So, this is how the French see us. Thought you’d want to know :

And, this is how they think we see them…

This is in fact how we really see them…

The Flight of the Conchords es una serie que cuenta, de manera bastante absurda, el intento de un duo neozelandés de triunfar en la escena musical estadounidense. Aparte de los chistes sobre acentos y El señor de los Anillos, en cada episodio se marcan un par de canciones, y hay algunas buenísimas, como ésta del 1×08 en el que entran a una tienda a comprar un cruasán y, sin venir a cuento, empiezan a cantar en francés con una estética muy Amo a Laura:

Tendrían que haber escuchado más a Baccara…

I’m done with my last theme, and was planning to go with whatever theme you came up with. But I just honestly have no idea where to go after the Illness. And the other clip you played was even stranger.

So I decided just to go with a rather silly song from Flight of the Concords, “Foux De Fa Fa”. It is subtitled with translations, but it really isn’t neccessary; the characters singing in French clearly don’t know French. That’s the fun of it.

Flight of the Conchords is basically two guys from New Zealand, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, who create and perform absolutely hilarious parodies of popular music.  Actually, I think their songs are more like tributes.  They have a show on HBO, and I’m guessing we will have the DVD’s in our library soon.  Their show has some of the funniest stuff I’ve ever seen on TV, but I may be biased since I like music so much.

They can nail just about any style of music, and their lyrics are clever, silly, and/or outrageous.  But they’re always funny.  And that is not easy to do.  A lot of musical comedy falls flat.  Flight of the Conchords (and their writers/musicians/arrangers/film crew) are incredibly talented.  Here are a few examples:

“Bowie’s in Space.”  Hopefully you’ve come to know David Bowie’s music.  If you have, you my dig this as much as I do:

“Sugalumps.”  A campy R&B romp, funnier still if you know how normally reserved the guys are in character:

“Foux de Fa Fa.”  Ah, oui, French pop c’est magnifique!

“Bret’s Angry Dance.”  The ’80’s were a simpler time, a time when people danced away their rage.  Cracks me up every time.

C’est tres drole! 

This is yet another song that makes me giddy with fromage. Note the classique 70’s beat in the background and the fantastique grocery store scene. Makes you want to swagger around wearing Agnes B and ride a bike…similar to the Dior video I posted a few weeks back. Happy new year GastroGirls and Boys…

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Oui Oui!  This was the perfect way to end my Friday- thanks Every Little Thing for posting this video on your blog- I’m totally in love with it