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An odd British campaign has popped up this season to protest manufactured musical culture. It was expected that the #1 single in the UK for Christmas week would be a track by Joe McElderry, winner of Britain’s hugely popular TV talent Contest “The X Factor”. To protest music industry trends of pushing one bland pop band after another, music fans started a Facebook group determined to make the Rage Against the Machine’s song “Killing in the Name” the #1 single for Christmas week in the UK. Seems like they’re doing a pretty good job of it, too.
Hear Rage’s take on the whole thing here.
UPDATE
Rage Against the Machine has now announced that if their single wins, they will play a “massive free victory gig in the UK”. Saturday’s sales will determine the winner.
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Wow! We do have some musical taste, after all! I blush with shame and horror when I think of some of the number 1 singles we’ve endured in Britain over the years (some of which may have been the brainchild of Simon Cowell - bless his little cottons). Reason enough to emigrate to NZ!!
And if RATM decides to come to New Zealand for a show other than Big Day Out, could they please play in Wellington instead of Auckland?
Thanks, lads
La concecuencia de nuestros pensamientos debe ir ligada directamente con nuestros actos. muchos somos los jovenes que en Chile seguimos la coerencia de la musica de los RATM, sin embargo, nos vemos privados a poder verlos en vivo en su unica visita a nuestro pais por el alto costo de las entradas en sus dos conciertos que incluso llega a superar el sueldo minimo que gana la mayoria de los sectores populares (me incluyo). Me gustaria saber sobre la postura de l banda sobre este tema, de contrario, soloseran reconocidos musicos que como muchos cantan sobre las luchas dignas, pero tocan solo para los mas acomodados.
pd: me parece curiosos que vendadn sus entrsdas por ticket master y solo se pueda comprar por las tinedas de “Ripley” tienda del retail, conocida por sus practicas antisindicales y sus sin fin de denuncia por usra hacia sus clientes….
salud!