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Rating:  - SImply awesome!!!!!!!
Richard Cheese is the ___________ man. He did the unthinkable, make a _______ song like YOu Drive me Crazy by Britanny Spears into a great song!!! Weird, but cool. ANd this is not a novelty band either, you know, when a _____head with a dinky keyboard puts a premade beat (that dosen't even sound musical) with weak notes. It's real. Seriously though, the piano, bass, drums, a real lounge jazz band. No fake bull_____.
DOn't be fooled with the list. Even though Disturbed, Sir-Mix-Alot, Spears suck _____, Lounge Against The Machine does it well. A parody album that isn't total ______, the music is so great, you'll just want the songs themselves. IT does sounds like the song, but with real talented playing instead of the _____ guitars and _______ computer beats (not countring the great songs from Toots and the.... White Stripes, etc.)
IT's got some humor in it too. But LATM relies on making it actually sound good. There is also alot of great songs NOT on this album, so if you wants more after th is, get the other ones!reccomended for anybody who isn't a closeminded rock fanatic or a stupid _______r who listens to D4L. Remember though, I do like some of the artists to begin with, while some are _________ gay.
PS: Lounge Jazz is that jazz in places like Vegas. Fast, lot's of piano, something you would here in a club on the strip. SOunds good? Then this album is for you.
Rating: - grEat stuff!!
Bought this for my teenage boys. they love it and are playing it as i type.. AHHHHHH!!!
but they love it so thats what really counts..lol
thanks for the great quality and fast shipping..
Rating:  - Interesting
I will go through the various stages that my mind catapulted through while listening to the various songs on this album.
First and foremost, utter shock at what this album actually is. A collection of lounge covers of some of the weirdest, hardest, and most shocking rock, rap, and...Britney Spears??? This is absolutely the worst idea I've ever heard of! Now don't get me wrong, I've heard of Richard Cheese before. This isn't the first time I've been graced with that name. I guess I just never had an excuse to force myself before. The songs were too short, too varied, and there was no possible way he could actually expect people to take him seriously.
But of COURSE not. That's the whole point, right? Now I'll focus on the instrumentation. It is typical jazz fare, no real spark or anything of real mention. Well, they DO manage to capture the point and essence of just about every song they do musically. That is rather uncanny. I mean, consider "Chop Suey". They pretty much nailed every aspect of that song. And in less time than the original, no less. I am vascillating between complete awe and complete disgust.
His voice is nothing spectacular. Again, typical jazz fare. But what he can do with his voice and the music with these songs is, again, rather impressive. I have *never* liked "Fell In Love With A Girl", but his rendition is both easy to listen to and easy to understand, which has always been an issue with White Stripes, in my opinion.
And now I talk about song choice. With "Chop Suey" and "Fell In Love With A Girl", he was lucky. I mean, those songs had something going for them and he picked up on that. But..."Shake Ya Ass"??? I really have to question someone's credibility, opting to turn songs like that, and other rap songs, into lounge songs. I found myself, instead of laughing, cringing at the utter horridness that is his rather loyal lyrical transition from thumping hip-hop to smooth lounge. But then something occurred to me. If you listen to those songs enough, the true meaning of them comes through with the subtlety of a flying brick. Just how horrid are those lyrics anyway? Everyone accepted them in the context of the original song, but transplanted overtop a jazz band just exposes them for what they really are. True accounts of pop culture. And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is where the true genius of Richard Cheese is. He has the ability to strip down everything that makes a song popular and expose it for the trite farce it truly is. "Down With the Sickness" may be a fun song, but in no way is it lyrically intriguing or intelligent. The same follows for the majority of those songs. In fact, Richard Cheese even comments on it with the beginning of "Crazy", Britney Spears' tune, when he says that Britney is a true artist. If anyone should ever listen to this album, it is because of what it says. And what it says is pure lyrical dumbness.
I give this album a nice big B.
Rating: - Music to drink codeine cough syrup by.
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine have done the obvious, obviously. While not strictly as bad as William (Bill) Murry's obnoxious lounge act, nor as over-the-top as the late Andy Kaufman's Tony Clifton persona, `Richard Cheese' keeps his performance within the character's velvet rope guidelines, and instead minimizes and only slightly deconstructs the classic lounge song. This is neither Sinatra nor Bennet, nor is it your little brother doing a bad imitation of them. This is serious lounge, yet alternative. Like waking from a familiar dream, Richard Cheese's renditions are still recognizable, yet obviously something "other", and yet as pure as the originals.
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine, therefore, are not tribute creators in another style, like Dred Zepplin, for they are members of their genre. They also are not a joke on the genre within the genre, as was the lamented "Nig Heist" within the touring "Black Flag" shows of the early 80s. Neither do they make `lounge' more `lounge' with overproduction, digital techniques, and rich strings. Indeed, minimalism and limited range are the bywords. Or perhaps it is driven by a small production budget.
And the obvious question must be answered: is Richard Cheese "Cheesy?" Only in the sophomoric dimensions of a joke as obvious as a goiter, where we cry out "Dick Cheese!" in the same breath that we call "Mike Hunt!" over a smoky crowd of strapless cocktail dresses, and elicit a few titters. Cheesy, yes, but the music does compel repeated listening, like Alex Chilton covering "More" with Bobby Darrin's shade speaking through the whisky, there is something there, there.
But Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine are not cocktail classics to spin when you have the smoking jacket on and the new recruits from the secretary pool dropping by your place after the show, for this lounge set speaks more to the `cocktails made with codeine' set of cool.
And yes, I am dying to know what Sir-Mix-A-Lot thinks of this version of "Baby Got Back."
Rating: - For those who like their pop with extra cheese
This is one of the funniest CDs I have ever heard. Some may consider this album insulting to the original artists, but Cheese's "loungization" of each is so perfect that one has to appreciate the time and effort put into the process. All Cheese albums are technically parodies, but each song is done with such style and precision that it comes off as more of a quirky, left-handed homage to the bands he covers. This is for those (like me) who love heavy, "alternative" bands, and who don't take their music--or themselves--too seriously.
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