Highlights from FotC

Ellen, Thomas and I FINALLY got to see an AWESOME show this weekend. Last night was my first time to see the Flight of the Conchords live, and it was also my first time to see a show at the Ryman auditorium in Nashville. That venue was probably the perfect setting--the acoustics were fantastic, and for a large place, it seemed more akin to the small and intimate setting of a night club.

Kristen Schaal ("Mel" from the show) did a comedy bit before the duo came out. She was very, very funny. I think one of my favorite lines was "I wasn't sure what was going to happen tonight, but I knew that my shorts would sparkle!" She was indeed wearing gold, sequined shorts. She also did a really hilarious bit with a pot, pan, and wooden spoon, and another funny bit involving Law & Order SVU, an apron, and chocolate cake.

Then the fellas came out, and they brought down the house. They did a fabulous live show, complete with a guest cello player named Nigel, 2 encores, and (because I won the freakin' lottery and was on the front row, in front of Jemaine) I was given a special showing of booty shakin'! During the "Sugar Lumps" song, the dudes got out of their stools and got close to the proscenium. Some particularly brave ladies to the right of us actually got to shake hands with Bret, but I did notice that they enjoyed a few beers before the show, and they actually scared him before he was confident enough to touch them. I just enjoyed the proximity of it all, and I'm pretty sure Jemaine pointed at me and told me I was "staring at his 'sugarlumps.'" I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not I was actually partaking in the aforementioned act.

Here are a few quotes (ones that aren't exactly verbatim...but it's not like I had a recorder with me...that would've been illegal!) that I've selected to share from last night:

"Hello Nashville. Can we call you 'Nash?'"
"Play the next one, Jemaine!" -an audience member who was responding to the band's request to hear New Zealand accents, after doing impressions of a Southern accent
"Wow. That was a good impression and a good suggestion." -Jemaine, responding to the audience member
"His name was Stana"
"I told you I was freak-ay." with Bret echoing in a whisper "I told you I was freak-ay." (I lost it when they started whispering.)

I highly recommend seeing the Flight of the Conchords live, but if they aren't coming to a venue near you, you can always watch clips of them on YouTube! Here is a pic: http://sdlr.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/flight_of_the_conchords.jpg


That's all for now,

Hillary