Comments on: That's why I said "wasn't it"

That's why I said "wasn't it"

null terminated — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:55:56 -0800

Flight of the Conchords (video, "Jenny") the fourth most popular folk rock in New Zealand! More Videos (Business Time, Gangsta folk battle, Issues (parody of "Where Is the Love?"), She's so hot...Boom!, Albi the Racist Dragon). Audio-only versions of most of their stuff. Official site.

By: wilful

wilful — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:59:05 -0800

"the fourth most popular folk rock in New Zealand" Could you damn a band with any fainter praise?

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:02:43 -0800

Could you damn a band with any fainter praise? Depends on the other three, yeah?

By: Crotalus

Crotalus — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:06:47 -0800

The daytime of the night . . . That line caused me to wake up the baby and now my wife is pissed at me. Damn those Conchords all to hell!

By: Crotalus

Crotalus — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:07:52 -0800

Would someone please remove these cutleries from my knees. I'm going to get kicked out of the bedroom.

By: cm

cm — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:17:08 -0800

As I recall the number 3 band is a Flight of the Conchords tribute band. Isn't it?

By: John Shaft

John Shaft — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:18:41 -0800

They used to call themselves "New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo". But, yeah, it all depends on the other 3. Full disclosure: I am the Conchords' webmaster.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:23:30 -0800

Man, this is awesome.

By: infinitewindow

infinitewindow — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:34:02 -0800

Never heard the music before, but I dig Jemaine Clement's movie Tongan Ninja (said phrase is apparently the Kiwi equivalent of North America's "Jewish Cowboy").

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:42:44 -0800

My co-worker and his wife have been raving about these guys for months and finally sat me down to watch the HBO special a couple of weeks ago. It's fucking brilliant; "Issues" had me laughing so hard I could barely stay upright. There's people on the street getting diseases from monkeys...Yeah, that's what I said they're getting diseases from monkeys. Why is this happenin' please who's been touchin' these monkeys? Leave this poor sick monkeys alone they're sick they got problems enough as it is. God, thanks for this post. I needed a good laugh.

By: Milkman Dan

Milkman Dan — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:58:52 -0800

It's awkwardness set to music. Quirky and funny and brilliant. That was good, Mister N. Terminated; thank you for the post. It's like Simon and Garfunkel meets Beck's "Debra". ("I met you/At JC Penny/I think your nametag/Said 'Jenny'")

By: Milkman Dan

Milkman Dan — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:08:14 -0800

(And right, I was talkin' about the first link.) That gangsta battle's got its moments, too. Rap parodies are always hit and miss (there's only so many ways to spoof the genre, that's all). But the Flights do nicely with the "Hip-hoppapotamus"'s second verse: "Where did you get that proposterous hypothesis; did Steve tell you that?" Heh.

By: mischief

mischief — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:15:10 -0800

Albi the Racist Dragon : good name for a sockpuppet.

By: Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:38:02 -0800

Hilarious. I had never heard of these guys, thank you for the post.

By: Bezbozhnik

Bezbozhnik — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:40:04 -0800

I did eventually get his shirt.

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:41:23 -0800

Sweet. I was at the taping of their HBO special last year. I tried telling people about them afterwards, but when I tried to explain it, people just looked at me blankly. I probably shouldn't have mentioned that one of them is the Outback Steakhouse spokesman. Live and learn, I guess.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:02:36 -0800

It is, perhaps, entirely unworth mentioning that one half of them are otherwise known as Figwit.

By: tomble

tomble — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:05:17 -0800

I love these guys. I nearly died at the `Business Socks' bit.

By: timory

timory — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:35:51 -0800

god i love these dudes

By: sycophant

sycophant — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:42:29 -0800

I've seen the conchords on stage in New Zealand quite a few times at comedy events. They are always great. I had no idea they were all massive famous now.

By: Zed_Lopez

Zed_Lopez — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:07:21 -0800

I count Business Time as one of the funniest things ever. Thanks for the other links!

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:34:26 -0800

"Bowie's in spaaaace...."

By: pivotal

pivotal — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:51:01 -0800

Wow. Like sycophant I try to catch these guys whenever they are playing in Auckland. They seem to be hitting the big time finally. They deserve the props. Crazily enough my sister went to SXSW with Jemaine and Brett to produce a [moc/doc]umentary on their visit. Should be on NZ TV in the near future.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:36:57 -0800

They had a series a few months ago on Radio 4, 'Flight of the Conchords' that was HIL arious. Unfortunately apart from a small clip the programs aren't available anymore on the BBC website.

By: Zed_Lopez

Zed_Lopez — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:36:45 -0800

The Figwit site links to a downloadable copy of their HBO One Night Stand.

By: szechuan

szechuan — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:11:50 -0800

They also did the Phones 4 U commercial in the UK in '04 (link on the website above) which had them driving around in a combi singing a ridiculously catchy song. They're awesome.