Lounge Against the Machine

• Artist: Richard Cheese
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• Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Type: Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rock

Review

In the late '80s and early '90s, two of the funniest characters on Saturday Night Live were the Sweeney Sisters, a Las Vegas-style lounge act that mercilessly butchered everything from Tin Pan Alley standards to Motown hits. Played to perfection by Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn, the Sweeney Sisters were the ultimate parody of cheesy, campy Vegas lounge acts. Like those SNL characters, Richard Cheese has a good laugh at the expense of lounge music on Lounge Against the Machine. But this goofy CD doesn't butcher Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra; instead Cheese turns his attention to mostly alternative rock hits of the '90s. In Cheese's hands, everything from Nirvana's "Rape Me," Garbage's "Only Happy When It Rains," and Radiohead's "Creep" to Rage Against the Machine's "Guerilla Radio" and Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" gets a lounge makeover. The songs' angst-ridden lyrics and Cheese's frivolous, Vegas-minded arrangements make for odd, ironic contrasts, and that's exactly what the singer is going for. In addition to lampooning lounge music, Cheese is laughing at the abundance of angst that one hears in a lot of alternative rock. One could say that he is making fun of two idioms (Vegas lounge music and alternative rock) at the same time. But Lounge Against the Machine doesn't need to be analyzed to death. This CD should be taken for what it is: A cute and amusing novelty item. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Nookie/Break Stuff		Richard Cheese	(2:35)
Guerilla Radio [Originally by Rage Against the Machine]		Richard Cheese	(2:15)
Come Out and Play [Originally by Offspring]	Brian Holland	Richard Cheese	(2:43)
Closer [Originally by Nine Inch Nails]	Trent Reznor	Richard Cheese	(2:21)
Wrong Way [Originally by Sublime]	Eric Wilson, Brad Nowell	Richard Cheese	(2:15)
Bullett the Blue Sky [Originally by U2]	Dave Evans, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr., Paul Hewson	Richard Cheese	(2:55)
Creep [Originally by Radiohead]	Mike Hazelwood, Colin Greenwood	Richard Cheese	(2:56)
Last Resort [Originally by Papa Roach]	Dave Buckner, Jacoby Shaddix	Richard Cheese	(1:40)
Rape Me (Lyrics)	Kurt Cobain	Richard Cheese	(1:55)
What's My Age Again [Originally by Blink]	Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus	Richard Cheese	(1:23)
Smack My Bitch Up [Originally by Prodigy]	C. Miller, M. Smith, Liam Howlett	Richard Cheese	(3:01)
Fight for Your Right [Originally by Beastie Boys]	Rick Rubin, Adam Yauch	Richard Cheese	(1:55)
Only Happy When It Rains [Originally by Garbage]	Shirley Manson	Richard Cheese	(2:03)
Suck My Kiss [Originally by Red Hot Chilli Peppers]	Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith	Richard Cheese	(:56)
Holiday in Cambodia [Originally by Dead Kennedys]	Dead Kennedys	Richard Cheese	(1:43)
The Rockafelller Skank [Originally by Fat Boy Slim]		Richard Cheese	(2:05)

Credits

Jeff Kravitz (Cover Photo), Richard Cheese (Vocals), Richard Cheese (Main Performer), Bobby Ricotta (Piano Arrangement), Bobby Ricotta (Chart), Myke Smith (Design)

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