Justin Bieber for no.1

Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against people who like these shows. I just have something against people who have something against ME not liking these shows!

I think the X Factor guy deserves the No. 1 [and he did get it by the way]. I have more respect for someone who actually likes him than for someone who buys Surfin' Bird because they're a sheep and they were told to buy it. Simple as that. So well done Matt Cardle, or whatever your fucking name is. Now go and make Simon Cowell a shit load of coke money!! 

Hideout Admin said:

By the way, The Family Guy and The Simpsons are both great. I couldn't care less about Southpark.

I hate Family Guy, as for the Sufin Bird, it beats the hell out of Rage Against the Machine but it's the same dumb stunt at the end of the day. I mean so what the X Factor winner doesn't get its number one, she/he was never going to be the winner in the game anyway, that would be the record label.

Seeing as it's always majors playing this game, they are in a win win situation where X Factor fans are met with a challenge to buy this crud to get it to number one.

I sound really miserable here but I swear that really isn't so. And considering the charities involved and that the song's good I'm rooting for it.

By the way, The Family Guy and The Simpsons are both great. I couldn't care less about Southpark.

From Sundazed Music:

"Surfin' Bird" storms the British charts for Christmas!

The Trashmen's immortal rock 'n' roll classic "Surfin' Bird" continues to demonstrate its timeless appeal this holiday season.  The beloved 1963 garage-surf anthem is currently at the center of a successful grass-roots campaign in Britain to return the 47-year-old song to the upper reaches of the pop charts.

This holiday season, a cadre of British rock 'n' roll fanatics—represented by a Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/birdbirdbirdistheword) that boasts over 620,000 members—has mounted an audacious campaign that has already pushed the song to the Number Three spot on the U.K. charts, alongside the likes of the Black Eyed Peas and Rihanna.  The effort, originally launched by "Birdman Jack," has achieved this unprecedented feat by encouraging its members to purchase the song.

In a recent statement, the group explained that the campaign represents a concerted effort to strike a blow for real music, and to wrest the U.K. chart spotlight back from the domination of lightweight manufactured pop, as exemplified by Simon Cowell's wildly successful TV show X Factor.  "Our mission," the group explains, "is to continue the success of last year's 'Rage Against The Machine' Facebook campaign, which snatched the Christmas Number One spot from X-Factor.  The reason behind this campaign is to further prevent the domination of manufactured music, and to allow something truly great to take the limelight.  We are quickly closing the gap on the Number One spot, and we won't stop until everybody knows that the bird is the word!"

As part of the effort, the group is also supporting several charities and is asking members to make donations to these worthy causes, including Shelter, PinkRibbon, British Heart Foundation, Childline and the wildlife preservation organization the RSPB.  The RSPB, which has long worked to protect the welfare of actual birds, has produced a new video to help promote the "Surfin' Bird" chart campaign (http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.aspx?id=266053).

The Trashmen were already regional heroes on the Minnesota teen scene when they released "Surfin' Bird" as their debut single in late 1963.  The song brilliantly encapsulated the primitive, uninhibited abandon of the quartet's uniquely primitive take on the surf-music sound.  In the early months of 1964, as America was in the grip of the early stages of Beatlemania, the Bird ascended to the Number Four spot on the Billboard pop singles chart, as well as becoming a smash in such far-flung locales as Australia, Sweden, Mexico and Venezuela.

In the decades since, "Surfin' Bird" has remained an enduring pop-culture touchstone, appearing in numerous movies, TV shows and commercials, and inspiring cover versions by the Ramones, the Cramps and countless other bands.  Most recently, the Bird reentered the mainstream consciousness when the animated TV sitcom The Family Guy built an entire episode around protagonist Peter Griffin's obsession with the song.  Meanwhile, the Trashmen—still anchored by original members Tony Andreason, Dal Winslow and Bob Reed—continue to perform for rabid, ecstatic audiences in America and overseas.

The Trashmen's vintage catalogue remains a mainstay of Sundazed Music, which has released multiple packages of the band's original recordings.  In addition to the label’s recently-released 7" vinyl single pairing "Surfin' Bird" with its original b-side "King of the Surf," the song is also featured on Sundazed's reissue of the original Surfin' Bird album on both CD and vinyl LP, as well as Tube City! The Best of the Trashmen and the exhaustive four-CD box set Bird Call! The Twin City Stomp of the Trashmen.

www.sundazed.com

You know what? Sorry about my tirade against 'adult' animation but everytime people find out that I don't like The Simpsons/Family Guy/South Park they pull a face as if i'd just spat virgins blood in the face of Mother Teresa. Get over it fer Christs sake!!!

IDON MINE said:

YEAH, the bird! Hearing it for 20+ years has never made it old, a true classic.

 

And that the sensor of the protestors has fallen on this song, is clearly a sign that 200X marks the year of the return of the old gods ...of ROCK'N'ROLL.

 

Every other explaination is just worldly BS. Their ways are many. Listen and get blown away.

 

IXNAY: That is right in my case, my cartoons are a attempt to make people as stupid as possible ...in a good way. My operation is small, so multiplyed by the large zombie/human population... this might ...take forever.

YEAH, the bird! Hearing it for 20+ years has never made it old, a true classic.

And that the sensor of the protestors has fallen on this song, is clearly a sign that 200X marks the year of the return of the old gods ...of ROCK'N'ROLL.

Every other explaination is just worldly BS. Their ways are many. Listen and get blown away.

IXNAY: That is right in my case, my cartoons are a attempt to make people as stupid as possible ...in a good way. My operation is small, so multiplyed by the large zombie/human population... this might ...take forever.

I was gonna guess this was from Family Guy.  I also agree with Ray that it's very cool that this is happening, but it doesn't seem to be because anyone thinks it's cool.  It's all part of the joke from the TV show.

And for the record, Family guy is absolutely hilarious.  Definitely not appropriate for young children.

I don't know if you are aware of why this has happened? It's a reaction against a TV show called 'The X Factor' [same bullshit as American Idol] assuming they will have the [much desired] Christmas number one spot in the 'Top 40 Chart'. Someone set up a Facebook page last year and got Rage Against The Machine's 'Killing In The Name Of' to number one instead.

I think Surfin' Bird was chosen because of the skit on an episode of Family Guy. I've never seen the show personally [as I think cartoons are for kids and that it's just a mass media attempt to dumb us down]. Ultimately, yes, it's cool that people are rallying against the assumption that some bullshit pop wannabe is guaranteed a number one song because of their success on a TV show. I do think it's a shame that people aren't buying the song because they think it's cool.

You probably knew all of this anyway - So forgive my rambling...

When every other song on the list is forgotten Surfin' Bird will still be blasting away somewhere. It's timeless!

Boppa OOUU MAU MAU Boppa OOUU MAU MA MAU!!   Awesome.  I hope this ain't a joke.

My god! Never EVER thought I'd see Rhianna's name next to the Thrashmen! Surfin' bird is my all time fav tune!

Thought I'd toss my name into this discussion as well! I sing/play guitar (and sometimes sing/guitar/drums all at once, haha) in a two-piece called Dear Hearts. It's a mix of noisy garage stuff, old timey country, and, when we can find 'em, some sweet Stax horns. It's messy and fun, like rock'n'roll should be :) Check us out online:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dear-Hearts/162623953770636 This is my old go-go-garage-rockin' girl group Magic City (www.myspace.com/magiccity) PS Below is our new xmas song "The Only Thing I Get for Christmas is Blue." Just a rough take, but you get the idea...

Oh, and the Gizmos.

Anything by the Screamin' Mee-Mees.

"Brain Job" - Rubber City Rebels

"My mind's in a trance/Gotta headache in my pants/I'm just a plain slob/Gotta get a brain job/CHORUS:Gotta get a brain job/Gotta do it now/Gotta get a brain job/But I don't know how!"

Hahaha thanks man.Great.   Check i am allergic to flowers by jefferson handkerchief.

Alex said:

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta treat a woman rough
you gotta treat a woman tough
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta pull her by the hair
hold her tighter than a grizzly bear
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

you gotta show a woman who wears the pants
if you want her to stick by you
you can have her eating right out of your hand
heres what ya gotta do..

show a woman that you're a man
you gotta show her where you stand
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!

be a caveman!

 

I'm also including a YouTube link with a funny video to go along with the song.  Enjoy!

Giannis KRI said:

It would be funnier if i could understand the lyrics....

Alex said:

"Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta treat a woman rough
you gotta treat a woman tough
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta pull her by the hair
hold her tighter than a grizzly bear
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

you gotta show a woman who wears the pants
if you want her to stick by you
you can have her eating right out of your hand
heres what ya gotta do..

show a woman that you're a man
you gotta show her where you stand
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!

be a caveman!

I'm also including a YouTube link with a funny video to go along with the song.  Enjoy!

Giannis KRI said:

It would be funnier if i could understand the lyrics....

Alex said:

"Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

another golden tear has been shed for this true pioneer, the world already feels his loss.

Captain Beefheart has been a fave of mine since i stumbled across Clear Spot way too many years ago...some of the craziest and wildest guitar and vocals you'll hear anywhere!! I've been hoping all of these years that the Captain would come out of retirement for one last shot of magic....

Brilliant guy.....a sad loss........Safe as MIlk is also my favourite......we used to jam Diddy Wah Diddy....a great song....

That's a shame man.'Safe as milk is my favorite',and 'electricity' made me choose what college to follow.Real shame...

The strange and mysterious musical visionary passes away *captain beefheart*

http://pitchfork.com/news/41062-rip-captain-beefheart/

the best white blues singer just passed away....i do not know what you guys think about him but when i first listened "diddy wah diddy" my brain just blown away!