‘Rage Against the Machine’ has got the once coveted Christmas No.1 spot. I was wondering if this is the first time in the history of the charts that an artist/group has got to No.1 not because of its popularity, but because the public were trying to stop someone else?
Call me sentimental, but I like a song with a festive feel to be Christmas No. 1. As I am not going to get my wish, listen to the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald, singing a Christmas classic. In my humble opinion, better than most of the today’s singers put together. This is an upbeat version of the song made famous by Judy Garland in the film, ‘Meet me in St Louis.’ The words are also on the screen for you to sing along. Go on. You know you want to.
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I dunno, I quite like Rage, just a shame they had to play the "radio edit" rather than the original version...
I would have quite liked 'The Soldiers' to have been number one/
and there's me thinking you wanted young people to 'reconnect' with politics.
I think you'll find RATM are a rather politicised and principled band of not-so-young men.
I think there's a large section of people out there that politics is ignoring - the X Factor keeps one half of them quiet, the other half have been stirred by this campaign.
Besides, what's 'talent' anyway? John Lennon or Jimi Hendrix wouldn't get past the auditions these days, not being good looking enough.
RATM certainly are politicised, but have you actually looked at their politics? The people the support (Shining Path for example) aren't always the most savoury.
Merry Christmas Andrew, I have a cd of King's College Choir playing, and that certainly takes some beating.
Hope you don't get snowed under. Merry Christmas, Andrew.
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