I am in no way a Miley Cyrus fan, but taking that song to cover is genuine foul play. Miley recorded a lot of kiddie pop as "Hannah Montana", but last year she finally emerged as a singer in her own right and "The Climb" was her breakthrough song. It was the track that defined her as Miley Cyrus, not Hannah Montana.
For someone to take that song and cover it, especially someone who is only likely to be famous for a few months, is sticking a middle finger up to the importance of that song to the original artist.
Just imagine if you finally make it big with one of your own songs for the first time, only to have people forever refer to it as, "Oh, that's the song done by that nobody off X-Factor."
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What does this say about me, that I couldn't care less about RATM getting one over Simon Cowell but I'm incensed that someone's ripped off Miley Cyrus?
i'm fearing that this campaign is going to lose, as they said RATM is only up by about 10,000 copies today, and with the CD version of the winner's song coming out on wednesday, that'll catch, if not overtake, RATM. not everyone who joined the f/b group have bought it 
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Got to say I didnt expect it to be this big, and so I am quite happy to be proven wrong for this!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
i think it will take a campaign like this every year to stop it being a foregone conclusion, and unless we win, the whole thing will be forgotten by next christmas. and if there are campaigns like this in the future, people won't buy into it if it fails this time.
discussing this with someone at work today, she said it was just a harmless 3 minute song by the winner, and why should we stand in the way of it and make a big fuss over it. you just can't get through to some people, they can't see why we're doing this.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
discussing this with someone at work today, she said it was just a harmless 3 minute song by the winner, and why should we stand in the way of it and make a big fuss over it. you just can't get through to some people, they can't see why we're doing this.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Yesterday Kerrang! radio urged all of their listeners to go out and buy the track. There's hope yet.
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Just bought it!
Lol @ this!
and the xbox bandwagon alternative...
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/17/2009 02:25AM by danm.
and the xbox bandwagon alternative...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/17/2009 02:25AM by danm.
Hahaha, brilliant :D
Let's hope enough copies get bought to make it happen! It's got to be said, Radio 1 have been doing their bit as well - they've given this plenty of good publicity, and the song is getting played too - Nick Grimshaw played it on his show tonight, for example.
Let's hope enough copies get bought to make it happen! It's got to be said, Radio 1 have been doing their bit as well - they've given this plenty of good publicity, and the song is getting played too - Nick Grimshaw played it on his show tonight, for example.
Locke Cole Wrote:
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> For someone to take that song and cover it,
> especially someone who is only likely to be famous
> for a few months, is sticking a middle finger up
> to the importance of that song to the original
> artist.
I hope your were being sarcastic an i missed it, but, the song belongs to Simon Cowell. He can do what he wants with it. Cyrus didn't write it, Simon's pop factory wrote it, so she shouldnt feel any sentimental attachment to it. This is what the whole campaign is getting at, Cowell's company's puppetry of modern music.
Been listening to RATM all week. Forgot how much 'Freedom' and 'War Within a Breath' kick arse!
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> For someone to take that song and cover it,
> especially someone who is only likely to be famous
> for a few months, is sticking a middle finger up
> to the importance of that song to the original
> artist.
I hope your were being sarcastic an i missed it, but, the song belongs to Simon Cowell. He can do what he wants with it. Cyrus didn't write it, Simon's pop factory wrote it, so she shouldnt feel any sentimental attachment to it. This is what the whole campaign is getting at, Cowell's company's puppetry of modern music.
Been listening to RATM all week. Forgot how much 'Freedom' and 'War Within a Breath' kick arse!
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