The highly anticipated HBO show delivered — are you surprised? I’m not. Kiwis Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement take flight in NYC in a parody of snide remarks, relationship woes and competing differences in opinion. They are indisputably a masterful duet of comical lyrics. What can I say? These naive musicians trying to make it in America are delightfully amusing and take us through an honest musical interpretation of the male psyche. You are so taken by their dramatic facial expressions, or lack thereof (did you see either of them smile, ever?), the smooth sounds (was that first song inspired by the Artist Formerly Known as Prince?) and the dim lights that the lyrics almost escape you. Well, almost. A line from their first song, “The most beautiful woman in the whole wide room,” introduced a ripple effect of hilarious lyrics that had me wondering what they could possibly say next — and what they could, they did.My running favorites, in no particular order:...
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