Why a Rage Against the Machine Christmas No 1 would be a great pop moment

If the sweary, shouty rap-rock mob prove to have the X(mas) factor it will be a victory for the democratised and downloadable nature of the pop charts in 2009What a lot of outrage over something so silly. In the fight for Christmas No 1 (and that's a phrase we've not heard in a long time), familiar battle lines have been drawn. In the rock corner, we have those who are "protesting" against Simon Cowell's parade of X Factor winners hogging the top spot, and want to unleash something loud and swe...

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