As much as I feel bad for Joe McElderry, there’s a little tiny piece of me inside that kinda wants the ‘Rage Against The Machine’ brigade to pull it off…
I don’t like the song. I haven’t bought it. I haven’t bought ‘The Climb’. I don’t intend to buy either. My burning curiosity as to what would happen though, if Joe didn’t get to #1 is tempting me to make the purchase. Or at least inform my anti-X Factor little brother about this campaign so that he can make the purchase instead.
I just showed him this video and sure enough, he’s going to download RATM when he gets home from college.In a year where a substandard cover song was denied the top spot even for charity (hello, The Saturdays!) does the turn of the decade mark the turn of change in the attitude towards what “should” be #1 and when? Just because it’s a fundraiser song or a talent contest song doesn’t mean quality should be scrimped on. In fact, quality should be even more important than ever in such cases.
The arguments for and against the RATM campaign are pretty pathetic. On both sides. I do not care to go into them right now. What I DO know is that the above video is one of the most brilliant things I’ve ever seen (the Susan Boyle bit is especially WIN) and that whatever the result is on Sunday, there will be discussion about it for about three days before we all forget about it and move on.
Merry Xmas!
- The lips! My eyes!
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- Rebecca Harris (40), Castle Point. Has an unsexy interest in “methane storage” on Canvey Island [Why can’t she be into sexier policies like abortion limits or TUC legislation against forced wearing of high heels (I need to see eye-to-eye with my Tory colleagues!)?]
- Karen Lumley (45), Redditch. Aims to beat Labour;s Jacqui Smith. Enjoys listening to Katherine Jenkins [I bet Il Divo is too New Labour].
- Charlotte Leslie (31), Bristol North West. A frmer lifeguard who “can box as well”. Joined the party to “change things”. Favourite bands are Queen and Kasabian [This is why I have an irrational hatred for both of these bands].
- Mimi Harker, councillor in the Chilterns. Guest presenter on QVC shopping channel. Interests include computer games [In an “as a mother, I think they’re making kids obese and violent” kind of way? She looks like the kind of person who thinks Plants v. Zombies is a bit too violent].
- Fiona Kemp, a GP with a rural practice in Cornwall. Has 20 years’ NHS experience and a “mad dog” called Pumpkin [I bet she’s going to be someone who rails against “feral youth” in deprived areas while talking about how hilarious her dog is].
Which of the future “Dave’s Divas”/”Cameron’s Cuties” are you looking forward to?
This is what we should be angry about. Aren’t you? I bloody am. We are treated like tossers. When we read that postal workers are going on strike, we should share their fury and frustration rather than turning ours against them, the gutsy naysayers who are walking out against the sharp end of bad management that affects us all.
They are doing the right thing. They are making the protest that we all should and would if we knew how, rather than just rolling our eyes and miserably putting up with it."
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- Real Damehood for Coren!
The X Factor 2009 - John and Edward - Live Show 2 (itv.com/xfactor) (via TheXFactorUK)
- You are kicking yourself. You totally regret not letting John and Edward Grimes dance around with you as that Tom OC song about having you with whipped cream and having to give you up for Lent played during the school disco back in Dublin.
You scoffed when you saw them doing the Backstreet Boys on the X Factor live auditions, remembering their horrid chat-up-lines and attempts at singing Chris Brown back in school in Dublin, but now your position has softened. You worry about them being so far away in the glare of the media as cogs of the all-conquering Syco PR machine-cum-junta. On a personal level, you hate the way that people think they are irritants that justified previous Irish-bashing, not seeing them as nervous little geeks during their First Holy Communion.
But now you have these strange feelings and dilemmas in your head. Do you like the dancey one or the gruffer one? Decide quickly, or they might reveal their purity rings on Westlife week.
Anton’s chest hair. DO NOT WANT. #scd
Tony Hadley channels the Strictly Singers. #scd
Oh good. One of the Joes are going. HOPEFULLY. #scd
Aaaaagh. A guitar-leg. #scd
Craig said “spasmodic”. Let’s go complain about the unintentional disablism! #scd
Joe Calzaghe’s doing it for the Welsh. Suddenly I miss the potential Scottish shame on the other side. #scd
