36. "I Told You I Was Freaky" by Flight of the Conchords (2009)

I think the funniest thing about this disk isn't any particular song but the whole rap and hip-hop persona that these guys put on. And they are rappers. It hurts their feelings when you say they are not. "Rappers have feelings too", you know:

Have you ever been told that your ass is too big?
Have you ever been asked if your hair is a wig?
Have you ever been told you're mediocre in bed?
Have you ever been told you've got a weird-shaped head?
...
Tears of a rapper (tears of a rapper)
I'm cryin' tears of a rapper (tears of a rapper)

Wierdos and misfits unite! These guys are our heroes:

Let's take a photo of a goat in a boat
And then we can float in a moat and be freaky
Freak-ay

Let's take my body and we'll cover it with honey
Stick some money to the honey
Now I'm covered in money, honey

I go outside onto the ledge and push my ass against the glass
You can act like you don't know me

I'll take a cup and then I'll put it on my head
And I'll just stand there bein' freaky with a cup on my head

I told you I was freaky (I told you I was freaky, baby)
You didn't believe me (Don't look at me)
I told you I was freaky (Hey look at me)
Girl, let's get freaky

Then there is the reggae song from the episode where Jemaine decides the only way he can make money is to pimp himself out as a male prostitute. Its similarity to the song "Roxanne" by the Police is unmistakable:

You don't have to be a prostitute
No, no, no, no, no
You can say no to being a man ho
A male gigolo
You don't have to be a prostitute
No, no, no, no, no
You can say no to being a night looker
Boy hooker, rent boy, bro ho

The songs lose a little something without the visual, but most of them are strong enough to stand on their own. "Carol Brown" is my favorite:

Loretta broke my heart in a letter
She told me she was leaving and her life would better
Joan broke it off over the phone
After the tone she left me alone

Jen said she'd never ever see me again
When I saw her again she said it again
Jan met another man
Lisa got amnesia just forgot who I am

Felicity said there was no electricity
Emily, no chemistry
Fran ran, Bruce turned out to be a man
Flo had to go, I couldn't go with the flow

Carol Brown just took a bus out of town
But I'm hoping that you'll stick around

The disk even comes with a poster. Cool.

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