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To think the Christmas Number One has gone tacky and downhill?

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SoniaFouler · 25/12/2021 10:53

I just saw that LadBaby has had its 4th Christmas number one single. Based on what? Tik tok and streaming views on YouTube? I haven’t heard the song and not going to bother but does anyone else think music these days is just low effort, cheap and bland? What about real Christmas number ones, like Spice Girls 2 Become 1 for example.

Also saw that they had a rivalry to get to number one with a band called “The Kunts”. Really? I have no problem with the word cunt but I also don’t think this fits in with the whole Christmas theme. Can you imagine a child saying “who reached number one, mummy?” And she replies “it was The Kunts darling”??

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Herewearestar · 26/12/2021 06:54

Talking about charity, does anyone remember the 2 become 1 controversy?

It was released around about the same time as charity single “Knocking on heavens door” by Dunblane, and there were calls for the Spice Girls to delay the release until after Xmas, so more younger fans could buy the charity single. The SG’s management wanted the Xmas no. 1 and didn’t. I remember The Spice Girls having to defend the decision on TV, Geri insisting that it was just business, if I recall correctly.

It’s largely forgotten this, but really illustrated how ruthless the Spice Girls machine was.

EsmeraldaFudge · 26/12/2021 07:13

Saw some posts on another site last night of the irony of LadBaby declaring their intent to support food banks, but also making no secret of being Tory voters.

WhatScratch · 26/12/2021 07:19

Well, to be fair, without the Tories we wouldn’t have so many food banks for them to donate to.

Livebythecoast · 26/12/2021 07:34

I think the fact you have never heard the song, didn't realise 100% goes to the Trussell Trust and the song mentions Christmas in it lots of times means you haven't really got an argument for your post.
I can't say I'm a massive fan of their pranks but I think they genuinely want to help this charity which is so worthwhile.
Christmas no 1's are always a bit naff and this song is just a bit of fun for a good cause Xmas Smile

DrSbaitso · 26/12/2021 07:37

@EsmeraldaFudge

Saw some posts on another site last night of the irony of LadBaby declaring their intent to support food banks, but also making no secret of being Tory voters.
That seems logical to me...
QueenofDestruction · 26/12/2021 07:55

UGH, Spice girls any song is better than that.

PurBal · 26/12/2021 07:58

Tbh I’d rather Ladbaby got number one to an X factor winner because the profits go to charity.

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SoniaFouler · 26/12/2021 08:09

@PurBal

Tbh I’d rather Ladbaby got number one to an X factor winner because the profits go to charity.
Wy do people keep using this as an argument? All the X Factor Christmas releases were for CHARITY. They were literally known as the X FACTOR CHARITY SONGS. Confused One year was Help for Heroes, another was Great Ormond Street Hospital, the videos used to be black and white and showed footage of the charities they were released for. Are peoples memories really that short? Hmm
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Wagsandclaws · 26/12/2021 08:24

Awful - same crap every year.

dudsville · 26/12/2021 08:26

@WheelieBinPrincess

No child is going to say ‘who reached number one mummy?’ Anymore then they’d say ‘let’s take our tea in the drawing room’

It’s no longer very relevant.

It was X factor winners for years and years anyway, I can’t imagine it means much of anything anymore.

Agreed
DrSbaitso · 26/12/2021 09:52

Are peoples memories really that short?

Yes, because the Christmas Number 1 is irrelevant and nobody really cares except those who were hoping to get it. It's a bit of trashy, shameless Christmas fun, nothing more.

Cornettoninja · 26/12/2021 10:21

@DrSbaitso

Are peoples memories really that short?

Yes, because the Christmas Number 1 is irrelevant and nobody really cares except those who were hoping to get it. It's a bit of trashy, shameless Christmas fun, nothing more.

Maybe that’s why it grates to have the ‘it’s for charity’ line rolled out. It’s a happy byproduct of self promotion not an altruistic aim.

At least a variation of artists and songs rotates the cause a bit. Four years running and it just feels like people may as well donate directly to the TT 🤷‍♀️

Bollocks2Covid · 26/12/2021 11:40

Nah I still can’t see or hear anything remotely Christmassy about it? Unless you are going to say it’s set in New York and Home Alone 2 was set there 😂

slashlover · 26/12/2021 12:01

Doing it for the charity! Except these items are on their site and NOT going to charity. (The adult medium, adult large, adult XL and adult 2XL of the jumper have sold out.)

To think the Christmas Number One has gone tacky and downhill?
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SoniaFouler · 26/12/2021 12:03

[quote Bollocks2Covid]Nah I still can’t see or hear anything remotely Christmassy about it? Unless you are going to say it’s set in New York and Home Alone 2 was set there 😂

[/quote] It’s clearly a Christmas themed song though? Maybe not the lyrics but the video especially is. Compared to so-called “LadBaby”
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SoniaFouler · 26/12/2021 12:05

@DrSbaitso

Are peoples memories really that short?

Yes, because the Christmas Number 1 is irrelevant and nobody really cares except those who were hoping to get it. It's a bit of trashy, shameless Christmas fun, nothing more.

being number 1 at Christmas is the most important time to be number 1, it’s very prestigious (maybe not now but it was relevant)
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DrSbaitso · 26/12/2021 14:04

it’s very prestigious

No it's not. That's the point. It's the one time when we can shamelessly send utter crap about sausage rolls to the top and laugh about it because it's not supposed to be serious. Or complain because we think it should have been a band called The Kunts with a song whose entire lyrics are a repeat of the line "Boris Johnson is still a fucking cunt".

It's a time for tinsel on your head and shite music in the charts.

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SoniaFouler · 26/12/2021 14:18

@DrSbaitso

it’s very prestigious

No it's not. That's the point. It's the one time when we can shamelessly send utter crap about sausage rolls to the top and laugh about it because it's not supposed to be serious. Or complain because we think it should have been a band called The Kunts with a song whose entire lyrics are a repeat of the line "Boris Johnson is still a fucking cunt".

It's a time for tinsel on your head and shite music in the charts.

It’s not anymore but it was. Before all this stuff about sausage rolls. There used to be a huge deal made of who got Christmas number one and big campaigns surrounding it. It was very, very prestigious
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EyesAsGreenAsAFreshPickledToad · 26/12/2021 14:19

No, the X Factor winner songs were not for charity. The show released a group song with all the contestants before Christmas that was a charity single. The winner's Christmas number 1 profited Simon Cowell not charity.

DrSbaitso · 26/12/2021 14:26

It’s not anymore but it was. Before all this stuff about sausage rolls. There used to be a huge deal made of who got Christmas number one and big campaigns surrounding it. It was very, very prestigious.

The millennium number one was Cliff Richard doing the Lord's Prayer to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. One of its closest rivals was the soundtrack to a website that featured animated dancing hamsters.

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SoniaFouler · 26/12/2021 14:30

@EyesAsGreenAsAFreshPickledToad

No, the X Factor winner songs were not for charity. The show released a group song with all the contestants before Christmas that was a charity single. The winner's Christmas number 1 profited Simon Cowell not charity.
Oh yes I think you’re right, however after 2011 all the winners singles were charity ones
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SoniaFouler · 26/12/2021 14:32

@DrSbaitso

It’s not anymore but it was. Before all this stuff about sausage rolls. There used to be a huge deal made of who got Christmas number one and big campaigns surrounding it. It was very, very prestigious.

The millennium number one was Cliff Richard doing the Lord's Prayer to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. One of its closest rivals was the soundtrack to a website that featured animated dancing hamsters.

So a Christmas song made it to Christmas number 1? I’m not sure of your point.

Anyway, I would just like to see some nice Christmas songs, not tacky, shouty stuff that comes across as cheap.

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DrSbaitso · 26/12/2021 14:41

So a Christmas song made it to Christmas number 1? I’m not sure of your point.

The sausage rolls song is a Christmas song. My point is that Christmas has long been a time for shit novelty songs and people having a laugh about it. It's no worse than most of the other songs on the radio at this time of year. Wonderful Christmastime and shit, breathy covers of Santa Baby. Most of what's in the charts at any given time is dross, it's just that at Christmas we are self aware and laughing about it.

Samcro · 26/12/2021 14:50

@Teacupsandtoast

You do know that all the money from the downloads of the Ladbaby songs goes to the Trussell Trust foodbank charity? They've raised a HUGE amount and supported so many families - who cares if the songs are a bit rubbish?
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felulageller · 26/12/2021 15:04

People just bought Mr Blobby in 1993 to knock Take That's Babe off the number one spot. It was a very close run thing.

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