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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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 Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:45 am Post subject: The UK gets the best Christmas No.1 song ever.. RATM! |
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I really, really like this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8423340.stm
Corporate pop pap is silenced for once by people power.......
Rock band Rage Against The Machine has won the most competitive battle in years for the Christmas number one.
The band's single, Killing In The Name, sold 500,000 downloads beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry's The Climb by 50,000 copies to clinch the top spot.
Their success followed a Facebook campaign designed to prevent another X Factor number one.
One retailer said it was a "truly remarkable outcome - possibly the greatest chart upset ever".
Speaking on the Radio 1 chart show, Zack de la Rocha from Rage said: "We are very, very ecstatic about being number one."
He added it was an "incredible organic grassroots campaign". |
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ED209
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Khenan
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, I'd say they did a very poor job, indeed.... |
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falco
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:33 am Post subject: |
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I read about this at NME.com the yesterday. Truly remarkable. Even
though I've never particularly liked RATM that much, the spirit (and
politics) of their stuff I can identify with.
Truly a slap in the face of the hideous Simon Cowell pop-music-by-
numbers (s)hit factory. Makes you think there is hope in the world after
all.
- falco. |
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