Rage Against the Machine topples 'American Idol's Simon Cowell

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

The Machine has taken down King Cowell -- Simon Cowell, that is.

Tired of the holiday music status quo, Jon and Tracy Morter took to Facebook to get fans rallied to turn the music sale tides away from Cowell's "The X Factor" creation Joe McElderry's Miley Cyrus cover, "The Climb" in favor of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing In The Name." Apparently it worked: Rage outsold McElderry by 50,000 copies to clinch the title 2009 Christmas No. 1 single.

According to BBC News, Zack de la Rocha from Rage is "very, very ecstatic about being number one."

"It says more about the spontaneous action taken by young people throughout the UK to topple this very sterile pop monopoly," De la Rocha says.


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[VenusRising]

1. Error: You can't recommend threads from this forum

But I wanna!!

[graywarrior]

2. Yay!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Captain Hilts]

4. It's a pretty neat stunt, actually. nt

[Captain Hilts]

3. They won't screw with the album charts 'cause they know Boyle could beat the living crap outta them.

[jakefrep]

5. Why didn't they pick a good song to make #1?

Rage Against the Machine is crap.

[JCMach1]

6. I like some of their songs, but you are right... this one is

C.R.A.P.