Music Mondays XIV: Flight Of The Conchords
Flight of the Conchords
After getting back home from Canada and settling back into Singaporean life, I put the CD into my sound system, and found it to be on loop for most of the weekend. Why? Without a doubt this is one of the most innovative and hilarious music CDs that I have listened to in the last year or so (and I don’t mean 2009).
Why innovative? Who would think of inserting a binary rap in a song about robots killing humans? Or David Bowie’s nipples serving as antanne? The incredible tangents that the songs seemingly spin on are really cool and to have it incorporated musically is really amazing.
If you’re a fan of the Saturday Night Live parodies or want to hear something different from the mainstream, cookie-cutter music, I highly recommend giving FotC a try. Me, I can’t wait to be able to catch season one of the TV show on HBO!
For now, I’ll leave you with a few videos from my favourite songs off the album (which by the way have literally millions of views on YouTube). Enjoy!
Robots
It's Business Time
Bowie
Some nice ones are “I’m not crying” – which is unfortunately not in the album!
@Brennan: Yeah my sis showed me “Bret, You’ve Got It Going On” which is not on the album, but is awesome too!!
I have some of their live performances permanently on my iPhone! You should watch the TV series!
@Krisandro: Yes! I’m seeing if I can manage to get them to watch! S2 just started!
LOL – Its Business Time was my first intro to them – brilliant stuff.
@Supriya: The part where Bret jumps out of the closet during the song is HILARIOUS!
Affirmative – I loved the binary code bit! Wish they would come to Singapore for a gig… Any music promoters listening? *hopeful*
@Ssumin: Oh I would totally pay to see that too!
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