Anything for a buck: The Dee Snider 2011 edition

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I'm not necessarily opposed to Dee Snider being involved. He can do whatever he wants to make a buck. I just have no interest whatsoever in Broadway music, no matter how good it might be or how "rockin" they attempt to make it. There are plenty of genres of music that hold little-to-no-interest to me. This is one of them.

Just like Lou/Metallica album, I just can't see a time where I want to listen to a souped-up version of this...

i dont know... that clip is making me reconsider my lifelong addiction to rock and metal. Maybe showtunes is really where its at...

"MEMMMMMMMMMMMORIES"...chuncka,chunka,chunka, "ALL ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT", chunka, chunka, chunka, wiggity, wiggity!! UP THE IRONS!! WOOOOOOO!!

manny wrote:

ToB is create this album will bust open the charts and become so successful, that Dee Snider's bank account will swell to the point it will make Bill Gates fortune look like chump change.

Straw man alert!

I do 8-10 hours a day for a buck and I hate it! Oh well, you do what you gotta do.

As for Dee Snider, it sounds like he's doing something he enjoys and wants to do. More power to him. I wish I could make a living off of doing what I like to do rather than what I have to do.

Temple of Blood wrote:

How did his Christmas album do?

Not a clue.

Temple of Blood wrote:

Did it get him some spots on late night talk shows that he wouldn't have otherwise gotten?

I don't know...did it?

Temple of Blood wrote:

Did it get press?

Outside of the Blabbermouth scene, I don't know...did it?

Temple of Blood wrote:

Once again, all relative to what another by-the-numbers TS album would've received ....

Nothing Dee Snider puts his name on is going to sell much of anything...it might get him a little attention in a "look at what this old Metal guy is doing now" kinda way, but that's not anything to bank on.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

Did it get him some spots on late night talk shows that he wouldn't have otherwise gotten?

I don't know...did it?

I saw T.S. performing a Christmas tune on either "The Tonight Show" or "David Letterman" (I forget which) a couple of years ago... for whatever that's worth.

Yeah, they were on the Tonight show.

Dee is reportedly gonna be on the new season of "Celebrity Appretice" as well. That should help him hock a coupla more cds. Maybe he has the same agent as Bret Michaels.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Dee is reportedly gonna be on the new season of "Celebrity Appretice" as well. That should help him hock a coupla more cds. Maybe he has the same agent as Bret Michaels.

Good for Dee - he's got a family to take care of and needs to make a buck. I am guessing the royalties aren't coming in like they used to (since that PMS/Birth Control Pill commercial and the failure of his TV show), so he needs to make some $$$. I have no problem with that! Man's gotta eat and he probably has a huge tax bill (he is in the North East, famous for insane housing taxes) on his big house (that Stay Hungry probably paid for). Let him try something new - it's what he does to make a living.

exact33 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I'm not necessarily opposed to Dee Snider being involved. He can do whatever he wants to make a buck. I just have no interest whatsoever in Broadway music, no matter how good it might be or how "rockin" they attempt to make it. There are plenty of genres of music that hold little-to-no-interest to me. This is one of them.

Just like Lou/Metallica album, I just can't see a time where I want to listen to a souped-up version of this...

i dont know... that clip is making me reconsider my lifelong addiction to rock and metal. Maybe showtunes is really where its at...

I prefer this:

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:

This won't make much, if any money, and if it does end up making him a few beans, good for him.

Have you seen his house on MTV's "Cribs" or his reality show? I don't think he's doin' this for the beans, he's doin' fine by himself.

I'm sure he was paid handsomely for the use of "We're Not Gonna Take It" in a PMS drug commercial, and for allowing "I Wanna Rock" to be rewritten as the "Goofy Goober Rock" song in the SpongeBob Squarepants Movie.

I did and I bet he made more money from that Spongebob movie in those 5 minutes of screentime then he has in his 30 plus years of Twisted Sister.

He's also got a writing credit for a song on Celine Dion's Christmas album (yes, really) that sells a few zillion copies every December so I'd say he can pretty much do whatever he wants, like this Broadway album, and not worry about record sales....

Didn't anyone else read this part?? (You can read more about the Celine Dion thing at my website) Dee does not need money, he's set for life! He's doing something he wants to, becasue he enjoys it! Besides, if Sebastian Bach and Paul Stanley can act in Broadway shows, why can't Dee do this project?

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I'm not necessarily opposed to Dee Snider being involved. He can do whatever he wants to make a buck. I just have no interest whatsoever in Broadway music, no matter how good it might be or how "rockin" they attempt to make it. There are plenty of genres of music that hold little-to-no-interest to me. This is one of them.

Just like Lou/Metallica album, I just can't see a time where I want to listen to a souped-up version of this...

i dont know... that clip is making me reconsider my lifelong addiction to rock and metal. Maybe showtunes is really where its at...

I prefer this:

I think showtunes are now my favorite. I think its time to jetison the metal cds in order to get more showtunes.

exact33 wrote:

I think showtunes are now my favorite. I think its time to jetison the metal cds in order to get more showtunes.

I'll gladly take your metal CDs off your hands. PM me for my address.

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I think showtunes are now my favorite. I think its time to jetison the metal cds in order to get more showtunes.

I'll gladly take your metal CDs off your hands. PM me for my address.

you are not eligible since you posted that awful video of that lady 'singing'

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I think showtunes are now my favorite. I think its time to jetison the metal cds in order to get more showtunes.

I'll gladly take your metal CDs off your hands. PM me for my address.

you are not eligible since you posted that awful video of that lady 'singing'

If you're not well versed enough musically to understand the tr00 arcane steeeeeele that is Jan Terry's "Get Down Goblin" then you don't deserve those metal CDs.

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I think showtunes are now my favorite. I think its time to jetison the metal cds in order to get more showtunes.

I'll gladly take your metal CDs off your hands. PM me for my address.

you are not eligible since you posted that awful video of that lady 'singing'

If you're not well versed enough musically to understand the tr00 arcane steeeeeele that is Jan Terry's "Get Down Goblin" then you don't deserve those metal CDs.

keep telling yourself that. Youll be deaf by tuesday with that stuff...

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

If you're not well versed enough musically to understand the tr00 arcane steeeeeele that is Jan Terry's "Get Down Goblin" then you don't deserve those metal CDs.

keep telling yourself that. Youll be deaf by tuesday with that stuff...

You-know-who probably has ten copies of Jan Terri's sacred vinyls, six unopened...ehehehehehehehehe

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

If you're not well versed enough musically to understand the tr00 arcane steeeeeele that is Jan Terry's "Get Down Goblin" then you don't deserve those metal CDs.

keep telling yourself that. Youll be deaf by tuesday with that stuff...

You-know-who probably has ten copies of Jan Terri's sacred vinyls, six unopened...ehehehehehehehehe

and the album only ever sold 11 copies

I'll probably get it, but I am a bit on the not-expecting-much side of things here...



Arttie

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

If you're not well versed enough musically to understand the tr00 arcane steeeeeele that is Jan Terry's "Get Down Goblin" then you don't deserve those metal CDs.

keep telling yourself that. Youll be deaf by tuesday with that stuff...

You-know-who probably has ten copies of Jan Terri's sacred vinyls, six unopened...ehehehehehehehehe

and the album only ever sold 11 copies

and that was eleven copies too many!

People forget this this a business and at the end of the day, no matter what ANYONE says, it's about making money. TS became a nostalgia act and sealed their fate with a Christmas album. Dee is one of the champions of metal and is a great ambassador for the genre. If anything, this record is going to turn people on to heavy metal. Hope it does well and I may check it out when it's released. Biff Byford alone is worth picking it up.

Andy wrote:

People forget this this a business and at the end of the day, no matter what ANYONE says, it's about making money. TS became a nostalgia act and sealed their fate with a Christmas album. Dee is one of the champions of metal and is a great ambassador for the genre. If anything, this record is going to turn people on to heavy metal. Hope it does well and I may check it out when it's released. Biff Byford alone is worth picking it up.

Bump for news...Coming this May...Dee Does Broadway

Quote :

The album features Snider doing versions of classic Broadway songs from musicals like West Side Story, South Pacific and Sweet Charity. And here’s the track listing:

1. Cabaret
   
2. The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd
   
3. Big Spender (with Cyndi Lauper)
   
4. Mack the Knife
   
5. Whatever Lola Wants (with Bebe Neuwirth)
   
6. Music Of The Night (with Trans-Siberian Orchestra violinist Mark Wood)
   
7. The Joint Is Jumpin’ (with Jesse Blaze Snider)
   
8. Luck Be A Lady (with Clay Aiken)
   
9. I Get A Kick Out Of You
   
10. There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame (with Priscilla Queen Of The Desert stars Will Swenson, Tony Sheldon and Nick Adams)
    
11. Razzle Dazzle
    
12. Tonight/Somewhere (with Patti LuPone)
    

Hmmmmm, this is gonna be tough sell. Dee singing showtunes with Lilith from 'Cheers'? I dunno, man. I just don't know.

EDIT: http://soundcloud.com/dee-snider/cabaret

Nah, not gonna happen. Just too light-in-the-loafers for me.

Maybe if he impaled them at the end of the song. Clay first.

The only way this could be good is if he focused on Broadway tunes from pre-1965 or so.

But then again, when I think of an album of Broadway tunes being good...Dee Snider would be one of the last people I would think of to pull it off.

I'll give him credit for stretching out his 15 minutes over 30 years.