RAGGGGggeeee!!!!!

[Feek]

Originally Posted by Kitten

I wish 'Mr Hanky, the Christmas poo' was #1.

Number two, surely?

[Kitten]

[Jingo]

*loves south park and all toilet humour*

[petemc]

Originally Posted by Stan_Lite

Your irony detector is functioning then

In that case, the irony of half a million people buying a record because it has been hyped in order to topple another record that has been hyped won't have escaped you.

Yes yes yes and the lyrics are "I won't do what you tell me" which I'm surprised no-ones been jumping up n down about in the thread yet I know why I bought it. I know why my friends bought it, same reason as me. So not every single person fits into that stereotype. I'm still waiting for someone to bitch about it not being xmasy enough too

[Jingo]

Zach De La Rocha's beard is too dark to be Santa'ish!

[Pumpkinstew]

Originally Posted by Kitten

I wish 'Mr Hanky, the Christmas poo' was #1.

There's always next year. Start a Facebook group around the middle of November and see how it goes.

Of course lots of other people will probably do the same. You'll probably need some way of whittling all the Facebook group contenders down. Some sort of 12 week rolling elimination system would probably do it.

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Pumpkinstew

There's always next year. Start a Facebook group around the middle of November and see how it goes.

Of course lots of other people will probably do the same. You'll probably need some way of whittling all the Facebook group contenders down. Some sort of 12 week rolling elimination system would probably do it.

I really, really, don't care enough!

I just heard that song though, it's not really very Christmassy, is it?

Oh and..
clicky

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Kitten

I just heard that song though, it's not really very Christmassy, is it?

Not in the slightest, but I think this sums it up as a choice

'Rage Against The Machine may not be the ideal expression of the Christmas spirit - and many people will have preferred a more appropriate song to top the festive charts, but their anti-corporate message proved a perfect vehicle through which to register such a powerful protest.'

Fair play I wonder what jobs he offered them and why they turned them down.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

I'm not so sure. Rock/metal is spread out over a huge number of bands. Where pop only seems to have a few artists at a time, which are high profile with massive PR and advert campaigns. It would be interesting to see some sale figures. You may well be right.

In no small part it's because pop targets the 'tweenagers' who have a lot of disposable income who buy singles on a large scale. Once they get past that time people have tended to gravitate towards albums rather than just singles. The tweenagers are the ones that heavily influence the music industry and the charts, and it's only logical that business and PR significantly targets that market.

That said, iTunes is starting to have an influence on how older people buy their music, encouraging a bit more of the singles approach (which sucks as far as I'm concerned, because good albums involve a musical journey, and it's impossible to do that in a single)

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

Not in the slightest, but I think this sums it up as a choice

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