You may remember last year when the X Factor winner’s inevitable terrible cover version of a debut was Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen (although the best version was definitely Jeff Buckley’s)? Well, some people got together and started a campaign asking people to buy the original version rather than the X Factor version, with the hope of preventing yet another X Factor Christmas number 1. Private Eye pointed out that both Sony Music Entertainment was not only the parent company of Syco, Simon Cowell’s company, but also owned the rights to the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah, which the campaign was promoting in place of the X Factors… despite the fact that the money ended up in the same hands either way. Sony’s.
Well, guess what?
FED UP OF SIMON COWELL’S LATEST KARAOKE ACT BEING CHRISTMAS NO.1??
ME TOO… SO WHO’S UP FOR A MASS PURCHASE OF ‘KILLING IN THE NAME’ ON CHRISTMAS WEEK AS A PROTEST TO THE X-FACTOR BOLLOCKS?
This is up against a record by Syco, owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
Rage Against The Machine’s label is Epic records.
Epic Records’ parent company is…
dude, they really ruined the song
even some youtube users has covered the song better. she’s just a simple girl with a high-ranged vocal who the best career i can assume for her is becoming someone like beyounce(ugh)
she has nothing in common with this kind of music.
Oh god! they are shaking Jeff’s body in its resting place.
Aye, the X Factor is always a train wreck.
This year, it’s Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing. Unforgivable.
Motherfucking heroes of capitalism.
FYI, this is the best cover:
I mean This.
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