Russell Brand's revolution rants mocked online by #Parklife campaign

Russell's tweets are being attacked by a new Twitter campaign
Not listening: no matter what Russell says - Parklife is all he's met with
Emma Powell4 November 2014
The Weekender

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Russell Brand is being bombarded with the word 'Parklife' every time he tweets.

The word from Blur’s hit song of the same name in 1994 is being used to mock the comedian turned revolutionist following the release of his book Revolution.

The beginning: it all started when Dan Barker posted the following

Social media users are now palming off his speeches with the word which will no doubt be trending on Twitter soon.

The hashtag started when online marketing expert Dan Barker compared Brand’s dense talk of a revolution to verses from the Blur hit.

He tweeted: “Russell Brand's writing feels like someone is about to shout "PARKLIFE!" at the end of every sentence.”

Now every time the 39-year-old tweets he get’s bombarded with the word.

Barker has since taken to Twitter to apologise, writing, "Oh dear- should I apologise to @rustyrockets that people are shouting 'PARKLIFE' at him?"

But, there are no signs of the hashtag dwindling just yet with Alan White from Buzzfeed making a Vine showing a ranting Russell Brand interrupted by a clip from the music video.

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