Shut up girlfriends of the past
I'm aware that my journal is becoming a succession of youtube links, but I really have to post this - a lovely song from the latest episode of Flight of the Conchords. Jemaine sings about all the girls that left him, how they left him, and the girls start answering back with why they left him. It starts off all Ray Davies-y, can't get away without referencing Paul Simon's Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover and is carried off with a gentle wit rather than total silliness or concentrated spoof. The whole episode which this is from (and which the video in no way spoils, if you're waiting to watch the show) was directed by Michel Gondry, and this video was probably the reason why they got him. It's like Be Kind Rewind and Eternal Sunshine compressed down into three minutes.
It also reminds me of this gem - another call and response song between heartbroken guys and the girls who have slipped through their fingers. One of the Tindersticks poppier songs, it's also one of my favourites. Sublime.
Click to viewIt also reminds me of this gem - another call and response song between heartbroken guys and the girls who have slipped through their fingers. One of the Tindersticks poppier songs, it's also one of my favourites. Sublime.