christmas number 1? i think so!

thebigbiffo · 09-12-2010 12:08pm #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8

i'll help this get the number 1 slot no doubt.

edit: messed up inbedding. how do i do it properly anyone?

phill106 · 09-12-2010 12:12pm

Well all those with 02, you g et free itunes credit on a friday as an o2 teat. I will be using one of mine to buy this!
When is the cutoff date for counting i wonder?

Adam · 09-12-2010 12:19pm

"no one should buy this until between the ‎19th to the 23rd. All you need is a few thousand to top the charts in Ireland, every download is important though"

this.

demakinz · 09-12-2010 12:24pm

Brilliant! plus the bridesmaid is a cracker.

Das Kitty · 09-12-2010 12:32pm

I cried! Brilliant.

09-12-2010 12:32pm

No.

If you want to make a mockery of the Christmas Number One, go out and buy John Cage's 4'33 - it's just complete silence.

phill106 · 09-12-2010 12:38pm

Not a mockery, its a great song!

thebigbiffo · 09-12-2010 12:46pm

Deleted User wrote: »

No.

If you want to make a mockery of the Christmas Number One, go out and buy John Cage's 4'33 - it's just complete silence.

tbh, when i heard about that i thought it was a stupid idea. better something totally removed from the standard pop crap but still actually music!

IITYWYBMAD · 09-12-2010 12:51pm

Classic...brilliant. Haven't laughed like that in years...

ClutchIt · 09-12-2010 12:57pm

Deleted User wrote: »

No.

If you want to make a mockery of the Christmas Number One, go out and buy John Cage's 4'33 - it's just complete silence.

That's making a mockery of music not just the x-factor

AnonoBoy · 09-12-2010 1:08pm

ClutchIt wrote: »

That's making a mockery of music not just the x-factor

Don't worry - music can stand up for itself!

PCPhoto · 09-12-2010 1:09pm

fantastic ..... F*ck yer Honda Civic ... I've a Horse outside !!

C'mere .... has Marty featured that on the show liiike ? t'is only fu*kin fabulous.

AnonoBoy · 09-12-2010 1:14pm

I love yer man's Michael Jackson dance move in the church!

youcancallmeal · 09-12-2010 2:56pm

Can't imagine there will be enough support for this mainly due to demographics of age and location. The rubberbandits have never produced even a slight chortle from me, I presume because I'm from Dublin I don't understand the humour and I'm 28 so maybe its not even directed at my age group?

The whole thing is kind of similar to the campaign to make Jape's Phil Lynott single the Christmas Number 1 a couple of years back (It didn't make it). Its sort of a Dublin orientated song from a Dublin artist aimed at anyone old enough to remember who Phil Lynott was, in the end it never really picked up much notice outside of Dublin (Great song though!).

phill106 · 09-12-2010 3:18pm

youcancallme>al wrote: »

Can't imagine there will be enough support for this mainly due to demographics of age and location. The rubberbandits have never produced even a slight chortle from me, I presume because I'm from Dublin I don't understand the humour and I'm 28 so maybe its not even directed at my age group?

The whole thing is kind of similar to the campaign to make Jape's Phil Lynott single the Christmas Number 1 a couple of years back (It didn't make it). Its sort of a Dublin orientated song from a Dublin artist aimed at anyone old enough to remember who Phil Lynott was, in the end it never really picked up much notice outside of Dublin (Great song though!).

Or that thing last year where people tried to get rage against the machine it for christmas number one in the uk. How foolish they were eh!

/inserts sarcasm tag here just in case people don't realise it.

Miguel_Sanchez · 09-12-2010 3:22pm

youcancallme>al wrote: »

I presume because I'm from Dublin I don't understand the humour and I'm 28 so maybe its not even directed at my age group?

Lots of people from Dublin who are in their mid/late 20's quite enjoy the Rubber Bandits.

They may not be your thing but it's a bit condescending to say you don't get them simply because you're from Dublin, as if humour from anywhere else in Ireland is so radically different to humour from the capital.

youcancallmeal · 09-12-2010 3:24pm

phill106 wrote: »

Or that thing last year where people tried to get rage against the machine it for christmas number one in the uk. How foolish they were eh!

/inserts sarcasm tag here just in case people don't realise it.

Different song, different reasons. My whole point being that I couldnt see this song going viral like RATM for reasons outlined above. Just sayin is all

youcancallmeal · 09-12-2010 3:26pm

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Lots of people from Dublin who are in their mid/late 20's quite enjoy the Rubber Bandits.

They may not be your thing but it's a bit condescending to say you don't get them simply because you're from Dublin, as if humour from anywhere else in Ireland is so radically different to humour from the capital.

Of course many people from Dublin like rubberbandits. I was just coming up with theories as to why I didn't find it humorous?

I love Hardy Bucks and they are from Mayo but they arent really obviously from Mayo, could be any small rural town in country really.

Miguel_Sanchez · 09-12-2010 3:41pm

youcancallme>al wrote: »

Of course many people from Dublin like rubberbandits. I was just coming up with theories as to why I didn't find it humorous?

I love Hardy Bucks and they are from Mayo but they arent really obviously from Mayo, could be any small rural town in country really.

I dunno - I'd say Hardy Bucks use as much if not more Mayo specific phrases and references as the Bandits do Limerick ones.

Basq · 09-12-2010 4:07pm

Sorry... I don't get it.

Is it meant to be particularly funny or catchy? Not for me at all!

Panda · 09-12-2010 4:58pm

Im surprised that some of the dubs of boards.ie dont appreciate this.

You've got the drugs, members of the travelling community, honda civics and horses.
Its practically a remake of "Into the West"!

:rolleyes:

AnonoBoy · 09-12-2010 5:08pm

basquille wrote: »

Is it meant to be particularly funny or catchy?

*checks notes*

I believe so yes.

Saila · 09-12-2010 5:35pm

Adam wrote: »

"no one should buy this until between the ‎19th to the 23rd. All you need is a few thousand to top the charts in Ireland, every download is important though"

if thats true, you can see how all the shite x factor music makes it :rolleyes:
thats worrying.

Jagle · 09-12-2010 5:45pm

love the comments on youtube about 40% of em are just asking for the bridsmaids facebok page haha

Amazotheamazing · 09-12-2010 6:31pm

Jagle wrote: »

love the comments on youtube about 40% of em are just asking for the bridsmaids facebok page haha

It should be higher. She is class.

There's a quality bird in the audience too, black haired girl at 2 mins in.

Not that I've been obsessively watching it for the women are anything....

Jagle · 09-12-2010 6:32pm

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

It should be higher. She is class.

There's a quality bird in the audience too, black haired girl at 2 mins in.

Not that I've been obsessively watching it for the women are anything....

haha ya she isnt bad, the grooms girlfriend that is haha
i ment the bird at 2 minutes in not the bridesmaid