Dont let the RUBBER BANDITS Get to number 1 for Christmas

Jeekers

Latest chart results its not going to make it to number 1 for Christmas. My prayers are working.......

Superbus

Top 5 currently consist of Matt Cardle, Rubberbandits, Rihanna feat. Drake, X Factor Finalists and the Black Eyed Peas. (http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp)

What an achievement it would be to be number 1 :rolleyes:

seachto7

it's a comedy song, but still has some catchy licks, as do their other stuff.

It'll all be forgotten about in a few months time probably, but on principle alone, it should be number 1 over X Factor, simple as....

Line Simon Cowells pockets if you wish, or line the rubberbandits pockets. money straight to artist!!

seachto7

Jeekers wrote: »

This song and video is disgusting. Christmas is a time for Jesus, and the Spirit of Christmas and Santa Claus and children. It makes a pure laughing stock of the Irish to have a song like this reach to number 1. Im praying it doesnt make it. I for one certainly wont down load it and will switch of the radio when it comes on.

Okay... In the "true spirit of Christmas", how much MONEY will you SPEND. How much TACK will you BUY, BUY, BUY?

Funnily enough, I don't see too many images of Jesus in the shops the last month???

How much food will you stuff into you on Christmas. Loads and loads of food, that you don't need or see many other days of the year?

How much will you give away to the poor and needy on Christmas day?

True Christmas spirit indeed...:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Jeekers

seachto7 wrote: »

Okay... In the "true spirit of Christmas", how much MONEY will you SPEND. How much TACK will you BUY, BUY, BUY?

Funnily enough, I don't see too many images of Jesus in the shops the last month???
Check out the E2 shop beautiful window stickers plus I got a crib in Dunnes

How much food will you stuff into you on Christmas. Loads and loads of food, that you don't need or see many other days of the year?
No actually

How much will you give away to the poor and needy on Christmas day?
I have done already

True Christmas spirit indeed...:rolleyes::rolleyes:

And you think going around with Plastic bags on your head is great Christmas Spirit + a good example for children. And them singing a foul mouthed song like that. I rest my case

Potential-Monke

Jeekers wrote: »

And you think going around with Plastic bags on your head is great Christmas Spirit + a good example for children. And them singing a foul mouthed song like that. I rest my case

Look at the Christmas Numbers ones for the last 20 years, how many of them were in Christmas spirit?

1991: Bohemian Rhapsody - A song about a man who killed someone, fighting for his life with Shaitan and calling on Bismillah to save his soul.

2000: Eminem - Stan: A story of a man who writes to Eminem looking for his approval and, when he doesn't get it, he puts his heavily pregnant girlfriend into the boot os his car and drives off a bridge, killing them both.

I think the Rubberbandits making number one shows that commercialism doesn't always win (X-Factor), and no matter what, push come to shove, the listeners dictate the market. Anyway, the song is a legend of a song, and brings into light all the people we all knew had absolutely no sense of humour, can't understand things properly, and judge on initial impact.

Stokolan

Jeekers wrote: »

And you think going around with Plastic bags on your head is great Christmas Spirit + a good example for children. And them singing a foul mouthed song like that. I rest my case

I don't see what your problem is. When I was a kid this was the Christmas song i liked to listen to. Granted it probably wasn't aiming for number 1.

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

littlemis

Jeekers wrote: »

And you think going around with Plastic bags on your head is great Christmas Spirit + a good example for children. And them singing a foul mouthed song like that. I rest my case

I am sure your mouth has been soiled at some stage:(....I fear you may have lost your Christmas Spirit:( and sure whats wrong with them boys recycling their plastic bags:)...As for singing foul words I think its nicer to hear foul words sang than spoken,much nicer to the ear:D....And come on, who among us wouldn't like the ride:cool:...and jeekers no matter where you are from in the country,you will hear a lot worse than f.......k come out of the mouth of children:o.....UP the RubberBandits and long may their shelf life last.....:):):)

Nailz

littlemis wrote: »

I am sure your mouth has been soiled at some stage:(....I fear you may have lost your Christmas Spirit:( and sure whats wrong with them boys recycling their plastic bags:)...As for singing foul words I think its nicer to hear foul words sang than spoken,much nicer to the ear:D....And come on, who among us wouldn't like the ride:cool:...and jeekers no matter where you are from in the country,you will hear a lot worse than f.......k come out of the mouth of children:o.....UP the RubberBandits and long may their shelf life last.....:):):)

Uh... Too many smilies! Anyway, the whole 'Christmas spirit' argument is so irrelevant and petty it's beyond belief that people actually use it and make sense out of it. My argument for why Rubberbandits shouldn't be anywhere near Christmas No. 1 is because they're ****e! Plain and simple. If you want someone who's musically talented and can also write a good funny song I suggest you listen Frank Zappa "Bobby Brown Goes Down".

Android 666

Nailz wrote: »

Uh... Too many smilies! Anyway, the whole 'Christmas spirit' argument is so irrelevant and petty it's beyond belief that people actually use it and make sense out of it. My argument for why Rubberbandits shouldn't be anywhere near Christmas No. 1 is because they're ****e! Plain and simple. If you want someone who's musically talented and can also write a good funny song I suggest you listen Frank Zappa "Bobby Brown Goes Down".

The whole Christmas spirit argument is indeed irrelevant. You should buy because it's bloody great. I'm sorry but the music in the song is a pretty sophisticated parody of modern R'n'B if you actually listened to it so I don't think it can be dismissed as musically untalented. And seriously Frank Zappa, you list one song of his that is half funny out an overflowing river of dross that the man has produced to indicate his wit and you dismiss the Rubberbandits as ****e based on maybe one listen of their tune? Listen to Song for Willie O’Dea, Up the RA and Bags of Glue - those songs are all classics.

Jeekers

UP the RubberBandits and long may their shelf life last.....:):):)[/QUOTE]

You could phrase that another way ''long may they last on the shelf'':D

littlemis

Nailz wrote: »

Uh... Too many smilies! Anyway, the whole 'Christmas spirit' argument is so irrelevant and petty it's beyond belief that people actually use it and make sense out of it. My argument for why Rubberbandits shouldn't be anywhere near Christmas No. 1 is because they're ****e! Plain and simple. If you want someone who's musically talented and can also write a good funny song I suggest you listen Frank Zappa "Bobby Brown Goes Down".

Oh dear me mister scrooge....Too many smiles at Christmas:):):):):).....Whatever next..

littlemis

Jeekers wrote: »

UP the RubberBandits and long may their shelf life last.....:):):)

You could phrase that another way ''long may they last on the shelf'':D[/QUOTE]

Ah yes indeed I could, BUT, I didn,t,,,,,,and as for "long may they last on the shelf" they are not even touching the shelf before they are bought up....

seachto7

Nailz wrote: »

If you want someone who's musically talented and can also write a good funny song I suggest you listen Frank Zappa "Bobby Brown Goes Down".

Thing is, most of the population aren't that savvy about music, and they don't want to sit around listening to someone *****ing around on a guitar, throwing jazz licks etc in here and there, oh yeah, and there's some funny lyrics in there too. They need something simple to latch onto, to hook onto.

Whether you like Oasis or not, that's what made them popular, basic riffs,and lyrics people could identify with...

There's a reason nobody knows much about Dream Theater (one of em being they're sh*te), but the majority of people don't want to sit around listening to some virtuosos showing off.

Frank Zappa was a very talented musician, but up against the rubberbandits for an Xmas no 1? No chance.....

dasdog

Android 666 wrote: »

The whole Christmas spirit argument is indeed irrelevant. You should buy because it's bloody great. I'm sorry but the music in the song is a pretty sophisticated parody of modern R'n'B if you actually listened to it so I don't think it can be dismissed as musically untalented. And seriously Frank Zappa, you list one song of his that is half funny out an overflowing river of dross that the man has produced to indicate his wit and you dismiss the Rubberbandits as ****e based on maybe one listen of their tune? Listen to Song for Willie O’Dea, Up the RA and Bags of Glue - those songs are all classics.

Argh...Android...you do some really good stuff yourself (I love robot track for remix comp 1) but an overflowing river of dross? You should listen to Overnite Sensation/Apostrophe and repeat those words again. For arguments sake I love what these guys are doing and have done for a while. 3.5 million people have watched what they dreamt up. They win.

nyarlothothep

seachto7 wrote: »

Thing is, most of the population aren't that savvy about music, and they don't want to sit around listening to someone *****ing around on a guitar, throwing jazz licks etc in here and there, oh yeah, and there's some funny lyrics in there too. They need something simple to latch onto, to hook onto.

Whether you like Oasis or not, that's what made them popular, basic riffs,and lyrics people could identify with...

There's a reason nobody knows much about Dream Theater (one of em being they're sh*te), but the majority of people don't want to sit around listening to some virtuosos showing off.

Frank Zappa was a very talented musician, but up against the rubberbandits for an Xmas no 1? No chance.....

Dream Theatre have sold many millions, I take your point about the unwashed masses not liking excellent virtuoso show off music which is the only music that counts, but there is a huge market for it. As regards RB I think its ok if they get no.1., dont really care either way. Some better christmas no.1s in the past though.

seachto7

I dunno, I know Dream Theater sold millions, but I got a free ticket to one of their gigs once, and the whole front row had boners, air drums, air guitar, air keyboard, air bass. It was horrific! :eek:

I think the Xmas number 1 is really only for novelty value. I wanted to see the rubberbandits win, mainly cos they came out of nowhere the last few weeks (after about 8 years) to almost pip someone who has been set up for the number one for the last few months, and is not taking the mickey...

nyarlothothep

seachto7 wrote: »

I dunno, I know Dream Theater sold millions, but I got a free ticket to one of their gigs once, and the whole front row had boners, air drums, air guitar, air keyboard, air bass. It was horrific! :eek:

I think the Xmas number 1 is really only for novelty value. I wanted to see the rubberbandits win, mainly cos they came out of nowhere the last few weeks (after about 8 years) to almost pip someone who has been set up for the number one for the last few months, and is not taking the mickey...

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oh yeah, I mean I appreciate the musicality of dream theatre but they are a bit too clean and perfectly calculated in their style to really grab me, I know what you're talking about with regards air drumming/guitaring musicians, fyi check out this vid for an air drumming audience member,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R42_2RNyMPs

In any case I usually vouch for the underdog, the reason rubberbandits are popular is that they're heavily parodying ridiculous aspects of Irish society and are all the better for it.

Benrobjohn

Who's the scroog! Let them have their few mins of fame!:rolleyes:


















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Kold

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