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Do you support the Facebook group UK single chart No.1 campaign? (suggested by Kewpie)

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Yes, all Smiths & Morrissey fans should make a joint effort
  41% 885 votes
I'm indifferent to the FB campaign group
  33% 725 votes
No, I'm against organised campaigns like this
  19% 416 votes
Other
  5% 115 votes
2141 total votes.
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  • This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
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  • How... (Score:1, Redundant)

    pathetic
    SidNettle -- Saturday January 16 2010, @12:07PM (#349020)
    (User #14252 Info | http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=473903&id=622820624#/group.php?gid=74725266851&ref=mf)
    Driving along in my automobile, with Sid Nettle beside me at the wheel...
    • Re:How... by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday January 17 2010, @06:23AM
      • Yes by SidNettle (Score:1) Sunday January 17 2010, @09:52AM

        • Re:Yes (Score:2, Interesting)

          I agree with mr/miss no-name- nothing is sadder than the first DB that rushes off to complain on a fansite. Don't take it out on us that you give up tapes for an ipod.

          If I lived in the UK, I'd buy everyone in my family the required tracks to make this happen.
          Moz's milk -- Sunday January 17 2010, @12:14PM (#349039)
          (User #23073 Info)
        • Re:Yes by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday January 17 2010, @03:33PM
          • Re:Yes by SidNettle (Score:1) Monday January 18 2010, @12:19PM
  • "A joint effort"? Surely most people frequenting this site are fans of both The Smiths and Morrissey?

    Having said that, the music of The Smiths are miles better than Mozzer's solo efforts, obviously....
    Anonymous -- Saturday January 16 2010, @12:13PM (#349021)
    • not really by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday January 17 2010, @04:21PM
    • Re:Strange poll by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday January 18 2010, @12:47AM
    • Re:Strange poll by skulll (Score:1) Monday January 18 2010, @07:29PM
  • no one cares no one cares infinity

    fuck anyone associated with it

    moho -- Saturday January 16 2010, @07:12PM (#349025)
    (User #10663 Info)
  • The charts have been obsolete forever now.

    These competitions are just a windfall for record companies. Not they, nor anybody, cares about a chart position, so long as that money is rolling in.

    Morrissey and the Smiths have always been about the lyrics and the music. It's never been about the charts.

    -Lucas
    Anonymous -- Saturday January 16 2010, @09:00PM (#349026)

  • Exactly... (Score:1, Insightful)

    I agree with the above. I'd like to hear from people who support this and find out why they feel it's worth their time and money, and exactly how does anyone benefit? Seriously... I couldn't imagine wasting my time on this chart stuff. I like the Smiths and Morrissey because it means alot to me. That's the extent of it. I have friends who hate the music and that's fine. I think their missing out on something great, but they certainly don't have to like it. Why should I care if the songs "appear" to be accepted into the charts, when it's basically a hoax and the same people are voting over and over etc...
    Anonymous -- Saturday January 16 2010, @09:09PM (#349027)

  • Other (Score:1, Interesting)

    There was a purpose and genuine motivation behind the Rage Against the Machine campaign, which was able to get a large group of the population together in protest of X-Factor monopolising the X-Mas no. 1 slot. A lot of people who didn't actually like the song downloaded it to take part in something historic. In short, the campaign meant something.

    This one, however, doesn't. It's just another group of fans getting together to try to make their favourite band no. 1. Frankly, it's embarrassing. I don't want to see The Smiths get to no. 1 on the back of a previous campaign. If The Smiths/Morrissey ever get to no. 1, it should also mean something.

    I took part in the RATM campaign, but I won't be participating in this one even though The Smiths are my favourite band ever.
    Anonymous -- Sunday January 17 2010, @03:15AM (#349029)

    • Re:Other (Score:2, Insightful)

      Very true and sums up my view on the matter too.

      The RATM FB campaign was a movement and moment in time that a thousand people will now try to recapture on an ongoing basis.

      It also condemns any legitimate 'protest' xmas no.1 or any other significant position now doomed to fail, as many pretenders will try to push their 'favourite' band (missing the point entirely) as a potential hit and split the protest vote into many smaller camps
      tomdolan04 -- Monday January 18 2010, @08:26AM (#349049)
      (User #21355 Info)
  • It's funny reading all the cynical idiots here criticising this campaign - it's just a bit of fun, stop over analyzing it. Do any of you remember how to have fun? No, you're all a bunch of miserable elitists, rotting away, rotting away, rotting away! HA HA HA!
    Anonymous -- Sunday January 17 2010, @06:33AM (#349032)
  • There is a difference!

    I don't know if Facebook is the right venue for this endeavor-- Your comments below are appreciated!

    Ken
    sycophantic_slag -- Sunday January 17 2010, @07:46AM (#349033)
    (User #3940 Info)
    "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."

  • other (Score:2, Informative)

    try to get in contact with Morrissey

    ask him

    and is so, yes, a nmbr he prefers, and release it
    via Boz's recordlabel connections [small rock-a-billy labels], as he has a recording studio, and
    produces music for other artists

    Morrissey is without a label, and I want something in my hand, a real cd, no i tunes DL,
    it's not transparent IMHO
    Celibate Cry <[email protected]> -- Sunday January 17 2010, @08:16AM (#349034)
    (User #220 Info)
    and the hills are alive with celibate cries
  • If it were a matter of buying a physical single somewhere, sure, but I'm generally anti-download, legal or otherwise.
    Anonymous -- Sunday January 17 2010, @07:05PM (#349044)
  • Yes in a move thats set to shock the music industry to its very foundations there is a FB campaign to get The Vapors ode to the joys of self-pleasure back to number one.

    Rumours that a moderator on the Morrissey website is to appear in the video are as yet unfounded. The video is to be directed by Godley and Creme
    Anonymous -- Sunday January 17 2010, @07:18PM (#349045)

  • We'd all love The Smiths to be No1, but not a track we've already bought years ago! Morrissey and co have already become millionaires form our support!

    You wouldn't be proving anything from buying a Smiths song on iTunes. You'd just be making Mr Joyce a little bit richer.

    M
    Anonymous -- Monday January 18 2010, @11:15AM (#349050)

  • uhh (Score:1, Troll)

    yeah, I limit my time on facebook and so this craziness just did not make the cut
    sawee...
    se repenti fort <[email protected]> -- Monday January 18 2010, @07:10PM (#349057)
    (User #15856 Info)
  • wait a year and try to get "There Is A Light..." into the top spot. "HSIN" is great, but not as special.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 09 2010, @09:32AM (#349414)
  • lol like it's really on fire?
    SidNettle -- Wednesday January 20 2010, @03:55PM (#349080)
    (User #14252 Info | http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=473903&id=622820624#/group.php?gid=74725266851&ref=mf)
    Driving along in my automobile, with Sid Nettle beside me at the wheel...
    • Re:Other by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday January 21 2010, @10:57PM
      • Re:Other by SidNettle (Score:1) Friday January 22 2010, @05:20AM
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