Now, it’s true that there’s what may be termed “FUCK YEAH!” value in RATM beating the X Factor for xmas no. 1, but, like I and many others have constantly said, Thanks to Sony being the Microsoft of the music industry, whichever song you bought, Cowell got a little bit richer.
And, of course, this is Simon Cowell we’re talking about. Money is all. This, sadly, means the “It’s not about the money” excuse doesn’t fly. Yeah, it was about the money. It really, really was. Myself, I still suspect astroturfing.
There are, however, two upsides to this:
1. RATM are giving away their share of the royalties to charity.
2. FREE RATM CONCERT!!!!
I guess this wasn’t a total waste after all.
