Flight of the Conchords (comedy duo & TV series)

[papa_levante]

This thread should have more fans in it! COME ON, people!

Flight of the Conchords Debut Due in April
December 13, 2007

They play marginally talented singer/songwriters on their runaway hit HBO series, but Flight of the Conchords members Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie put in extensive time in the studio to perfect their self-titled Sub Pop debut, due April 22.

All the tracks have appeared on the show, but Sub Pop A&R honcho Tony Kiewel tells Billboard they've been "massively reworked and totally re-arranged." The synth-pop parody "Inner City Pressure" is likely to be the first single, and the label is now selecting 10 or 12 songs from a possible 15 to form the track list.

"The idea is to find a tiny window of opportunity to get the band available to do stuff in between writing and shooting" the second season of the HBO show, Kiewel says of the Conchords' busy schedule. "They're involved in every aspect of the show's production."

Last week, the group's debut EP, "The Distant Future," received a Grammy nomination for best comedy album. But the easy-going Clement admitted to Billboard in August that he was a bit baffled to find himself at the center of all this attention. "Sometimes I'm really surprised I ended up being a performer," he said. "In a lot of ways, I've got a job that doesn't suit me. I'm not a particularly social person or the life of the party, but somehow it's ended up that way."

billboard.com

[Inaya]

Ah I never saw this thread before. I love Jemaine, he cracks me up

[papa_levante]

http://www.whatthefolk.net/sounds.htm

I love this site! It has some great radio clips. My favorite is this version of Business Time from August 2004. (I think it's better than the regular version and the clip version by far.)

[chaneladdict]

OOO thanks for posting that

[ysljunkie]

an album wow! I still want the DVD for the show 30bucks is a bit much though
My favorite is the Mutha Ucka song I never laughed outloud at a show this silly before..

[Marvystone]

I read this interview about the guy who plays Murray and he said that people come up to him and seriously don't believe NZ is a real country and that their accents are just made up. Now I don't know every single country in the world but come on look it up.

I am from NZ and I once visited New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and they have this dvd on how hard it is to market our country and there is a segment where they ask people on the street in America and Europe where NZ is and it was hilarious.

"Isn't it in Eastern Europe?"
"Is it part of Australia?"
And most of all "I have no idea!"

btw I have seen Jermaine twice in the city

[Dylan.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5hrUGFhsXo

Baguette!

[fashionicon]

OMG I recently just got obsessed with this show!

this song cracks me up everytime!

"Jenny"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlYkIJVguCU

[Cindysaurus]

^ LMAO, baguette is my favorite. i love this show, it's really witty and the songs are awesome.

[GannetGuts]

Love them! And they're both er, hot. Very hot.

[papa_levante]

I bought the Season 1 DVD and I am in love with it already!

I had to watch the episodes with "If You're Into it" and "Business Time" FIRST, and I thoroughly enjoyed them.

Good hearty laughs, but not rolling on the floor hysterics.

[papa_levante]

The second season of FotC is expected for early 2009.

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune....to-say-yo.html

[cookymonster]

^That's disappointing to hear.

[papa_levante]

But!

The FotC album is to be released on April 22!


whatthefolk.net

[WheresMyUmbrella]

I just watched this for the first time yesterday. It's so funny!