Some say he was born with a gun in his hand. Ill tell you the story of a dangerous man. In which case thisll be the strangest story youve ever regretted. It might not happen soon, but at least the charm that animated Flight of the Conchords' rise remains intact. Thisll be the strangest tale youll ever hear. Flight of the Conchords album art for I Told You I Was Freaky (due later.
"We've been trying to preserve ourselves like those sexy man-boys that you saw 10 years ago on the TV." It's a wry self-assessment that should assuage audiences looking for a full-on comeback, at least for now. This is simply a list of some of the most noteworthy albums of the last decade. "We've been trying to stay young," Clement says early on in their set. Take "Stana," a barn-raising, on-the-road country epic about a bad man whose name is an anagram - or, better yet, the office-hookup-inspired "Iain and Deanna," which sounds an awful lot like if Franz Ferdinand ended up working a 9-to-5. Where their peers in musical comedy might lean heavily on the "comedy" half of that equation, Clement and McKenzie also possess a knack for crafting backing music that's as rich and eclectic as the gags it accompanies. Business time: The exceptionally charismatic and talented duo Flight of the Conchords deliver a great live album. Live in London also provides an excellent showcase for Flight of the Conchords' continued genre agnosticism. Their first release was the live album Folk the World Tour. Throughout, they spin absurd yarns about elevators, the one-man New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and hotel muffins, among other "rock-and-roll anecdotes." Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie formed Flight of the Conchords in Wellington in 1998. Much of the joy here lies in listening to Clement and McKenzie's back-and-forth banter, which feels as off-the-cuff and stilted as their fictionalized selves sounded in their Lower East Side apartment.
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