Albie
Keeping an open eye on the Weeping Angels.
It's quite the coveted thing, for those that care, and so many pop and novelty acts do their utmost to get it.
But this year in the UK, it's a whole new ball game. The X Factor and Simon Cowell has yet again lined up the winner of the show to sing a crass ballad and marketed it to the hilt to make sure it's them, and they have achieved it year in, year out - despite the many Internet campaigns to halt this mighty machine. And good luck to them - after all, they don't force us to buy it.
Along comes this years internet campaign to try to outsell Mr Cowell's prodigy and the chosen song is Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name of. And what do you know, it is, as I type, outselling Joe McElderry (X Factor winner). When the download is only 29p, it's worth a small price to pay to see such a controversial Christmas number 1 (and McCartney is backing them as well).
However, the astute amongst you may have spotted something here - Simon Cowell is in bed with Sony and both Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry are Sony artists. It's a win win situation for Sony. An Internet campaign that could so easily have been dreamt up by Sony's very own marketing people.
But this year in the UK, it's a whole new ball game. The X Factor and Simon Cowell has yet again lined up the winner of the show to sing a crass ballad and marketed it to the hilt to make sure it's them, and they have achieved it year in, year out - despite the many Internet campaigns to halt this mighty machine. And good luck to them - after all, they don't force us to buy it.
Along comes this years internet campaign to try to outsell Mr Cowell's prodigy and the chosen song is Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name of. And what do you know, it is, as I type, outselling Joe McElderry (X Factor winner). When the download is only 29p, it's worth a small price to pay to see such a controversial Christmas number 1 (and McCartney is backing them as well).
However, the astute amongst you may have spotted something here - Simon Cowell is in bed with Sony and both Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry are Sony artists. It's a win win situation for Sony. An Internet campaign that could so easily have been dreamt up by Sony's very own marketing people.