Sounds like BLUR took a few pages out of this guy's book.
Nice pull, forgot about that song
A lot of britpop bands like Oasis, Supergrass and -yes- Blur got heavily influenced by "dinosaurs" like Ian Dury. It's what typical popmusic should be; love for the music, good lyrics, performing live and have some fucking fun.
The U.S. folks here will "love" those accents