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“Bowie’s in Space”Ĭertainly many people have dreamed about David Bowie, but Bret’s lucky enough to get a REM-cycle visit from numerous golden eras of Bowie (played by Jemaine, totally nailing Bowie’s voice), who encourages him to get an eyepatch. Think about all of your favorite ’80s pop videos, combine them into one, and you get “Fashion Is Danger.” Bret and Jemaine flaunt their best Derek Zoolander looks (note their addiction to hair gel) and sing about everything from Ronald Reagan to lip gloss. His line about Sally being hot enough to work as a part-time model (but who definitely has to keep her day-job) somehow does the trick, however, and before you know it they’re sharing kebobs. This yacht-rock number, from the “Flight of the Conchords” pilot, was instant-classic Jemaine, the horndog who only thinks he can dance and definitely never says the right thing. Clearly their assets require a hard sell: “We see you girls lookin’ at our junk/ Then checkin’ out our rumps/ Then back to our sugalumps.” “The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)” Later, the duo falls short on their cell phone bills by exactly $2.79 and decide to use their sexual prowess to pull themselves out of debt. “Sugalumps”Īny parody of the Black Eyed Peas is generally a necessary parody, and “Sugalumps” remains the superior version of “My Humps.” On season two’s second episode, Bret and Jemaine run into financial trouble after Bret purchases a new teacup for $2.79. But hey, at least they have time to stay home and play synthesizers must be how they got so into Pet Shop Boys, as “West End Girls” clearly inspired this one. The struggle grows even more grim here as they consider buying/selling their underwear secondhand. “Inner City Pressure”īeing broke remains a constant theme for Bret and Jemaine as they navigate their newfound lives in America as “New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo” (thanks for nothing, Murray!). Manager Murray (Rhys Darby) is a real highlight of the series, and he guests here in all his pervy glory. The amount of times “leggy” and “blonde” are repeated in this song is downright insane, but it’s really nothing compared to lines like, “I’ll never get to tear your clothes off on the photo copy.” Part of the humor of lines like that are that the music is so light and sweet. Has any song so accurately captured sex in a long-term monogamous relationship? Even now, Jemaine’s funky falsetto resonates, as he busts out his best Marvin Gaye impression with more realistic expectations than Gaye ever had: “Monday night is my night to cook, Tuesday night we go and visit your mother, but Wednesday, we make sweet weekly love.” “Leggy Blonde” This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.