Flight of the Conchords reunite for new charity single, “Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)”
New Zealand-based musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, comprised of Jemaine Clement and Brett McKenzie, have reunited for the first time since 2009 for a new charity single that is unlike any other charity single you've ever heard before.
The song was written with the help of a few clever youngsters who know a thing or two about how to raise money for sick children.
(Watch the full skit or skip to the 10:15 mark for the song)
The sketch was created for the event "Red Nose Day: Comedy For Cure Kids," in which Clement and McKenzie visit an elementary school where they ask the students to help them write a song for charity and come up with ways to raise money.
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"I always think of songs about myself, but not this time," one young girl says in the clip. "We can get money from selling oil, gold and the crystals. I saw that in the movie I watched, 'The Muppets.'" (Coincidentally, McKenzie won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his tune "Man or Muppet" that appeared in "The Muppets.")
"We can go to another person's house and then we can ask if we can borrow some money and then we can give them some more money back from us that wouldn't be the same money which they gave to us," another youngster proposed.
The kids also suggest, "We could save money from the Tooth Fairy and we could ask the kids for their teeth so that we can get even more money."
The end result after their journey to find out "what kids are into" was a touching track titled "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" that features lyrics like, "The kids that are sick can't do hip-hop anymore, their tummies their tummies could be very sore, we've gotta dig for some oil and some crystals and gold, collect teeth for the tooth fairy and put 'em in a bowl," and, "Stop writing lyrics about yourself, get your magic wallet up off the shelf, oh no that wallet's not there anymore, I know late night come knock at my door."
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TV3 in NZ reports other artists appearing on the track include Dave Dobbyn, Brooke Fraser, Boh Runga, Sam Scott, Luke Buda, Savage, Young Sid, Tyree, Deach, PNC, Zowie, Ruby Frost, Kids of 88, Rikki Morris, Moana Maniapoto, Nathan King, Maitereya, Victoria Girling-Butcher, Elizabeth Marvelly, Peter Urlich and Cherie Mathieson.
Starting today, you can purchase the track on iTunes with proceeds going towards Cure Kids, which is an organization that aims to "address the lack of research into life-threatening childhood illnesses in New Zealand."
According to Mashable, the song has helped raise $1.3 million for Cure Kids after its appearance on the televised "Red Nose Day: Comedy for Cure Kids" event last Friday.
"The lives of all children in this country should be free from pain and illness, but the reality is too many of our children are suffering every day," the charity's CEO Vicki Lee said. "Cure Kids aims to turn research into hope for the children and their families who live with illness by improving their quality of life, prolonging their life whilst fulfilling our ultimate goal of finding cures for these illnesses."
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