[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Nutcracker

The 'some people who have never heard of them' are the same people who have probably never heard of Kate Bush, Bob Dylan and Joe Strummer.

You don't seem to be getting that point. If you keep on watching just the X Factor for your musical input you're never going to be aware of the huge alternative artists of the moment.

The fans rushing out and buying this now object to a watered down cover of something they love. Don't forget - most of the fans will have bought the album rather than the single, hence its modest placing last year. But of course there's a "grrr! i hate the x factor!!" contingent amongst these new customers - and if anything you shouldn't take that personally: it's more of an attack on Simon Cowell, the X Factor monopoly, rather than Matt himself.

No need to try and be patronising just because I havent heard of your beloved Biffy does not mean I do not enjoy or follow different styles of music,I watch the Xfactor because we enjoy it as a family,as i suppose you must watch it! I have very varied musical tastes some of which no doubt you have never heard of does that make you any the less a music buff than I?Of course it doesn't.And if this is a protest against Simon Cowell and not Matt why on earth do people still watch it,it's all seems so childish to me and it's getting boring now.