January 22, 201015 yr And he giving £50,000 is like a UK Penshioner giving £5. There is a part of The Bible, where Jesus points out how some Rich Men like to make a fuss, (make sure everyone knows), when they give to Charity. He then pointed to an old - poor - Woman - who was quietly giving her last few coins to Charity. She made no fuss, She just gave what little she had. Mr. Cowell gives a little of his huge wealth - and makes sure we all get to hear about it. The idea is that we say:, 'What a great guy!'. Such fellows are shallow - they have to be praised for giving. It is nothing to do with being kind. Everything to do with attention grabbing, publicity, & ego. Likewise for the Charity Single for Haiti - the lot of them could give quietly, but they just have to have a No.1 Single out of it. Mr. Cowell just has to be seen to be organising it. His Acts have to be a big part of it. It is so false & phoney, that it is amazing that so many people fall for such ego driven 'giving'! The flaw in your argument is that if it wasn't publicised you'd all be saying "Why can't he just give a personal donation?" and lynching him for not doing it when you have no idea that he already has *this applies to all celebs not just SC
January 22, 201015 yr And he giving £50,000 is like a UK Penshioner giving £5. There is a part of The Bible, where Jesus points out how some Rich Men like to make a fuss, (make sure everyone knows), when they give to Charity. He then pointed to an old - poor - Woman - who was quietly giving her last few coins to Charity. She made no fuss, She just gave what little she had. Mr. Cowell gives a little of his huge wealth - and makes sure we all get to hear about it. The idea is that we say:, 'What a great guy!'. Such fellows are shallow - they have to be praised for giving. It is nothing to do with being kind. Everything to do with attention grabbing, publicity, & ego. Likewise for the Charity Single for Haiti - the lot of them could give quietly, but they just have to have a No.1 Single out of it. Mr. Cowell just has to be seen to be organising it. His Acts have to be a big part of it. It is so false & phoney, that it is amazing that so many people fall for such ego driven 'giving'! Cowell along with maybe David Beckham is probably the most influential person in this country so him going public about giving money will encourage others to do so, I will be giving nothing as my reasons are well documented on another thread but people look up to Cowell so would be inspired by him to donate
January 22, 201015 yr The flaw in your argument is that if it wasn't publicised you'd all be saying "Why can't he just give a personal donation?" and lynching him for not doing it when you have no idea that he already has *this applies to all celebs not just SC I agree - since i've just been reading that. The thing is Simon Cowell has reportedly given £50,000 to THIS charity - he may have also given money to other charities that we don't hear about (and i don't mean those that have had been X Factor publisised) Everyone just assumes alot about Simon and other celebs. Think how much footballers get and yes alot of them also give to charity - but we only hear about them falling out of clubs/signing endorcements. Actually thinking about it, everyone here is complaining about Simon Cowell taking over the music industry and fooling the public, making loads of money etc. - How many of you go to a premier league football game, buy the merchandise, watch only the big games on TV, buy the endorcements etc. Guess what - its the exact same thing!
January 22, 201015 yr Well, we are in January of the New Decade, & we can already see one of the potential Top 10 Sellers of the Decade - a Charity Cover of an R.E.M. Song. I don't care what people say about the 'Cause' - such developments are not good for UK Music - nothing to boast about. Nothing creative. It looks like Simon will carry on doing what he does best - getting other people to do Covers. As for Mr. Cowell inspiring others to give to Charity - if people will not assist worthy causes unless Simon shows the way, then God help them if he ever tells them to jump off a cliff! People should not need rich people to encourage them to help Haiti, or anywhere else, where there has been a disaster.....
January 22, 201015 yr The only good thing here is that Everybody Hurts by REM gets more exposure and might even re-enter the chart Edited January 22, 201015 yr by SKOB
January 22, 201015 yr The only good thing here is that Everybody Hurts by REM gets more exposure and might even re-enter the chart I hope at least one other good thing happens - some money raised for Haiti perhaps?
January 22, 201015 yr if simon gives a million pounds to the haiti charities then we'll all know about it!! max clifford would make sure simon gets even more exposure in the media plus its good PR for him. but as always simon is very calculating, and sees something he can use....using this charity to also generate awareness for his Syco acts and get another #1 number is why he is doing it. how much money will the single raise? also the question of pricing is crucial whether simon will sneak in a cut for himself as he will claim "to cover his costs". will it be £3.99 and only £1.00 to the charity? why not just donate a million personally like other celebs? why does he have to use an opportunity to benefit his acts too?
January 22, 201015 yr if simon gives a million pounds to the haiti charities then we'll all know about it!! max clifford would make sure simon gets even more exposure in the media plus its good PR for him. but as always simon is very calculating, and sees something he can use....using this charity to also generate awareness for his Syco acts and get another #1 number is why he is doing it. how much money will the single raise? also the question of pricing is crucial whether simon will sneak in a cut for himself as he will claim "to cover his costs". will it be £3.99 and only £1.00 to the charity? why not just donate a million personally like other celebs? why does he have to use an opportunity to benefit his acts too? Wasn't he asked by the Prime Minister Gordan Brown and The Sun newspaper to do it? And our PM has said the cd won't have tax on it so we know it will be less than £3.99
January 22, 201015 yr we'll see, we have to read the fine print on the single, all proceeds should be £3.99 not a penny less.
January 22, 201015 yr The hate for Simon Cowell, I think, is totally unnecessary... he's a BUSINESSMAN. He's discovered a formula for success and he's sure as hell gonna milk it, who cares about his ego. Would you not do the same if you had such a perfect formula? I also agree with BA Baracus about him inspiring others to donate.
January 22, 201015 yr The hate for Simon Cowell, I think, is totally unnecessary... he's a BUSINESSMAN. He's discovered a formula for success and he's sure as hell gonna milk it, who cares about his ego. Would you not do the same if you had such a perfect formula? I also agree with BA Baracus about him inspiring others to donate. If I was as wealthy as he is I wouldn't want a single penny of the proceeds from a charity single. I would also withdraw from anything like X-Factor and concentrate on spending my money rather than trying to make any more. As for his donation, for a man worth hundreds of millions, 50 grand is a pitiful amount. He won't miss the money at all. It's more like the equivalent of most people giving 5p rather than £5.
January 22, 201015 yr The hate for Simon Cowell, I think, is totally unnecessary... he's a BUSINESSMAN. He's discovered a formula for success and he's sure as hell gonna milk it, who cares about his ego. Would you not do the same if you had such a perfect formula? I also agree with BA Baracus about him inspiring others to donate. :cheer:
January 22, 201015 yr Author I think a lot people are just jealous of him personally. To be honest not really. He is 50 has all the money in the world but doesn't have anyone to share it with. He even admits himself that work is the only thing that keeps him going. This is like saying posters who are complaining about him are jealous of every multi millionaire businessman. If I was to be jealous of anyone it certainly would not be Simon Cowell.
January 22, 201015 yr If I was as wealthy as he is I wouldn't want a single penny of the proceeds from a charity single. I would also withdraw from anything like X-Factor and concentrate on spending my money rather than trying to make any more. As for his donation, for a man worth hundreds of millions, 50 grand is a pitiful amount. He won't miss the money at all. It's more like the equivalent of most people giving 5p rather than £5. Totally agree. He is rather selfish in a way, he has millions of dollars, and only giv es 50 f***ing grand?? Pitiful IMO. Edited January 22, 201015 yr by Ditherless
January 22, 201015 yr I'm going to start supporting Simon Cowell. It's far too easy to criticise him and it's become no fun any more.
January 22, 201015 yr Author I'm going to start supporting Simon Cowell. It's far too easy to criticise him and it's become no fun any more. Lol just you do that then make a sign and design a t shirt to promote your cause.
January 22, 201015 yr Cowell is a very large benefactor of a number of charities, particularly children's and animal charities. The irony given this thread being he doesn't make a fuss about it or look for publicity. The same applies to a lot of stars who donate time and money without looking for reward in terms of publicity. All proceeds from the single will go to charity - the record company (SonyME) won't make a single penny in profit. REM are donating their publishing royalties and the artists donating their performance royalties. Sales tax has been waived. Will all £3.99 go to charity? No. Some of the money will go to cover the costs of production and distribution as with ALL charity records and almost everything produced for sale by charities. Are people that naive to think things they buy from charities are free to produce and distribute? If you buy a pack of charity Christmas cards some of the money you pay go towards their production, distribution and sales costs. Same if you buy a poppy. Wake up and welcome to the real world people.
January 22, 201015 yr Couldn't agree more - great post 6weeksatnumber7. The intelligence [or lack off] of some people here is very concerning.
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