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: Naturally, this led to someone on Youtube editing the original "Parklife" music video to feature some of Brand's ramblings. 3uio7yrOfoĪfter 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: - Outatownstrange November 4, - Old Holborn November 3, 2014 Russell Brand's writing feels like someone is about to shout "PARKLIFE!" at the end of every sentence. 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!"įor 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!"
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.