The X Factor finished up last weekend. Winner Matt Cardle is on top with the mid-week chart update, a precursor to what will be the Christmas number 1.
However, The Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" - this year's Rage Against the Machine song - isn't far behind at number 3. Cage Against the Machine is coming up at a distant number 18, and if the choice is split between the two, it may prevent Surfin' Bird from reaching number 1. And that should make Simon Cowell happy. On 12/15/10 10:54 AM, Mark J. wrote: > After last year's campaign to get an old Rage Against the Machine song > onto the UK charts and at number 1 by Christmas weekend to keep the > first single from the winner of "The X Factor" out of the top spot was > surprisingly successful, an all-star group of pop and rock musicians > have formed Cage Against the Machine and "recorded" American avant- > garde composer John Cage's infamous "4'33"", which consists in its > entirety of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence, to keep this year's > "X Factor" winner out of number 1 Christmas weekend (and for charity): > > http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/news/national/11758/Artists+Turn+Out+In+Force+To+Re-Record+John+Cages+4 > > This week's UK singles chart doesn't show Cage Against the Machine > anywhere (but has a song from the "X Factor" finalists in the top 10-- > the Black Eyed Peas hold down the number 1 slot this week). "X > Factor"'s finale, which traditionally draws the UK equivalent of Super > Bowl ratings, airs this Saturday night and one wonders if this can be > pulled off two years in a row. One also wonders if similar stunts > will be tried when Simon Cowell brings "X Factor" to the U.S. next > fall on Fox. > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
