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Revolting! Revolting! The Peasants Are Revolting!

Ok, so it’s not so much the peasants in this case but the X-Factor loathing public, myself included, who are taking up arms, or in this case downloads, and campaigning against yet another dull, and boring Christmas number one. Another Christmas Number one that is a predictably manufactured re-recording, no, I wouldn’t even go so far as to say “re-imagining”, of a single that likely already has likely enjoyed some success. Yes, when it comes to RATM (Rage Against The Machine) Vs The X-Factor winner, whose name neither do I know or want to; as I feel most of the general populace will likely feel in a few months, I am firmly in the RATM camp.

As Simon Cowell suggests in various condemnations of the group wanting to send out a message by getting Rage’s 1993 single to number one for the festive week, there have been some terrible Christmas number ones. The prime example of which is Mr. Blobby. On the other hand, and this is how I feel, isn’t the Christmas number one meant to be fun? Isn’t the Christmas number one spot meant to mean something rather than being arbitrarily decided by a TV programme of the laziest kind?

I will own up to buying Mr. Blobby upon its release, but will attempt to defend myself by saying I was young and knew no better. More recently I have sided with the Teletubbies in my college days and The Darkness a few years ago. I was gutted when they missed out to Mad World from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. As much as I would like to post the video below for RATM, there are some rather rude lyrics in there, so I will make do with Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) by The Darkness instead.