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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: i'd like a virgin -
█▓█ Artist ........: richard cheese
█▓█ Music Style ...: lo-fi
█▓█ Type ..........: album
█▓█ Release Date ..: jul-11-2004
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: dbpoweramp
█▓█ Encoder .......: lame
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: cdda
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 23
█▓█ Size ..........: 52,8 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 38:17 min
█▓█ Label .........: ideatown
█▓█ Quality .......: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / HQ / full stereo
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█▓█ 01 ::: gin & juice (snoop doggy dogg) ::: 02:23
█▓█ 02 ::: yellow (coldplay) ::: 01:29
█▓█ 03 ::: girls girls girls (motley crue) ::: 01:59
█▓█ 04 ::: are you gonna be my girl? (jet) ::: 02:22
█▓█ 05 ::: a message from the other dick (clark) ::: 00:13
█▓█ 06 ::: butterfly (crazy town) ::: 01:43
█▓█ 07 ::: hey ya (outkast) ::: 01:54
█▓█ 08 ::: beat it (michael jackson) ::: 02:09
█▓█ 09 ::: milkshake (kelis) ::: 00:49
█▓█ 10 ::: dick in las vegas (live) ::: 01:49
█▓█ 11 ::: personal jesus (depeche mode) ::: 01:43
█▓█ 12 ::: material girl (madonna) ::: 02:02
█▓█ 13 ::: rc on nbc's last call feat carson daly ::: 01:34
█▓█ 14 ::: war ensemble (slayer) ::: 01:52
█▓█ 15 ::: stand up (ludacris) ::: 01:53
█▓█ 16 ::: a song request (live) ::: 01:02
█▓█ 17 ::: feeling this (blink 182) ::: 01:46
█▓█ 18 ::: 99 luftballons (nena) ::: 00:54
█▓█ 19 ::: rock the casbah (the clash) ::: 01:20
█▓█ 20 ::: longview (greenday) ::: 02:08
█▓█ 21 ::: secret hidden track (the tiger story) ::: 03:20
█▓█ 22 ::: richard cheese radio announcement ::: 00:22
█▓█ 23 ::: another hidden track ::: 01:31
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█▓█ If 2004 is to leave any permanent stain on the collective musical
█▓█ consciousness, then the zombiefication of lounge must be it. Nary six
█▓█ months into the year, and we ve already had Jamie Cullum bothering the
█▓█ top-end of the charts, Michael Buble as the new Harry Connick Jr,
█▓█ Harry Connick Jr as the old Michael Buble, and Norah Jones keeping the
█▓█ flame lit for the torch song side of things. You can crit-wank over
█▓█ your crunk and disco-punk for as long as you want, but its those who
█▓█ see themselves in lineage with Frank, Dean, Sammy, Andy and Tony that
█▓█ are shifting the significant sales figures worldwide.
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█▓█ Now, this would be all well and good, if it wasnt for the fact that
█▓█ Jamie, Michael, Harry et al are totally shit, pale Xeroxes of the
█▓█ classic lounge line up, all of the content with none of the style.
█▓█ What made lounge, and the Rat Pack specifically, was the adoption and
█▓█ adaptation of the mindset that would later shine through in the best
█▓█ hip-hop: the medium is the message, the musician is the song. Thus
█▓█ those with the personalities are those who win: Sinatra schmoozed
█▓█ presidents and capos, Martin boned Monroe and hookers, and Davis Jr
█▓█ joined the Church of Satan. Andy Williams did none of these things,
█▓█ and neither are the new school. They ve genetically engineered a
█▓█ lounge with no fun, no wit, all of the intellect with none of the
█▓█ intelligence.
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█▓█ This is about where Mark Davis, aka Richard Cheese, steps in. For the
█▓█ past four years, this former stand-up comedian and Nickelodeon
█▓█ voice-over artiste has been producing albums and live shows packed
█▓█ with that guiltiest of pleasures: the novelty cover. One could claim
█▓█ that Jamie Cullums fist-rapings of Frontin and High and Dry cover this
█▓█ area sufficiently well, but Cheese manages to pair these Live at Sands
█▓█ takes on alt.rock and hip-hop nouveau standards with two things that
█▓█ separate and venerate the man. Firstly, the aforementioned wit (maybe
█▓█ too much of it at times, more on that later), and, secondly, an actual
█▓█ passion for lounge music itself. The best of his reinventions show him
█▓█ to be a man that actually has knowledge of the genre and its traits,
█▓█ one that should suitably shame any of these new school crooners to a
█▓█ man. As a prime example, one can look at his last album, Tuxicity,
█▓█ featuring his probable finest moment to date, a take on DisturbedÆs
█▓█ ôDown With The Sicknessö, that reinterprets it as something fit for a
█▓█ Sinatra comeback show, a song where you can verily hear the showgirls
█▓█ high-kick.
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█▓█ He performs similar alchemy here. Standout track of the album/career
█▓█ is his go-through of Blink 182s Feelin This; remade as a 1950s studio
█▓█ romantic drama soundtrack, elevator stylings, light as helium. Its a
█▓█ fine example of one of the two things Cheese does best: stripping away
█▓█ whatever was standing in the way of the original track achieving its
█▓█ full greatness (i.e., Travis Barker).
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█▓█ The other thing he does quite well is rescuing songs from the dead. In
█▓█ particular, the CPR he performs on Jets craptastic Are You Gonna Be My
█▓█ Girl, making it over as one of those new-wave vocal jazz tunes beloved
█▓█ by comedown DJs is a near miracle. Elsewhere, Gin and Juice becomes
█▓█ Girls Watch The Boys V2.0, Personal Jesus swings like Billie Jean
█▓█ King, and adding a childrenÆs choir to Beat It is some sort of deified
█▓█ sickness.
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█▓█ It doesnt always work, though. In particular, Coldplays Yellow is far
█▓█ too wispy to sustain any sort of genre revamp, and run throughs of
█▓█ Milkshake and 99 Luftballons just seem like a gimmick too far.
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█▓█ And really, the overall negative here is that Cheese obviously sees
█▓█ himself as a comedian rather than a musician. Thats why the album has
█▓█ more skits on it then the average Redman full-length, seven from 23 to
█▓█ be precise, and two of them revolve around him groping audience
█▓█ members, whilst another double feature Dick Clark and Carson Daly
█▓█ turning up and attempting to make with the laugh-laugh. Its a shame,
█▓█ because if he d just realised he s all stocked up on wacky and sold it
█▓█ someplace else one or two times on this album, what he d have is a
█▓█ funny, engaging, and, more importantly, musically valid covers album,
█▓█ with an equal number of salutes and middle-fingers to the songwriters
█▓█ of our day. As it stands, he s hiding behind the irony defence. And if
█▓█ there s one thing Frank didnt do, its smirk.
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[ best viewed in jane with lucida console ansi (size 8) ]