So its that time of year again, we find our selves hurtling towards the end of another year, and another countless months of Simon Cowell all over out tv screens and his offsprings / manufactured machines polluting our airwaves.
Although Ive managed to avoid all of this years X Factor, thankfully, I have heard mumblings along the line of the hopefuls not being that good.
So as with last year, and the track We're All Going to Die by Malcolm Middleton, it may not have reasched the dizzy heights of number one but what it did do was get talk of an artist other than that Xfactor clan into the public domain at a time of the year it otherwise wouldn't
So cutting to the point how about a similar campaign this year? Give "real" music fans something to talk and ponder over that isn't something voting for a complete unknown on a Saturday night
Liverpudlians The Wombats seem the most likely choice:
The song in question is this christmas, is so apt right now its unbelieveable!!!!:
"i can hear the sleigh bells comign around the bend
here comes the darkest end
christmas is here
it's about nights extend into the overdraft
to scrape out what is left
at the end of the year"
So it may not be as dark and sinister as Malcolm Middletons offering last year but its a song that the nation can relate to, more than some inevitable half baked cover on a tv show anyway!
The video features fellow scouser Les Dennis and the proceeds of the single which is out to buy on the 15th December go to Mencap
Save a Wombat, Save Christmas - and annoy Simon Cowell!
"79p to save Christmas"
Join these groups and spread the word!!
http://www. facebook. com/home. php#/group. php?gid=32603080941&ref=ts
http://groups. myspace. com/wombatchristmas
http://www. last. fm/group/Is+This+Christmas+-+The+Wombats+For+Christmas+Number+One!
