Blur’s Graham Coxon on Robbie Williams and Danny Dyer’s ‘Parklife’ cover: “It’s flipping bizarre”

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Blur‘s Graham Coxon has reflected on the “flipping bizarre” moment Robbie Williams and Danny Dyer covered ‘Parklife’ last year.Back in July, the Marching Power actor teamed up with Williams for the surprise collaboration at his headline set at BST Hyde Park, with Dyer performing the Cockney spoken-word parts, as originally done by Quadrophenia actor Phil Daniels.The Eastenders actor later explained he was approached by Williams to perform the Blur classic during a recent Soccer Aid event. “I said yes,” he remembered at the time, “and then I thought, ‘Oh, now I’ve got to do it.’“I love the tune,” he added. “I love Robbie and we done it.

We done it. It was great. It was a real moment. I think it went down really well, you know.”The moment came back to Coxon recently when he was asked by the Guardian what his karaoke song was.“Blue Eyes by Elton John,” the guitarist said. “I saw a clip of Robbie Williams and Danny Dyer doing ‘Parklife’.

It’s flipping bizarre, although I do like Danny Dyer. That song is overplayed now. People want to have a knees-up, like ‘Knees Up Mother Brown’ or ‘Roll Out the Barrel’.”Back in July, Damon Albarn also reacted to the cover in an interview with BBC Breakfast.

Albarn confessed he “fell in love with Danny” after watching his Who Do You Think You Are? episode, which revealed that Dyer was related to King Edward III.