Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky - Music & Performance - CD

While Flight of the Concords first hammered out their reputation from behind the relative safety of acoustic guitars, blithely billed as a folk comedy act, nowadays their musical style runs rampant, unchecked. Judging from the range displayed on their sophomore album I TOLD YOU I WAS FREAKY, Flight of the Concords have yet to unearth a genre which can withstand their artistry. I Told You I Was Freaky is, among a great many other things, a genre-tripping tour de force and includes three songs from the second series of their popular award-winning/nominated HBO TV show which are otherwise as yet unreleased.

After a glorious debut season that earned the HBO show six Emmy nominations, Flight of the Conchords' second run didn't pack the same comedic punch as the first. Some would say it was because the episodes lost their 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 routines, and for season two, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie found themselves crunched for time, forced to write a dozen or so funny songs and ten accompanying episodes from scratch. Considering the circumstances, FOTC's second release for Sub-Pop, I Told You I Was Freaky, still 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, named "Petrov, Yelyena and Me." ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi

Performer	Flight of the Conchords
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	Alternative
Media format	CD
Original release date	2009
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	Hurt Feelings, Sugalumps, We're Both in Love with a Sexy Lady, I Told You I Was Freaky, Demon Woman, Rambling Through the Avenues of Time, Fashion Is Danger, Petrov, Yelyena, and Me, Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor), You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute, Friends, Carol Brown, Angels
Record label	Sub Pop
Songwriter	Flight Of The Conchords
Track name	Hurt Feelings, Sugalumps, We're Both in Love with a Sexy Lady, I Told You I Was Freaky, Demon Woman, Rambling Through the Avenues of Time, Fashion Is Danger, Petrov, Yelyena, and Me, Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor), You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute, Friends, Carol Brown, Angels
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N