After a glorious debut season that earned the
HBO
show six Emmy nominations,
Flight of the Conchords
' second run didn't pack the same comedic punch as the first. Some would say it was because the episodes lost their luster, but it was mostly because the music just wasn't as strong. Most of the songs in Season One were pre-written and hashed out over years of stand-up routines, and for season two,
Jemaine Clement
and
Bret McKenzie
found themselves crunched for time, forced to write a dozen or so funny songs and ten accompanying episodes from scratch. Considering the circumstances,
FOTC
's second release for
Sub-Pop
,
I Told You I Was Freaky
, still has some worthwhile moments. In the
R. Kelly
-based
"We're in Love with a Sexy Lady,"
Bret
Jemaine
debate semantics while trying to determine if they're after the same lazy-eyed girl. "When'd you meet this lady?/Then./When?/Then./Right then?/Right then./Where?/There./Over there?/Over there./Over there there?/Over there there there," and so on, building up to
's ultimate question, "Was her name Brabra?" To which
replies, No I think it was Barbara."... "It was Barbara there's no such name as Brabra." It's the same straight-faced humor fans have grown to love. There's no satire quite as on-point as their tribute to
David Bowie
, but the duo busts out a hearty batch of sad-faced raps (
"Hurt Feelings"
), dance party hits (
"Suga Lumps"
"Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor"
), and the brilliantly '80s
"Fashion Is Danger,"
along with the strange sea shanty, sung by hungry cannibals on a boat, named
"Petrov, Yelyena and Me."
~ Jason Lymangrover