Rage Against the Machine has got the X Factor

Give the power to have-nots, to dictate the shots

You people REALLY need to listen to this RATM album after buying the single.

Musically, the argument is pretty thin. A 17 year old song vs. a Miley Cyrus cover. Really, a friggin' Miley Cyrus cover? Why not just record some guy swallowing pound coins and farting out "Achy Breaky Heart"? Same thing really, the machine is just dumping its waste over the intelligence of the British public. Last time I checked music was about composition and artistry, originality and connection.

If Syco put some gloss, flashing lights, make up, a small army of backup dancers, a choir, a low light acoustic guitar and fog segment...and of course a slightly runny key change, you bleating sheep would buy it. That's the formula bitches, if you haven't figured that out by now then this campaign is about liberating you from your self.

Stupid and cynical campaign

You bet your fat hairy ass it is Simon!

You have built your reputation by being mean spirited and almost hurtful with your true opinion about the sheep, I mean contestants. The truth does indeed hurt.

NME blog Luke Loser

Firstly NME is for pussies, which is why Simon is on the cover.

Secondly Luke raises some useless points;

RATM are signed to major label
- That's how you get the message of "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" out to millions more than you can on an indie label.

Why a song owned by Sony which owns Cowell's SYCO?
- This campaign is bigger than Cowell. It is a slap in the face for all the machines that turn out all the garbage and expect you sheep to buy it and give it to your friends. It is about a small, feathery, elusive grasp at power. That some regular folks could have a real say for once.

Why Killing in the name, it has cursing in it?
- Yeah, not exactly Christmasy is it. Also Fuck you I won't do what you tell me, that is all. No other songs that I could think of has that line in it. Overall a great choice.

Why RATM?
- Because they embody the spirit of punk rock, an essentially British tradition. When the bloody fat-cat mainstream rock machine became overweight in the 70s, punk was there to stand up and pop music had a reboot. When the hair bands and glam boys of 80s rock became equally obese, Nirvana came along and ruined things for everybody. In the 90s hip hop at is Genesis did the same, oh how things have changed. Meanwhile over in Britain, the machine continued unchecked. The same neon-suit, piano tie wearing new wave jackasses who were around in the 80s never gave up the mantle of music mogul. As pop music became more urban, generated by the US, over here they shoved boy bands and girl bands down our throats. Not a punk revolution in sight.

A 17 year old song by a now disbanded American band spouting the virtues of leftist resistance and burning the stars and stripes has more relevance in modern Britain than any British band can muster.

British music is dead, but rest assured there are enough "music" magazines to cover the funeral.

X Factory more like!

An endless parade of semi-talented, cookie-cutter victims. That is what we have to put up with year after year. I have had enough and I want something else thanks.

Just for a laugh

For those who say that Christmas No 1 is just for a laugh and too much thinking and agitation has been caused by this campaign, I say "Fuck you I wont do what you tell me"!

The Chistmas No 1 has been a joke for the past 5 years. Imagine an ego tripping corporate windbag like Cowell cornering the "market" for automatic Christmas No 1s for a decade, maybe even more. What is wrong with that? Nothing you bleating sheep, absolutely nothing.

Why should I care, I don't listen to that stuff anyway? For those who think like this you really should buy the RATM single the most. It is latent programming, it is deciding what the news will be, what the radio airplay will be, what the advertisers will pay to support, what perfume you wear, what food you eat, what clothes you wear, what prejudices you maintain, what politics you buy into, what newspaper you read, what car you drive, what your children think, wear, talk about, and write to Santa asking for. It is tacit acceptance of a consumerist ignorance. It is an endorsement that in this era of 2.49 million unemployed British, that a handful of over bonused bankers and greedy money men can still control you.

You may not have bought any of the former X Factor singles, but I bet you know who they are and can probably hum one of their songs. Enjoy being force-fed? Maybe silly pop is not such a bad diet, but just think what else these folks are force-feeding you.

Joe is a nice guy

He seems like a nice kid with an average voice. He has a £1million recording deal so I would not worry too much about him. In fact, good luck to him.

Shelter

'Tis the season of giving so give God damn it!

If you didn't want your mind freed, you should not have put your head in the meat grinder. Thanks for reading my blog.