Set your phasers on funky

[anonymityblaize]

Saw Flight of the Conchords live about a month ago (almost exactly a month ago in fact) and for some reason it's taken me this long to post about it properly. I fail at prompt internet-usage. Anyway. It was, unsurprisingly, a hilarious and highly entertaining evening. The boys were looking particularly yummy, and the songs sounded fantastic. Many more instruments on stage than I had expected (and some that didn't get used - they don't follow their own set list much from what I can tell. I'm pretty sure we got an unplanned rendition of Albi, and Jemaine was constantly mouthing song titles at Bret, who either would nod or look at him like he was a madman.)

Highlights of the gig:

• Heckler: “Where’s Mel?” Jermaine: “She’s fictional. So she’s hanging out with Bart Simpson and... Taggart." (cue huge cheer from the crowd as Scottish crowds do when you mention anything remotely Scottish.)
• Three new songs. Three! (Fave moment: "I said, 'I don't have any I.D. on me / Who even carries I.D. in 1353?!' / 'I maketh not the rules,' quoth he.")
• Jenny! Woo! I love that song.
• Sparkly jumpsuits.
• Tiny piano!
• The New Zealand orchestra. His name is Matt. He does odd jobs (but not strange tasks).
• Three part audience singalong to Epileptic Dogs.
• Many other things that have fallen out of my brain at this moment in time.

Ever-so-slight disappointments of the evening:

• No Bus Driver's Song. Denied yet again.
• No keytar. (But there were instruments up there I could not identify for the life of me.)

My cheeks hurt from laughing by the end of the night. And the crowd was on fine form. Not too much random heckling. Found a few good youtube clips of the show - so here's kilt towels and a very different version of Sugalumps.

And of course I had to go in a homemade Conchords t-shirt. Who would I be if I didn't? This was my first attempt at a two-tone print. It required two stencils, which didn't end up matching as precisely as required, so it was a slightly aggravating process. I think I ended up making t-shirt!Jemaine look far grumpier than he did in the original photo. But it's something I'm going to keep experimenting with.



Slightly wonkily coloured close up:

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And even more pics here if you're interested.

Comments

[plasticprincess.livejournal.com]

The shirt looks so fabulous, omg! You could totally sell that on Etsy.

I'm so excited you got to see them! I'm totally going to check out those clips when I get home. I love that they change up their commentary and playlist; my friend saw them a little after you did (her first time) and she texted me immediately when Jem added Labyrinth quotes to Bowie's In Space. Labyrinth is my all time favorite movie and I love Jem as Bowie.

[anonymityblaize.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think they'd take too long to make for this sort of thing to be a feasible option for my shop. But maybe I'll get faster at this stuff as I experiment a bit more.

I think that was my favourite thing about seeing them live - every song had some new lyrics here and there, or totally different instrumentation. They know how to keep even their oldest tracks fresh and exciting!

[monkiainen.livejournal.com]

The shirt looks great :)

[anonymityblaize.livejournal.com]

Thank you!