December 19, 201015 yr The Pogues at #19 the week before the expected peak :D Maybe they can match the #12 they got the past 2 years indeed, hard to know how much some xmas songs will rise as there is so many versions in the top 40 - just goes to show its the fxmas fav for the uk!!
December 19, 201015 yr Coldplay still to come indeed, will be an interesting battle to see if the pogues or coldplay top the xmas songs treet this season!!pity coldplay dont add more versions or a physical so it might peak a bit higher - top 5 on radio now and will be high on video roation.then a big fall next sunday on itunes!!
December 19, 201015 yr Saying it's not music is a bit harsh, infact there is actual sheet music to it. John Cage was a true musical genius (for other reasons than 4"33) and 4"33 was a masterpiece. it's not silence, it's the sound you hear when you sit and just listen to nothing for 4 minutes and 33 seconds. It's about appreciation. It's a statement John Cage was trying to get across that pretty much every person who watches the X Factor clearly do no understand in an almost cringeworthy amount of non-understanding of culture on their part. And anyway who want's to buy silence? well i'd perfer to buy silence giving money to charity then for an awful Biffy Clyro cover that makes money for Cowell's 52nd swimming pool. It's a shame it only made 21, but alas too many campaigns and the genius of the RATM campaign is too dated even a year on to happen again. this is such an elitist attitude. you or john cage may not like the music the winners of x factor produce but others do. music is art and art is subjective, it is like saying blue is better than the colour yellow. if people want easy to listen to x factor winners music then so be it, who is it hurting and why have to make a stand against it.
December 19, 201015 yr Good post, Chris - well put :D thank you Matthew, it had to be said, far too many people vastly missed the point, and quite frankly need to get over it, as if something that is making money for charity is some sort of horrifying thing just because it dared to challenge the x factor. sad times. Is this Silence song or whatever for charity? yep, 100% of proceeds being given to 5 different charities (apart from i'm guessing the cut itunes take etc).
December 19, 201015 yr Author 17 (from 13) Coldplay - Christmas Lights [D] http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YhxuJB8fL._SL500_SS110_.jpg Chart Run: 18-13-17 [3 wks] Release date: 01-12-2010 Format: download only single Label: EMI Video here: z1rYmzQ8C9Q Chart history (Year peak title): 2000 35 Shiver 2000 04 Yellow 2000 10 Trouble 2002 02 In My Place 2002 10 The Scientist 2003 09 Clocks 2005 02 Speed Of Sound 2005 04 Fix You 2005 10 Talk 2008 08 Violet Hill 2008 54 Lost! 2008 01 Viva La Vida 2009 28 Life in Technicolour II 2010 13 Christmas Lights http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/uploads/group_images/of_54.jpg
December 19, 201015 yr Saying it's not music is a bit harsh, infact there is actual sheet music to it. John Cage was a true musical genius (for other reasons than 4"33) and 4"33 was a masterpiece. it's not silence, it's the sound you hear when you sit and just listen to nothing for 4 minutes and 33 seconds. It's about appreciation. It's a statement John Cage was trying to get across that pretty much every person who watches the X Factor clearly do no understand in an almost cringeworthy amount of non-understanding of culture on their part. And anyway who want's to buy silence? well i'd perfer to buy silence giving money to charity then for an awful Biffy Clyro cover that makes money for Cowell's 52nd swimming pool. It's a shame it only made 21, but alas too many campaigns and the genius of the RATM campaign is too dated even a year on to happen again. +1 But never mind lets have another bad cover made to sound like Westlife because you know 500,000 people would buy it if it wasn't from the X Factor, yeah.. The Christmas #1 is THE event at Christmas for me and in the last couple of years my excitement has come back because of campaigns like this at least sparking other people's interest. In 20 years people will still remember John Cage and RATM but not any of the X Factor artists (so far anyway) And YAY to them playing the proper version of Fairytale of New York :cheer:
December 19, 201015 yr Author if people want easy to listen to x factor winners music then so be it, who is it hurting and why have to make a stand against it. Because as much as I enjoy the X Factor, it is totally stifling the charts and making it very difficult for genuine bands and singers to make an impact in the industry by themselves and through hard work.
December 19, 201015 yr So you think people who brought the track, people who gave money to charity, are morons, so charity donators are morons. You must be a lovely person. People who pay money for an empty mp3 must be eejits, there is no other logical conclusion that can be made.
December 19, 201015 yr 17 (from 13) Coldplay - Christmas Lights [D] http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YhxuJB8fL._SL500_SS110_.jpg Chart Run: 18-13-17 [3 wks] Release date: 01-12-2010 Format: download only single Label: EMI Video here: z1rYmzQ8C9Q Chart history (Year peak title): 2000 35 Shiver 2000 04 Yellow 2000 10 Trouble 2002 02 In My Place 2002 10 The Scientist 2003 09 Clocks 2005 02 Speed Of Sound 2005 04 Fix You 2005 10 Talk 2008 08 Violet Hill 2008 54 Lost! 2008 01 Viva La Vida 2009 28 Life in Technicolour II 2010 13 Christmas Lights http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/uploads/group_images/of_54.jpg only 2 singles reached the top 75 for coldplay from their last album?!
December 19, 201015 yr Author 16 (from 21) Cee Lo Green - Forget You [P] http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/7567889305.JPG Chart Run: 1-1-4-4-6-10-15-12-13-21-16 [11 wks] Release date: 04-10-2010 Format: CDS Number of Discs: 1 Catalogue Number: 7567889305 Label: warners Video here: track listing 1. Fuck You 2. Forget You Chart history (Year peak title): 2005 61 Sugar (Gimme Some) (Trick Daddy Featuring Ludacris, Lil' Kim And Cee-Lo) 2007 03 Lil Star (Kelis Feat. Cee-Lo) 2010 01 Forget You Discussion Thread Here
December 19, 201015 yr this is such an elitist attitude. you or john cage may not like the music the winners of x factor produce but others do. music is art and art is subjective, it is like saying blue is better than the colour yellow. if people want easy to listen to x factor winners music then so be it, who is it hurting and why have to make a stand against it. yes music is art, that is one of the most important aspects here, and John Cage was a true ARTIST, do some research on him. I'm glad you see music is art, and I shall tell you how X Factor is not art, it is because the x factor is here to make money, that is it's only reason, it does not wish to make good music people will enjoy, it is here to make a $h!tload of money, it's not about the art, it's about the money, and that is my main issue with major record labels and commercial music. it's a karaoke show, it definatly is not art, if people enjoy it good for them, but if you think people doing karaoke is art, then you are mistaken. oh and who is it hurting? well all the independent musicians who try to do something interesting with their music but get no where because they arent on a reality tv show making unoriginal and commercial music.
December 19, 201015 yr (32) Tinnie Tempah - Invincible 4th single to be released this year from Tinnie. This is the worst of them.
December 19, 201015 yr 16 21 11 F**k You!, Cee Lo Green [1-1-4-4-6-10-15-12-13-21-16] 17 13 3 Christmas Lights, Coldplay [18-13-17] 18 10 3 Poison, Nicole Scherzinger [3-10-18] 19 26 51 Fairytale Of New York, The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl [40-19-8-2-2-4-19-39-68-x(1)-82-89-x(198)-64-49-38-36-69-... ...-x(728)-3-5-12-41-63-x(44)-46-23-10-6-13-x(46)-81-33-12-8-4-9-x(46)-62-44-19-13-12-19-91-x(45)-85-58-31-18-18-12-x(45)-91-... ...-75-51-27-26-19] 20 17 13 Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars [1-2-4-2-1-3-5-8-11-14-14-17-20] 21 NEW 1 4’33”, John Cage [21] 22 18 7 Happiness, Alexis Jordan [3-5-8-16-17-18-22] 23 14 5 Love You More, JLS [1-3-10-14-23] 24 19 6 Shine A Light, McFly Featuring Taio Cruz [4-9-15-15-19-24] 25 23 33 All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey [5-2-2-2-8-28-50-x(6)-59-x(662)-78-46-23-8-4-6-20-x(45)-59-45-37-17-12-17-... ...-25-x(46)-77-51-29-19-21-18-x(46)-96-48-22-23-25] 26 31 24 Make You Feel My Love, Adele [92-63-26-29-45-74-x(15)-100-85-x(74)-78-24-44-76-x(1)-4-11-20-17-27-19-9-12-9-21-31-26] 27 20 3 Turn My Swag On, Alexa Goddard [26-20-27] 28 22 12 Cooler Than Me, Mike Posner [98-22-9-6-5-7-6-13-13-16-22-28] 29 36 7 More, Usher [89-x(27)-95-52-33-36-36-29] 30 27 6 Raise Your Glass, P!nk [13-16-18-20-27-30] 31 RE-ENTRY 17 Unfaithful, Rihanna [16-2-3-2-4-9-14-18-21-26-29-39-42-49-52-70-x(215)-31] 32 64 4 Invincible, Tinie Tempah Featuring Kelly Rowland [57-93-x(7)-64-32] 33 24 9 Just A Dream, Nelly [11-8-8-14-14-17-19-24-33] 34 29 4 Do It Like A Dude, Jessie J [25-30-29-34] 35 25 3 Girls, N-Dubz [23-25-35] 36 16 3 The Silence, Alexandra Burke [95-x(58)-16-36] 37 NEW 1 X-M@$, Corey Taylor [37] 38 28 7 Check It Out, will.i.am And Nicki Minaj [11-17-19-22-25-28-38] 39 30 26 Love The Way You Lie, Eminem Featuring Rihanna [7-6-4-3-2-4-4-2-2-24-7-6-6-11-14-21-28-29-30-30-29-36-40-30-39] 40 34 3 Lose My Mind, The Wanted [29-34-40] Does anyone know why this has climbed so much? :unsure:
December 19, 201015 yr Because as much as I enjoy the X Factor, it is totally stifling the charts and making it very difficult for genuine bands and singers to make an impact in the industry by themselves and through hard work. it symbolises the noughties imo - reality tv creating a quick route to sucess which ultimately diminishes creativity and culture!!
December 19, 201015 yr Author People who pay money for an empty mp3 must be eejits, there is no other logical conclusion that can be made. Its not entirely empty. There is more to it than the musical content, open your mind (and thats a logical conclusion too). only 2 singles reached the top 75 for coldplay from their last album?! 4 - Violet Hill, Lost, VLV and LITii.
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