Banter

Thank you
We're just bantering
Yeah, this is just banter
There's songs and then there's banter
Don't- don't freak out
It's all part of being a band, we're just, we're just talk-
It's basically just talking, It is just talking, yeah
Just professional, yeah
Just a professional version of talking, if ya like

We're just banter- banter with each other
We'll banter with the crowd, just like, "Hello"
Just that's an example of- just working in with that guy
Finding out a bit about him
"What are ya, a guy or something?"
Just like, "What's that? You having a drink? Okay"
Just, you know, just building up a rapport
With, um, the people of the crowd

Me and Brett just, bam, bam
Firing off each other, yeah we're a bit faster
What's happening? How ya- How ya going?
I'm just sitting here
Um, that's not a great example of one, but
But, that was new, that was new
We made that up, that was a fresh one
That was improvised, we've done some great ones

Did you guys know the one, um, the bank one?
You guys heard the bank one? Oh, that was a classic
Back in New Zealand, um, just one gig
I-it was actually me, I asked Bret, um, what he did that day
(yeah) And he'd gone to the bank
So, I said "I went to the bank", you know
And um- the New Zealand crowd, they just loved it

They went- They went apeshit, yeah
They went totally sheepshit, I'd say (yeah)
They really did, They went, yeah, baa-listic
(yes) Ooh, yeah, classic, classic
You'll hear that one again tomorrow night
It was ewe-mungous, oh!
I'm not sure what just happened to our act
We just, slipped into a new pun section, no
It was- shit, sorry about that
We shouldn't have started that
It was that person's fault, who made a noise
It might not have been a person, maybe a sheep
It's hard to tell with the lights in our face

Anyway, the bank thing, you know
Everyone was, um, loved it, and um (oh god!)
From then on, you know whenever
We play in New Zealand, it's like, you know
"What did you do today?" Germaine says
And the whole crowd, "Went to the bank!"
I mean people ju- people just expect it
It's great, you know?
Even on, once we did it on a Sunday
Which was crazy, the bank's not even open
I was clearly lying, but everyone just plays along
They just loved it
I think they even loved it, even more
I think, yeah, really really good
That was one of our best gigs
(yeah)

Ok, so, um, this next song isn't really for humans
It's more for robots in the future (Yeah!)
Okay, m'kay, one or two of you out there, um
Um, so, it's more like when all the humans are dead
At being destroyed by the robots, um
It's just a song for them to celebrate with, it's just
We're just trying to think of future music markets really, yeah, so
We thought it woulda happened by now, but
Yeah, it will happen
And I- you know, I can tell by the way you're looking at us
You're going "Flight of the Conchords when all the humans are dead
You're not gonna pick up the royalties from your music
Because you, as being human
You're gonna be dead too
And, you know, that's a good point