Is it a nature show? - the Name of the Band

Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:24 pm

kelly vv wrote:
[size=100:l9m8e194]My friend Paul (...) told me "
You have to watch this show! Flight of the Conchords!"
And I kind of rolled my eyes because he was also in love with "
Planet Earth"
at the time so I'm thinking - "
what is this? Conchords in their natural habitat? like something on Discovery?"

A thread to talk about the name of the band ; D

There are two stories (as far as I know) of how the Guys came up with the name:

1. in a dream (I think it was Bret's dream)

[size=100:l9m8e194]...while they were college roommates and was inspired by a dream in which a V formation of Gibson flying Vs reminded them of a group of Concorde airplanes to name their act Flight of the Conchords.

[url=source][/url]

2. after the flat toilet's name

[size=100:l9m8e194]But the final name was chanced upon in a series of events that went something like this: Jemaine went to the bathroom and noticed the flat toilet was called the Concorde, he returned from the bathroom to suggest the name Conchord, and Bret said “
What about Flight of the Conchords”
, and Jemaine said “
okay”
, and Bret said “
okay “
, and Jemaine said “
okay then”
and Bret said “
We should go to the gig, we’
re late”
.

[url=source][/url]

I'm doing my own little project to raise awareness ('aweenus' [image]

) for F O The C in my country and I was trying to translate the name. Actually, it's pretty awesome, though when I first heard it, I thought it's long (Crazy Dogzzz sounds much better [image]

or U2, REM, INXS, ACDC...)

I love wordgames, especially if I can get them <img src=

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con from Latin means 'together with', so Flight of the 'Together-With-Chords' (?) [image]

How do you understand this name?

What was your first thought when you heard the name of the band (or show)?

Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:32 am

Yay raising aweenus! [image]

I had wondered how they really came up with the name, but I also like the mystery of it.

I'm positive I first heard of the show on a HBO promo before one of my Entourage DVDs. Name-wise, I just remembered being curious about it and a little confused. [image]

Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:59 pm

emira wrote:

con from Latin means 'together with', so Flight of the 'Together-With-Chords' (?)

My friend thinks that 'con' is clever, as it implies trickery and deception (in that they appear to be extremely serious, when they are just being comedic) [image]

Even if it wasn't intentional, it's still quite a good interpretation [image]

Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:22 pm

accordions wrote:

emira wrote:

con from Latin means 'together with', so Flight of the 'Together-With-Chords' (?)

My friend thinks that 'con' is clever, as it implies trickery and deception (in that they appear to be extremely serious, when they are just being comedic)

Even if it wasn't intentional, it's still quite a good interpretation

Studying [url=http://www.answers.com/topic/con:ydnn4uf6]con[/url:ydnn4uf6] on answers.com makes me even more confused <img src=

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Definition: trick
Antonyms: honesty, truthfulness

v

Definition: deceive, defraud
Antonyms: be forthright, be honest

They are very serious about being comedic [image]

.

Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:59 pm

My first thought was just that they took airplane imagery and made it musical ... the same way they turned animals into rappers with Rhymenoceros / Hiphopopotamus.

Like, if you wanted to make a band and you wanted to conjure an image of koalas in the 1970s, you might call them The Froalas.

Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:18 pm

From the liner notes of the BBC Radio show:

[size=100:vlphygzd]In the meantime, let's leave Jemaine with the last word: "
It's kind of like the Beatles, how they put the "
Beat"
with the "
les"
. We put "
Con"
with "
chord"
. So, we're up there with some pretty big bands who have also used pun names."

Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:23 pm

hellomyfriend wrote:My first thought was just that they took airplane imagery and made it musical ... the same way they turned animals into rappers with Rhymenoceros / Hiphopopotamus.

Maybe this is so (I like this interpretation too) and I'm looking for a double bottom where there isn't any. [image]

[align=right:hycu1u8x]_{somehow 'a double bottom' derailed my mind to different areas} ; D

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:53 pm

sargifster wrote:From the liner notes of the BBC Radio show:

[size=100:pch3yyhl]In the meantime, let's leave Jemaine with the last word: "
It's kind of like the Beatles, how they put the "
Beat"
with the "
les"
. We put "
Con"
with "
chord"
. So, we're up there with some pretty big bands who have also used pun names."

Good that they didn't call themselves Chordless! [image]

Oh! This reminds me the scene from New Cup <img src=

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When Murray reads the review of their gig after Bret and Jemaine sold their guitars.

[size=100:pch3yyhl]"
Flight of the Nochords"

It was hard to tell if the band was a band or a mime troupe... No stars.

Maybe they called their band Conchords when they got the guitars? [image]

...And we're back in square one, I mean, my first post - con as 'with'. ; D

Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:10 pm

I will always pine after photos/videos of them as Vested Interests. [image]

[size=100:nvrlrdh6]What was the first performance that you two did as Flight of the Conchords?

Bret: We did a few strange gigs before we performed as Flight of the Conchords. One of the first versions was not a duo but a four piece called Vested Interests. We wore vests and played catchy tunes.

Jemaine: A vest in New Zealand is a sweater vest in your language. If it were Sweater Vested Interests it wouldn't fly.

Bret: It didn't fly in New Zealand either. The first gig we did as Flight of the Conchords was playing while an audience was coming in and sitting down rather than an actual comedy act. Our songs, which we thought were weird, the audience found funny.

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:20 pm

onlyalways wrote:Yay raising aweenus!

Awesome thread idea, Sylwia! [image]

Now I have to read the rest of the replies before I can say anymore. <img src=

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_{(Also, I couldn't not respond to "
Aweenus"
)}

Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:19 am

Thanks, Ami! [image]

gezyka wrote:I will always pine after photos/videos of them as Vested Interests.

Since we're talking about the names of their first band(s) there were also these:

[size=100:es938ux5]The first song was Foux Du FaFa, (two chords) and they called themselves [size=133:es938ux5]Moustache. The four piece band had Bret on casio-tone, Jemaine on guitar, and their friends Toby Laing and Tim Jaray on trumpet and double bass.

/..../

On the afternoon of the gig they realised they needed a band name. The initial list of names included [size=133:es938ux5]Roxygen Supply, [size=133:es938ux5]Albatrocity, and [size=133:es938ux5]Tanfastic.

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I like Tanfastic [image]

.

Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:33 am

emira wrote:
Since we're talking about the names of their first band(s) there were also these:

[size=100:txb0vrtp]The first song was Foux Du FaFa, (two chords) and they called themselves [size=133:txb0vrtp]Moustache. The four piece band had Bret on casio-tone, Jemaine on guitar, and their friends Toby Laing and Tim Jaray on trumpet and double bass.

/..../

On the afternoon of the gig they realised they needed a band name. The initial list of names included [size=133:txb0vrtp]Roxygen Supply, [size=133:txb0vrtp]Albatrocity, and [size=133:txb0vrtp]Tanfastic.

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I like Tanfastic .

I have always loved Albatrocity [image]

Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:33 am

emira wrote:
Since we're talking about the names of their first band(s) there were also these:

[size=100:oh8sp7hj]The first song was Foux Du FaFa, (two chords) and they called themselves [size=133:oh8sp7hj]Moustache. The four piece band had Bret on casio-tone, Jemaine on guitar, and their friends Toby Laing and Tim Jaray on trumpet and double bass.

/..../

On the afternoon of the gig they realised they needed a band name. The initial list of names included [size=133:oh8sp7hj]Roxygen Supply, [size=133:oh8sp7hj]Albatrocity, and [size=133:oh8sp7hj]Tanfastic.

[url=source][/url]

I like Tanfastic .

Tanfastic is the name of a tanning salon chain here. [image]

Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:56 am

gezyka wrote:

emira wrote:
Since we're talking about the names of their first band(s) there were also these:

[url=source][/url]

I like Tanfastic .

Tanfastic is the name of a tanning salon chain here.

I wonder who was first ; D

Roxygen Supply, on the other hand, reminds me Roxy Music

[flash=350,287:r8znjcwy]https://www.youtube.com/v/2zJdbpzfJMs&hl=en&fs=1[/flash:r8znjcwy]

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Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:16 am

emira wrote:

gezyka wrote:
Tanfastic is the name of a tanning salon chain here.

I wonder who was first

Roxygen Supply, on the other hand, reminds me Roxy Music

[flash=350,287:qpgm966w]https://www.youtube.com/v/2zJdbpzfJMs&hl=en&fs=1[/flash:qpgm966w]

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punning on roxy music + air supply!

(i love both bands [image]

yes, i am a total cheeseball)

see esp. [url= "
more than this"
][/url] by roxy music [image]

Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:31 am

chrissycubana wrote:
punning on roxy music + air supply!

Oh, I haven't heard the second band! <img src=

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I've chosen this vid because the title reminds me one of the FOTC songs [image]

[flash=350,287:ytwm6saa]https://www.youtube.com/v/GTKi6V6qCBk&hl=en&fs=1[/flash:ytwm6saa]

see esp. [url= "
more than this"
][/url] by roxy music

That was my second choice ; D

.

The third was [url="
Love is the Drug"
][/url] [image]

_{(mind the eye-patch ;
) )}

Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:37 am

yeah - i'm reviewing roxy music/bryan ferry songs on you tube, and i like MANY of their songs! wow. so many i had forgotten about!!

"
kiss and tell,"
"
don't stop the dance,"
and bryan ferry's "
slave to love"
- takes me back... [image]

ah, air supply.

some good ones = "
all out of love,"
"
lost in love,"
"
here i am"
oh yes, and "
even the nights are better"
[image]

(prepare yourself, though - they are definitely some of the cheesiest love songs i know... which is why i adore them Smile

- they're good for karaoke <img src=

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um. yeah. anyway - this is another thread that i've derailed with my endless string of 80's music references.
[image]

Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:51 am

accordions wrote:

emira wrote:
Since we're talking about the names of their first band(s) there were also these:

[url=source][/url]

I like Tanfastic .

I have always loved Albatrocity

i would guess that the "
albatro(ss)"
in "
albatrocity"
is an oblique reference to the band flock of seagulls?

[image]

Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:10 am

chrissycubana wrote:

accordions wrote:

I have always loved Albatrocity

i would guess that the "
albatro(ss)"
in "
albatrocity"
is an oblique reference to the band flock of seagulls?

or the synonym of Wellington? [image]

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Albatross Fountain (1986) in Wellington [/align:3gfl30y4]

Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:53 am

Random, but I saw my first albatross in NZ. ; D

Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:47 pm

For some reason when I first heard the name Flight of the Conchords I had this odd mental image of a couple of guys dressed in cheesy superhero outfits, hands on hips, capes flapping in the wind, full of their own bravado.

[image]

Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:55 pm

cheapzoo wrote:For some reason when I first heard the name Flight of the Conchords I had this odd mental image of a couple of guys dressed in cheesy superhero outfits, hands on hips, capes flapping in the wind, full of their own bravado.

Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:00 pm

emira wrote:

cheapzoo wrote:For some reason when I first heard the name Flight of the Conchords I had this odd mental image of a couple of guys dressed in cheesy superhero outfits, hands on hips, capes flapping in the wind, full of their own bravado.

Hehehehe.... I'm guessing you now have that mental image too?
It's not a bad one, eh? XD

Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:04 pm

cheapzoo wrote:For some reason when I first heard the name Flight of the Conchords I had this odd mental image of a couple of guys dressed in cheesy superhero outfits, hands on hips, capes flapping in the wind, full of their own bravado.

Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:05 pm

When I first heard their name it was when my brother told me I had to see the show. I had no idea what it was about or that they were a band... my first thought was something about pilots and not expecting to like it. [image]