Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name for Christmas No. 1

[Axel]

Yes it does. RATM are every bit pop music, they have nothing of the underground to their name and just because they don't make the same noises as Enrique or 5ive or whoever else you class as pop doesn't make them not pop music. I don't get why people are so against having their preferred band classed in a certain way - if someone wants to call Tchaikovsky rap metal I don't really care, I like his stuff and will continue to no matter how mainstream it may or may not be, it doesn't bother me one single bit what tags anyone wants to give him.

I don't care how something is classed as long as it sounds good. What I am saying is that RATM doesn't sound like the pop genre. The pop genre being the kind of music that people like Joe and the ones you listed create... unless I'm mistaken, songs that they make aren't classified as anything like classical, rock, rap or whatever, but simply as 'pop'. And RATM are obviously not that popular if half the people in this thread are bad mouthing them.

[Wig44.]

6:45

That's when we find out. Fingers crossed, don't buy anything else as it won't count for the week

[kk.]

rage were winning by 850,000 downloads the other night

eight hundred and fifty? No. They ha only sold 300000 on Friday so that's not even possible lol

[kk.]

6:45

That's when we find out. Fingers crossed, don't buy anything else as it won't count for the week

I'm on an iphone so don't hate for double posting lol..

See, this again proves people are buying as they hate the x factor.. I am really really really hoping that if RATM get #1, they will then drop off the charts with very few sales, like less than 1000. That will prove who the 'real' Christmas number one is lol

[Black_Apalachi]

... what work has he done :S he sang an got a record contract handed to him
he has got right cocky since winning

qft

Well it's going to be very close then. I really hope Rage will win to give all these nay sayers a good shock. And that free gig sounds awesome.

Also, I saw a report earlier about Joe bad mouthing Rage Against the Machine because of this campaign. Really, what a little cocky ****. So now he is better than a band that is popular within it's own genre of music, and has been for what... almost 20 years now? He said something like they wouldn't get past the X Factor auditions - ye, no ****, it's a POP competition.

I know! And he even showed his arrogance in an interview the other day when he said, 'I haven't heard it actually, so I'll have to give it a listen'. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

... and just so people know, any POPULAR song is POP music..

That just says it all!!!!! The fact that a piece of music doesn't actually fit into any proper genre so is just labelled "pop" says exactly how I and all the "mindless RATM fans and bitter conformists who hate X-Factor" think about that sort of music.


At the end of the day, if Killing In The Name wins this, it is going to benefit a LOT of people, most importantly all the homeless people who just might have some sort of improvement to their Christmas time this year. Where as if Joe McElderry wins, a few people's wallets will expand a bit. So who's bitter now?


edit@kk's last post: Josh we know the reasons for all this. Stop acting as if we're saying RATM are in the charts for no reason. They said themselves that they are just honoured that their song happened to be chosen. Get over it please.

[kk.]

The peoples who wallets will expand are people who put out a charity single for the great ormand street hospital. Such spineless gits!!

N u Best have accepted me on fb ;l

[Misawa]

Sure, it's a good deed to donate money, but I still think the idea in general is wrong. And from what I heard the band say, not all the money is going to that charity, only some.

[Black_Apalachi]

The peoples who wallets will expand are people who put out a charity single for the great ormand street hospital. Such spineless gits!!

N u Best have accepted me on fb ;l

Joe's song isn't for charity :S. The group one is.

Sure, it's a good deed to donate money, but I still think the idea in general is wrong. And from what I heard the band say, not all the money is going to that charity, only some.

Yeah that's true. I think it's to be expected if they haven't done much over the last 20 years, and it's rumoured that they intend to do a free gig if they do win.

[Niall!]

What charts are they number 1/2 on? Because all I can see is Lady GaGa

[kk.]

Irish. The chart is aired at 4pm til 7