Flight of the Conchords - Olympia, Wed 5th, Thurs 6th May

Sinfonia · 05-05-2010 9:57am

giggidyelmo wrote: »

anyone know what the scéal is? Are they boating it or have been stuck in Amsterdam by feckin Volcano? It's already taken LCD from us!

I know, after missing LCD I will cry if this one doesn't happen

Edit: Actually, the worst would be if they cancel tonight's show but still play tomorrow's...

Edit: Apparently Dublin Aiport's closed until 'at least midnight' (Clickeh), so it's boat or nothin' I suppose, unless they've flown in first thing in the morning

Miguel_Sanchez · 05-05-2010 10:02am

Sinfonia wrote: »

I know, after missing LCD I will cry if this one doesn't happen

Actually, the worst would be if they cancel tonight's show but still play tomorrow's...

It really depends how much backline they take with them on the road. Most likely they're in a tour bus so we'll be ok.

Weepsie · 05-05-2010 11:04am

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]@Phantom1052News good morning! FOTC will make it!! They're are on a tour bus at the moment so all is well!

Link http://twitter.com/mcd_productions
[/FONT]

jk86 · 05-05-2010 11:10am

Great news!

You fail again, ash!

Orlee · 05-05-2010 11:18am

I couldn't bear the jealously if they had to cancel tonight and were able to play tomorrow!

Can't get Twitter in here ... what does it say?

delbertgrady · 05-05-2010 11:27am

Orlee wrote: »

Can't get Twitter in here ... what does it say?

Nothing more detailed than exactly what Weepsie quoted:
"@Phantom1052News good morning! FOTC will make it!! They're are on a tour bus at the moment so all is well!"

Orlee · 05-05-2010 11:41am

delbertgrady wrote: »

Nothing more detailed than exactly what Weepsie quoted:
"@Phantom1052News good morning! FOTC will make it!! They're are on a tour bus at the moment so all is well!"

Ah right ... ta

cson · 05-05-2010 12:02pm

Cannot wait for this tomorrow.

20secs it sold out in.

Chardee MacDennis · 05-05-2010 1:47pm

completely forgot about this and cant go now

deecurls · 05-05-2010 3:12pm

so are you selling your ticket??

Linguo · 05-05-2010 10:06pm

We're going tomorrow night...dying to know what tonight was like, please tell!!:D

Orlee · 06-05-2010 12:21am

Twas AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWSOME!!!!!

seandotcomm · 06-05-2010 1:50am

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...

*edit*... I just got the above post. lol

Ron DMC · 06-05-2010 2:05am

Yeah, the crowd were being spas but overall it was a solid gig, loved every minute of it.

Sabbath Lily · 06-05-2010 3:13am

Is it wrong to say that I enjoyed D'OD more?

Don't get me wrong, they were class - but I just think they'd be better in a smaller venue, devoid of the idiots. The atmosphere was just that bit less cordial with all the stupid interruptions. Though I did like the ramble about where Murray "and all other fictional characters" go.

Also, D'OD's reaction at the "vagina-type hole" in his trousers was a thing to behold.

tbh · 06-05-2010 8:14am

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!"

delbertgrady · 06-05-2010 8:50am

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.

WindSock · 06-05-2010 9:06am

Sabbath Lily wrote: »

- but I just think they'd be better in a smaller venue, devoid of the idiots.

Smaller than the Olympia?

Managed to score some last minute tickets tonight, thanks to a friend. Cheers dude, I owe ya one!

tommywiseau · 06-05-2010 9:31am

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.

Linguo · 06-05-2010 9:32am

Ah hope there's less of a spa quotient there tonight! How long did they play for?

AnonoBoy · 06-05-2010 9:34am

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.

tbh · 06-05-2010 9:36am

AnonoBoy wrote: »

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"

tbh · 06-05-2010 9:37am

Linguo wrote: »

Ah hope there's less of a spa quotient there tonight! How long did they play for?

from about 9:15 to about 11:05

catch--22 · 06-05-2010 9:47am

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!

Big thanks to Darragh and Boards.ie for the tix!

(I was the lucky sod who won the competition!)

Feeona · 06-05-2010 9:57am

They were good, but knowing most of the songs inside out kind of ruined the whole experience for me :rolleyes:. 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

Joe_Dull · 06-05-2010 10:22am

Feeona wrote: »

They were good, but knowing most of the songs inside out kind of ruined the whole experience for me :rolleyes:. 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 :mad:

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

blastman · 06-05-2010 10:26am

What time does DO'D go on? Want to make sure I get there on time tonight...

Orlee · 06-05-2010 10:37am

@ blastman

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

Have you got proper seats? We were in the unreserved seating in the upper circle so I was queuing from about 6:30pm. Managed to get deadly seats at the front of the section so it was well worth it cause the view from the back is appalling!

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?

Feeona · 06-05-2010 10:42am

Joe_Dull wrote: »

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

that haircut is so 1351

:pac:

cson · 06-05-2010 10:52am

Heading tonight and have reserved seats in the Stalls so wondering what time to head down there at? Id the queue mad or anything to get in - would we be in there in plenty of time if we were at the Olympia for 7.30pm?

Orlee · 06-05-2010 10:55am

cson wrote: »

Heading tonight and have reserved seats in the Stalls so wondering what time to head down there at? Id the queue mad or anything to get in - would we be in there in plenty of time if we were at the Olympia for 7.30pm?

Definately. Once you have proper reserved seats you're grand!

Chinafoot · 06-05-2010 11:26am

Joe_Dull wrote: »

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 :mad:

Were you about 4 rows from the front on the left hand side near a girl with brown hair, glasses and a red hat? That girl was a complete fúcking moron. She spent the whole night screaming, throwing her arms around, taking off her hat, messing her hair about, putting her hat back on, screaming some more, then her and equally obnoxious tool of a mate spent about 30 minutes taking pictures of themselves while the gig was going on. I wasn't even that close to them but I'd bet they managed to ruin the experience for a lot of people. Word of advice girls...you do not have any more right to be there than anyone else because you "loike OH EM GEEE love the conchords" and have a kooky pair of glasses and a stupid hat, throwing your hair around like that is not in anyway attractive and made you look like you have a lice problem, and finally neither Brett nor Jemaine are going to notice you and fall instantly in love so sit the fúck down and shut the fúck up.

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..:P

As always, the Irish audience never fails to disappoint with their constant need to use the toilet 'cause they tried to shove as many pints down their neck as possible before the show. God forbid people have one or two beforehand and actually see all of the show. Nah, can't have that. Afterall, if they're not hammered they won't have their super heckling powers making them funnier than the people we all came to see, which as we all know makes the show 100% more enjoyable....tools.

whizzbang · 06-05-2010 12:09pm

Did anyone notice if there were tickets for sale outside the gig last night? Hoping to get luck and buy two tonight outside. Or were scalpers only asking if people were selling tickets?

tbh · 06-05-2010 12:22pm

whizzbang wrote: »

Did anyone notice if there were tickets for sale outside the gig last night? Hoping to get luck and buy two tonight outside. Or were scalpers only asking if people were selling tickets?

the guy in front of me was texting his mate (I'm nosey like that!) saying that he sold his ticket for face value to a random guy who proceeded to buy him beer all night. I sold a couple for face value to a stranger myself. I saw a couple of guys with signs - might be harder tonight than last night, but worth a try I'd say.

anyone know how much the scalpers were buying/selling for as a matter of interest?

Sinfonia · 06-05-2010 12:26pm

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
(I was the guy at the front who said he'd usually have a bath btw - I was lying, I don't even have a bath in my flat!)

delbertgrady · 06-05-2010 12:34pm

Sinfonia wrote: »

David O'Doherty was great too, wish he'd played more songs though
(I was the guy at the front who said he'd usually have a bath btw - I was lying, I don't even have a bath in my flat!)

Ah, but it led to some good jokes, so smart thinking...

MrSparkle · 06-05-2010 12:38pm

Chinafoot wrote: »

Were you about 4 rows from the front on the left hand side near a girl with brown hair, glasses and a red hat? That girl was a complete fúcking moron.

She was a f*cking tool, stupid b*tch was like that for the whole gig. She was sitting about 6 rows in front of me to the left so couldn't help but notice her everytime she started throwing her hands in the air and screeching.

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

scarf!

Penn · 06-05-2010 12:54pm

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

Sinfonia · 06-05-2010 12:54pm

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

Feeona · 06-05-2010 1:11pm

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

)

WindSock · 06-05-2010 1:20pm

Do they pick on the audience or encourage audience participation? I hope not

Chinafoot · 06-05-2010 1:27pm

WindSock wrote: »

Do they pick on the audience or encourage audience participation? I hope not

Nah. They didn't have much choice on the audience participation score last night though :P

MrSparkles wrote:

She was a f*cking tool, stupid b*tch was like that for the whole gig. She was sitting about 6 rows in front of me to the left so couldn't help but notice her everytime she started throwing her hands in the air and screeching.

Yeah we were in row K on the left hand side. At one point her friend was standing up for about 3 minutes recording them. Security nowhere to be seen, which was pretty brutal. I'm amazed the people around her didn't do something. I most definitely wouldn't have held my tongue.

There were 8 seats about 2 rows in front of us that were empty until David O'Doherty was halfway through his set. Then the guy in the group that was in the middle of the row must have got up to use the loo about 4 times. He was the one that roared "Play some Prince!" right before they did Business Time. I just don't get why people fill themselves full of beer, knowing they're going to have to go to the loo multiple times and miss parts of the gig. Plenty of late bars open on a Wednesday, do your boozing afterwards.

tbh · 06-05-2010 1:27pm

WindSock wrote: »

Do they pick on the audience or encourage audience participation? I hope not

nope.

daresie · 06-05-2010 1:44pm

Chinafoot wrote: »

Were you about 4 rows from the front on the left hand side near a girl with brown hair, glasses and a red hat? That girl was a complete fúcking moron.

She spilled beer on me edging her way in because she was late for the start. I swear she was like 5 hen parties rolled up into one girl with big glasses and a ridiculous hat.

DOD told her off for texting during the show - so she just nattered loudly with her friends for the rest of his performance.

cson · 06-05-2010 1:55pm

Did anyone care to tell her to STFU?

Christ I hope we don't have anyone like that tonight.

WindSock · 06-05-2010 2:13pm

Chinafoot wrote: »

Nah. They didn't have much choice on the audience participation score last night though :P

tbh wrote: »

nope.

Cool. :cool:

I'm safe so. Hope I amn't stuck behind Mr. Biggest Head in Ireland though.

cson · 06-05-2010 2:16pm

WindSock wrote: »

Cool. :cool:

I'm safe so. Hope I amn't stuck behind Mr. Biggest Head in Ireland though.

Leave the big headed alone you!

jaykhunter · 06-05-2010 2:17pm

I missed out on getting tickets; i might head down in a few hours and see if I can get 2. What is face value for tickets?

elledee · 06-05-2010 2:23pm

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

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.

I'm 7 months pregnant and made sure I got an aisle seat so that I wouldn't disturb anyone if I had to urgently use the loo (happens a lot when you're pregnant, you know) But instead I was up and down the entire show because some dude about 6 seats in kept getting up. It was pretty uncomfortable, annoying and really embarrassing when the guys said something about people getting up so much as I was stepping into the aisle.

But despite the lameness of the crowd, the show was fab. My cheeks hurt from laughing so much.

cson · 06-05-2010 2:23pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

I missed out on getting tickets; i might head down in a few hours and see if I can get 2. What is face value for tickets?

€39.20 plus booking fee. So I'd say around €45 would be face value.

Flight of the Conchords - Olympia, Wed 5th, Thurs 6th May

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