Jingle All The Way

MARK'S OFFICIAL XMAS COUNTDOWN! - 16 DAYS!

So here's an idea -

There's all this craziness going on in the music industry right now about the 'XMAS NUMBER ONE' (sorry, had to bold that out 'cause it made it look frightening and epic), and have you noticed how weird the odds/predictions are? (taken from the William Hill website...don't know why I'm on this.)

Firstly, without the X Factor, the Xmas Number One's are at -

• Rage Against the Machine (?!) - at 1/3
• Lady Gaga - at 5/1
• Susan Boyle - at 6/1

Also, bets including the X Factor winner are at -

• X Factor Winner - at 1/5
• Rage Against the Machine (?!) - at 10/3
• Susan Boyle - at 25/1

Now, I'm of course not slating the almighty RATM (*bows down*), but, just a random thought here - whatever happened to Christmas music?

Obviously, I'd welcome Rage to become Xmas number one - imagine that, poor crazy Stacey Solomon bumbling all her way to become the winner and then, with the unbelievable outpour of random, jumbled up letters that is the way she speaks, she suddenly exclaims in shock that 'Killing In The Name' has just taken the position of Number One. It'd be terrific.

But, my point here, whatever happened to actual Christmas music? Sure, there's the odd chance that SuBo may do an Xmas song, but I don't see Lady Gaga doing one, and Rage's song for number one is already 'Killing In The Name'. So why doesn't anyone do Christmas music anymore? What happened to it? Why is it that every year, rather than creating a new, beautiful masterpiece of an Xmas jingle, all we get is Paul Potts or the legend that is Daniel O'Donnell covering every damn Christmas song that's been released? Where's the originality here? How on earth did all the ideas for a Christmas song suddenly disappear?

Needless to say, it's probably not the case and there have been Xmas songs released in the past couple of years that have been alright and I've just missed them - but still, the point I'm getting to here is the fact that no one releases decent Christmas songs anymore. Imagine if a new (and actually decent) Christmas song hit number one, instead of the God-awfulness that is Lady Gaga, or, Heaven forbid, Stacey/Olly/Joe. Blasphemy aside, I think it'd be good, if there was someone out there...someone reading this blog thinking, 'wait, I know what he's talking about!'...someone with an idea that would change Christmas forever...someone, with the best sounding Christmas jingle rattling in their skulls, waiting to be released...my friend, if you are out there, then do it. Make Christmas history. And see the look of horror on Simon Cowells face.

It's probably never gonna happen though, so support Rage Against the Machine for Xmas number one all the way!

Anyway, some quick updates, Uni is now officially over (if I haven't mentioned that already) until the 15th of February - so hopefully a lot more blog posts and things. The imagination well for previously coined up personal writing project has ran dry (no idea how considering it was based on my life) and, as it would seem, Black Sky is back in the mix. Same with the game based on Black Sky that is tottering slowly along.

Another point relevant to this blog, from the 13th all the way to the 25th, I'm going to re-write the '12 Days of Christmas' (I know these days aren't the 12 Days Of Christmas, but I don't care), so anyone with any ideas on what you would want for Christmas rather than a partridge in a pear tree, facebook/blog comment/myspace/bebo me with suggestions. I won't bite.

Mark, out, thinking he needs to get his grammar sorted, and wonders if this new sign out line is better than the last.
xxx


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