Rage Against the Machine is still in the lead in the race for the Xmas #1 against Plop Factor's offering according to the Beeb. You can get yours at Amazon.co.uk for 29p although you shouldn't buy more than one because this is likely to be discounted from the total.
I suppose it's 28p that goes to Amazon instead of Simon Cowell, but I consider it well spent.
I suppose it's 28p that goes to Amazon instead of Simon Cowell, but I consider it well spent.
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He's catching on quick! While not exactly at him, at least at his stupid show.
Also, this page suggests you should donate to a good cause (as the X-Factor one does as well).
Or perhaps what it boils down to is that you'd rather they'd chosen a different song for their protest?
RatM have earned millions for themselves and for their corporate paymasters in a similar sort of way to the X Factor products. Preferring one to the other is preferring one flavour of soma to another. It may come across as more edgy and alternative, and may make purchasers feel they're being wildly exciting and rebellious, but it's no more than a corporate-sanctioned rebellion that allows the label to spread their brand a little further.
It wouldn't surprise me if Sony turned out to be lurking behind this campaign. It's a bit of a coincidence that the chosen song just happens to be by a band who's also owned by them.
Edited at 2009-12-15 04:24 pm (UTC)
It seems to me this campaign ought to be a protest against corporatizatio of music: in which case, RatM would be an unsuitable vehicle, because their music is just as corporatized as the X Factor's.
If on the other hand the campaign is just to express a preference for one form of corporatized music over another, then that seems to me a pretty worthless exercise.
Edited at 2009-12-15 04:44 pm (UTC)
On the other hand, I don't mind that corporations deliver music as long as, as for example in the case of RATM, the musicians are not bland pap.
Only in an airily opinionated sort of way, after all it's not me who went out and spent 28p on it ;-)
A campaign that just said "Don't buy Cowell's stuff" would probably just lead to more people buying his stuff, although I'm not sure he could have any more publicity.
And in that regard whether RATM get #1 or not (and I hope that they do) the campaign has been a success. This has been the first fight for the Xmas #1 for years and it's made many people actually interested in the chart again. Myself included.