One of the defining traits of comedian Russell Brand is his heavy Cockney accent, and when coupled with his tendency towards rambling wordiness, it can often make for some incomprehensible sound bites, at least for American audiences. According to The Independent, however, one twitter user has come up with a perfect, succinct way to mock the comedian: after anything he says, simply shout "Parklife!"
For anyone not familiar with mid-'90s Britpop, this is a reference to Blur's 1994 hit "Parklife," in which actor Phil Daniels goes on some extremely verbose rants in a heavy Cockney accent with singer Damon Albarn punctuating each sentence by shouting "Parklife!"
Here's the tweet that started it all:
Russell Brand's writing feels like someone is about to shout "PARKLIFE!" at the end of every sentence. pic.twitter.com/3uio7yrOfo
— dan barker (@danbarker) November 2, 2014
After the initial twitter suggestion of shouting "Parklife" after any Russell Brand quote, Brand found that all of his tweets were being greeted by "Parklife!" responses, as you can see below:
@rustyrockets PARKLIFE — Outatownstrange (@outatownstrange) November 4, 2014
@rustyrockets PARKLIFE — Old Holborn (@Holbornlolz) November 3, 2014
Naturally, this led to someone on Youtube editing the original "Parklife" music video to feature some of Brand's ramblings.
The meme has even spilled over to Amazon with users rating Brand's latest book, Revolution, one star and leaving a simple, one-word review:
If you've never heard Blur's "Parklife" before, you're most definitely curious by now, so you can check out the song's music video below:
By tomorrow (or tonight, probably), people will be shouting this at Brand in the street. Let's just hope that this all leads to "Parklife" somehow topping the Billboard charts 20 years after it was released.
What do you think of this whole "Parklife" trend? Let us know down in the comments section!
