Dave Thorp's Blog » crap http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk The musings of Dave Thorp Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:53:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Christmas Number One 2009…. a foregone conclusion? http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/22/christmas-number-one-2009-a-foregone-conclusion/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/22/christmas-number-one-2009-a-foregone-conclusion/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:32:57 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=447 Skybet are already offering bets on the winner of x-factor 2009 becoming Christmas Number One next year at odds of 1-4.

I am officially pleading with the nation, please don’t make this happen. 4 years running is bad enough but 5 would be too much.

During 2009 I will be selecting a song at random and starting an online campaign to get said song to number one. Please people when the time comes buy that song and not the pap Simon Cowell has banged out.

You know it makes sense!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/22/christmas-number-one-2009-a-foregone-conclusion/feed/ 1 I was right!!! http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:48:45 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=437 Well I was right as the great british public proved once again that they are sheep and will purchase any old tat simply because it came from the x-factor or other similar talent(less) contests. Jeff Buckley did manage to get to number 2 though (which lets face it is the equivalent to number one these days as Simon Cowell more or less reserves the number one slot months or even years in advance)

Shame on you all…. oh and next year please lock up your eight year old daughters so some decent music has a chance to top the charts!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/feed/ 0 Chart Battle for Xmas Number One http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/18/chart-battle-for-xmas-number-one/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/18/chart-battle-for-xmas-number-one/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:50:04 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=434 There seems to be a battle developing for the Christmas number one this year. Well more accurately there is a battle developing for Christmas number two. Regrettably the advent of manufactured pop from the likes of the X-Factor, Pop Idol or Britain’s Got the Pop Factor… and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice means that what used to be a fun race for Christmas number one with some classic or sometimes wacky songs making it, is now a foregone conclusion as the winner of these shows is obliged to at least get a number one at Christmas before sadly(!) fading into obscurity having just made Simon Cowell yet more millions.

However this year people are fighting back by campaigning to get Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah to chart higher than Alexandra Burke’s. As good as this would be as it would show Simon Cowell the British public are not sheep and are not going to buy any old tat they bash out simply because it has come from his talent(less) show. Unfortunately, the campaign is likely doomed to failure for one simple reason (well two).

Unfortunately the British public are sheep and will buy any old tat that is bashed out regardless how good it is simply because it comes from Simon Cowell’s talent(less) show. Furthermore for some time it has become increasingly clear that the UK music charts are dictated by the purchasing habits of little 8 year old girls that don’t know any better.

Pity!

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