Anyone seen anything of the online protest against X-Factor? Apparently 43,000 people so far have agreed to buy Rage Against The Machine 'Killing in the name of' in a bid to get that to number one instead of the X Factor winner!

It won't work IMO, but its kinda funny.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJVPD5vrlrU

Haven't bought a single in years and years, but would buy it for a laugh

 

needs banning or moving to a different time of year , whoever wins is guarenteed to be christmas number1 hence nobody else bothers making christmas songs anymore. Pisses me right off its just a money making scam, I used to look forward to the genuine fight for the christmas no 1.

 

X factor what a load of shite.

 

X factor is for women or poofs,

 

So i keep reading more and more artists that have had the long hard slog to break it in the music industry are getting completely pissed off with the likes of X Factor, it is becoming tedious and i would love to see a different XMAS No1

 

So who do you want to win?

Benni.

 

I'd buy it

RATM that is, not gay factor

 

I wouldnt mind winning with Cheryl mmmmm.

 

Not wrong there

 

if it were to stop xfactor then i'd be willing to buy a copy

 

Come on guys get rage downloaded its only 29p iirc on amazon

 

I've bought my copy of Killing in the name! Currently number 2 in the charts! FUCK THE X-FACTOR

 

im buying mine tonight! LETS GET THE FUCKERS FROM X-FACTOR OFF THE AIRWAVES AND OFF NO1! :TOP:

 

is that the original version with the words 'F*CK YOU, I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!' at the end? thats why everyone is buying it, its a direct statement to si'cow !!!

 

it is mate! bout time we showed that bunch of whining idiots who mime on stage what real music sounds like!

 

Downloads under 40p dont count in the chart

 

'Gis a good link to download from then? I'm game. Remember, buying more than one copy doesn't count.

Benni.

 

Anything under 40p does not qualify for the charts,
will be a laugh if everyone bought it cheap than it came nowhere lol

steve

 

I bought the cheap one ive also bought the 79p one

 

They realy need to release the single to buy in the shops aswell,when that joes comes out in the shops its going to be hard to beat sales

 

Never downloaded anything. Would be good if they did release a CD single in the shops though with new artwork or something. Would definitely buy that!

 

Your wrong

Only Ł0.29 and it officially counts according to the facebook group.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...89106&sr=301-1

 

Actually mate RATM are leading at the moment.

They have sold 83,276 downloads of their song Killing In The Name, while Joe has sold 77,401 of his version of The Climb, a cover of the Miley Cyrus hit. X-Factor are losing by a long shit!!!!

 

The facebook campain has dissapeared,facebook must be getting bribed by somebody, cunts

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8413557.stm

 

Christmas Number 1s are meant to be cheesy imo.

I joined the group on FB, 700k the last time I looked.

I don't know how true this is but apparently Rage against the Machine are on Sony. Sony own Simon Cowell's record label and most of the song rights for stuff his "acts" put out.

I bet Sony and Simon Cowell will be gutted that whichever way round, they'll be raking in the royalties this Xmas.

It'd be nice next year if these little rebellions weren't instigated by some record company executive and an actual new, talented act on an independant label got all this exposure rather than a 20 year old band looking to relaunch something.

 

Anyone got the link to the facebook group?

 

65p on Play.com

 

No chance RATM will be at number one, isn't Joes track released on cd tomorrow ?

If so we'll see how its going a few days after that !

I also read that any track under 40p doesn't count in the charts ? although I expect all of us that thought that read yesterdays Sun newspaper

 

ive bought my copy from amazon, 65p

do it it makes sense

 

according to the sun yesterday, only downloads over 40p count in the charts. couldn't say more tbh.

 

That's what I was thinking. RATM will struggle without a CD version to back it up

 

Rage against the machine have apparently said they will give every penny of royalties they earn to charity. Again, dunno how true that is.

 

you wont find cowell giving his royalties to charity anyways! greedy fecker! Fair Play to RATM at least theyre showing xmas spirit!!!

 

Fair play if they do. I wonder if they have a new album or "best of" due out next year? Or a tour of the UK?

It's been nice exposure to a new market that missed out on them the first time round. I have to admit, I wasn't a fan although everyone and their dog had the album

 

It will go to charity. Those guys have no worries in the money department. Especially since 3 of the members formed Audioslave with Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell. They were one of the best rock acts out there and sold load of records.

+ they ain't hungry fuckers like Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell has ruined MUSIC for everyone. Weather your a Singer, Musician, Session player, Band etc. They have no chance of being recognized in today's Music Industry no matter how much REAL talent they have.

 

Got bought my copy, cant stand that x factor shite!!

 

i'm pretty sure the amazon ones DONT count regardless of the price of the track

i bought mine on i tunes

 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/p...1/197877130755