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UK owns Simon Cowell
« on: December 20, 2009, 02:55:48 PM »
Every year in UK in December the X-factor (UK Pop Idol) announces its winner and for the last 4 years Cowell gets them to sing someone elses song and it gets to Christmas Number one.Some guy had had enough with the manufactured crap and made a facebook group to put Rage Against the Machines 1993 song "killing in the Name of" to number one for Christmas, 500,000 people bought it and pushed Cowells X-factor song to number 2, never underestimate the power of the people!!

X-factor top 10 finalists singing Killing in the name of   :D
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2009, 04:20:44 PM »
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2009, 04:21:01 PM »
Both companies are owned by Sony so I am sure Cowell wins no matter what. I may be wrong but he def wins either way.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2009, 04:22:25 PM »
Quite brilliant.

All you end up with from Cowell is lowest common denominator music.

I'll be turning up Rage on Christmas morning now...
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2009, 04:25:59 PM »
Quote from: Ursus on December 20, 2009, 04:21:01 PM
Both companies are owned by Sony so I am sure Cowell wins no matter what. I may be wrong but he def wins either way.

Maybe in the short term, but dont think for a second Cowells main cashcow in the UK, X-factor, didnt take a huge long term hit from this.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2009, 04:52:25 PM »
who gives a fuck
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2009, 04:54:59 PM »
Quote from: Method101 on December 20, 2009, 04:52:25 PM
who gives a fuck

Your mom on a saturday night, behind the 7-11, for $3 and half a pack of gum.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2009, 12:30:04 AM »
Must suck to buy a song you already have tho.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2009, 03:35:23 AM »
Quote from: db2431 on December 20, 2009, 04:54:59 PM
Your mom on a saturday night, behind the 7-11, for $3 and half a pack of gum.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2009, 03:56:42 AM »
All thanks to Facebook!! So those of you that think that sort of stuff is pointless are behind the times!

it is actually pretty amazing that the X factor machine was put to the sword, yeah cowell will probably still make a lot of money, but I think the point was made...enough shoving shitty music from your yearly caraoke show down people's throats.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2009, 04:04:04 AM »
Quote from: the_steevo_uk on December 21, 2009, 03:56:42 AM
All thanks to Facebook!! So those of you that think that sort of stuff is pointless are behind the times!

it is actually pretty amazing that the X factor machine was put to the sword, yeah cowell will probably still make a lot of money, but I think the point was made...enough shoving shitty music from your yearly caraoke show down people's throats.

True, its actually a huge landmark and imagine its uses for rallying people in elections etc.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2009, 04:19:09 AM »
It wouldn't surprise me if Sony was behind the whole idea...but I'm surprised so many people actually gave a fuck who was Christmas Number 1.
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2009, 04:26:13 AM »
why the fake video?

so they are About to sing it?
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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2009, 05:02:23 AM »
Quote from: db2431 on December 20, 2009, 04:54:59 PM
Your mom on a saturday night, behind the 7-11, for $3 and half a pack of gum.

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Re: UK owns Simon Cowell
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2009, 05:07:22 AM »
Quote from: Ursus on December 20, 2009, 04:21:01 PM
Both companies are owned by Sony so I am sure Cowell wins no matter what. I may be wrong but he def wins either way.

Not entirely sure about that - Cowell doesn't own Sony so he won't get a cut of Rage's sales.  ???

Cowell is part of BMG which is owned by Sony and runs his production company Syco as well. He probably doesn't care to be honest - he's already practically a billionaire.
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