Comments on: Why I hate the X factor (volume 1) http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/2008/11/03/why-i-hate-the-x-factor-volume-1/ That rinky-tinky sound. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Sound of The Ladies · Why I hate the X-factor more than everyone apart from three people and Elton John http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/2008/11/03/why-i-hate-the-x-factor-volume-1/comment-page-1/#comment-101 The Sound of The Ladies · Why I hate the X-factor more than everyone apart from three people and Elton John Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:15:26 +0000 http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/?p=339#comment-101 [...] noticed I had a few hits from people googling “why I hate the X factor”, the title of a previous post. Weird, I thought, they must have had to wade through a few (dozen?) pages to find [...] [...] noticed I had a few hits from people googling “why I hate the X factor”, the title of a previous post. Weird, I thought, they must have had to wade through a few (dozen?) pages to find [...]

]]> By: Martin Austwick http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/2008/11/03/why-i-hate-the-x-factor-volume-1/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Martin Austwick Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:29 +0000 http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/?p=339#comment-74 Fuck yeah! I'm living the dream and doing it for the kids. Thanks for the props Mark. But you make the serious point that people (especially younger people) might watch X-factor and think 1) That's what music is, 2) That's how you do it and 3) You have to wait for the approval of some pointless fucktard before you're allowed to. That makes me sad. And unhappy. Fuck yeah! I’m living the dream and doing it for the kids.

Thanks for the props Mark. But you make the serious point that people (especially younger people) might watch X-factor and think 1) That’s what music is, 2) That’s how you do it and 3) You have to wait for the approval of some pointless fucktard before you’re allowed to. That makes me sad. And unhappy.

]]> By: Mark http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/2008/11/03/why-i-hate-the-x-factor-volume-1/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Mark Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:25:36 +0000 http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/?p=339#comment-73 Case in point being your good self. Remember bass guitar lessons back in schooldaze? I think I picked this instrument 'cos a) you had one to borrow and b) it had less strings than a guitar guitar. You on the other hand wanted to play like Les Claypool. Six lessons later I had lost all enthusiasm. By contrast you went to fretless bass, guitar and were taking singing lessons at Uni. Fast forward to now and you're solo on stage singing your own songs and recording tunes in the off-hours. That's a pretty big wow, but a wow borne from a lot of dedication. Your own enthusiasm carries you to something brilliant and I'd hate to think of other enthusiastic people out there being demoralised by the kind of negative display of bullshit the X-factor symbolises. Case in point being your good self. Remember bass guitar lessons back in schooldaze? I think I picked this instrument ‘cos a) you had one to borrow and b) it had less strings than a guitar guitar. You on the other hand wanted to play like Les Claypool. Six lessons later I had lost all enthusiasm. By contrast you went to fretless bass, guitar and were taking singing lessons at Uni. Fast forward to now and you’re solo on stage singing your own songs and recording tunes in the off-hours. That’s a pretty big wow, but a wow borne from a lot of dedication. Your own enthusiasm carries you to something brilliant and I’d hate to think of other enthusiastic people out there being demoralised by the kind of negative display of bullshit the X-factor symbolises.

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