Aperitif for Destruction (Dig)

Richard Cheese | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 24, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Surfdog Records Ada
• ASIN: B0008FPIT0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #73 in Music > Pop > Easy Listening > Lounge
  • #75 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Novelty Music

Track Listings

1. Me So Horny

2. People Equals Shit

3. Welcome To The Jungle

4. Brass Monkey

5. Let's Get It Started

6. Man In The Box

7. Been Caught Stealing

8. Girl Is Mine, The

9. You Oughta Know

10. Enter Sandman

11. Sunday Bloody Sunday

12. We Are The World

13. Do Me

14. American Idiot

15. Add It Up

16. Somebody Told Me

Editorial Reviews

On his fourth CD, lounge legend Cheese and his swanky swing band perform Vegas versions of rock, rap, and Top 40 hits with snazz and pizzazz. His celebrity fan club includes Bono, Jimmy Kimmel, Chris Martin, Beck, Jet, Carson Daly, Brian Setzer, Papa Roach, Hugh Hefner, Blink 182, The Offspring, System Of A Down, Howard Stern, David Spade, Slayer, and Val Kilmer. Songs include "American Idiot", "Enter Sandman", "Me So Horny", "Man In The Box", "Let's Get It Started", "Welcome To The Jungle", and many more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I'M RICHARD F**KING CHEESE!!!!", July 27, 2005

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Kevin H. Dudley (Roanoke, VA (USA)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aperitif for Destruction (Dig) (Audio CD)

It's too funny that FYE had this actually in their easy listening section instead of comedy, but I digress.

Basically, if you enjoy hearing "swankified" or lounge versions of modern songs of every genre, than Richard Cheese is the artist for you.

For this particular CD, Richard let his fans pick which songs that he would lounge up this time around. While not quite as strong as a CD as his preious release "I'd Like a Virgin" ,this is still hilarious stuff. Unless you're a prude that doesn't like to hear people make fun of popular music in such a manner as this.

Highlights for me on this particular disc have to be Slipknot's "People Equal Sh*t", 2 Live Crew's "Me So Horny", Jane's Addiction's "Been Caught Stealing" (complete with a hilarious cameo by Phil Spector), Alice in Chains' "Man in the Box", Live Aid's "We Are the World", his inspired mambo take on U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and Beastie Boy's "Brass Monkey".

If you've got a twisted sense of humor (and happen to like Frank Sinatra) then Richard Cheese might seem like a genius to you.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lounge at its best!, July 27, 2005

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Wesley S. Hart II "Captain Safety" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aperitif for Destruction (Dig) (Audio CD)

The strange dichotomy that comes out as Richard Cheese (and Lounge Against the Machine) is truly a unique experience that lounge fans will go crazy for. This man and his band have made the pop songs the youth of today know enjoyable for a crowd who otherwise would have disregarded them. He's got the voice of an angel, and the mouth of a sailor (only where appropriate, though). He ranks right up with the best crooners of all time, but in true lounge lizard style, he doesn't take hiself too seriously while he's on the mic (evident on tracks 7, 8, 13, 16... well, pretty much the whole thing). His rendition of "Enter Sandman" on this CD brings elements of a WWII USO show (where the legendary crooners got their start) and evolves right over your speakers to a modern lounge jam you can sip a martini to, all while wearing your best pink tiger-striped velvet tuxedo. If you're a fan of cover music, modern pop, alternative or rap, and lounge, then this fuses these all together in perfect balance. You're never going to know what exactly to expect, except for a jazzy tune you can snap your fingers to, and you probably already know the lyrics. A good time to be had by mature audiences everywhere, baby!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud funny!, June 7, 2005

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kaban43 "kaban43" (Somewhere over the rainbow.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aperitif for Destruction (Dig) (Audio CD)

Wow!

Richard Cheese's "I'd like a Virgin" LP was fantastic, and I loved playing it to my friends unanounced, just so I could watch their reactions when they realised that the croony, lounge laden track with Richard Cheese's shwanky vocals was actually a cover version of one of their beloved bands!

On his latest, I can't believe it but he is actually funnier! I think this is partly because Richard's choice of incredibly full on songs to cover - I mean, the first two songs alone make my jaw drop on the floor they are just so over the top!

Thing is - these are *popular* songs; Ricard covers hits by other artists that people went out and bought. When you hear lyrics in the Richard Cheese & Lounge against the machine context, it compleltely suberts them! Serious "social statements", hard core rap, anti-social heavy metal, love songs, explict descriptions of sexual acts become hilarious and more shocking when Loungefied!

Musically, it is excellent. The band can really play! The addition of horns and other instruments adds to the luxuriousness of the music. Lounge against the Machine are one tight unit, baby!

Fave track? Gee that is hard... hmm I love Richards special gu
est on the "Girl is mine" - this CD deserves and extra star for this track alone! Buy it and have a listen!

Recommended to any fan of comedy, I would say Frank Zappa fans would also get into the parody of Richard Cheese. It's rare to find comedy music that is this well excecuted, and this funny!

I agree with Richard Cheese - the world needs "More Dick, Less Bush"