Being Lewd with two dudes and food (Distant Future E.P - Flight of the Conchords)

Member Name: paulie1975

Product:	Distant Future E.P - Flight of the Conchords
Date:	01/05/09 (75 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Funny, funky, great voices and humour

Disadvantages: Very Short

Just in time for the new series of Flight of the Conchords I decided to fork out for this EP, which is actually quite expensive for what you get. It is a small but perfectly formed example of the funk provided bty this hilarious Kiwi double act. Jermaine and Brett combine perfectly, they look geeky but on record their voices are superb, surprisingly funky, soulful and the lyrics are absolutely superb. For me this album is not as good value as the Flight of the Conchords CD which features some fo the same tunes and many more, but these songs are great and really worth a listen on either album.

Tracks

Business Time - Basically sex was invented for this song, with Jermaine taking on the role of the sexiest man in his bedroom, this is a story of suburban bliss, of a man who is seeking out his partner for their Wednesday love making session, he sensually describes their home routine, he talks us through the routine building up to this routine routine, if you know what I mean.

The song itself is funkier than Old Gregg from the Boosh and Prince put together, it is so sexy it should have an 18 certificate as Jermaine describes being naked other than his socks and that when he's down to his socks its 'business time'. This is a wonderful homage/mickey take of soulful bedroom songs, Jermaine is superb in the lead singer role, leading from breathy sexy tones to silly little intonations, Brett is brilliant on the choruses with his high pitched soulful screaming. This is a great song and I think its a damned sight better than a lot of soul songs which are swooned over by the masses. Funny, self denigrating and utterly funky.

Each song on this album is totally different and the guys alternate vocals brilliantly.

Track List


If you're into it - Brett takes lead vocals for this lovely little song in which he tries to woo a girl, catchy guitar led song, this is sweet with a bit of edge, the chorus with Jermaine butting in is fantastic. I love the silly little musical instruments in the background too. I love the build up of the chorus to the culmination, 'being lewd with two dudes and food', absolutely superb, the guys are both talented individually but they contrast so well, this is a very funny song.


I'm not crying - A classic break up tune, a man who is blatantly crying telling us he's not crying, it is emotional, especially when Brett explains he's been cutting onions to make a lasagne for one, the guys do build this up, Bretts voice controls the song, but Jermaines deeper voice builds up, it builds towards a bee-gee esque noise of two men crying in a soulful funky way. While its a parody its a blummin great one.

Most Beautiful Girl in the Room (Live) - A cute song about the most beautiful girl in the room, with a strumming acoustic guitar Jermaine croons about the most beautiful girl in the room, he confirms that she would definitely be in the top three on a street.....depending on the street. This song has possibly the funkiest use of the line 'good one Dave' i've ever heard, unless Barry white used it in a seventies tune i'm unaware of. Brett supports every song and it is superb. The chorus talks about the girl being so hot 'she could have been a part-time model'. The song descends into chill out funk disco as Jermaine talks about making his moves. This tune is oddly sexy again, even with talk of 'sharing a kebab with the most beautiful girl I have ever seen....with a kebab!'. Class tune, absolutely superb, both guys are excellent.

Banter (Live) - Improvised chat between the guys, this is very funny, very on the mark and shows they are way more than talented musicians who can do jokes, this is laugh out loud funny and continues to be so after 5 or 6 listens.

Robots (Live) - Topical song about the year 2000 when Robots will rule the world, people no longer say yes, they say affirmative unless in colloquial situations with friends.

The song is funky, nice use of a casio keyboard during the chorus, Brett is powerful in his affirmations that the humans are dead while Jermaine confirms this having poked one. They used 'Poisonous gases to poison our asses'. This song is funny and actually quite funky in a geeky way. The irony is they destroyed humans to destroy their destructive tendancies. The song breaks off into Binary, seventies disco and current R&B at various points, its a great and instinctive song.

The album is £13.90 on Amazon although you can now buy it for £2.90 through Amazon Market place which is great value. Definitely listen to this if you like music or comedy.

Summary: Being Lewd with two dudes and food