tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post3805701333124423277..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Meh Against the Machine... or NotKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-62137775866665196402009-12-24T11:49:25.509+00:002009-12-24T11:49:25.509+00:00So, As it turned out. RATM won.
I wonder how many...So, As it turned out. RATM won.<br /><br />I wonder how many units Joe sold? I would bet it was considerably more than the No. 1's of the last few years.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-59261874998029493472009-12-22T16:12:24.172+00:002009-12-22T16:12:24.172+00:00My best wishes to you and your family for a very H...My best wishes to you and your family for a very Happy and Blessed Christmas! <br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-63845231909788483112009-12-20T16:41:10.753+00:002009-12-20T16:41:10.753+00:00Since the demise of Top of the Pops I have stopped...Since the demise of <i>Top of the Pops</i> I have stopped taking the slightest interest in the pop charts. Back in 1973 I used to listen faithfully every week and write the Top Twenty as it still was back then in a notebook and I could pretty much tell you who was where, when they were and for how long for the next couple of years. Not any more. <br /><br />It's not that I think all pop music is now crap because it certainly isn't and there is some damn fine music still being produced (we watched an interview with the guy from Snow Patrol recently and were quite impressed, impressed enough to seek out their <i>Best Of</i> album) but I rarely listen to vocal music at all these days because you can't write over it; it's all classical and soundtracks and I'm fine with that. The only time I really listen to vocal stuff is when I'm out and I think to take that iPod-thingy Carrie bought me which is not that often.<br /><br />As for <i>X Factor</i>, I could count on one hand the number of times we've watched it. We miss <i>Stars in their Eyes</i>.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-42904840239277897772009-12-20T14:12:24.598+00:002009-12-20T14:12:24.598+00:00Dealing with Cowell's American cousin version,...Dealing with Cowell's American cousin version, "American Idol", I am torn about him. I'd agree that 95% of the time he's right about those who have no talent. Sadly, he doesn't have a sympathetic bone in his body and seemingly enjoys telling people just how untalented they are.<br /><br />If this was really "reality t.v.", more folks would express how they felt about him. Then again, last year the other 3 judges did remind him that he can't sing nor has he ever recorded anything.<br /><br />Nope, never recorded anything but record earnings. :)<br /><br />You're right in we need to remember WE are in charge of our lives, not other people. I know of quite a few politicians in the US who will be quite surprised in after the 2010 elections. Sorry, stepping off the soapbox now.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and yours!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-39174313942922383222009-12-20T09:50:48.960+00:002009-12-20T09:50:48.960+00:00I won't buy either record - to me, the RATM ca...I won't buy either record - to me, the RATM campaign is just as invidious. Same type of campaign, different product.<br /><br />I'll buy that I WANT to buy and, hopefully, remain impervious to outside pressures. I am not a number, I am a free woman!<br /><br />Have a good Xmas, Ken :)Pam Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371835641538430316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-91027502624722793852009-12-19T22:17:46.750+00:002009-12-19T22:17:46.750+00:00I love your thinking at the end of this post. If o...I love your thinking at the end of this post. If only! <br /><br />"Reality" TV is the reason we took down the satellite dish and switched it off. If that's reality, I'm scared.<br /><br />Merry Christmas Ken!Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-73966590213386027452009-12-19T17:33:49.256+00:002009-12-19T17:33:49.256+00:00Ugh. Simon Cowell puts the money into money-hungry...Ugh. Simon Cowell puts the money into money-hungry. I don't think he even listens to music. He said Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" was "not that well known". He doesn't care about music. He may as well be deaf. The only reason he is involved in an essentially democratic franchise such as X Factor is because he gets to play monarch for a few months. <br /><br />Funny, because if you look at the structure of X Factor as compared to another similar one like Strictly Come Dancing, the judges on X Factor have really confused and ultimately questionable roles. I say bin them and let the people reign directly. That's anarchy, baby. (I think?)Sallyhttp://theotherscrapbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-70982896434192768442009-12-19T17:23:45.334+00:002009-12-19T17:23:45.334+00:00Good points.
Let me confuse matters further:
I r...Good points.<br /><br />Let me confuse matters further:<br /><br />I really *like* Simon Cowell, I think at leasy 95% of what he says is honest and fair. I also don't begrudge him his success, he's clever and savvy and he's earned it.<br /><br />But the programme has now unwittingly provided this handy metaphor for regal-ness (?) and social malcontent and it's a shame not to play it up a bit. :)<br /><br />Thanks for thought provoking posting and Merry Merry Christmas to you, 'hope to see you around.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-34315204680878379622009-12-19T17:17:45.430+00:002009-12-19T17:17:45.430+00:00PS I love the picture that accompanies this post m...PS I love the picture that accompanies this post more than words can say.Sallyhttp://theotherscrapbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-4148855940592210922009-12-19T17:13:56.911+00:002009-12-19T17:13:56.911+00:00This is probably the most convincing line of think...This is probably the most convincing line of thinking to back up the RATM campaign.<br /><br />But to be quite fair to the X Factor, it is democratic. Nobody is telling the public to buy Joe's CD except the public themselves, who elected him. I hate the judges as much as (okay, more than) the next person, but the X Factor winners are products of a social movement. <br /><br />Anyway, if we really wanted to rattle the judges, we just wouldn't buy anything at all. Job done. One protest that isn't limited to people that have cash to throw around on singles they already own.Sally, aka FiendishThingiehttp://theotherscrapbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com