What The Folk?... Listen To Flight Of The Conchords

These guys (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie) probably don't need my help one bit, because they've got quite a cult following, but since I'd never heard of them until today, I figure there still may be a FEW out there who might welcome the opportunity to check out a new group.

First, I'd like to give props to Matthew Baldwin from Seattle who blogged about a funny song he heard on the radio the other day called "Business Time" by Flight of the Conchords.

That one bit of radio airplay led to Matthew's new-found interest in this unique musical comedy duo... and, as a result, mine and anyone else who reads this. And so the story goes... the power of the Internet!

Other fun(ny) parody songs by these guys can be found at What the Folk, including "Jenny", "Think About It, Think Think About It", "Hiphopapotamus v Rhymenocerous", and others.

"Flight of the Conchords are a genuinely different, refreshing act with a truly beautiful line in comedy. They deserve every ounce of their cult success." Source

Here's one of the Flight of the Conchords "live" albums.

Be sure to catch them performing on HBO's "One Night Stand" Nov. 8 thru Dec. 1, 2005. (For those of us who don't have HBO, word is they're going to replay it on Comedy Central soon!)

Not to be pigeon-holed as retro-ass, hi-hop, future punk, a capella, digi house, bongo rock, comedy folk, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS cover the entire music spectrum. That's right! Everything." Source

And speaking of that "cult following", it looks like here in the U.S. they've managed to build fans in the following areas: New York, Chicago, and Norman Oklahoma (?!).

I don't know how you put "lyrics" to this stuff since much of their stage-act is improvised, but I guess they have some regular bits that the fans keep asking for. For them, some of the Flight of the Conchords lyrics have been transcribed. Here too.

And, don't miss the "official" website for Flight of the Conchords... (Check out their explanation for why it took so long for them to get a website up!)

According to their October 5, 2005 post:

"In other related news it has been decided that the news items will be consistently written in the third person from now on, even though Bret and Jemaine write them themselves. It 'makes it seem more newsy. A new look website is on the way with downloads and stuff like that according to sources."

More Flight Of The Conchords

• A couple more great interviews with Bret and Jemaine are here and here. (Now, can you just IMAGINE seeing in person?!?)
• Check out these videos of Flight of the Conchords performing (Their HBO "One Night Stand" special and "Business Time" performed on Late Night With Conan O'Brien).
• And here's the largest collection of FotC audio/video I've found (thanks to jtnt at "Life Unedited")!

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