It's the fact that X Factor /pop idol or whatever has completely replaced Top Of The Pops or whatever we all used to watch and follow that offends me most because:
that most of the public see the music industry as just the artists on X Factor and ignore all the other musical choices
that Simon Cowell is the winner no matter who wins
that he will chose a song that maybe he has the rights to
that he will engineer it so he gets a playing fee as well - maybe just for banging a tambourine in the background
(for which he stands to earn as much as the singer)
OK - we had rubbish chart-toppers in the past at Xmas - Mr Blobby etc, but for it to be Cowell's lackeys year in and year out is getting tiresome
