Tomorrow, the UK xmas no. 1 will be announced. Just thought i'd mention it here because the current war for UK xmas no. 1 is, quite possibly, one of the most unlikeliest wars in music history. For the past few years it's usually been the winner of music talent show the X Factor, and it seemed it was going to be that way again with this year's winner, Joe McEldry's cover of Miley Cyrus's The Climb.
However, this year, the X Factor winner has been faced with the most unlikely of competition:
Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name.
That's right: a song over 17 years old by a rap/metal group might very well become the UK xmas no. 1. Yesterday it was already ahead of The Climb by a few thousand copies, but it looks like right now it's neck and neck. The reason the song has become so popular? Facebook. A group on facebook had launched a campaign to get the truly fucking awesome song to the top spot, and surprisingly it's done considerably well! Here's a link:
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?...8594104&ref=ts
Just thought i'd share that with any Rage fans on this board, or anyone who's interested in how brilliantly strange the UK is.
One more thing: apparently, the X Factor winner had never even heard of Killing In The Name until now. Regarding the singer's quality of music taste: 'nuff said.
Go RATM!