Help Get the Bank Charges song to number 1!

IvanOpinion

puddings wrote: »

(I rarely reply to IvanOpinions posts, as I often feel that I'm simply feeding a troll, however on this occassion I'll give him the benefit of the doubt...)

Interesting thought ... on many boards YOU would be accused of being a troll for posting blatantly false allegations ... but since you were gracious enough I will also give you the benefit of the doubt

If somebody that had saved me over a thousand pounds asked me to buy "a fart in a can" from them for 50p, then Yes I would and without any hesitation. My debt of gratitude is worth far more than that.

A little bit OT but until the war is over you do not know how much you have saved or how much you will ultimately end up paying out ... I have on several occasions posted the sorts of things that are happening in banking whereby everybody will lose out and I am now hearing some strong ruomurs about changes within the credit card market at the minute ... suffice to say, if I had a significant amount of credit at this point of time (stoozed or not) I would be geting worried.

Of course I wouldn't say fart in a can was wonderful, or at least I wouldn't be able to say it with any degree of sincerity. I don't think the song is wonderful either - it's catchy, important and a bit of fun, but not "wonderful".

The original song wass catchy, this version is weak with poor lyrics and equally poor production and singing. I know it happens but overt manipulation such as this of a track that would otherwise not get into the top 100 is ridiculous. While Martin may get no monetary benefit from it one does have to question the value of the publicity that he relies on? Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-Martin or anything like that .. I just do not think that he needs to stoop to such levels to get his message across .. and if anything, in my opinion, it has turned a serious matter into a bit of a joke.

PS: if you want to hear what a proper song sounds like ... one that deserves to be at the top of the charts try looking up 'Leona Lewis Snow Patrol Run' on youtube .. good music, good lyrics, good singing, good production .. sadly all these atributes are missing from this song.

Ivan

shell37_2

Will definitely buy this track (as soon as I top up my mobile)!!

Martin and others on this site I owe a great big
THANK YOU :kisses:
Due to your advice I've claimed back over £3900 from Beneficial and cleared my debt to them! Hamilton insurance who supplied the loan PPI stopped paying and only when we asked for copies of agreements etc they admitted they had been underpaying £60 p/month for 5YEARS!! :j Further to this they said that cleared most of the debt leaving only £218. I copied the template letters on this site and "suggested" that most of this was interest & charges due to their error and yesterday got a letter apologising and stating the whole balance was cleared!!

I will be totally debt free in 1 year thanks to you guys!!
It's going to be great........:rudolf: :xmassmile :snow_laug

Gregm

there have been a few comments on here saying it's not good enough to get to number 1 blah blah blah. So are you saying that songs like 'The birdie song' (OK only reached no.2) and 'The Chicken Song' and even more recent the 'Crazy Frog' to name just a few where much better?

Edna_Bucket_2

IvanOpinion wrote: »

...The original song wass catchy, this version is weak with poor lyrics and equally poor production and singing. I know it happens but overt manipulation such as this of a track that would otherwise not get into the top 100 is ridiculous. While Martin may get no monetary benefit from it one does have to question the value of the publicity that he relies on? Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-Martin or anything like that .. I just do not think that he needs to stoop to such levels to get his message across .. and if anything, in my opinion, it has turned a serious matter into a bit of a joke.

I am afraid that you are indeed completely right - it is indeed thoroughly awful and an embarrassment.

Apart from anything else, the unintentional error and irony of the new lyrics is that if you follow the theme of the original tune - "I fought the law and the law won", then the new version would sound better as "I fought the Lloyds and the Lloyds won." :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh dear.

Edna_Bucket_2

IvanOpinion wrote: »

I get the impression that if Martin had have farted into a tin can and asked people to make it the Christmas number 1 people would still be buying it and saying how wonderful it was

Ivan

BTW Ivan - can I just say respectfully that the above post was perhaps a little unwise? Knowing the sort of, shall we say, "ardent fans" that frequent the site, I fear that the good staffers at MSE Towers may be now inundated with requests for that particular download???
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Rutheee

I am an Essex Girl living in Snowy Austria and here banking isn't free at all! We have to pay for the privilege of putting our money into a bank account, pay for the privilege of having a bank card with a pin no. in order to use an ATM ... I was astounded at this. My partner was astounded that we DON'T have to pay for the right for a bank to look after our money.

I haven't discovered the bank charges should I go overdrawn but my partner tells me these are minimal. I'll let you know.

Equally we still have to pay for credit cards here - something phased out in England several years back by most lenders eh!

We all complain about England but in many ways we're very lucky ... the grass ALWAYS appears greener on the other side!

MSE_Martin wrote: »

This thread is to discuss the

“I fought the Lloyds” Bank Charges Protest Song"

Please text Bankers to 82822 costing 50p to get this to the top of the agenda by getting it to the top of the charts

SADIE

New to the site and think it's great,
I've sent my text.
Sadie
“I fought the Lloyds” Bank Charges Protest Song"

puddings_2

Simon_Wallace wrote: »

Touch wood, but I haven't had any bank charges at all in the last 20 years.

BUT, I have saved a fortune thanks to this site, my phone bill is about £15 less a month, I'm getting about £300 year back on my credit card, and that's not to mention all the bargains I've picked up from the Grabbit and Argos boards.

For that reason, and not because I like the song or otherwise, I've sent a text. This is not about how good the song is, it's a vehicle which will make people aware of the undercurrent of anger people are feeling at the ways the banks are treating them.

It's also a great way to make kids financially aware, and set them in the right mindset as they get older i.e. don't just accept charges levied by companies and banks as fair.

Cheers
Simon

Thankyou Simon for putting that so eloquently. This is exactly my situation too.

BruceyBonus

When is the song available for us to download?

BTman

The banks will never lose the "fight".

All this money paid back to claimants will just be re-printed and loaned to everybody with even more interest attached...