Rage against the pop machine this xmas
There's a movement this year to take back the Christmas charts from smarmy pop artists churned out by music factories like the X factor and Idol franchises. The kickoff to this movement is this exhortation posted in the 'Rage Against the machine for Xmas #1' Facebook group:
Fed up of Simon Cowell's latest karaoke act being Christmas No.1? Me too... So who's up for a mass-purchase of the track 'KILLING IN THE NAME' from December 13th (DON'T BUY IT YET!) as a protest to the X-Factor monotony?
The group already has nearly 150K members and has received press coverage in stereoboard, nme, Drownedinsound and BritishMusicScene. Now 'Killing in the name' isn't exactly your typical Christmas song, so to help get people into the spirit of the projects I thought I would try to make the song be a bit more appealing to those with traditional Christmas music sensibilities. And so, I fired up the Echo Nest Jingler and generated a Christmas version of 'Killing in the Name'. (The Jingler is a bit of software that will Xmas-ify any song by automatically adding sleigh bells, signal bells and the occasional Santa-ho). Here are the results: [soundcloud url="http://soundcloud.com/plamere/jingling-in-the-name-rage-in-the-machine"] This is just to get you in the Rage against Christmas mood. Remember to buy the track on December 13.