When it comes to comedic musicians, there's a couple of glaringly obvious references to take from the last few years. I'm not the biggest Mighty Boosh fan but have oodles of respect for Julian Barratt, blatantly an incredible musician who (I thought) was occasionally let down when it came to, you know, making us laugh.

Flight of the Conchords on the other hand, have it absolutely nailed.

Seemingly endless tracks over two series - almost all of them properly brilliant songs and laugh out loud funny. 'The Most Beautiful Girl (in the Room)', 'Inner City Pressure', 'Foux Du Fafa' - they all get big laughs but (crucially) I'll never sicken of them, simply because they're proper, decent songs.

Then there's this - Carol Brown. One of my favourite tracks by any act from the last few years. At this stage I've forgotten the joke, it's become irrelevant. I reckon that's the finest compliment I can pay to the songwriting skills of my Kiwi heroes.