I'm a huge music fan. I listen mostly to progressive rock but if music is made with a modicum of integrity and talent then I can get something out of it. Music thats made for the sole purpose of earning money for fat executives leaves me colder than cold, and there lies the rub. Who actually wins in X-Factor? The 'artistes'? Not many of the winners have carved out a career for themselves. It seems that the winners make a quick buck for the producers and are then released back into obscurity. Yes I know there are a small number of exceptions to that rule but none of them move me in any way.
But my hatred goes far deeper than just disliking this programme. It makes me so angry. Some fame-vampire sings a song in a moderately decent voice and the judges are on their feet, clapping like they've just heard the secret love-child of Sinatra perform an act of pure unadulterated genius. The competitors are whipped into a frenzy like their very life depends on whether they have made it to the next round. It's a singing competition! And it's so hard to ignore it. Every other current affairs show seems to want to report on it, the papers are full of it.
Do you really care who wins? Do you not realise it's all about how much money Cowell, Walsh etc can make out of your kids? Pubs around the country are full of aspiring bands trying to make it in a more conventional and to be honest, honourable route. These are the people who deserve support, not some idiot who cares far more for fame than any sort of musical integrity.
Really?
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