Dee Snider Is Your Sex Clown
November 11, 2011 2:18 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: Not sure why this was posted; if you have something specific in mind, maybe you can do something better later. -- taz
Is the girl in the video looking like a younger, nubile Tipper Gore on purpose?
posted by Renoroc at 2:30 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by Renoroc at 2:30 PM on November 11, 2011
SLYT with nothing supporting it?
Are you kidding?
posted by three blind mice at 2:31 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Are you kidding?
posted by three blind mice at 2:31 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
deesnyder
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:33 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:33 PM on November 11, 2011
I've always enjoyed this cover, although I like the album version which has the whole "Twisted Sister... Come out and playyyy" line at the beginning. (it's a separate track, but they basically blend together)
They were alway ridiculous, but they managed to skate that thin edge between stupid and clever and fun that made them interesting.
posted by quin at 2:35 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
They were alway ridiculous, but they managed to skate that thin edge between stupid and clever and fun that made them interesting.
posted by quin at 2:35 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
A heavy and masculinized cover of the old song by the Shangri-Las.
Yeah, no.
posted by nushustu at 2:38 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Yeah, no.
posted by nushustu at 2:38 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Note to drivers: In case of emergency car will handle better if hands remain in contact with the steering wheel.
posted by biffa at 2:40 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by biffa at 2:40 PM on November 11, 2011
They should have done this cover exactly the same, but not messed with the gender stuff at all and made it about Dee wantin to get all up in some dude's SAMCRO.
That's how you Best of the Web!
posted by Senor Cardgage at 2:41 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
That's how you Best of the Web!
posted by Senor Cardgage at 2:41 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
The World Famous- There's NO way you can put Judas Priest in the same genre as Motley Crue and Poison. They may have capitalized on hair-band success, but they were putting out records in the early 70s and played harder and faster (and nerdier) than any of the hair bands.
posted by kittensofthenight at 2:46 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by kittensofthenight at 2:46 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Oldpersonfilter.
posted by benzenedream at 2:51 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by benzenedream at 2:51 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Twisted Sister was a joke band?
posted by Think_Long at 3:02 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Think_Long at 3:02 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Wait, what's that dude from the R Crumb New Yorker cover doing in this video?
posted by roger ackroyd at 3:07 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by roger ackroyd at 3:07 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
It's no We're Not Gonna Take It
Yes way way back in the day I was a Twisted Sister fan... before I, ahem, matured and got into punk/new wave/dance music... but you know, when the mood takes me ... PLAY IT LOUD MUTHA! (Soon be time to dust off the terrible Christmas album for a spin)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:19 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Yes way way back in the day I was a Twisted Sister fan... before I, ahem, matured and got into punk/new wave/dance music... but you know, when the mood takes me ... PLAY IT LOUD MUTHA! (Soon be time to dust off the terrible Christmas album for a spin)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:19 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Twisted Sister was a joke band?
Not really, no. From a pure music perspective, it wasn't that much different than a lot of what other bands were playing, but when you looked at what they were doing it started to become a bit more surreal. First off, they were all in drag, but really bad drag. This was at a time when rock stars were supposed to be pretty (when Poisons debut album came out, before they were well known, I overheard two guys honestly talking about "how hot those chicks were...") and Dee and crew were in giant wigs, shoulder pads and terrifying Tammy Fay clown makeup.
If you only heard them on the radio, you might have never realized, but this was the time of the Music Video, and they were front and center of what was weird. They made videos that capitalized on the Niedermeyer character from Animal House and fans loved it.
So no. Not a joke band, but a band that didn't take themselves too seriously and let their fans enjoy the joke a bit at other band's expense.
Then, add in Dee's amazing performance at the PMRC court cases, and you begin to see why the guy was so well loved.
To this day, I hold a special place in my heart for this absurd group of guys and their efforts at making rock music fun.
posted by quin at 3:25 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Not really, no. From a pure music perspective, it wasn't that much different than a lot of what other bands were playing, but when you looked at what they were doing it started to become a bit more surreal. First off, they were all in drag, but really bad drag. This was at a time when rock stars were supposed to be pretty (when Poisons debut album came out, before they were well known, I overheard two guys honestly talking about "how hot those chicks were...") and Dee and crew were in giant wigs, shoulder pads and terrifying Tammy Fay clown makeup.
If you only heard them on the radio, you might have never realized, but this was the time of the Music Video, and they were front and center of what was weird. They made videos that capitalized on the Niedermeyer character from Animal House and fans loved it.
So no. Not a joke band, but a band that didn't take themselves too seriously and let their fans enjoy the joke a bit at other band's expense.
Then, add in Dee's amazing performance at the PMRC court cases, and you begin to see why the guy was so well loved.
To this day, I hold a special place in my heart for this absurd group of guys and their efforts at making rock music fun.
posted by quin at 3:25 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
In the fall of 2004 I was working on a reality tv shoot in Jefferson County, NY. It involved a lot of driving, but the area had a pretty decent rock station that I got addicted to listening to, and the scenery was gorgeous, so that was alright.
This station would advertise a segment on Sunday nights, however, called "Dee Snyder's House of Hair." I never got to listen to that itself, actually, but what made it remarkable was 1.) Dee Snyder did all of the promos for it himself, with a new one every week, and 2.) based on those ads, it appeared that this was not syndicated, but only a thing on this rural upstate NY radio station.
What lodged it in my mind was the promo one week in which Snyder half-shouted in that Dee Snyder way, "We'll play some Crue, some Quiet Riot, we might even play some Twisted Sister! It don't mean nuthin'!" Which will always remain what my inner monologue says when I catch myself in the most minor accidental acts of self-promotion. And nobody else on earth would ever get the reference if I said it out loud.
posted by Navelgazer at 4:02 PM on November 11, 2011 [3 favorites]
This station would advertise a segment on Sunday nights, however, called "Dee Snyder's House of Hair." I never got to listen to that itself, actually, but what made it remarkable was 1.) Dee Snyder did all of the promos for it himself, with a new one every week, and 2.) based on those ads, it appeared that this was not syndicated, but only a thing on this rural upstate NY radio station.
What lodged it in my mind was the promo one week in which Snyder half-shouted in that Dee Snyder way, "We'll play some Crue, some Quiet Riot, we might even play some Twisted Sister! It don't mean nuthin'!" Which will always remain what my inner monologue says when I catch myself in the most minor accidental acts of self-promotion. And nobody else on earth would ever get the reference if I said it out loud.
posted by Navelgazer at 4:02 PM on November 11, 2011 [3 favorites]
Snider, I mean.
posted by Navelgazer at 4:05 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by Navelgazer at 4:05 PM on November 11, 2011
I've said it here before; A Twisted Sister record and a poster to go with was my first album. It was a gift from my brothers on Christmas. I woke up on Christmas morning and slightly freaked out at Dee Snyder staring at me but totally jammed out to the music. My brothers listened to Motley Crue and Iron Maiden and Metallica and Judas Priest and Motorhead, I was 10 and 11 years younger than them and our mom didn't look so fondly on them sharing their music with me.
So Twisted Sister was perfect; not too crazy and semi-suitable for a 6 year old. It was a way for my brothers to share the music they liked with a sister they didn't have much in common with. When I got a little older summer vacations were spent with them listening to that music I listed above. That I still love 20+ years later.
All that to say, this video is awesome and thanks for reminding me that it's out there, The Whelk!
posted by shmurley at 4:06 PM on November 11, 2011 [3 favorites]
So Twisted Sister was perfect; not too crazy and semi-suitable for a 6 year old. It was a way for my brothers to share the music they liked with a sister they didn't have much in common with. When I got a little older summer vacations were spent with them listening to that music I listed above. That I still love 20+ years later.
All that to say, this video is awesome and thanks for reminding me that it's out there, The Whelk!
posted by shmurley at 4:06 PM on November 11, 2011 [3 favorites]
The MeFi in-line player isn't showing up for the FPP YT link, but it's showing up for fearfulsymmetry's link.
posted by arcticseal at 5:56 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by arcticseal at 5:56 PM on November 11, 2011
I assume the YT link in the FPP is marked up by hand? The inline player only works, as far as I know, if you insert the link using the "link" button...
posted by running order squabble fest at 6:09 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by running order squabble fest at 6:09 PM on November 11, 2011
No, you can hand code youtube videos, but you need to use their share URL or a "v" URL. I don't think the parser here can figure out the user route that the FPP uses.
posted by maxwelton at 6:29 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by maxwelton at 6:29 PM on November 11, 2011
My wife still hasn't recovered from her encounter with Twisted Sister in an elevator when she was in high school. If you listen to their pre-Stay Hungry stuff, they were actually a damn raw and quite heavy, metal band. They discovered melody just in time to capitalize on the hair metal explosion.
Dee Snider's beat down of Tipper Gore and the PMRC when he testified before Congress was a beautiful thing though.
posted by COD at 6:30 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Dee Snider's beat down of Tipper Gore and the PMRC when he testified before Congress was a beautiful thing though.
posted by COD at 6:30 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Dee Snider's beat down of Tipper Gore and the PMRC when he testified before Congress was a beautiful thing though.
I read through the Congressional Record of those hearings for a history paper back in undergrad. (The centrepiece of the essay was Jello Biafra's court battle against obscenity charges relating to the H.R. Giger poster inserted into copies of Frankenchrist. I, too, progressed from hair metal adolescence to alt/punk undergraditude. Nirvana was my gateway drug. But I digress.)
Anyway, I can report that, among a great many other metalhead artifacts, the entire lyric sheet for "We're Not Gonna Take It" and the cover art for W.A.S.P's Fuck Like A Beast album are in the Congressional Record, to inform future generations of our robust traditions in democracy and political philosophy.
This has always made me think that centuries hence, our post-apocalyptic descendents will rediscover language and books and unearth those dusty old leatherbound Congressional Record files and pull that 1985 volume down, and they'll triangulate between the W.A.S.P art and Tipper Gore's shrill hectoring and Ronald Reagan's palpable senility and trickle-down economic theory, and they'll say, "Yup, train went right offa the rails 'bout there, yes indeedy." (Because our post-apocalpytic descendents will talk like '30s cartoon hillbillies. Mark my words!)
posted by gompa at 7:04 PM on November 11, 2011 [6 favorites]
I read through the Congressional Record of those hearings for a history paper back in undergrad. (The centrepiece of the essay was Jello Biafra's court battle against obscenity charges relating to the H.R. Giger poster inserted into copies of Frankenchrist. I, too, progressed from hair metal adolescence to alt/punk undergraditude. Nirvana was my gateway drug. But I digress.)
Anyway, I can report that, among a great many other metalhead artifacts, the entire lyric sheet for "We're Not Gonna Take It" and the cover art for W.A.S.P's Fuck Like A Beast album are in the Congressional Record, to inform future generations of our robust traditions in democracy and political philosophy.
This has always made me think that centuries hence, our post-apocalyptic descendents will rediscover language and books and unearth those dusty old leatherbound Congressional Record files and pull that 1985 volume down, and they'll triangulate between the W.A.S.P art and Tipper Gore's shrill hectoring and Ronald Reagan's palpable senility and trickle-down economic theory, and they'll say, "Yup, train went right offa the rails 'bout there, yes indeedy." (Because our post-apocalpytic descendents will talk like '30s cartoon hillbillies. Mark my words!)
posted by gompa at 7:04 PM on November 11, 2011 [6 favorites]
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