Flight of the Conchords

在去年獲得格萊美獎的六曲EP之后，新西蘭的喜劇搖滾二人組Flight Of The Conchords推出了他們的首張正式專輯《Flight Of The Conchords》，在美國上市首周，《Flight Of The Conchords》的銷量為5萬2千張，在本周的Billboard 200專輯榜中空降季軍位置。在去年的Billboard 200專輯榜中，EP《The Distant Future》最高僅名列第116位。本周，《Flight Of The Conchords》第叁名的成績創(chuàng)造了Sub Pop廠牌近一年多以來在Billboard排行榜中的最好成績，去年2月，獨立搖滾樂團The Shins的《Wincing the Night Away》曾獲得亞軍的成績。 “Flight Of The Conchords”既是這支二人組合的名字，也是一部搞笑系列劇的名字，這張專輯也可以看作是那部電視劇的原聲。如果你看過“Flight Of The Conchords”，就會對Bret McKenzie和Jemaine Clement這兩位十分熟悉了。兩人幽默的表演和以木吉他為基礎的歌曲會讓我們馬上想到另一個更為熟悉的名字——Tenacious D。但Flight Of The Conchords與Tenacious D又是完全不同的，這張《Flight Of The Conchords》不屬于“The Pick Of Destiny”那種幽默，相比于Jack Black張狂的個性，Bret McKenzie和Jemaine Clement更“悶騷”。 《Flight Of The Conchords》專輯的曲風相當豐富，有嘗試Hip-Hop的《Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros》，有Neo-Soul式的情歌《The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)》，另外，還有有關David Bowie的《Bowie》，如果你英語水平過關，聽的時候留意歌詞的話，這張專輯會令你忍俊不禁。 New Zealand's self-proclaimed "4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo" got their start in Wellington. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement (musician/funnyman and funnyman/musician, respectively) started crafting their unique, two-man comedy mélange in 2002, while the two of them were living together at college. Overcome by a dream, in which a V formation of Gibson Flying Vs resembled a gaggle of Concorde airplanes, the band christened themselves Flight of the Conchords and began honing their act in the local comedy and rock clubs around their town in the late '90s. By 2002, they could be found playing such high-profile gigs as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. When they returned to the fest in 2003, they were nominated for the Perrier Award, thus making them "the almost award-winning 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo in New Zealand." Between those gigs, Flight of the Conchords self-released the album Folk the World and, by 2005, was the subject of a six-part BBC Radio 2 broadcast series -- a largely improvised affair in the vein of Spinal Tap and Tenacious D. Also in 2005, the group landed a spot on HBO's Friday night series One Night Stand. In 2006, Clement was featured in a series of humorous commercials for the U.S.-based Outback Steakhouse restaurant chain, and later that year, the band penned a deal with U.S. indie imprint Sub Pop. The label released the half-studio, half-live EP The Distant Future a year later. Shortly after signing to Sub Pop, the two got their breaks as actors. Clement scored a starring role in the indie romantic comedy Eagle Vs. Shark, and HBO offered Bret and Jemaine their own series. Flight of the Conchords, the show, premiered in June of 2007. Combining the understated humor of Ricky Gervais's Extras and the musical slapstick of Tenacious D's six episode HBO series, the show followed the two trying to achieve success as a band in New York City, with silly songs worked into the plotlines. After 12 episodes, it was announced that the boys would return with a second season in 2008. In April of 2008, Sub Pop released a full-length album of songs from the show.