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Buy Rage Against The Machine Killing in the Name

On 16 Dec 2009 at 11:09pm RageAgainstTheMachine wrote:

To keep XFactor's latest victim from being Christmas number 1 we are buying "Killing In the Name" by Rage Against The Machine. If you like real music or hate XFactor, or both or if you just think Simon Cowell is a smug git who could do with being taken down a peg or two then please join us and buy Killing In The Name from ITunes, Amazon, Tesco Online or Play. It will cost you less than a pound and could bring a smile to every music lovers face this christmas.
more info can be found at ratm4xmas.co.uk

On 16 Dec 2009 at 11:11pm Bunter wrote:

Or if you like music you could buy something you like instead of following one fashion or another.

On 16 Dec 2009 at 11:18pm Brixtonbelle wrote:

Exactly Bunter. Buy what YOU like. The charts are meaningless now anyway so who cares. True music fans won't be swayed by some stupid facebook campaign or by X factor.

On 17 Dec 2009 at 11:15am Down and Out wrote:

Just to put this in (my personal) context: Yes, I do understand that both RATM and that shiny plastic Geordie midget are both signed to Sony. I understand that Cowell benefits from the sale of both. No, I don't think the charts matter.
I already own RATM on CD (someone gave it me years ago) and I don't really like it much so I don't listen to it. But I've still bought the song again a couple of times on Amazon (29p a go). I don't think it's a particularly world-changing gesture and I acknowledge that the money would be better used by a charity to house the homeless or feed the starving or some such. But at the end of the day, f**k it, for less than a quid it's an enjoyably childish act in endeavouring to b0llocks up the start of that godawful cruise ship crooner's potentially brief career.

On 20 Dec 2009 at 10:15am kettleman wrote:

I've always liked RATM and bought this back in 1992. I've bought it again as this is a bit of a wheeze! I have no problem with the young sunderland karaoke singer I'm sure he's a nice northern lad. What I don't like is the great mogul and the huge machine that is behind (and all over him) Poor lad prob. can't blow his nose now without asking. I bet he's already looking fwd to next years pantomime season and celeb big bro in 2013 when we've all forgotten him. Ah bless...
Happy Xmas all or should I say happy holiday in these PC times.