Musical Comparisons

The Reading Festival took place last weekend, featuring some genuinely quality musicians such as Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, and The Vaccines. If you’re the kind of person who enjoys watching talented musicians / song-writers perform live (regardless of whether you were actually at the festival or just watched it on T.V.), then credit to you for taking an interest in what music should really be all about: originality and inspiration.
On the other hand, The X Factor has recently started showing its latest batch of ‘auditions’. The only musical talent that contestants need to have is a good singing voice; other than that, the show is all about looking / acting superficially, and having an interesting back-story. It is basically just a money-making machine for Simon Cowell and his cronies. The whole programme is so manufactured that it is offensive to legitimate music lovers.
So please people, regardless of how entertaining some of the screwed-up characters on the show might be, try to have a bit more passion for the intricacies of beautiful songs rather than just what’s on the glorified surface.