![]() ![]() ![]() ("Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and "Impossible Dream" are other lounge standards.) The song appearing on four out of five lounge-act albums, ironically, is "More," theme from the unprovincial film Mondo Cane. The record may never have been exchanged for money, and it may be the only surviving proof of the act's existence. (A very successful act may have regional standing, but that's halfway to minor stardom.) Usually the venue or act would contract with a small, local record label to press the album for souvenir purposes. ![]() The true lounge act must be associated with a particular lounge or similar venue, almost always a hotel bar, restaurant, or cruise ship. Dredging up and recycling the already tired, lounge acts are the heroic dung beetles of our popular musical heritage. Winsome in their determination (as heard in their own lonely, hotel-bar pathos), they also astound with an acute sense of popular taste. They play the piano, organ, or accordion as if Mom, on valium, were channeling something from deceased Uncle Larry's old truck radio. Most lounge actors sing with triple the enthusiasm but a third of the talent of regular mediocre singers. Lounge acts are the epitome of the forgettably damned, the original homespun stars from the time before karaoke. Welcome to the only meaningful association of the word "lounge" with records. ![]()
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