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Both more storytelling, they certainly benefited, humor-wise, from the audience not knowing them nearly as well as other pieces. At first, the Conchords held sway, not just with Season Two material like rappers-have-feelings “Hurt Feelings”, but also never-aired tracks like the country-troubadour “Strangest Tale You’ll Ever Hear” (about a bad outlaw named Stana – an anagram for ‘Satan’ – who eventually met his doppelganger, Nasta, and the two fell in love) and hilarious mistaken identity “Jenny”. The Season One-Season Two push-pull continued, with the crowd shouting out for earlier material, while Brett & Jemaine tried to stick to newer stuff.
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But instead, the band hit up “Too Many Dicks On the Dance Floor” from Season Two – a catchy, funny dance number, but no “Robots”.Ĭlick here for all listings of new Flight of the Conchords episodes in QRO’s ‘Indie On Late Night TV’ The robot costumes immediately would make any fan of the Conchords think they were going to play the band’s first real hit, “Robots”, from both their Grammy Award-winning Distant Future EP, and last year’s Flight of the Conchords LP ( QRO review) – not to mention think of their music video for the song, early on in the series. One could be forgiving for thinking that wasn’t going to be the case at the outset, and not just because of the technical problems that forced Brett & Jemaine to stand in the darkness right before the start, dressed up as robots (at one point saying, in mock-robotic tones, “Yes, it’s plugged-in. Yet the whole scenario fit their dry humor & charm to a T. It was just Brett & Jemaine on stage (backed sometimes by Neil, ‘The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’, on cello), with no costumes after their robot get-up for first song, “Too Many Dicks On the Dance Floor”.
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The New Zealand duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie didn’t have the music videos of their HBO series or any other real visual support (such as that brought by fellow cable music/comedy duo Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! – QRO photos) – or even their stellar supporting cast, like manager Murray Hewitt (though Kristen Schaal, who plays super-fan Mel, was the straight-stand-up opener).
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Mock-folk outfit Flight of the Conchords had to navigate all of that, and under the heightened pressure of playing the über-up-market Radio City Music Hall ( QRO venue review) in New York for two nights, starting Tuesday, April 14th. Does the audience know the first season/album songs better, or the more recently on TV, but not yet on record, second season songs? And the audience is likewise an uncertain mix – more of a stand-up comedy crowd, or more of a rock show group?
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So someone combining both has to balance both ends – and when it’s coming off the second season of a successful TV series, but before the second album comes out, the mix gets even more confusing. Though comedy and music often play side-by-side on late night talk shows, and sometimes at festivals (like at SXSW – QRO recap – or The Daily Show’s John Oliver at last year’s East Village Radio Festival – QRO photos) or even in shows (like last year’s F Yeah Tour – QRO review), they’re still separate entities far more difficult is actually mixing the two of them in one act, because while music benefits from familiarity and repeated listens, comedy works best when it is fresh and new.