United Kingdom, We have a problem......

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Christmas no 1 2009. Probably the UK's finest moment in my lifetime.

I don't recall it being anything to do with 'Banter' but a rejection of the whole X factorisation of popular music at the time. They couldn't have chosen a better song.

Which Simon Cowell had the rights to iirc

 

[scratchnsurf]

Which Simon Cowell had the rights to iirc

Which bit? He had the rights to RATM?

 

[Blue 1]

More proof if proof be need be that people today are a bunch of worms.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Which bit? He had the rights to RATM?

Same record label .

 

[carlos21]

Same record label .

He is worth millions mate.

 

[scratchnsurf]

Same record label .

My very brief and very recent investigations lead me to think that Sony owned a stake in Cowell's company, so I guess Sony won either way but I'm not sure the same is true for Cowell.

What I actually liked about the whole situation was the rejection of a manufactured song by a group manufactured through a TV show in favour of actual musicians who actually wrote their song and actually believed in something other than making money. I know they were in reality selected for the lyric as it summed up how lots of people seemed to feel about the music they were being offered at the time.

 

[coollino]

My very brief and very recent investigations lead me to think that Sony owned a stake in Cowell's company, so I guess Sony won either way but I'm not sure the same is true for Cowell.

What I actually liked about the whole situation was the rejection of a manufactured song by a group manufactured through a TV show in favour of actual musicians who actually wrote their song and actually believed in something other than making money. I know they were in reality selected for the lyric as it summed up how lots of people seemed to feel about the music they were being offered at the time.

Don't rage against the machine charge £50+ for tickets at sponsored arenas? And are on Sony

 

[scratchnsurf]

Don't rage against the machine charge £50+ for tickets at sponsored arenas? And are on Sony

They were on Sony at the time of the situation we were discussing. I wouldn't know now, I thought they had gone their separate ways.

As for the rest, it might be true but I don't see how it contradicts what I said about them.

Any way, topic drifted somewhat - best Christmas song is Christmas Time - don't let the bells end by The Darkness as I'm pretty sure it was a vehicle to attempt to shoehorn the word bellend into a Christmas song.

 

[coollino]

They were on Sony at the time of the situation we were discussing. I wouldn't know now, I thought they had gone their separate ways.

As for the rest, it might be true but I don't see how it contradicts what I said about them.

Any way, topic drifted somewhat - best Christmas song is Christmas Time - don't let the bells end by The Darkness as I'm pretty sure it was a vehicle to attempt to shoehorn the word bellend into a Christmas song.

I just struggle to see the difference between RATM and x-factor, RATM are as against the establishment as Peppa Pig

 

[scratchnsurf]

I just struggle to see the difference between RATM and x-factor, RATM are as against the establishment as Peppa Pig

I'm sorry you're struggling with that.

 

[Brennan]

The proceeds from all of their singles go to the Trussell Trust.

Bit of an odd thing to rally against.