Comments on: Number 1s of 2009: 20 December 2009

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discount halloween costumes — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:52:46 +0000

I’m glad someone chose to finally shed light on this. I have contemplated it frequently.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:14:08 +0000

I actually watched mistletoe and wine for the choreography. At first I was very annoyed at you, but in the end I was laughing. Still 4 minutes of my life I wont get back.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:39:20 +0000

Cowell should have got McElderry to rush out a cover of ‘Killing in the name of’.

By: The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:49:37 +0000

[...] of course, hilarious. Here’s a couple of pieces worth chewing over. Firstly, here’s Paul O’Brien with an overview of the whole history of Christmas Number-1. Secondly, here’s Tom Ewing playfully listing the winners and the losers from the whole [...]

By: So apparently it’s Christmas Eve « Brad’s Oneiric Rantatorium

So apparently it’s Christmas Eve « Brad’s Oneiric Rantatorium — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:20:53 +0000

[...] there are other Christmas Miracles on hand today. My personal favorite is the way Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing In the Name” has claimed the #1 Christmas slot…, breaking the iron-fisted grip of The X [...]

By: Reboot

Reboot — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:33:21 +0000

The suggestion I saw from Brooker was to get a couple of 8-year olds, have them chant “Simon Cowell is shit” for 15 seconds, and sell it for 2p (or the bare minimum required to chart, if higher)

By: LiamK

LiamK — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:34:33 +0000

I like Charlie Brooker’s suggestion, that next year the campaign should be to get Joe’s single from this year to number 1.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:33:37 +0000

Even being an ocean away, this little tale of insurgency against corporate ownership of mass culture seems to me like a small christmas miracle. Rage Against The Machine’s music really suits the times, with the economic crisis and all that, as a reminder that this way, the way capitalism has turned out to be – it’s not the only way OR the right way, for that matter.

As politicians and governments keep spetacularly failing at the issues that humanity has to face at the begining of the 21st century, such as the erradication of poverty, the overall increase in mankind’s quality of life (not just a privilegd few) and the enviromental issues that have only been adressed so far in the “let’s look at the other way and hope it goes away manner”, popular insurgency and rebellion will become inevitable. Musicians and artists such as RATM have an important role in raising awareness for these issues, something way more important than cheesy poppy tunes that only provide trashy escapism for the masses.

By: SC

SC — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:23:56 +0000

Just like what happened in “Love Actually” with Billy Mack.

By: William George

William George — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:32:22 +0000

Y’know… I don’t disagree with the idea that all of the music Simon Cowell is associated with is complete crap.

But the way everyone is talking about this, Cowell seems to have a mass hypnosis ray that he fires upon an unsuspecting planet from his hidden fortress on the moon, making everyone buy this music before their good judgment takes back control and they spend their money on “real music”. We know that’s not true. He wouldn’t be able to keep putting it out if people didn’t keep buying it in droves. The fault for crap being popular is that everyone around you likes crap.

So long as everyone keeps lying their with their mouths wide open, and waving their money them, guys like Cowell happily keep pooping into it.