With regard to the "Rage Against The Machine for Christmas Number One" campaign
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From: ogden on 17 Dec 2009 05:55 CT wrote: > CT wrote: > > > I was just reading the Guardian's OBO cricket coverage[1] and someone > > has submitted this post to the comments section: > > > > "I was just listening to 5Live (I know, I know) and somebody had the > > bright idea of getting Rage Against The Machine on to talk about the > > internet campaign to get them to number one ahead of the X Factor. > > Then, somebody had the even brighter idea of asking them to perform > > 'Killing in the Name' LIVE!? And expected them NOT to sing the naughty > > bits. Well, I don't need to tell you what happened next..." > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiiQPqmYE1A Ha. Love the last few seconds. -- ogden
From: Krusty on 17 Dec 2009 05:59 Ben wrote: > On 17 Dec 2009 10:16:45 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > > > CT wrote: > > > >> I was just reading the Guardian's OBO cricket coverage[1] and > someone >> has submitted this post to the comments section: > >> > >> "I was just listening to 5Live (I know, I know) and somebody had > the >> bright idea of getting Rage Against The Machine on to talk > about the >> internet campaign to get them to number one ahead of the > X Factor. >> Then, somebody had the even brighter idea of asking > them to perform >> 'Killing in the Name' LIVE!? And expected them NOT > to sing the naughty >> bits. Well, I don't need to tell you what > happened next..." > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiiQPqmYE1A > > Like that wasn't going to happen. The clue's in the lyrics. Just made them look twattish imo though, & pretty much guaranteed no more live performances (thankfully). -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: Veggie Dave on 17 Dec 2009 06:38 Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote the following literary masterpiece: >I didn't buy the RATM single in order to campaign or real music, or to >have a dig at the X-Factor. I bought it because the song is one of my >favourites, and it's a bit of fun to see a competition for Christmas >No 1. And it's rather nice to find that the band themselves are apparently giving the profits to Shelter. -- Veggie Dave http://www.iq18films.co.uk "To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine
From: Champ on 17 Dec 2009 06:41 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:31:36 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >It all seems remarkable pointless to me. Of course it is! But - can you list something that *does* have a point? -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: CT on 17 Dec 2009 06:58
Champ wrote: > But - can you list something that does have a point? A pointy stick. -- Chris |