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Genre:
Spoken Word
Release Date: 10/20/2009
After a glorious first season that earned the
HBO show six Emmy nominations,
Flight of the Conchords' second run didn't quite pack the same comedic punch. Some would say it was because the premise lost its luster, but it was mostly because the music just wasn't as strong. Most of the songs in season one were pre-written and hashed out over years of stand-up, and for season two,
Jemaine Clement and
Bret McKenzie were in a time crunch: forced to write a dozen or so funny songs and ten episodes from scratch. Considering the circumstances,
FOTC's second
Sub-Pop outing,
I Told You I Was Freaky, has some worthwhile moments. In the
R. Kelly-based
"We're in Love with a Sexy Lady," Bret and
Jemaine debate semantics while trying to determine if they're after the same lazy-eyed girl. "When'd you meet this lady?/Then./When?/Then./Right then?/Right then./Where?/There./Over there?/Over there./Over there there?/Over there there there," and so on, building up to
Bret's ultimate question, "Was her name Brabra?" To which
Jemaine replies, No I think it was Barbara."..."It was Barbara there's no such name as Brabra." It's the same straight-faced humor fans have grown to love. There's no satire quite as on-point as their tribute to
David Bowie, but the duo busts out a hearty batch of sad-faced raps (
"Hurt Feelings"), dance party hits (
"Suga Lumps" and
"Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor"), and the brilliantly '80s
"Fashion Is Danger," along with the strange sea shanty, sung by hungry cannibals on a boat ,
"Petrov, Yelyena and Me." ~Jason Lymangrover, All Music Guide
;)
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