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By Munki Bhoy
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Jeff Buckley's version at number two. That is the real achievement this week.

Meanwhile, Leonard Cohen's accountant has a huge smile on his face tonight.
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By MK Chris
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I still think the charts are irrelevant. The only one anyone is bothered about any more is the Christmas one and that's a foregone conclusion year on year.
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By S4B
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How can it only take 570,600 downloads to get something to number one nowadays?! Pathetic! Also I am now off that song which has completely pissed me off as I used to love it.
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By Yudster
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I really don't understand why the best cover of the song didn't even seem to get mentioned let alone downloaded in this bun-fight. Is the Rufus Wainwright version not available or something? Also, I can't find an official Top 100 anywhere - anyone know if Rick made it in?
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By MK Chris
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Is the idea of the Rickrolling thing to get him in the top 100? That's a low target.

The Official UK Chart Company appear to have the charts wrong... the date is correct though, so it's not that they haven't updated it yet. I think that must be last week's chart or something with this week's date on.
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By Yudster
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boboff wrote:I am assuming you and this Dufus Rufus are best friends, and you're God Parent to all his children or something?

Er - no? He's not likely to have children, being as gay as a row of fairy lights, and even if he did, given his overall take on life I think its fair to assume he wouldn't be needing godparents for them! He does however have a most beautiful voice, and none of the other versions of that song touch me quite the way his does.

I saw the official chart hadn't been updated yet too Topher - hopefully they'll be on it soon.
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By Yudster
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Nope - my celebrity stories are 95% about people I've met through my brother knowing them - Rufus Wainwright isn't the kind of act that he would get to work with. And he hasn't made the other 5% yet! Neither has his sister Martha - she is a pretty amazing singer too.
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By Munki Bhoy
#369553
I'll bet it's because Jeff Buckley is dead and Rufus Wainwright isn't. So Jeff's a genius who died before his time and Rufus is just some guy who did the song in Shrek.
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By Boboff
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Yudster wrote:Nope - my celebrity stories are 95% about people I've met through my brother knowing them - Rufus Wainwright isn't the kind of act that he would get to work with. And he hasn't made the other 5% yet! Neither has his sister Martha - she is a pretty amazing singer too.


Does your brother make wax models then?
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By Yudster
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No, he's an actor. Not a famous one. You might find his face familiar if you saw him, but you wouldn't remember his name.
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By Andy B
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Post a pic then so we can all go. "Oh yeah it's thingy. He was in that programme about that guy."

I love doing that. Specially with the missus. I found out the American version of Life On Mars has Harvey Keitel playing Gene Hunt and then spent the next 10 mins trying to figure out what she may have seen him in. Given that she's never seen Bad Lieutenent it's quite hard.
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By Boboff
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Its the same with that David Morrissey(only know name as just on Breakfast TV), who is in the new Doctor Who, you know you know him, but not what he has been in.

I just googled "Yudster's brother the actor" and I all I got was PORN sites!
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By MK Chris
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Andy B wrote:I found out the American version of Life On Mars has Harvey Keitel playing Gene Hunt and then spent the next 10 mins trying to figure out what she may have seen him in.

Reservoir Dogs? Or Little Nicky (don't laugh, I actually quite liked it.)
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By Yudster
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boboff wrote:Its the same with that David Morrissey(only know name as just on Breakfast TV), who is in the new Doctor Who, you know you know him, but not what he has been in.

I just googled "Yudster's brother the actor" and I all I got was PORN sites!

He has been seen regularly in the shower in a Radox Shower Gel TV/cinema advert. But apparently (so he assured an outraged Miss Yudster at the time) he was wearing rugby shorts. I'm not sure he'd do porn - but then I'm not sure he wouldn't either!
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By Andy B
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Topher. I forgot about Little Nicky. That's a good choice as she likes that film (It has a dog in it).

Boboff - I'd never heard of David Morrisey and even after seeing the adverts I still don't know who he is.
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By Boboff
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Andy B wrote:Topher. I forgot about Little Nicky. That's a good choice as she likes that film (It has a dog in it).

Boboff - I'd never heard of David Morrisey and even after seeing the adverts I still don't know who he is.


I was an arsey Doctor in Casualty I am sure, and in something else I liked, but can't remember.
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By Andy B
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Well done for you. Can we see you on The Bill next?