Cage's "4'33"" Going for UK Xmas Number One

[Dave Monroe]

http://www.facebook.com/cageagainstthemachine

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> In the UK, the race to become the number one song in the country at
> Christmas is a big deal. Last year, a Facebook campaign succeeded in making
> Rage Against the Machine's years-old track "Killing in the Name" the
> Christmas number one, upsetting X Factor winner Joe McElderry. This year, an
> indie-leaning all-star group of artists is attempting the same thing, with a
> "cover" of John Cage's experimental piece "4'33"", which famously consists
> of four minutes and 33 seconds of silence.

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> http://pitchfork.com/news/40885-cages-433-going-for-uk-xmas-number-one/