Comments on: #MusicMonday – Rage Against Crap Music: #1 UK Christmas Hit Group Effort Against Simon Cowell

By: kimayou Meigui

kimayou Meigui — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:51:05 +0000

Good points on both parts. I like that 2009 will have that glitch of typical music chosen for the holidays. Yet, as Ryan pointed out it does seem to be contrary to the very message being attempted.
Rose

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By: Kate Sedgwick

Kate Sedgwick — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:15:52 +0000

I like what you have to say, but I think if they had picked a Crass song it wouldn’t have taken off the way it did.

You’re right, though. I’m not really a fan of Rage against the Machine, but I like the idea of the song showing up in an unexpected way.

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By: Ryan M.

Ryan M. — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:54:23 +0000

I was gonna say something like this, but Antiquiet.com said it better:

“Both Simon Cowell’s Syco Music and Epic, who gets the checks for RATM sales in the UK, are owned by Sony Music.

We love Rage and appreciate the sentiment, but we have to call this for what it is: a bunch of people into one particular type of popular music, picking a pointless fight with another type of popular music, driving sales of popular music up briefly, and putting more money into the very machine they think they’re raging against. It wasn’t conceived in a boardroom, but had it have been, someone would be looking good for a promotion right about now.

Could we not have picked an independent artist’s song for the battle cry?”

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