#Flight of the conchords suger lumps series#
#Flight of the conchords suger lumps tv#

Instead, thanks to the surreal scenario in which Bret and Jemaine meet their sexy lady, and some attempts at high-falutinвЂ™ vocal gymnastics, the song meanders into wonderfully silly territory. 'Carol Brown', ostensibly a riff on '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover', turns from a jaunty pop ditty over which Jemaine lists the ways heвЂ™s been dumped into something much more beautiful as a choir of ex-girlfriends joins in the chorus to add some celestial harmonies.ДЄlso excellent is the sublimely ridiculous 'WeвЂ™re Both In Love With A Sexy Lady', a song that could have been a lazy parody of R Kelly and UsherвЂ™s 'Same Girl'. I Told You I Was Freaky is certainly helped by the fact that it contains two of the duoвЂ™s finest creations to date. Taking the mick out of Black Eyed Peas is hardly difficult, but thereвЂ™s a buffooning charm and imaginative approach to Jemaine and BretвЂ™s wordplay that means they get away with it. 'Sugar Lumps', 'You DonвЂ™t Have To Be A Prostitute' and 'Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor)' are all one-joke songs where you donвЂ™t even need to hear the track to get the punchline, but that doesnвЂ™t stop them being both stupidly catchy and sniggeringly funny. Much like the way that the sheer idiotic brilliance of 'Sex On Fire' turned everyone and their mother onto Kings Of Leon, some of the most directly infectious Flight Of The Conchords songs hang around here. Thankfully, those initial fears donвЂ™t hang around forever though.

Initially, this collection of 13 tracks can seem weak in comparison to those that featured on the Flight Of The Conchords LP, and thereвЂ™s no arguing that a sense of tiredness hangs over some moments, such as the title track, which seems happy to wallow in quirky imagery and a moon/spoon approach to rhyming.

#Flight of the conchords suger lumps series#

The second series of the show found a bigger audience, and while the concept might not have seemed as original, it at least maintained the ConchordsвЂ™ singularly strange universe.ДЄ similar tale can be told around I Told You I Was Freaky, Jemaine Clement and Bret MackenzieвЂ™s second album, made up of songs that feature in the second series. However, much like the criticisms levelled at an indie band when they вЂsell outвЂ™ by having a hit and getting their record in Tesco, the 'failure' of the Conchords tends to exist in the minds of those devoted followers whoвЂ™ve been there from the start, and who now find the higher profile and rip off Pot Noodle ads a little disconcerting. вЂSorry, does not contain 'Bowie In Space' or 'Business Time', but still contains jokes.

#Flight of the conchords suger lumps tv#

The basics are all here, donвЂ™t get me wrong: what other show can spin off of a new cup and suddenly spiral into prostitution, lewd rap songs about genitalia, and a ripoff of Roxanne? The show is still great at showing how the mundane can be exciting, but this felt a bit too exciting for its own good by a certain point.So much has been written about the second series of Flight Of The ConchordsвЂ™ TV show and its apparent failure in comparison to the first that itвЂ™s a wonder the duo werenвЂ™t tempted to put a disclaimer on the DVD release. This is a bit of a shift, though, because I found the songs superior to that in the premiere, more tied to the action itвЂ™s just unfortunate, then, that they were tied to the part of the episode that felt the most sitcom-esque and lacked what I view as the fundamentals of the showвЂ™s usual charm. The problem is that the rest of the plot doesnвЂ™t, so much: comparatively, the dialogue seems forced and tired, and the prostitution storyline felt off for me. The show is, largely, back to its old self in most ways here: the Murray/band dynamic is as inspired as ever, and their seasons crackle here.

ItвЂ™s been a while since I visited Flight of the ConchordsвЂ™ sophomore season, having reviewed last weekвЂ™s premiere back in December when it was streaming online, but I have to say that I think вЂњNew CupвЂќ is perhaps a slight improvement on some fronts and a bit of a step back in others.