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Rock
Release Date: 04/25/2006
An album as glorious as it is disposable,
Pleasureman is a slick piece of Eurotrash that answers burning questions like "What would it sound like if
John Holmes fronted
la Bouche?" and "What would it be like if
Dirk Diggler had gone club instead of
hair metal?" What
"I'm Too Sexy" was to the '90s,
"Ding Dong Song" is to the 2000s, at least in Europe, where
Günther's ode to that funny tingle down there ("Oooooh, you touch my Tra-La-La/My ding, ding dong") unseated
Crazy Frog as the king of
novelty club hits, ringtones, and all that is sparkling Euro-cheese. Course,
Günther is more ironic than
Crazy Frog, although there's no audible smirking and the irony is buried so deep, it's easy for the listener to unashamedly don the headphones and channel all the machismo the universe holds. Most of the tracks brilliantly mimic mainstream
Euro-dance with
Günther offering seductive and suggestive
spoken word on top, along with a heaping helping of guttural "mmmmmmm"s and "ahhhhhhh"s (example: "It's you and me/And piña colada/Mmmmm!/Ahhhhhh!"). His faceless and luminous background singers
the Sunshine Girls deliver the sugary melodies and there are a whole lot of castanets and references to tan lines, vacations, and "hot, hot summer love." Oddball of the lot is
"One Night Stand," an electroclashy stomper that wouldn't be totally out of place on
DJ Hell's
International Deejay Gigolo Records, but
Pleasureman works best when it shoots for the top of the charts with worthy
"Ding Dong" follow-ups like
"Tuttifrutti Summerlove" and
"Teeny Weeny String Bikini." If you have any doubts that this is the best that camp-
dance has to offer, know that the legendary
Samantha Fox makes a guest appearance on the cover version of her career-defining
"Touch Me." This ain't Viagra, it's Spanish Fly, or as
Günther says, "It's a no-no/And you'll like it."
~David Jeffries, All Music Guide
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