Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 9, 2009 13:22:14 GMT 2
With every drone going on and fucking on about who'll win the X Factor this week, I thought I'd show a genuine UK pop star who, at the age of 16, auditioned for the "father" of X Factor, Pop Idol. She was rejected after the third stage and didn't even meet the judges or get camera time.
Now, on every one of these shows, every contestant always goes on about how much they "really, really want it." Well, turns out Little Boots, or Victoria as she was then known, DID really want it. So she formed a band. That failed too.
So instead of trying again for X Factor when she was a little older, Victoria took to her bedroom and - gasp - began WRITING SONGS. Imagine that, X Factor "stars?" And - get this craziness - playing INSTRUMENTS. Holy shit.
A few more years down the line and here we are, Little Boots is a bonafide pop star with a debut album gone gold, critical acclaim from the likes of NME and in the ultimate "fuck you" to reality TV, HER songs are now played during the clips of the X Factor. This story should be burned inside the heads of every blubbing "this is my life, I can't do anything else" karaoke cretin. THAT'S what you do if you "really" want it.
Anyway, rant over. I finally got Little Boots album today, and here's her breakthrough UK hit, Remedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=McdqerXrwXE
A chorus to die for and, sigh.. isn't she purty?
Now, on every one of these shows, every contestant always goes on about how much they "really, really want it." Well, turns out Little Boots, or Victoria as she was then known, DID really want it. So she formed a band. That failed too.
So instead of trying again for X Factor when she was a little older, Victoria took to her bedroom and - gasp - began WRITING SONGS. Imagine that, X Factor "stars?" And - get this craziness - playing INSTRUMENTS. Holy shit.
A few more years down the line and here we are, Little Boots is a bonafide pop star with a debut album gone gold, critical acclaim from the likes of NME and in the ultimate "fuck you" to reality TV, HER songs are now played during the clips of the X Factor. This story should be burned inside the heads of every blubbing "this is my life, I can't do anything else" karaoke cretin. THAT'S what you do if you "really" want it.
Anyway, rant over. I finally got Little Boots album today, and here's her breakthrough UK hit, Remedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=McdqerXrwXE
A chorus to die for and, sigh.. isn't she purty?
