Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[Chippy]

Christmas number one of 2009 is announced next Sunday.

Most expect Joe from X Factor to now get it, but will he?

Currently Rage Against the Machine is #1 on the itunes chart but as Chris Moyles knows, being in the top 10 on itunes doesn't mean you will be top ten when the results are out Sunday.

[DC]

im sick of fucking x factor and people who think the winner will be around making 'tracks' in 40 years time. i saw paul mccartney on there tonight in the pub. he'll be 30 years dead and they'll be playing his music, the winner this year and the rest will be long forgotten.

rage against the machine, at least they earned their fame. instead of relying on silly hormonal teenage girls to get them places.

[Ratscallion]

im sick of fucking x factor and people who think the winner will be around making 'tracks' in 40 years time. i saw paul mccartney on there tonight in the pub. he'll be 30 years dead and they'll be playing his music, the winner this year and the rest will be long forgotten.

rage against the machine, at least they earned their fame. instead of relying on silly hormonal teenage girls to get them places.

:yeahthat:

As much as I want Timmy Trendy to be number one, I know it ain't gonna be.. So Rage Against the Machine. Just something ANYTHING to beat X-Factor..

[Chippy]

Sweet, this morning Joe is 2nd and RATM is 1st

Somehow I don't see things staying that way.

[Nik B.]

Anything, ANYTHING but some more money to line Simons pockets with cash :grrr:

[Lucinda]

That RATM song is strangely missing from my collection, so I'll try to remember to buy it. I haven't bought a christmas week single for about 9 or 10 years, since it was a fairish race-albeit usually won by a manufactured pop group like the Spice Girls.

[Chippy]

The RATM campaign says that people should download the song on itunes...

Seeing that Joe is now above RATM in first place, it doesn't look good. And that doesn't even include physical says which RATM won't have hardly any of.

Syco wins again.

[Emma]

I will be actually physically purchasing Joe McElderry's single as opposed to downloading it...quite looking forwards to it! It's been a while since I've bought a CD.

[Robbie Keane]

Bought the RATM song from iTunes. If they win, Joe has said he'll be gutted. And then he'll probably cry. So buy RATM, as Joe crying would make it all worth it.

[Lucie]

I can understand how annoyed people must get with X Factor taking over the charts, but I don't think that buying another song just to spite them is right. It's not fair to stop Joe's chance to shine through buying RATM.

Fair enough, 'protest' and get your message across through Facebook groups and things, but it's unfair to take over the charts and take it away from him. Get your point across to Simon Cowell not Joe!

[DarkAngelMJH]

Bought the RATM song from iTunes. If they win, Joe has said he'll be gutted. And then he'll probably cry. So buy RATM, as Joe crying would make it all worth it.

Would be quite funny!

[Jono]

Simon Cowell still profits from Rage Against The Machine so hardly forces that "let's stick two fingers up at him" image.

[E*F*4L]

just boycott buying music at all & steal it by downloading it illegally.

i won't be buying any of them.

[Robbie Keane]

But Joe needs Rage to win, so that he can learn the hard way how the music industry can't always hand you something on a plate. Cowell believes the christmas #1 belongs to X-Factor, and they need to be shown that this is not the case.

[Lucinda]

I won't be buying anything off iTunes or physically. I shall be using one of the other legal music download sites for my purchase. Probably Amazon. It is near impossible to find physical CD singles these days. I like how it's possible for a song that hasn't been recently released to get into the chart, it makes it more realistic of people's listening. If you want to know what people are actually listening to week on week, the last.fm chart is the place to go. I don't believe that anyone has the right to a guaranteed spot at the top of the chart. Isn't the X-Factor supposed to be all about people (paying to) vote for who they think deserves to win?

[SeanMonty]

Ugh i think this rage against the machine thing is pathetic! Its a rubbish song and will ruin christmas! If they want to beat x factor why dont they choose a christmas song to do it with?! Or why doesn't x factor choose a christmas song as the winning single? Joe for number 1!

[DarkAngelMJH]

RATM is a great song I think you'll find, it's xfactor that is ruined the tradition of novelty songs at xmas. Bring back the days of Mr Blobby! haha

[craigh]

. Bring back the days of Mr Blobby!

Please don't

[SeanMonty]

Please don't

What about Bob the Builder?! O wait, i suppose he was number one last week

[craigh]

What about Bob the Builder?! O wait, i suppose he was number one last week

well him and a few mates:hahaha:

[Lucinda]

Both songs are 29p on Amazon and 2 different versions of the RATM song are number 1 and number 3. I reckon X Factor will still win it somehow though, as I have a feeling sales of the X Factor song will be more steady through the week while RATM sales will drop off.

I think it's making it more interesting and talked about than the Christmas number 1 'race' has been in years.

[Chippy]

I remember Chris Moyles twittering about getting close to Rihanna on the itunes album chart (in 3rd or 4th) and then come Sunday his album was 20-something-th.

Joe will get so many thousands of physical sales, RATM has no chance ever (sadly)

But its nice to see what happens

[DarkAngelMJH]

Please don't

It was a completely shite song but funny and the kind of song that people should be buying for their kids as a fun tune. One never to heard of again though haha.

[Chippy]

Didn't the tweenies once have a christmas number 1?

[Viv]

Neither song purchased, I'm afraid.

ps: Like your signature, Chippy!! :hahaha: