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Facebook Campaign Decides UK Christmas Music Charts
uglyduckling writes "A grassroots Facebook campaign has pushed the 1990s Rage Against the Machine song 'Killing in the Name Of' to the top of the British music charts for Christmas. The campaign was planned to prevent the X-Factor winner from charting Christmas number one, as has been the case for the past four years. It was supposedly a kick against the commercialism of Christmas and commercial dominance in the music scene, although Rage and the X-Factor winner Joe McElderry were actually signed to the same label. Despite this minor detail, it's interesting to note that this is the first song to reach the number one spot through downloads alone in the UK, and is a testament to the organizational power of social networking sites like Facebook. The Facebook group also asked for donations to charity, and has raised £70,000 for the homeless charity Shelter."
woah, someone admitted being wrong on /.? what the hell is going on here tonight?
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch.
It's for charity.
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
. . . in going beyond what anyone could consider a normal music purchase
I like your style man - calm, measured, understatement whilst inside you're thinking - WTF 6 Copies!!!
You must be old here
Today's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Sony have profited to the tune of 500,000 digital downloads on the RATM track [...] I think it only fair that they make a gesture in kind and make a sizable donation to Shelter as well.
I presented your idea to Sony's CEO, and here's what he told me:
"Fuck you I won't do as you tell me!"
(He repeated that until fading out)
I loved "Yes, Minister". You don't get documentries like that anymore.
Indeed, how can anything matter now that Brittany Murphy is dead?
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it