RATM Killing in the Name Christmas No.1??

The Frayed Ends

The radio performance on BBC was fairly funny :pac:
They apparently promised to play a censored version but sang **** you I won't do what you tell me anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIa61uS06Fc

RonMexico

iamhunted wrote: »

they wont be. The 'x factor' crowd is the label people, whom you will be making even richer. You've swallowed it - hook, line and sinker. If you *really* wanted to prove a point then it would be an unknown stuggling band that people would be buying, not RATM who coincidentally are working on a new album. Sucker is the only word I can think of.

You've been had.

Take your Joe posters off your bedroom wall you sound like a bitter plonker. I don't give a toss about "label people" I just wanted to **** with all the x-factor crowd who never shut up about it on boards/facebook wherever.

Atavan-Halen

Was listening to spin (I know) inthe car this evening and it was number 1 in their chart. Looks like it has a strong possibility of being no. 1

RonMexico

The Christmas Number 1 will be decided next thursday in Ireland. It will be decided this Sunday in the UK. Oh and SPIN - what were you thinking!:D

LD 50

The Frayed Ends wrote: »

The radio performance on BBC was fairly funny :pac:
They apparently promised to play a censored version but sang **** you I won't do what you tell me anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIa61uS06Fc

"buy Joe's records"
bitch

waltersobchak

atavan-halen wrote: »

Was listening to spin (I know) inthe car this evening and it was number 1 in their chart. Looks like it has a strong possibility of being no. 1

Yeah listening to Spin was definately your first mistake..

Atavan-Halen

I know, shameful stuff. I'll leave now.

Magaa

going to be buying this song

stateofflux

contrived bollix.....they are both on sony label.....marketing excercise to boost sony sales.....that is all.....respect for rage just went way down......

The Frayed Ends

Except all profits that RATM get go to charity and they're also going to play a free concert in the UK if Killing in the name goes to number 1

projectmayhem

The Frayed Ends wrote: »

Except all profits that RATM get go to charity and they're also going to play a free concert in the UK if Killing in the name goes to number 1

Didn't Morello say "some" of the profits are going to charity - not all?

The Frayed Ends

projectmayhem wrote: »

Didn't Morello say "some" of the profits are going to charity - not all?

Not sure I could be wrong. I thought it was all profits. Cant remember where I read it. Il try have a look

Kess73

All the profits from the song being sold on it's own, and some of the profits from the extra album sales is what Morello said on US radio.

It is still a bit of a windfall for the charity that it would not have received otherwise.

30txsbzmcu2k9w

stateofflux wrote: »

contrived bollix.....they are both on sony label.....marketing excercise to boost sony sales.....that is all.....respect for rage just went way down......

Fail. not true if you bothered to do a bit of research. I'm not doing it for you.

Anyway dunno if it's been mention here but Morello has announced this mornin on twitter will be a huge free Rage gig in the UK if it does hit number 1.

stringbox

I could research this myself, but maybe one of you lads already know.
Isn't the argument about the label orchestrating it kind of bullsthi because there's only a few major labels left and it's just a co inky dink?

flutes

stateofflux wrote: »

contrived bollix.....they are both on sony label.....marketing excercise to boost sony sales.....that is all.....respect for rage just went way down......

thats a self-conflicting mentality to have, why had you any respect for them in the first place?
In the record label's eyes the band are a way to generate profit, as a consequence of that the band have the opportunity for their music to reach a wide audience which otherwise they would not be exposed to.

"Morello said his proceeds from sales would be going towards Youth Music, a charity which helps children work with music who ordinarily could not afford to."

theres also the below which has amassed £50,000 or more so far
www.justgiving.com/ratm4xmas/

stringbox

Are some people suggesting this was an astroturf campaign?

Gerty

I do feel a bit sorry for Joe. Hate the xfactor, only watch it with the girlfriend, but i thinks its unlucky for him to have just won when xfactor finally suffers a bit of a backlash. He seems like a nice enough guy.

flutes

Gerty wrote: »

I do feel a bit sorry for Joe. Hate the xfactor, only watch it with the girlfriend, but i thinks its unlucky for him to have just won when xfactor finally suffers a bit of a backlash. He seems like a nice enough guy.

ah come one! hes 18 and has just sold 300,000 copies of a song he didn't write
theres plenty of more deserving people around to feel sorry for

Gerty

I was thinking exactly that as i was writing him. There is plenty more people to feel sorry for,he'll still make a lot more money even in the music industry that arguably have bags more talent then he does.but still,it still,it was just a thought i had.

lord lucan

And wasn't his prize a £1m stg record contract,my heart bleeds for him!:p

Knifey Spoony

Gerty wrote: »

I do feel a bit sorry for Joe. Hate the xfactor, only watch it with the girlfriend, but i thinks its unlucky for him to have just won when xfactor finally suffers a bit of a backlash. He seems like a nice enough guy.

It is not a back lash that he is facing, but just a bit of healthy competion, nothing more. If people claim that it is unfair to launch such a campagne against him then that is just a bit arrogant.

Owen

Gerty wrote: »

I do feel a bit sorry for Joe. Hate the xfactor, only watch it with the girlfriend, but i thinks its unlucky for him to have just won when xfactor finally suffers a bit of a backlash. He seems like a nice enough guy.

Well, he's doing a lot better now than the rest of the Karoke singers around Europe.

Knifey Spoony

From Joe himself:

X Factor winner Joe McElderry has blasted the LA political rockers claiming they're not even good enough to "get through boot camp on the X factor."
"They're just shouting!" he told The Sun. "They can't be serious! I had no idea what it sounded like [before]. It's dreadful and I hate it.
"How could anyone enjoy this?" he added. "Can you imagine the grandmas hearing this over Christmas lunch? I wouldn't buy it. It's a naught out of ten from me."

http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/12/rage_to_play_massive_free_gig.html

Ha! sounds like he's a bit scared alright.
Would love to see his face if rage get the number one, just the fact that he has come in second to people who are not good enough to "get through boot camp on the X factor.":D

cedomination

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2228594104&topic=14532

To begin with, please don't make multiple accounts with this, there's no reason why all 850,000 can't create one account and the charts company cant hassle us about bulk buying!

If you don't have a Credit Card and want to support Rage for free, there's still a way and I have confirmed with the Charts Company that its eligible!*


1) Go to http://www.nokiamusic.co.uk/ Download and install the player on the main page insuring you select UK when it gives you the setup options!

2) Open the program and click "Join Now", Click "Join Nokia Music", fill out the details to create the account (No credit card details are needed)

4) Go to the main Store page and to the left you will see a box that says "Redeem Pin" Click on "Continue"

5) Enter ONE random of these codes, doesn't matter which one! Each one will give you £4 free credit and that's all you need to buy all 5 versions of the song, you can get up to £16 worth if you use all the codes, but please don't as Nokia may pull it if its abused!

WQLN-WDTM-V4J4-6GZZ
MJYM-JM2R-DWVQ-6PYG
GGP6-XC53-YYFL-PHM6
VLBV-MPBX-XDNQ-F79V

6) Search for: Rage Against The Machine - Killing in the name of

7) Click the Orange down arrow next to each of the songs, then click the blue tick.

Congratulations you have just contributed [=

Thanks to the others who found this method! Now lets spread the word!

*I rang The Official UK Charts Company to see if tracks bought from Nokia Ovi Player are still eligible for the UK top 40 singles chart. They confirmed that they are as long as its bought with a UK account!

I used this to download it for free, if you put "Killing in the name" in the search box you'll find 5 different versions of the song (clean,explicit,live etc.) so you can download each version once with the £4 credit.

*Remember to set your location as UK when signing up!

Risteard

Wow. What an idiot.I didn't really have anything against him, but shooting your mouth off like that and insulting actual musicians who write their own stuff as opposed to having it spoonfed to you is pretty prickish behaviour.

30txsbzmcu2k9w

dunno why people are feeling sorry for that chap, there's a thing on the Sun website showing him throw darts at a picture of Zach de la Rocha!
that link above works great just downloaded 5 different versions of the track for the UK chart:)

stateofflux

flutes wrote: »

thats a self-conflicting mentality to have, why had you any respect for them in the first place?
In the record label's eyes the band are a way to generate profit, as a consequence of that the band have the opportunity for their music to reach a wide audience which otherwise they would not be exposed to.

"Morello said his proceeds from sales would be going towards Youth Music, a charity which helps children work with music who ordinarily could not afford to."

theres also the below which has amassed £50,000 or more so far
www.justgiving.com/ratm4xmas/

they are both on the sony label...read between the lines.......morello said the reason they are doing is... "'It's trying to save the UK pop charts for this abyss of bland mediocrity"........this is a masterstroke by sony in my opinion....fooled you if you buy it....

120_Minutes

stateofflux wrote: »

they are both on the sony label...read between the lines.......morello said the reason they are doing is... "'It's trying to save the UK pop charts for this abyss of bland mediocrity"........this is a masterstroke by sony in my opinion....fooled you if you buy it....

wow. if you've ever bought an album by anyone, then you're a hypocrite.

galwayrush

Poor Joe, he's starting at the top, the future will only bring a rapid decline in his fortunes.
R.A.T.M. started working hard with small gigs, their following growing through many years of hard work and original material.:cool:
Joe can only dream of selling as many albums as R.A.T.M. worldwide and having a career that will last as long.