Russell Brand has embraced a meme which mocked him on Twitter, and has recorded his own version of Blur’s Parklife, with the help of Irish band The Rubberbandits.
The comedian’s tendency to use long, over-wordy sentences with observations on politics rang a bell with one Twitter user, who was reminded of the 1990s hit song:
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
The idea caught on, and soon dozens of people were replying to Brand’s tweets with ‘PARKLIFE!’
If you can’t beat them, join them!
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‘Estuary English’ is one thing, however, but there’s no mistaking The Rubberbandits’ trademark Limerick-soaked vocals.
“All de people, so many people!”
Brand expressed his thanks to the band – and promised to tackle an Irish issue next:
Cheers to @Rubberbandits for their work on PARKLIFE http://t.co/7PoeN84grZ Our next caper will be water metres in Ireland.
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) November 10, 2014
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