unusual Zealand’s ‘fourth most popular folk-parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation) act’ are on a sold-out arena tour. Is there a shrewdness behind the duo’s laidback shtick?Few comedians ever play London’s O2 Arena and fewer still manage three nights in a row. Those who effect tend to contain some things in common: a relatable observational style,limited creative ambition and ruthless commercial savvy. None of which applies to Flight of the Conchords, perhaps the unlikeliest act ever to reach those airless heights of the comedian stratosphere.
I saw Flight of the Conchords last week, or warming up for their forthcoming arena tour with a escape at the 140-seat Soho theatre. Watching their suite of kooky songs about medieval romance,piano-playing seagulls and spoon thieves, laughing at their low-key chat and minutely detailed interplay, and the thought of their imminent transfer to arena stages was supremely incongruous. Not least to the Conchords themselves. “Well keep that in for the O2,” they’d comment, after this or that improvised quip or ramshackle moment of fun.
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Source: guardian.co.uk