Comments on: Music: Rage Against the Machine Second Favourites for UK Christmas Number 1

By: sarah

sarah — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:56:25 +0000

whos number one

By: jenni56

jenni56 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:41:59 +0000

the reason i want ratm to win is im fed up of havin music that is stupid and for morons forced down my throat every year and want it stop and not only that but the ragtm is a better song and opf better qaulity its not spoon fed to its listeners

By: Allie

Allie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:47:50 +0000

I’ve been waiting for somebody to take over the christmas number one from x-factor. But why RATM? I think the christmas number one should be a christmas song. Hopefully next year someone will release a christmas song, and set up a facebook promoting their song against x-factor.

By: Editor

Editor — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:18:09 +0000

That the chorus is “rather appropriate” for the anti-X Factor cause has little or nothing to do with the original motivation behind the RATM track.

In case you were wondering, we at The Global Herald do not think that Rage Against the Machine had a premonition in 1992 that, some 17 years later, their track would be needed in a fight for the UK Christmas Number 1.

The true meaning of the RATM track is unrelated to the purpose of this article, hence it is not mentioned.

By: .

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:59:09 +0000

for a start the song is about institutionalised racism in the police. So, ‘fuck you i wont do what you tell me’ has nothing to do about buying the record. durrrrrr.

By: facebook user

facebook user — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:05:24 +0000

the lyrics are not what matter in this campaign but if they are talked about then it has to be said that the people buying the ratm song are not doing what they are told they are opting out of free will to buy the track and they are not being forced to battle against the x factor winner they are doing it because they want to. may be they wouldn’t if some one like olly murs had won who was a bit different and was an entertainer not joe who has an incredible voice but nothing else no personality no stage presence and if you look at the pictures where he isn’t smiling he looks like evil its self

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:07:15 +0000

Define Irony:

“Users of social networking websites have been imploring their friends not to bow to peer pressure”

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:14:58 +0000

Robin: the idea that buyers of the RATM track are “just doing what they are told” misses the bigger picture. The choice for music lovers – as well as those of us opposed to the corporatism that creates manufactured performers – is whether Cowell’s superficial creations should be allowed to go unchallenged.

In fact, surely the hundreds of thousands of X-Factor viewers – though most surely would not regard themselves as easily manipulated – have done what a glossy soap-opera production told them to do? People are of course free to disagree on whether they like Rage Against The Machine – but the songwriting is their own, and the lyrics are sharp, intelligent, angry and political (just how music should be!). The X Factor single – no offence to McElderry intended – is the product of a cynical marketing machine. Covers require no further songwriting talent and are chosen for their saccharine and inoffensive content.

This perspective is not to detract from the singing abilities of the X Factor finalists – they can all hold a tune. But none of them (all guaranteed millionaires, say the papers) are likely to do anything to rock the boat, even if they find time to stop and wonder whether the machine will spit them out when the next sensation is created.

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:07:52 +0000

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