So long Flight of the Conchords
Tuesday nights won't be the same without Flight of the Conchords. I thought it might be a bit heavy on the whimsy at first, but it came up lovely. With The Mighty Boosh on on Thursdays, all it needed was The Likely Lads on a Wednesday for a perfect midweek run of great comedy duos. Here are most of the songs (if not all), roughly in order. It's hard to pick a favourite although Foux de fa fa is up there.
- The most beautiful girl in the room - "you could be a part-time model".
- Humans are dead - the robot one.
- I'm not crying - "It's just raining on my face". The one where Jemaine gets dumped.
- Inner City Pressure - The Pet Shop Boys one.
- She's so hot - Boom - is this bogling?
- Think about it - The Marvin Gaye one.
- Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros - The rap one.
- Sello tape - the one with the extended love/stationery metaphor.
- If You're into it - the one at the Unisphere.
- Song for Sally - The piano one.
- Business time - the one where Jemaine gets down to it.
- Bowie's in space - The Bowie one with terrible space jokes.
- Bret, you've got it going on - Jemaine's love song for for Brett, but not in a gay way. "Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly?"
- Mutha uckers - the one with the bikes and the almost-swearing.
- Leggy blonde - Murray gets a song.
- Albi the racist dragon - the kids' one.
- Foux de fa fa - The French one. Boeuf!
- A kiss is not a contract - "Just because I'm in a two man novelty band/ Doesn't mean it's all about poontang."
- Mermaids - the one about the water polo team.
- Ladies of the world - the Barry White one
- Prince of parties - the Middle Ages on acid one.
- Frodo, don't wear the ring - the Lord of the Rings one.
- Cheer up, Murray - The one with Gingerballs.
- Bret's angry dance - the one with no singing.
There's a full run down on the Flight of the Conchords (TV) Wikipedia page. Haste ye back, as we say in Scotland.
Comments
I too shall miss it (and your comedy evening triple does indeed sound like three evenings worth staying in for). My favourites are "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" which is as good for the dancing as much as the song, I particularly enjoy the line about being more constructive with feedback - reminds me of one hundred and one performance management training sessions at HMRC, and "If You're Into It" which is wonderfully childlike given it's adult content - I love the ryhming . . .
When the Boosh finishes what are we going to ?
Simon James x
Posted by: Simon James | December 12, 2007 01:01 PM
mutha flippin' funny foux de fa fa slayed me.
i've got to watch all these now - there goes the afternoon.
Posted by: ally | December 12, 2007 01:44 PM
"Think About It" is my favorite only because of the line about monkeys. I replayed that over & over.
I can't wait for the dvds to come out!
Posted by: michelle | December 12, 2007 04:15 PM
I can't believe that I missed this series. Thanks for pointing them my way!
Posted by: gair | December 12, 2007 07:56 PM
Oh we've been loving Flight of the Conchords too, I'm not sure what my favourite song is, possibly Foux de fa fa. Thanks for mentioning Hitherto on the blog, I finally made a visit last week and found my boyfriend the perfect present!
Posted by: Katherine | December 12, 2007 09:32 PM
I think my favorite is Business Time. I love it when he says about keeping his black socks on, "that's why their called business socks."
I gave their first season DVD to 4 people for Christmas.
Posted by: Suzanne | December 19, 2007 06:52 AM