Rage Against the Machine

Today I was amused to find out that rage against the machine are possibly in line for a Christmas number one in the UK record charts (for those of you that know rage against the machine are a rock/ funk/rap/ metal/ band). And they stand in direct competition with the latest X factor winner.

What I love is just how a small group of people who are fed up with saccharin sweet manipulative entertainment that we are constantly bombarded with are encouraging people to buy a record that stands against pretty much everything that X factor stands for, and it’s really starting to worry them. Simon Cowell is making statements, Cheryl Cole’s making statements, they are  all terribly worried that this American rock band can undermine all the work they do as X factor panellists, and rightly so, they should be worried. The veneer is starting to wear thin, people have had enough.

X factor isn’t about talent, it’s all about entertainment, It’s all about Simon Cowell making money and fair enough, if that’s what he wants to do, who am I to get in his way? But the problem with the X factor, which is common to any empire, is that it believes it is somehow has the right, that is entitled to the number one spot, but that’s not true. It should not be the empire that decides who wins and who loses yet clearly that’s what happens, but when a few guys through Facebook and the internet rally so many people to buy a record by a band who so many people have never even heard of. It just shows what can be done from grass-roots level when people are inspired.

Now that’s entertaining.