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**Dokescoonse** · 12-09-2009, 11:47 AM

Aye, but if you go on to read this http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

The campaign is just gonna fill Sony BMG's coffers even more. I hate xfactor so hard it makes me want to urinate, but I dont want to make the problem worse.

I'm sure the Sony corp really struggle around Christmas time anyway. That guy seems to have a problem with a choice of a 17 year old song? It's a classic track. I doubt anyone will remember any X-factor song in 17 years, certainly one that isn't even original, It's flippin' cover!
Funny thing is I didn't even know bookies had had to introduce a betting category so you can bet on the Christmas #1 without the X-factor being taken into consideration because they have it sown up. If even the bookies are having to change the game to get the punters to have a flutter you know it must be bad!

I was much like you, last year I bought Malcolm Middleton's 'We're all going to die' which aside from the title was a really great Christmas song, is was life affirming. But it was a wasted attempt, didn't even dent the top 20. As a Christmas song 'Killing in the Name' makes no sense, but who'd have thought 'Fairy Tale of New York' would be often cited as the greatest Christmas song in festive polls, but it is! However when people are out fighting in wars perhaps it makes perfect sense?

I don't care if I'm posting my hard earned money to Sony HQ, so long as the X-Factor gets a reality check, they are not the the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world and as they say' all that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing'.

12-09-2009, 11:47 AM	#3
Dokescoonse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 507 Senior Member	Aye, but if you go on to read this http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 The campaign is just gonna fill Sony BMG's coffers even more. I hate xfactor so hard it makes me want to urinate, but I dont want to make the problem worse. I'm sure the Sony corp really struggle around Christmas time anyway. That guy seems to have a problem with a choice of a 17 year old song? It's a classic track. I doubt anyone will remember any X-factor song in 17 years, certainly one that isn't even original, It's flippin' cover! Funny thing is I didn't even know bookies had had to introduce a betting category so you can bet on the Christmas #1 without the X-factor being taken into consideration because they have it sown up. If even the bookies are having to change the game to get the punters to have a flutter you know it must be bad! I was much like you, last year I bought Malcolm Middleton's 'We're all going to die' which aside from the title was a really great Christmas song, is was life affirming. But it was a wasted attempt, didn't even dent the top 20. As a Christmas song 'Killing in the Name' makes no sense, but who'd have thought 'Fairy Tale of New York' would be often cited as the greatest Christmas song in festive polls, but it is! However when people are out fighting in wars perhaps it makes perfect sense? I don't care if I'm posting my hard earned money to Sony HQ, so long as the X-Factor gets a reality check, they are not the the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world and as they say' all that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing'.
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