Mini-rant for Monday morning - X-factor

I hear you can now buy an "X Factor Winner" doll. You switch it on and it sings one song, then does nothing else for 10 years.
 
Don't get me started on these type of TV programmes.

X-Factor is utter tripe. The world of music does not need any of these people. You hear people comparing some of the competitors to some of the worlds best entertainers. Get a grip. They are all (talented enough) wannabee's but will more than likely end up singing in pubs.

But it is now so sad that it is coming down to who cries the most or who has the saddest story. Tripe.

And what about that dancing programme and all the news coverage of the fact that an old man who is crap at dancing has quit because people are saying he's crap and spoiling things. Its only a mess about for God's sake.

And both these programmes are making it into the Houses of Parliament for discussion. How sad a nation is England that their politicians have nothing better to discuss. Its time people came back into the real world where the rest of us live and talk about things that make a difference.
 
MandaC said:
I love Emma by Hot Chocolate.
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...but it can't beat Everyone's a winner, their finest moment IMO.

Almost guaranteed to make me take my clothes off due to it's sheer funkiness.

(Never mind my 'white man' grimacing to the delicious riff)
 
Caveat said:
Andrew Eldritch trivia - at one stage he supposedly held some sort of record re the shortest correspondence: whilst abroad and enquiring about SOM UK album sales he apparently sent a postcard or letter saying simply: "?" and the response was "!"
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Sounds about right. He's an odd one, that Andrew Eldritch. Just don't mention his name near Patricia Morrison ...
 
Celtwytch said:
Sounds about right. He's an odd one, that Andrew Eldritch. Just don't mention his name near Patricia Morrison ...
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How could anyone not be a fan...

Q: Do you always wear black?

A: Not at all. Traditionally, we very often wear shirts of the most flamboyant colour and design. We certainly wear less black than all the other pop acts we can think of (and we can think of plenty). You shouldn't be that bothered anyway. What we wear is designed to be practical and/or entertain us, and we're far more interested in songs than fashion statements.

Apart from anything else, if we'd made fashion statements we'd probably have had the same short career as every other bunch of fashion victims. If anything, it would be sensible to deliberately avoid being fashionable anywhere, although we're not sure what that would look like, and we couldn't be bothered anyway. You have to remember that we live and work in different countries with very differing ideas of fashion, and we think global. White, for example, is a funereal colour in Japan and certain other Asian countries. Any attempt to make a fashion statement would be misinterpreted in nine tenths of the world. In nine tenths of Newcastle, it's a fashion felony to wear any kind of shirt at all, so I might as well settle for a skimpy little white number, or something in dayglo yellow. Nurse prefers Hawaiian.

A TV station or a magazine or a citizen with a particularly desperate agenda might insist on parsing statements that we're not actually making, exaggerating the importance of the occasional black sock, or reviewing clothes that we're not actually wearing; you don't have to make the same mistake.

If the songs are too difficult to concentrate on, or you're simply so sad that you have to draw substantive conclusions from what we wear, you should at least ignore those morons who need to discuss the kind of capes we wear. Because we've never worn any. The best thing would be to ignore us as well. Go find a band which is all about clothing. There are plenty of them.
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Who's still watching the X-factor then?

Eoghan Quigg's rather hysterical reaction to going through was a bit Over The Top but then I guess he's only 16. Who's in the cynical camp with me that says he's only got this far because Northern Ireland are voting for him regardless of what he does?

On the various occasions when he was whispering sweet nothings in Diana Vickers' ear, the following possible scenario appeared in my head: -

Eoghan (thinks): "Wahey, she's only a year older than me. I might be in with a chance here."

Diana (during farewell speech) - "I've met some amazing people, like little Eoghan..."

Eoghan (thinks): "Ah $%£!"
 
[IRONY] Sorry what is X-Factor? [/IRONY]

I have a remote and the talent of using it!

If I want to watch white trash I go to a trailer park, I don't need it on my TV.

TV is made for what the TV producers think is their target audience and allows them to make the most out of it in terms of money (be it by dialing premium rate phone numbers or advertising).

The only way to change that is by not watching x-factor, dirty dancing, strictly come, I'm an idiot, get me out of here or what else there is.

Sure you need a PVR to tape the good programing as it's shown at 0140 on RTE2.

But than again millions voting in these shows can't be wrong.. maybe I should watch it...
 
Ha ha, I did think Eoghan might be a little ticked off at being called 'little' but i suppose it may help as he playing the age card as the semi final approaches. DublinTexas - no trailer parkers in Ireland - well not the sort i think you're refering to anyway. Glad you can use your remote so you don't have to endure the x factor. i for one am enjoying the drama- cringing but still enjoying - at least its a little more cheerful than watching the news lately.
 
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