You just stay home and play synthesizers*
July 16th, 2007
Some people (like Blythe) were already raving about HBO’s Flight of the Conchords weeks ago. She really liked the first episode and I was like yeah, it’s okay, but I get the feeling I’d find these guys really annoying if not for the New Zealand accents. While that may still be true, this parody of the Pet Shop Boys’ “West End Girls” totally won me over:
(They actually had me at “I was gonna spit it out but I think I’ll just eat it” — the music video was just a bonus.)
The overpass they stand/sing on reminds me of the one right near where the Chesh and I used to live, in Brooklyn. We took some adventures there but then stopped doing that, suspecting we might get killed.
That was someone’s abandoned, broken umbrella that we decided must be used as a prop. Possibly the oddest photo I’ve ever taken.
Yeah right!
Bret and Jemaine could also never afford an apartment in their neighborhood. But this doesn’t make me hate them as much as it usually makes me hate characters. Again: chiefly due to the accent. Way to be from a different country, guys!
*They say it more like “syntha-sizahs,” which I find insanely attractive. But that could just be the word, and the general concept. I love synthesizers.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
hey, that’s me! i’ve been in love with these guys for a while (in spite of the outback commercial), but instead of their accents, i find myself insanely attracted to their relentless use of turtlenecks. i freaking love a nice turtleneck. also, i’m having an 80s dance party by myself right now. west end girls…
July 17th, 2007 at 2:56 am
major bonus points for filming the subway stair segment at my last home in new york - the jmz south fifth stop in williamsburg!! woot! even though i hated you and the homeless junkies i had to walk over to get home, you look shiny and pretty with the hipster new zealanders walking down your path!!
p.s. another bonus for the cameo by eugene mirman, but really they had me at “I was gonna spit it out but I think I’ll just eat it” too annie. i didn’t need anything further. the rest was just icing on the cake. wait, i just made a dessert reference….
July 17th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Yeah, after watching this three more times, I’m finding all I want to do is jam out to “West End Girls” instead… so I think I will.
Turtlenecks are always great, but sometimes their outfits are almost too contrived for me. I mostly love the taller one’s facial expressions/general indifference.
Katy loves dessert!