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Richard Cheese
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Product Details

  • Artist: Richard Cheese
  • Binding: Audio CD
  • EAN: 0790058912126
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Oglio Records
  • Manufacturer: Oglio Records
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Product Group: Music
  • Publisher: Oglio Records
  • Release Date: 2000-10-17
  • Studio: Oglio Records
  • Title: Lounge Against the Machine
  • UPC: 790058912126
Avg Customer Rating: 4 stars

Product Description: On Lounge Against the Machine, alt-rock hits get the Vegas treatment way before their time. Vocalist Richard Cheese and his piano trio really know how to warp a song. Rage Against the Machine's "Guerilla Radio" sounds smooth as silk, if incredibly schmaltzy, in the hands of this wayward lounge act. The Dead Kennedys' "Holiday in Cambodia" gets completely defanged in Cheese's rendition. And it's definitely strange to hear the rage drained out of Nirvana's "Rape Me" and replaced with bland, mindless enthusiasm. The tone of these covers is so far removed from the originals that at times you forget what you're really listening to. At moments like these, Cheese and the boys sound like some anonymous combo going through the motions. But then you'll hear the singer let loose with some foul language or croon a harsh line and it sounds downright strange and funny. Lounge Against the Machine can be tiresome at times, but it certainly takes the piss out of these songs. --Fred Cisterna


Customer Reviews


4 stars Richard Cheese is the voice of a generation! BRAVO!!!
Lounge Against The Machine is an instant classic! That should come as no surprise given the vocal stylings of Mr. Richard Cheese! He is truly the voice of a generation. To take the selected songs and perform them in the lounge-style is fantastic! This is a must have for any CD collection!!!


1 stars Buy his other CDs, not this one!
Richard Cheese does *NOT* own the rights or royalties to this album. The record company that produced it (Oglio Records) ripped him off. This CD IS great... but if you believe in supporting artists buy his other albums instead, since if you buy this he won't see a dime. His 'best of' album, Sunny Side of the Moon, has several songs from this album. I highly recommend it.


3 stars Cheesy
Thats the point though, Its supposed to be a cover of the original in lounge style. This one has some of my favorites done in that laid back way. You could play this at cocktail parties and no one would notice that its lyrics to hard core rock. Enjoy


5 stars Very funny
Comical twist on songs that you know well. There is some strong language and four letter words that occured in the original form, you can just understand it more clearly in this version.


4 stars Stick it up your yeah!
This CD features lounge music versions of "alternative standards". It is performed by a singer accompanied by a jazz trio (piano, bass and drums). The singer is suitably cheesy and sleazy, and the jazz trio is actually quite talented. The humor comes from hearing the radically different arrangements of these songs, plus the oddness of hearing a lounge singer sing the (mostly) dirty lyrics of these songs. Funny stuff!


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