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Nov 14, 2002 · Listen free to Flight of the Conchords – Folk the World Tour (Petrov, Yelyena, and Me, K.I.S.S.I.N.G., Part A and more). 14 tracks (41:50). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.
Folk the World Tour is the debut live album by New Zealand comedy folk band Flight of the Conchords. Self-released on 14 November 2002, the album was recorded at two shows in New Zealand, in April 2001 at the BATS Theatre in Wellington and in May 2002 at The Classic in Auckland.
No.TitleRecording DetailsLength1."Petrov, Yelyena, and Me"May 2002 at The Classic, Auckland6:072."K.I.S.S.I.N.G" (part A)May 2002 at The Classic, Auckland1:463."K.I.S.S.I.N.G" (part B) (also known as ...May 2002 at The Classic, Auckland1:124."Pencils in the Wind"May 2002 at The Classic, Auckland4:04- Comedy , Folk , Acoustic
Clement and McKenzie have toured internationally and released four CDs: Folk the World Tour in 2002, The Distant Future EP in 2007 (winner of 2008 Grammy for Best Comedy Album), Flight of the Conchords in 2008 and I Told You I Was Freaky in 2009.
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The series centers on the day-to-day lives and loves of two shepherds-turned-musicians, Jemaine and Bret (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, playing fictionalized versions of themselves), who have uprooted themselves from their native Wellington to try to make it big as a folk duo in New York City. The two have frequent appointments with their offi...
The show was created by Clement, McKenzie and James Bobin, and was based on the successful improvised 2005 BBC Radio 2 radio series of the same name. Bobin served as the show's main writer and director. The first episode of the series aired on HBO on June 17, 2007. The series received 100,000 views for the first-season premiere scored on Myspace. O...
Main characters
1. Jemaine Clemaine (Jemaine Clement) is one member of Flight of the Conchords who sings and plays bass, and is Bret's flatmate and best friend. He is socially awkward, rarely smiles or laughs, and typically overthinks even the most mundane situations. 2. Bret McKegney (Bret McKenzie) is the other member of Flight of the Conchords who sings and plays guitar, and is Jemaine's roommate. He often wears dated-looking animal T-shirts. He is mellow and more in touch with his feelings than Jemaine....
Recurring characters
1. Greg (Frank Wood) is Murray's subordinate at the consulate. Murray often uses Greg as a scapegoat, in the face of which Greg remains stoically unflappable. 2. Eugene (Eugene Mirman) is Bret and Jemaine's landlord, who often inserts himself into conversations of which he is not a part. He is often seen involved performing maintenance in the building and in Bret and Jemaine's apartment. He has admitted to breaking into the apartment at night and kissing Jemaine while he sleeps. Eugene appear...
Cameo
1. Sinjay (Aziz Ansari), a man who sells fruit outside of Bret and Jemaine's apartment, but refuses to sell fruit to them because he is "racist" against New Zealanders and later starts a "race war" with them after Bret confronts him. The three come to friendly terms after it is revealed that his animosity was due to confusing the two for Australians. Episode: "Drive By" 2. Gypsy Kings Fan (Taika Waititi), a man who reserves the new Gipsy Kings cassette in a recorded New Zealand commercial. Ep...
Critical reception
Flight of the Conchords received generally positive reviews from critics. Season 1 has a 68/100 rating based on 15 reviews on Metacritic, and season 2 has an 80/100 rating, based on 10 reviews. Detroit Free Press spoke positive of the series, describing it as "TV's most original and irresistible new comic concoction," and San Francisco Chroniclewrote that it "may well be the funniest thing you've seen in ages." In 2019, Flight of the Conchords was ranked 65th on The Guardian's list of the 100...
Awards
At the 12th Satellite Awards, the show was nominated for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. The duo of Clement and McKenzie was awarded with the status of 2007 Wellingtoniansof the Year after their international success blossomed that year. The show received four Emmy Award nominations in 2008. "Sally Returns" was nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series", "Yoko" was nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series" and two songs, "Most Beautiful Girl (In the Ro...
Flight of the Conchords at IMDbOct 6, 2020 · All 14 tracks from the Folk the World Tour album by Flight of the Conchords.
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