flight of the conchords

dude the first episode had a godley and creme bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RC0DdrHbGg

this show it is funny to me

(can't find ep 3 t0rrent yet tho? :/ )

My boss made me watch like 900 clips of this show today and I really wasn't impressed. Better if watched as a whole episode?

yeah i think so - it's not really meant for clips even though so many clips are pulled from it?

e.g. the whole sign board job thing is funny as it stretches over the course of one show

they were just songs. I didn't think the songs were funny.

we have already established that apparently I have serious funny bone issues, though.

uh.. yah.

the songs need the show

e.g. the whole sign board job thing is funny as it stretches over the course of one show

I got a career now.

I also love the ridiculous back-and-forth about the band's gigs. They're always having hypothetical arguments about the gigs, but they don't have any gigs.

murry is so great. also props for having eugene mirmen as a regular character.

and the fan is a uniquely odd thing. not to mention her husband, which is odder.

It's quite funny.

eugene mirmen?! I love that guy and didn't even notice him. Is he the landlord?

yah

hopefully he'll get more parts later on... hopefully the show lasts more than a dozen episodes!

Clips here.

The fan is very credible!

Ha, I was actually thinking about how ILX would respond to this show and who would bring up "icky racial stuff" along those lines. The thing is, though, when they sing r&b it doesn't seem to be at all about black r&b -- if those songs belonged to anyone today, it seems like it'd be like John Mayer or James Blunt or something. Always feels like they're just going for "sensitive" pop music, and it's a whole other issue that super-popular music just happens to consist of white people already working in a black idiom.

That said, I do find them significantly less funny when they do rap or dancehall, though I think that's just a structural thing.

My favorite joke in all of these so far, apart from the ending shot joke of the mugging one, is the bit in the "I'm Not Crying" song where he's making a lasagna ... for one.

(Also Mel = fantastic)

It's going to get cancelled, isn't it? You can just tell. =(

It reminds me of Peep Show, actually.

I read somewhere that it was conceived as a 12-part thing?

xpost hooray

It seems like the kind of thing where they should just do like 10 great episodes and then close up, BBC style -- it's kind of a slight, charming thing, just not built for going on and on.

David Bowie Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR2L98gobTQ&mode=related&search=

xpost I'm your typical American that wants as much as he can enjoy, the more episodes the better. If I get bored of it, no problem. At least I'm not left wanting more. I hate that.

yeah 12 eps sounds good for this show! like a book of short stories

i have dealt with dismay re: battlestar ending with next season so now i feel i can deal with all tv shows having an end is what i'm probably really saying

zen tv

vs. Ween?

tenacious twee

The thing is, though, when they sing r&b it doesn't seem to be at all about black r&b -- if those songs belonged to anyone today, it seems like it'd be like John Mayer or James Blunt or something. Always feels like they're just going for "sensitive" pop music, and it's a whole other issue that super-popular music just happens to consist of white people already working in a black idiom.

Definitely, this makes sense. And I like that we don't hear them actually performing, so they could very well be a lousy live band who have these fantasies of what their songs would sound like given some solid-gold production.

xpost - they are like Ween, except they're trying to get action. And, again, since they're not Americans, they don't fall into all the class/race stuff that American singer-actors would fall into when doing parody songs.

I'm your typical American that wants as much as he can enjoy, the more episodes the better.

Are you one of these that thinks "soccer" should have more goals????

they have an EP coming out on Sub Pop in August. am completely obsessed.

"She's So Hot Boom" doesn't belong to John Mayer or James Blunt.

If it wasn't for "Inner City Pressure" I'd say these guys were worthless.

That's why I said I like them less when they do rap or dancehall! Which is mostly just a matter of that kind of joke being, like, done -- not because of "icky racial stuff," but because those are the moments where they seem like they could just be two guys you know goofing around at your party.

(What's wrong with the world today / mmph a hmm mph a hmm mph a may)

I think my new excuse for everything = "hey, man, I just want some muesli"

that song jermaine wrote on the bass with the cassette tape was super funky kick ass.

woops, sorry, nabisco. missed the "dancehall" part when Eazy quoted you. Anyhow, I'll let people drop a youtube link when they do a novel homage and otherwise avoid ACOUSTIC FOLK COMEDY.

I thought the marketing made this look terrible, but I caught about 2/3 of the sign board episode (including the "She's So Hot Boom" song) and it was pretty good.

They're kind of taking the "Dick in a Box" idea -- catchy songs, not just funny as parody but well written and believably but ridiculously emo -- more than the Midnite Vultures idea.

icky racial stuff? What are you guys talking about? FFS, you don't have to be getting anywhere near racial to use a low voice and joke about funk.

Are you one of these that thinks "soccer" should have more goals????

No, the one goal is fine by me.

ilx, sometimes i just don't understand u

xpost to self (although it is entirely possible that the song would not have been nearly as funny if I had known to expect random musical breaks from reality)

fuck off, alphabet bitch.

'murmur' from the sopranos was in last nights episode.

"Icky racial stuff" in the sense of making fun of R. Kelly by trying to write your own sex jams that are ludicrously "primitive" in style and content (which is not what these guys are doing).

"Well, boss, it's sort of like Tenacious D meets Withnail & I..."

Finally the act that will inspire Starbucks to buy Sub Pop.

i think you might be taking this a bit too seriously.

brett is in a popular ska/reggae/funk band in NZ btw. also he was a hobbit in those movies.

Though the more Tenacious D embellished their folk comedy act, the further they got from their one joke. Embellishments give the Conchords a chance to think one up.

Can I create a board called "Do You Like Anything????"

anyone seen the Jemaine Clement vampire film?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8

Yes, it's a pleasing enough collection of sketches.

strangely is the cover story of current Film Comment

shooting a special this year!

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8093114/flight-of-the-conchords-to-return-for-a-hour-long-special-in-2018

hopefully they play a couple of the new songs i saw them play at summerstage, which were funny but could use some editing for length

new live show now up on Spotify, plenty of laughs and the odd very nice bit amongst some schtick that's slightly worn out at this stage

Oh good ! I hadn't thought about them in a while.
Started listening to that and they still have it !
So far the highlight is "Summer of 1353".

Saw them do the new show at the o2 last summer, it's good.

yeah i was in dublin

they missed quite a few threads and noted so it didnt hang together at the end (i think it was their first night) but still a very fun night

Aw it’s an hbo show... but it’s not available on hbo !

?? It’s a BBC show... but it’s not available on BBC!

Ahah The videos Of that I saw were hbo though

spotify

Their first show was on the BBC, but it didn't stop them taking the premise and some of the songs and scripts to HBO. HBO broadcast this last October and had it available to stream for months, but presumably they either own the entire thing or retained the audio rights, such that they can release it for sale or audio streaming now.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0105/4542/products/flightofconchords-livelondon-1_1200x.jpg

I just looked and it's back on HBO in fifteen days. So, out of seven months, there's, what, one (1) month's holdback where it came off HBO so they can try and sell it in a different format for a fortnight.

rewatching the original hbo series. 13 years old!

it's still good.

the BBC series was the original btw

a radio series, right?

yep. it's great!

i'll check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6D23FC130AA6672B

also available legally here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dn88m/episodes/player

(no geoblocking on BBC radio content)

was previously available on the Widow Howl App / Stitcher Preems in the US, but appears to have expired

that's so strange, I was just thinking about revisiting this myself today

I think about the Fleetwood Mac "love square" scene all the fucking time

I just discovered this song they did for Red Nose Day in 2012 and it's incredible!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_30jZGUYk

brilliant even though all of the (nz?) artists are completely unknown to me.

and lol at the muppets songs bit.