Really? Do we really need to?
Does it matter, really, at all?
I mean, the profits going to Shelter is a good thing, but is it really a great travesty that the popular music charts is topped by music which is popular?
( Comma, Mon 14 Dec 2009, 20:42, archived)

But if 1,000,000 people buy the X Factor winners song
and another 1,000,000 people buy the RATM song, even then counting up every other single song sale, mp3 download in that week,
I'll wager that there are still tens of millions of people who don't buy any of them.

This then proves that apathy and disinterest is more popular than either of the main contenders, doesn't it?
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Mon 14 Dec 2009, 20:47, archived)

The one thing about this whole campaign which I agree with (assuming it's part of what we're trying to do)
is to point out that there are hundreds of bands doing better music who aren't plastered on prime time TV to purely make money, and because of this never have a chance to be popular and give us all the pleasure of hearing their music. The whole program is designed to make money, it's not about music although it's billed as such.
( Druid, Mon 14 Dec 2009, 20:49, archived)

Everybody knows that, though.
Even the people who enjoy X Factor-type music either know that there is music that is 'better' (somehow more culturally worthy), or they are dim enough not to be able to appreciate the better music. I can't imagine that there is anyone who doesn't recognise that the purpose of X Factor type music is to make money. I don't know why their realisation of that is a concern, either. Making money is a very good thing to do, even if it isn't culturally worthy.
( Comma, Mon 14 Dec 2009, 21:07, archived)