Fuck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me

So, Rage Against The Machine to number one this Christmas? Sounds like a really awesome idea, does it? Well, only if you fail to do a bit of thinking and research before parting with your 99p.


Let’s get one thing straight. I don’t like X Factor, and I really don’t like the way it’s hijacked the UK charts over the years every Christmas. I, in terms of music, would really like to see ‘Killing In The Name Of’ reach the top of the charts, but lets look deeper into the campaign. What is this campaigns goal? It’s to take the charts back from the ‘Evil Empire’, Mr Simon Cowell. Here is the first problem, and I can point out the first flaw in this campaign by asking you a simple question. What record label owns the song ‘Killing In The Name Of’? The answer you’re looking for is Epic Records. What is the parent company of Epic Records? That would be Sony Music Entertainment. Who earns some cash off of the sales from this Sony Music Entertainment label? Yes, you guessed it. Mr Cowell. The ‘Evil Empire’. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t see the logic behind paying the man you’re supposed to be fighting. In fact, think about it like this. Mr Cowell is laughing at you. Laughing all the way to the bank as you pay him his wages this Christmas, on top of the people who are going to be paying for his X Factor winner. Now that’s just silly, isn’t it?

Let’s get to the second point. The famous lines “fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” are being used almost constantly in this campaign. This brings me to the second flaw, and it’s more a conscious one this time round. Read that quote from the song again, and keep on doing so until you realise the idiocy behind your actions when you paid 99p for that single. You are doing what you are told. Yeah, you’re not buying the X Factor single this Christmas and that’s a good thing. What you are doing though, is doing what this campaign tells you to do. That makes you worse than these people who buy the X Factor single because I can’t ever recall Simon Cowell ever directly telling his audience to buy anything.

These are two simple reasons why you shouldn’t follow this campaign. Do what you want to do. Buy the Christmas song you want to buy. I for one already own this song, and will only consider buying it if Tom Morello comes out and officially confirms that all proceedings will be going to charity as rumoured, because what more than to give your cash to a worthy cause. All I ask is you think for yourself before you press the “Buy Now” button. Evaluate what you are doing. Are you buying this for the right reasons? Are you making your own decision here? Or are you simply being a sheep to what is ultimately the same shepherd, Mr Simon Cowell.

I for one have one final thing to say to the creator of this campaign. Fuck YOU I won’t do what YOU tell me.

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