Batman Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 apparently these guys are pretty popular in New Zealand, but not so much here in the US. They've got a hilarious show on HBO which I watch at my friends house sometimes, and online. They're kind of like the kiwi Tenacious D, except I like these guys even more. They play comedy folk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vgY0yEs9Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Not suprisingly, I love them. I had to get past my initial bitterness that they were just D rip-offs, but when I did, I really started to enjoy them. The show is oddly and almost creepily hilarious. Four thumbs up. Obligatory MySpace link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 I love these guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 these guys are getting pretty popular now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 An HBO show will do that for you. I don't get HBO, sadly, because I've seen clips of the show and it looks hilarious. I've already saved the Season 1 DVD to be put on my Netflix queue as soon as it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 I've tried to get into it, but I can't understand a word they're saying. What language are they speaking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 haha, new zealandish "bret" "brit?" "bret" "like, short for britney?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyday Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 They're well known in the nz comedy circuit. You should listen to the bowie song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 I got the first disk of the Season 1 DVD off Netflix last weekend, it's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. Highly recommended to this crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I cannot stop singing this... Foux de Fa Fa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Roller Skates, Jump Suits, and 70s Porn 'Staches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Inner City Pressure Counting coins on the counter of the 7/11. From a quarter past six til a quarter to seven. The manager, Bevin, starts to abuse me. Hey man, I just want some musely. Neon signs, hidden messages. Questions, answers, fetishes. You know you’re not in high finance. Considering second hand underpants. Check your mind, how’d it get so bad? What happened to those other underpants you had? Look in your pockets, haven’t found a cent yet. Tenants on your balls, “Have you payed your rent yet?†Inner. Inner city. Inner city pressure. Inner. Inner city. Inner city pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Ladies won't pay you very much for this Looks like you'll never be a concert flautist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 I cannot stop singing this... Foux de Fa Fa Pas mal comme leçon de français... :insert french smiley with baguette: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydaholic Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Come on sucker lick my battery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Sugar Lumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I love this freaking show. "Jemaine, you don't have to prostitute your body anymore." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 This is seriously my best album of 2008. I don't know where this idea that they are folk comes from though... is it because it's just the two of them with acoustic guitars when they play live? There's nothing folky about their album. I can hear Pet Shop Boys, Prince, Black Eyed Peas, rap, Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Barry White. This is what Weird Al wants to be when he grows up. Genuinely funny, genuinely musical, satirical pastiche. Brilliant. LBBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 wehn they started out, their live stuff was all folk...I bet it still is actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 wehn they started out, their live stuff was all folk...I bet it still is actually No, not at all. Take a look on youtube for live versions of Boom, Bowie, Robots, Hiphopapotamus. Two guys with acoustic guitars, but apart from that there's nothing folk about it. Of course, I could be crazy. LBBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Sugar Lumps I will never be able to thank Peaches and Tim enough for bringing the diastematic, sideburned, glasses wearing hotness that is Jemaine Clement into my life. I will have to watch Sugar Lumps about 497 more times. It may even top Bret,etc. as my favorite FotC song. Reasons- 1-"you probably think that my pants have the mumps" 2-britches, dungarees, pantaloons and kerfuffle 3-Bret reviving the "Prince of Parties" costume 4-Bret's zebra shirt 5-"$10 bucks and a frisbee" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I think this song is probably "folk" but mostly I just said they were "comedy folk" because that's the way they describe themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 ...but mostly I just said they were "comedy folk" because that's the way they describe themselves Actually, I believe they describe themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo" ;-) I really just don't want anybody to miss out on the Conchords because they hear the word "folk" and think booooring. This is very clever satire/parody/pastiche that should appeal to any lover of pop music. And as actual music, I would say that they are a big step above, for example, Spinal Tap or the Rutles. Anyway, do you LIKE them? LeeBBBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I've had Sugar Lumps stuck in my head since the episode premiered on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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