UK Christmas No 1 Song!

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UK Christmas No 1 Song!
OP - December 21, 2009, 05:45 AM

Quote from: CNN
London, England (CNN) -- Rage Against the Machine has claimed the prestigious No. 1 spot on the British singles chart on the last Sunday before Christmas, marking the first time in five years the winner of Simon Cowell's "X-Factor" has not won.

Joe McElderry's "The Climb" came in second, beaten by a huge online swell of support for "Killing in the Name," backed by a Facebook group with nearly 1 million members.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuOAY-S6OY

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/20/facebook.cowell.christmas/index.html?eref=rss_world&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_world+%28RSS%3A+World%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

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Re: UK Christmas No 1 Song!
Reply #1 - December 21, 2009, 06:27 AM

Quote from: RIBS on December 21, 2009, 05:45 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuOAY-S6OY

Love me some RATM.

Screw McElderry's Miley Cyrus cover.

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Re: UK Christmas No 1 Song!
Reply #2 - December 21, 2009, 06:38 AM

I would have preferred 'Sleep now in the fire"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu67yo-3jfw

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Reply #3 - December 21, 2009, 11:46 AM

I am SO glad Xfactor didn't steal the spotlight again this year with their crappy karaoke. Love this track.
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Reply #4 - December 21, 2009, 11:56 AM

I love the way Simon Cowell accused them of being like Scrooge, despite them donating all the proceeds to the homeless. That guy is such an arsehole.

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Reply #5 - December 21, 2009, 12:28 PM

I would love to hurt Cowell, maybe stick his oblong face in a vice and change it's shape - for starters, then the fun would start. I'll give him a Xmas number 1 alright

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Re: UK Christmas No 1 Song!
Reply #6 - December 21, 2009, 01:09 PM

Quote from: allat on December 21, 2009, 06:27 AM

Love me some RATM.

Their Guitar riffs are awesome!

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Re: UK Christmas No 1 Song!
Reply #7 - December 21, 2009, 03:45 PM

I love RATM.

Too bad they're Communists. (no offense Miss Namazie)

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Reply #8 - December 21, 2009, 04:06 PM

Awesome! Read about this in the NME the other day, nice to see RATM won.

Quote from: Kafirist on December 21, 2009, 03:45 PM
I love RATM.

Too bad they're Communists. (no offense Miss Namazie)

1. I'm not sure they are Communists. De La Rocha strongly supports the EZLN and flirted with the RCP (though I don't think he was ever a member), but always expressed more anarchist leanings than anything else. The most political member of the band is Tom Morello, who I also think flirted with the RCP, but, again, has expressed mostly pro-anarchist sentiments, and is an IWW supporter. Today describes himself as a "non-sectarian socialist" and mostly supports/advocates for labor unions, national liberation struggles, and other left-wing causes without regard to particular "party line". Not sure about the other two members of the band.

2. RATM's politics have helped made them what they are. Don't think they'd be the same without the radical political edge. Like The Clash or Public Enemy.

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Re: UK Christmas No 1 Song!
Reply #9 - December 22, 2009, 12:37 AM

Quote from: Kafirist on December 21, 2009, 03:45 PM
I love RATM.

Too bad they're Communists. (no offense Miss Namazie)

From what I understand, they're anarchists - some of them might be anarchocommunists

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Reply #10 - December 22, 2009, 12:55 AM

Edit: I teleteansported my post to the holy kopey kope appreciation thread...

http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=7937.0

See ya there!

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Re: UK Christmas No 1 Song!
Reply #11 - December 22, 2009, 12:56 AM

You RIBS take it to the Kope thread: http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=7937.0

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