05 May - Dublin, IE (Olympia Theatre)

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really good show. and David O'Doherty was great also. A lotta issues with soundlevels, mainly onstage so tomorrow night should be a lot better in that respect. Wont ruin any of the jokes but yea, you'll enjoy it. Pity there was no Kristen.. was really lookin forward to her. The in between song banter was the best thing about the show. Coulda done without the "
comedians"
in the crowd but it's Ireland so it's to be expected...

it was amazing - the first time in a long time I've gone to a gig and not even been a little bit let down. To those going tonight, all I can say is:

"
CONGRATULATIONS BITCHES!"

I thought they were great. To be honest, I expected the crowd to be worse with shouting out stuff, so that didn't bother me so much, but I could've done without the incessant bad line dancing, especially when they weren't even playing a song. Is it really so difficult to stay in your seat for the whole show?

David O'Doherty was brilliant too.

in fairness there was only 'audience participation' between the songs which was fairly civilized. during the tunes there was good behaviour from the audience.loved the gig, had a front row seat.

Unfortunately Irish crowds always think they're hilarious. I remember a Bill Bailey gig being almost ruined by morons shouting out stupid things continually during his set in the Olympia once.

"
Is your name on the poster? No? Then shut up!"


A put down I've heard the Conchords use in the past. Hope they used it last night to deal with the spa contingent.

Jermaine: "
You're running the gig yourselves now"

Brett: "
and it's not going well"
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How long did they play for?

from about 9:15 to about 11:05

Great gig last night and loved David O'Doherty so make sure you're there for his warm up. The two of them seemed a bit tired from their travels so I have a feeling tonight will be a good one!

I was sitting near the front and had no idea how small the drum kit was until D O'D sat behind them to 'play' on the encore! Hilarious!

They were good, but knowing most of the songs inside out kind of ruined the whole experience for me . I should have saved a bit up!

Jemaine seemed to be in better form than Bret, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was simply amazing. I got the overall impression though that the two poor sods were wrecked. Should be a good gig tonight.

Jemaine's got a lovely scarf. Oh what I wouldn't do to get my hands on a scarf like that.

Sums up how I felt 100%. I really enjoyed that new 1353 song as well

But oh dear Christ the screaming, dancing idiot I was sitting beside nearly ruined the gig for me. Near the end I felt like laughing would condone her behaviour somehow.

But yeah, great night and I love DO'D!

DOD was on at 8:15 for a good half an hour, maybe more and he was fantastic. I wasn't looking forward to him after I heard Kirsten wasn't going to be there but he was well worth it! FOTC came on at 9:15.

The banter between the lads was brilliant, despite the embarrassing haggling. They did seem a little tired and unprepared but I think that added to the whole thing. It felt like they were being real every so often

I so wish I could go again tonight ... Anyone need a date?

The gig was great. I've seen David O'Doherty a few times and he's always good.

The costume change was hilarious! And I agree with others that reckon they were pretty shattered, Brett in particular, but overall it was fantastic. The rapport between them onstage is great. The crazy tour stories...

Really enjoyed the gig, but as someone else said, I knew most of the songs inside out so most of the laughs came from the 'talking sections'... Didn't mind the heckling, mostly because Bret and Jemaine are really good at working with it, and it wasn't like it got out of hand: "
They're tixting each other, with suggistions"
: "
Say balls. That'll git a good reiction"


David O'Doherty was great too, wish he'd played more songs though

Great gig other than the hecklers in the crowd. I want Jermaine's scarf!

Brilliant show last night. Absolutely terrific. I was worried because like most people, I know most of their songs word for word, but little changes which they made then made them even funnier for me. And the talking sections were priceless. As others have said, the hecklers and people constantly getting up (especially the way the seating was which meant if one person got up, half the row had to get up) were all annoying but luckily didn't detract too much from the show.

Wish I was going tonight. I could have brought them some muffins

Oh, also was disappointed that the toy piano wasn't used, except for Bret to put his cup on.

Another thing, there was the inevitable request last night from someone in the audience that Bret and Jemaine take off their clothes. They're not pieces of meat there for our gratification. They're performers, and damn good performers at that (some of the songs they sang last night were breathtaking, FOTC are fantastic musicians with great voices )

What an AMAZING performance from the lads last night. Enjoyed every second of it, and I was surprised by how great Do'D was, and even how naturally funny Briiiit and Jermaine are. It was hard to believe how great their improvisation was.

Didn't play Too Many Dicks on the Dancefloor, though.

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[size=150:haur2mml]the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was simply amazing.

It felt like they were being real every so often

Didn't mind the heckling, mostly because Bret and Jemaine are really good at working with it, and it wasn't like it got out of hand: "
They're tixting each other, with suggistions"
: "
Say balls. That'll git a good reiction"

Oh, also was disappointed that the toy piano wasn't used, except for Bret to put his cup on.

They're performers, and damn good performers at that [size=200:3ogyrg7g](some of the songs they sang last night were breathtaking, FOTC are fantastic musicians with great voices )

[size=150:21nvhesw]Flight of the Conchords
The Irish Times - Friday, May 7, 2010

[size=100:21nvhesw]Jemaine and Bret of Flight of the Conchords: too funny to be a straight-up rock band, too musical to be serious stand-ups

Olympia, Dublin Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, “formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo,” seem to have taken superstardom in their stride. With a hit HBO TV series, two hit albums, and sellout tours around the world, Flight Of The Conchords are flying high, but at the first of their two Dublin shows, Bret and Jemaine seem to have their feet on the ground – and their asses on two very wobbly stools.

“This is the only thing I don’t like about Dublin,” deadpans Jemaine as he rocks precariously from side to side.

You could say Flight of the Conchords are between two stools – too funny to be a straight-up rock band, too musical to be a serious stand-up comedy act.

“There’ll be songs, and some talking between songs, and, er, that’s it,” they warn us. For the loyal fans who have packed the Olympia, that’s more than enough.

No musical genre is safe from the pair’s spot-on parodies, but they’re at their best when making fun of the alpha-male attitudes of soul, funk and hip-hop.

Ladies Of The World gets more priapic – and preposterous – than Prince, Bret’s falsetto and Jemaine’s baritone executing a pincer movement on their multitudinous quarry;
in contrast, Business Time is a quickie bedtime story that’s over in two minutes. The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room) sees them damning a poor dame with faint praise, while Think About It takes Marvin Gaye’s social conscience and drags it down an alley for a good kicking.

They switch to medieval madrigal mode for a new song about “wooing a lady”, go a bit OK Computer on Robots , and then go completely Serge Gainsbourg for Foux Du Fafa , but they opt to do only one track, Demon Woman , from their new album, I Told You I Was Freaky . When they perform it, though, they rip their shirts and jeans off to reveal superhero glam sequins. So, some songs, some talking between songs, and one costume change. I knew fame would turn their heads.

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[size=150:q6pamb3s]It’s Business Time – an evening with Flight of the Conchords
Saturday, May 8th, 2010

[size=100:q6pamb3s]Guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk music fans were treated to a fantastic night’s entertainment this week as Flight of the Conchords took to the stage at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.

Of course, a gig wouldn’t be a truly good gig unless there was a story to tell, so Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokul, kindly stepped up to the plate and once more spread a plume of volcanic ash into the sky, resulting in Irish airspace being closed. This did not deter the Conchords though;
they made it to Dublin on a bus. Troopers.

Our very own David O’Doherty, who had just returned from Australia, supported Flight of the Conchords. O’Doherty combined dryly sarcastic comments about the every day and the mundane with tunes played on his miniature keyboard. He well and truly warmed the audience up with his self-deprecating comments about his French trousers and his observations about the rage levels of passengers who travel in the ‘quiet’ carriages of trains. O’Doherty’s musical whimsy set the tone for the evening and he walked off stage to rapturous applause.



After a short interval the audience happily crammed back into their seats and as the curtain rose to the opening chords of The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) the audience roared their delight at the Conchords having made it to Dublin at all. Bret and Jemaine are noted for their understated style of comedy that relies on the easy interaction between them, silliness and awkwardness. Fans of the HBO TV show that catapulted the duo to fame will be aware of the fact that Flight are the Conchords are nothing if not self deprecating;
Bret and Jemaine showed this off to full effect on stage.

The duo gave an outline as to how the show would operate, how the balance would be struck between songs and talk;
‘talk, talk, song, talk’ then launched into firm favourites including The Humans are Dead, Jenny and Hiphopopatamus vs. Rhymenoceros. Bret and Jemaine also had a surprise guest touring with them – The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, also known as Nigel;
one man and his cello. This is another example of the Conchords’ self deprecating sense of humour, the self in this case extending to their home land, New Zealand.

The Conchords mixed their established material – including I’m Not Crying and Foux Da Fa Fa – with new songs. Woo A Lady tells the long and extremely complicated story of Jemaine trying to, well, woo a lady in 1353. Bus Driver’s Song pretty much is what you would expect – a song sung by a bus driver as he takes tourists around a small town. Sounds tedious, but the air of whimsy and slight bewilderment added by Bret and Jemaine themselves made the songs work.

It is easy to confuse Flight of the Conchords with their contemporaries The Mighty Boosh, and to that end, it could have been a disappointing show for fans of the Boosh who expected similar from the Conchords. Whereas The Mighty Boosh put on, for want of a better phrase, a play, Flight of the Conchords rely on their music for the comedy factor and really strip down the live show into the main components that made the TV show so strong – Bret and Jemaine.



Bret and Jemaine handled heckling from the crowd with ease and enjoyment, and when someone shouted ‘Play some Prince’ from the back, they spontaneously began to play Kiss which very smoothly led into Business Time. The duo mixed it up a bit in the middle of the set with Demon Woman, and while Bret and Jemaine’s stage clothes very easily tore away to reveal the rhinestone cat suits underneath, they took several minutes to reassemble, which just added awkwardness to silliness and the crowd loved it. For the encore David O’Doherty came out and joined the lads on drums for the wonderful Bowie, then with a wave and a ‘We like you’ the Conchords were gone.

The show did feel slightly short, and the toy piano displayed prominently on stage was sadly never used, but the show was late starting due to volcanic interruptions to travel plans. It would be easy to say that we were robbed, having missed out on songs like I Told You I Was Freaky and Sugalumps – both of which were on the set list for Amsterdam the night before – but honestly, the crowd seemed so happy that the Conchords actually made it to Dublin they were willing to forgive this, and other small errors that, at the end of the day, didn’t really detract from the show at all.

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