flight of the conchords

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????"

An elf, actually! He has the nostrils for it.

More than you needed to know.

inner
inner city
inner city pressure

Anyone heard the bbc radio show? Available on amazon uk. Non-produced versions of the songs along with radio comedy(which works less well).

Hope they put out a proper sdtk.

Ever since I heard their song for the ladies, I have wanted a t-shirt that says "redheads not warheads".

ok i watched it and i roffld. just when its getting too cute then its funny which makes it all better. the scene where he meets the sign holding girl and he's all shes so hot omg - the part right before the song started cracked me up. the song was funny too.

This show makes my week.

I loved when they were getting mugged, Bret was wearing the safety vest Murray gave them, and Jermaine was the one who got the worst of it.

Important question: is it non-weird in NZ that his name is Jemaine, with the R omitted?

i've gotta try to torrent this, it sounds like. will report back.

saw the pilot and was all eh, but I've warmed to it considerably. John from Cinci, too

xpost to nabisco: i live in nz and jemaine with or without the r is a pretty weird name.

NAME DROP... brett is my friend's landlord!

Is he nice?

i don't know; i stayed at their place for 3 months and never saw him. but apparently he's a pretty laid-back dude. the house has a big section (by wellington standards) and they all wanted to jazz it up and have a vege garden and stuff, so he gave them a pile of cash to do whatever they wanted to the place.

I love them. The pet shop boys thing was amazing. Also, I'm a little bit in love with Bret.

i kind of like that i'm not in love with either of them but like them both a lot

the running around with the safety vest on + murray's tips for new zelanders in new york (stay away from dangerous crowds; stick to back alleys) = hilarious

i watched the texas (southxsouthwest fest) documentary that's up on youtube - it's pretty funny too, in a great deadpan-meets-genuine-shock-and-awe way - in general though, i'm more into their just being dudes and the adventures they have than i am into the songs. maybe this is wrong of me?

HOW TERRIBLE OF YOU

brett: "i'm looking for my friend"
cop: "dark hair, glasses, talks like a robot?"
brett: "yeah that's just how new zelanders talk"

haha
(paraphrased tho sorry)

xpost sometimes i am terrible haha

ned do you like this show?

brett: "yeah that's just how new zelanders talk"

that would be correct.

ned do you like this show?

Only seen some of the clips. I agree with others that "Inner City Pressure" is the high point.

but the strength of this show is in the, uh, show
like not the clips but watching the whole thing. a bunch of smaller jokes within one big joke. that is within another, bigger joke.
i probably said that upthread though and am repeating myself.

sorry i spelled new zealand wrong twice there... um
uh

on behalf of all new zealanders: we forgive you ;)

i'll never do it again!

murray: "he may be dead"
dude with paintball gun - dave?: "he maybe did what?"
m: "he may be DEAD"
dave: "i know but what did he maybe do?"
m: "he may be DEAD"
dave: "maybe he did or maybe he didn't, what did he maybe do?"
brett: "no, he may be dead"
dave: "are you guys fucking with me?"

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.