Anything for a buck: The Dee Snider 2011 edition

New commercial here in Norway. Dee wrote the lyrics, Ronni Le Tekrø (TNT) wrote the music.

Clay Aiken? CLAY freakin' AIKEN? Really?

...oh, and I made it about 45 seconds into that sample of "Cabaret" before hitting the stop button. No thanks, Dee. I'm sure you had fun making this record, but that doesn't make it fun to listen to.

That "Cabaret" clip was just bad

I'll stick with Twisted Sister doing Christmas songs.

For the most part his song choices suck. I'll give him a smidge of credit for choosing some Cole Porter (I Get A Kick Out Of You) but that's about it.

His song choices make it obvious he doesn't really "know" anything about the history of the Great American Songbook, he's just selecting low-hanging fruit that can be quickly turned around to try and make a few bucks.

He should stick to being a washed up rock star, he's good at that.

Very true. Just when I think it can't sink lower then Tyler someone makes a good run at it.

Makes sense, since Dee was/is on The Apprentice with Clay Aiken....weird, but I bet it works...

I was expecting more along the lines of Meatloaf, not that,,,THING that was posted on Soundcloud.

Hadley wrote:

I was expecting more along the lines of Meatloaf, not that,,,THING that was posted on Soundcloud.

That actually is a great idea, have Jim Steinman write the songs for the next solo Dee Snider disc.

I'm not sure what audience he's going after here. Who will this appeal to?

Metal fans aren't gonna buy into this album no matter how much he tries to "metal-up" the music. And broadway fans aren't listening to this "long-hair" desecrating their beloved music, are they?

I'm generalizing here. So don't tell me "Hey I'm a metal fan and it's awesome". You're in the minority here I assure you.

This is just a bad idea all around. Lulu bad? We'll have to wait and see.

I admire the fact he followed his own muse, but I don't see this burning up the charts.

i rather see a savatage Broadway shoe than this. but there is more chance to see this on a Broadway show

I'd prefer a Broadway Boot over a Shoe.

Just messin' with ya.

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I'm not sure what audience he's going after here. Who will this appeal to?

Funny thing is this is the kind of thing my mom would love. She liked Dee Snider for his stand against PRMC, and she loves Broadway. So he is getting one sale on this anyway.


Personally I would have preferred another Widowmaker album.

Here's the new single. If you can stick with it to the 2:00 minute mark, there's a pleasant surprise. Not pleasant enough to make me want to buy this however.

^^ Is that Mike Portnoy on drums when the "metal" part of the song kicks in?

My brother met Dee last night at a bookstore signing for his "Shut Up and Give Me the Mic" autobiography. He sez that Dee was very cool and that he had never seen so many Twisted Sister t-shirts in one place in his life.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Here's the new single. If you can stick with it to the 2:00 minute mark, there's a pleasant surprise. Not pleasant enough to make me want to buy this however.

What the heck is Mike Portnoy doing there? This guy is doing anything since DT. As for the song, it wasn't bad and I liked the concept of the video.

That was kind of fun.

It's a fun video to watch. Dee's son directed it. Nice Bent Brother t-shirt in there too. I still don't get what audience Dee's shooting for here, but whatever. He can do what he wants. I don't have to buy it.

kmorg wrote:

New commercial here in Norway. Dee wrote the lyrics, Ronni Le Tekrø (TNT) wrote the music.

THAT is the best commercial I've ever seen.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Here's the new single. If you can stick with it to the 2:00 minute mark, there's a pleasant surprise. Not pleasant enough to make me want to buy this however.

That's actually pretty good. I like the video's concept.

007 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Here's the new single. If you can stick with it to the 2:00 minute mark, there's a pleasant surprise. Not pleasant enough to make me want to buy this however.

That's actually pretty good. I like the video's concept.

Yep, me too

We need more commercials like that here!

ToB as usual was wrong calling him a sell out since even Dee Snider does not think it will sell all that much and here he is, in his own words:

BraveWords.com: So, who comes to you with the idea of making a ‘Broadway’ record?

Snider: “Me. Well, actually me and ALICE COOPER. A couple of years ago, Alice asked me to sing at his Xmas Pudding Show. We kept missing each other on the phone and would leave messages. I think Alice was first and he sang his message to a show tune. Then the other guy sang his message to a show tune. (Sings) ‘Hey Alice please call me. Please pick up the phone.’ When we finally talked to each other, I said ‘dude, we should do Alice & Dee do Broadway.’ So, we went in with Bob Kulick and Brett Chassen and demoed the song (that Clay now sings) ‘Luck Be A Lady Tonight’ and it came out smurfing great, but at that time I was doing something else and Alice said ‘not for me right now’. It was just forgotten about. Six months later, I’m on Broadway doing Rock Of Ages and I start thinking about this idea again. So, I called Alice up and he said, ‘I’m working on Welcome 2 My Nightmare, but if you want to do it - knock yourself out.’ But he didn’t want the duet or anything to be used. That’s how the idea came about. Then it was ‘who’s going to finance something like this?’ It’s not like there’s a long long line of people making Broadway show albums. If I was making a country album, people would be all over it. Razor & Tie have unique projects like the Twisted Christmas and they gave me a functional budget. Nobody made money on it and I’m out of pocket a lot, but it became this fun labor of love for every single person involved from Bob Kulick, Brett Chassen, Broadway arranger Doug Katsaros, Rudy Sarzo, Rick Wakeman... All of these people were working for a tenth of their fee because it was smurfing fun. We enjoyed doing it. It was a challenge. It forced us to work harder, but this was my crazy idea. Somebody Tweeted ‘Dee Does Broadway... sellout’ - and I replied ‘career suicide is more like it’. It’s not like anybody is lining up for the Broadway album. Who’s going to buy it? I don’t know. Are they going to like it? Probably not, but I feel energized by doing it. I feel challenged.”

Nice interview, good for Dee, I admire his attitude about this.