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Sir Paul McCartney Backs Rage for Christmas Number One
- Posted on Dec 18th 2009 10:00AM by Matt Glazebrook
Mere days after appearing on 'The X Factor' finale, Paul McCartney has sensationally chosen a side in the great battle for Christmas number one 2009 -- and he's backing Rage Against the Machine. Well, he at least says he'd be amused if the Facebook campaign to stop Cowell's latest pop puppet reaching the top spot succeeds.Rage's 1992 hit 'Killing in the Name' is reportedly locked in a tight race with 'X Factor' winner Joe McElderry's cover of Miley Cyrus song 'The Climb' prior to Sunday's festive chart countdown. Macca told Sky News that while he has "nothing against" McElderry, who he sees as "just some kid with a career ahead", he thinks it "would be kind of funny if Rage Against The Machine got it because it would prove a point."
In addition to McCartney's treachery, McElderry himself seems to be distancing himself from Cowell's recent suggestion that the pro-RATM movement was "Scrooge-like" and a "miserable" attempt to "put down young talent."
He told the BBC, "I'm not really seeing it as a personal attack, because I think if any other person would have won it would have been the same case. It's more against 'The X Factor' than the actual winner".
McElderry also revealed he has yet to hear Rage's rabble-rousing anthem. Hopefully he'll get the chance on Sunday, just after he listens to his own tune on Radio 1's Chart Show.
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Bert
Benedict Stone do you actually know what the song is about?
December 19 2009 at 6:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Liz
David Neal: So because Macca appeared on X Factor he has to agree with everything Simon C. does or says? For ever and ever? Plenty of people enjoy watching the X Factor as family entertainment yet agree that it would be funny/cool for RATM to win.
December 18 2009 at 5:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Benedict
I hope to God that RATM don't get to #1. That song is rude and foul. It is against the spirit of Christmas, but we all know that the X Factor will end up winning.
December 18 2009 at 4:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
David Neal
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I presume Macca will be returning the fat fee he received for last Sunday's X-factor performance. I find it a bit rich that he find's X-factor okay to boost his already considerable fortune but not okay to support musically. Judging by his poor vocal performance on the show, it is doubtful whether he would have reach the finals had he been a contestant.
December 18 2009 at 12:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Brett
You're right, Paul wouldn't have won the X-Factor, because he's actually an artist. The X-Factor is the antithesis of art.
December 19 2009 at 12:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Kevin Keegan
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I will love it, LOVE IT, if RATM finishes the week at Number one.
December 18 2009 at 11:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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