The lead singer Dee Snider fought for free speech in congress. Him with his big wild hair, black tank top and blue jeans very eloquently destroyed his opposition.

@ChrisSmith-bz1gl

6 ай бұрын

Made Tipper Gore look like a fool.

@TanyaQueen182

6 ай бұрын

@@ChrisSmith-bz1gl even reading her name still gives me chills lol

@jmoney6900

6 ай бұрын

What’s funny is he fought for free speech and who he fought against was the same political party he supports. He was and has been part of the issue our society faces today. Those women who were fighting to censor was Dems, were paid by Dems but we the public was lead to believe they were conservatives. The Left r experts in controlling the narrative!

@ericguyette5399

6 ай бұрын

Along with John Denver and Luke Skywalker from 2livecrew

@wernersmidt3298

6 ай бұрын

You know, you solved a mystery for me. I was wondering why me (a traditional prog rock kinda guy) gravitated so effortlessly to Hip-Hop one I became a little more aware of it. PS: I wonder if that's the reason why Al Gore started investigating the climate. "It's raining season and this thing is dry as a mf."

Its called glam rock and its not drag, Twisted Sister are legendary . 😎🎸🤘🏻

@michbenny1363

6 ай бұрын

But Glam really was drag. They're just wasn't a homosexual element to it. But not all men that dressed in women's clothes are gay

@emmahowells8334

6 ай бұрын

@@michbenny1363 I never said that all men who dress in women's clothes are gay as I know they're not, but no glam rock clothing isn't drag no dresses are worn, feminine clothes yes dresses no, the glam rock artists I've seen no dresses were worn, so sorry but I disagree as it's not drag in the traditional sense.

Please watch Dee Snyder singing we’re not gonna take it with just a piano accompaniment in aid of Childhood Cancer awareness. The vocals are incredible and the video is pure heartbreaking. Also, you should totally watch his testimony before Congress against Censorship. It’s a masterclass.

@Annastasia666

6 ай бұрын

Ohhhh GOOD CALL!

@jss27560

6 ай бұрын

Don’t forget Frank Zappa

@dionnedevillierssmith9582

6 ай бұрын

@@jss27560 nobody will ever forget Frank Zappa! He is one of those rare unicorns that only appears very infrequently, and must be treasured as such.

The character in the video is loosely based on character (Neidermeyer) in the classic comedy movie Animal House. Same actor that played Neidermeyer in the movie plays the character in the video. The guy at the video end that says "Oh boy is this great" is also loosely based on a character (Flounder) from Animal House. Animal House was about a college fraternity.

@Ecosse57

6 ай бұрын

one of my favorite films.

@mandySIMS6319

6 ай бұрын

Great movie

@jerryadams6799

6 ай бұрын

Flounder's actor went on to play a mousey little alien named Vir in the series Bablyon 5. He was a mouse that roared if pushed too far.

@mikehayes5167

6 ай бұрын

Animal House is a must watch for those who haven't already seen it!

@karlsmith2570

6 ай бұрын

​@@jerryadams6799 R.I.P. Stephen Furst

This is from the golden age of MTV when they actually played music instead of reality shows ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider said in an interview that his wife was responsible for their look, giving him style tips for the band. She eventually started making thier costumes.

You should react to Dee Snider at the hearing with the PMRC regarding censorship, he absolutely obliterated these political hacks

I'm 66 I remember when this video 1st came out on MTV laughed my a$$ Off ❤❤❤

@concretenazi

6 ай бұрын

You Can't Stop Rock and Roll

Much as I love TS, my favorite part of these videos is Mark Metcalf revisiting his Douglas C. Neidermeyer role from National Lampoon's Animal House. His over-the-top screaming and antics just work perfectly.

He is pretty incredible. Dee Snider has done a lot of work for the music industries rights & freedom. What he did before congress was almost magical. They have another song that is very entertaining: 'We're Not Going to Take It!' ... check it out. Thank you for sharing this.

@KamiSlayer86

6 ай бұрын

I agree with this.

@RLKmedic0315

6 ай бұрын

The acoustic version of We're Not Gonna Take It is awesome too.

This was the anthem of my childhood. One of the first pieces of music I ever bought as a kid was the album Stay Hungry from Twisted Sister. Both "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" are on that album. These guys were amazing live and they were always in those costumes. This was about being unique and being yourself. There is video footage of the testimony in front of Congress, that others have mentioned. It is worth the watch because Dee Snider put them all in their place. They were gobsmacked at the sight of a "Rocker" being highly intelligent and well-spoken.

Twisted Sister played a huge role in my teenage years ❤. You should also watch Be Cruel to your school which features also Alice Cooper, the intro is hilarious 😂😂😂

This is big hair glam Rock! I was born in 77 so I got to experience 80's/90's. This was my childhood love these memories! I had just a bit older cousins so I got the best of all worlds at a young age! Now 46yr Mom who loves Lorna Shore & Slipknot! More of everything Rock, metal & dealthcore! Will Ramos! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Alteredminded1

4 ай бұрын

Born in 77 as well and just remembering all the genres we got to experience, especially if you lived in a big city.

Just stumbled onto your channel. Really enjoying your reactions. 80s kid here. We used to listen to this in grade school on the playground during recess in our “GHETTO BLASTERS!” Lol. Anyway along with these guys we’d also jam quiet riot. You should react metal health and come on feel the noise by them.

They actually formed way back in the early 70’s and were fans of David Bowie and others that wore makeup. They called it “glitter rock” back then. It was way before Motley Crue and the glam rock era. It took them 10 years to finally get signed and get national recognition. They also did a crazy Christmas album that needs to be heard to believe.

Dee snyder is a very intelligent man. He fought the association trying to blame rock for suicides and stuff

I was talked into going and seeing them in concert in the 80s, and had no desire to go. May have been the best show I ever saw. And what Dee did in front of congress... a true legend.

The hair, the clothes, the make up, this is the style of that decade. See how motley crue and other bands of the time were dressed.

Twisted Sister, Dee made some of the best videos. MTV played the hell out of them! What a great time to be in your teens 😂❤

Every song they put out is amazing. One of my favorite bands

One thing I remember in High School, every head banger teenager had different artist names/logos on their folders. Yes this was one of them. So much fun back then.

A childhood friend is in this video. His name is Donald Palmer. He is in where they are banging their heads against the lockers. Blonde hair, black shirt and red leather pants. He passed away a few years ago from cancer but what a memory being in this video.

@Yuki_Ika7

Ай бұрын

I am sorry for your loss, my condolences

I just watched a live video from the Metal Hall of Fame Awards (2023) and Dee still sounds fantastic. I have no idea how he has kept this up for 40+ years.

I am so happy for u that Ure are experiencing the music of the past I know Ure enjoying it

The part when the teacher pointed out the drawin sounded like Animal House when the ROTC asked what was on the students uniform, a pledge pin. In the 80’s Dee Snyder appeared before Congress about how his music, video games, and movies were effecting students. Jelly Roll appeared in front of Congress January 2024

Watch the lead singer Dee Snyder testifying in front of Congress in 1985, he is very well spoken,and exposed the polititians to their faces, in a very calm demeanor. You should do a reaction to it, because its a great lesson in you cannot judge a book by its cover.

Dee Snider is a beast! As others write he spoke in congress against censoring lyrics in music. It was a helluva display of power. He came in like a boss wearing full rockstar gear and proceeded to give the most eloquent speech and even ridiculed Tipper Gore by implying she was a freak for thinking his lyrics was about S/M sex when it was really about him going through surgery! Al gore was a senator at the time and Dee was saying it straight to his face! :D -You should react to the video of it!! -Remember he was also fighting for raplyrics. -it was the whole beginning of the "parental advisory" stickers that turned out to be a stamp of approval in the eyes o kids rather than a warning about something dangerous!

@sharoncarlisle9453

6 ай бұрын

I remember all of this so well. My kids were in elementary school at the time. I got notified of a special PTA meeting, which turned out to be in support of the PMRC. Anyway, Dee took them all down in that hearing. He was so well-spoken. It was fantastic!

"Flounder!" Loved that cameo as the principal.

I'm nearly 70 and went through the music thing with my parents. My mom actually kicked her own turntable when I was playing The Doors, Unknown Soldier. So I get the comment 😂

Sister, was close enough, in time, to the "Glam Rock" scene, that Snider's persona, jumped off, of that. The actor, that played the teacher, was recurring, in their vids lol.

It is available on KZread... ya need to check out Dee Snider destroying Tipper Gore and co. at the PMRC hearings. Along with Frank Zappa and John Denver, Dee was the leading force against the music censorship movement in the late 80's during the Satanic Panic. Ps, for something completely different, check out Hawkwind - Silver Machine... it's classic British Space Rock 😎

This song is a time machine to my childhood. I can watch this, no matter how many times I have already seen it.

Got to Twisted Sister at Rocklahoma and I've been back every year Rocklahoma happens. Amazing line ups every year

That's how it was back in the day . I sure miss it !

I have dee Sniders handprint and signature tattooed on my butt....a long with the bone ts logo from the cover of stay hungry. It was awesome meeting Dee and his wife and painting his hand to take a handprint to the tattoo artist the next day. I got the ts bone logo as my first tattoo when I was 14. 15 years later I got to see them live and meet Dee and have him sign my butt (with his wife's permission) and got it tattooed the next day. It will always be hilarious!

@OscarInAsia

6 ай бұрын

Now that's what I call a TRUE fan! 😮 Just wow.... 😮

I was 10 when this album came out and it is the first album I used my own money to buy. I still listen to it all the time 40 years later.

Dee snider is awesome actor,musician,free speech activist and he had a great radio show years ago just an intelligent, fun loving dude🤘

Always love how this band didn't take themselves too seriously in any of their MVs. The lead singer, Dee Snyder, was part of the glam rock scene where male performers dressed like that to challenge societal traditions. I'm pretty sure this began with the New York Dolls who were punk rock though.

This is one of my favorite anthem songs from that time period.

My favorite twisted sister song is The Price. I love them .I had so much fun in the 80's .

fun fact: Since 1997 Dee Snider has been hosting a weekly classic rock radio show called The House of Hair.

The video of Dee Snider testifying before Congress is a must see. It will look like a skit, but it is 100% real.

The golden age of Hair Bands and music videos

If you want to see where that teacher character came from. Check out National Lampoon's ' Animal House'. That's where Needed Meyer and Flounder came from. You would also appreciate the rebellion vibe of the movie.

Twisted sister videos were just the olld road runner cartoons we would watch on Saturday mornings.

You're doing a great job! I remember when this album came out. Takes me right back to 10 years old! Music was so fun back then⚡️

Another one who made "movie like video" is Motley Crue "Smoking in the boys room" awesome! 😎

Twisted Sister is in many ways, the perfect party metal band. Just catchy riffs, basic lyrics that appeal to young folks. Didn't take themselves too seriously, they were entertainers. And then Dee Snyder crushed the bozos in Congress.

Used to go see them at Gemini in Yorktown, NY and Detroit’s in Port Chester, NY and the Rising Sun and Fore n’ Aft (Yonkers / WP / Brewster) many, many, many years ago. Check out their songs “Rock and Roll Saviours” and “Ladies Boy”. They were anti-Disco and I loved it !!! #twistedsister #deesnider

Back in the 90’s in my early teens when visiting my cousins we would put this song on and jump around him room. A quick history from a subscriber in Ontario Canada.

Video from the glory days of MTV!

this is the sound track to my high school days

Love to see you were jamming out to the song as wel.

Lead singer is Dee Snyder - he did a remake of their own "We're Not Gonna Take It" in the dessert with Chris Angel, the magician, playing piano. Awesome song he did to benefit children's cancer after Chris's daughter was diagnosed. Also, the guy in this video is Mark Metcalf from Animal House.

I agree you have got to react to his epic congress testimony for Free Speech! 🔥🇺🇸🤟

It's funny... I grew up in the projects in the late 70's into the 80's --- and every window had something different. Twisted Sister. Ozzy. Rolling Stones. Run DMC. Olivia Newton John. Beastie Boys. I remember when cardboard was a hot commodity. It was just a vibe back then. There were a lot of music related movies - from Grease to Electric Boogaloo to Footloose. I grew up financially poor, but definitely rich with diversity.

Animal House is Dee Snider's favorite movie. He brought the character of Neidermeyer back for their videos as what his life is like now. As for his dress, it got them attention, like Kiss's makeup. When you were at the record store and saw Dee Snider on the cover, you became interested

Look up the British Band "Sweet". They did Little Willy, my personal favorite Ballroom Blitz. They were a sub-genre called Glam Rock. Twisted Sister did the same thing with Heavy Metal. They Glamed it up. It also helped transition Metal into the mainstream from underground, Despite big leads like Led Zepplin and Guns N' Rose's, who kept it to just this side of Rock. As you can see the point of Twisted Sister was to poke fun of and parody the 80's, when these music videos were made/released

bit of a funny story: this song was huge when I was in 8th grade. I was always an outsider and really never hung around anyone. Anyway there was a young lady in music class that would say I wanna Rock, almost daily. At the time I didn't listen to and hard rock, hairbands etc. So one day she does her "I wanna Rock!" and I reached in my pocket and handed her a rock I had picked up earlier. She was shocked while everyone else laughed, granted I think they were mostly laughing at me but I didn't care.

Oh man, I remember when this came out ( I’m 54) we used to rock this!! 😂

So relatable for anyone who has ever been a teenager.

TS videos really illustrate why us metal fans in the 80's were call "Headbangers"

I love coming across songs I've heard on movies and actually getting to hear the whole thing. It's how I became a white zombie fan

@jasonregister4895

6 ай бұрын

I became a zombie fan because of the twisted metal game

The price is an amazing song !

@jerryadams6799

6 ай бұрын

check out Tommy Johonnsen's cover of the Price. It'll amaze you

Great memories, thanx for this mate. U rock!

Yeah you actually should watch him in that congressional hearing. Al Gore was shocked to discover he had picked an inteligent eloquent speaker to speak on the side of anti censorship.

Every song they play is an anthem. Epic.

Thx great réaction . And if you want to here more calm whit direct messages lyrics to understand from her you got to here one of there best song for me ! This song as the title of " The Price " from Twisted Sister as you know now hi hi

Transitus is an Album from Ayreon that Dee Snider kindly lends his vocals to also worth a look.

this was the first concert I ever went to.. Irvine Meadows in Cali

Seriously, you need to react to Dee Snider testifying to Congress! He’s brilliant! Just BRILLIANT! But you gotta see Animal House to get the full joke!!!!

Twisted Sister had some great songs.

Nothing like rap.. pure 80s metal.. don't ever disrespect 80s bands.. rap is for fools

I forgot how AMAZING this is.

EDIT I was 14 when this song was released! I pre-liked this because I love your reactions! To the people that say you talk to much...... go listen to the original and do your own reaction! Just watched your reaction to The Cure. Loved it! But this is more my kind of music. I'm hoping you react to the music video....... Twisted Sister had some of THE BEST videos in the 80's! And defintely check out Dee Snider testifying before Congress, he kills it!

Being a musician, songwriter and vocalist myself, I know that the rockers who have their music sampled get paid big-time dollars from the rappers who sample their music. When Diddy sampled the Police song "Every Breath You Take", he had to pay Sting (the lead singer of the band The Police who wrote that song) $2,000.00 a day! So, I'm sure that none of the rockers who get their music sampled are complaining. lol

And Dee did it all and stayed Straight Edge. His tour bus was called The Boring Bus.

They headlined the first concert I went to. It was a crazy experience for my younger self that left an impression! Pot smoke filled venue, joints getting passed along, the old flaky paint was falling off the ceiling during the encore. Y&T along with Dokken were the opening bands.

OK, I've seen the suggestions for his congressional appearance, as well as his piano version.. You might also be rather amused at their Christmas album... It's awesome.

The Price is my favorite song of theirs.

The 2 guys in the end were from animal house The movie

8:02 "Was He Into Drag?" In answer to that question, Pegasus. The band's look was inspired by a group called "The New York Dolls" and the wife lead vocalist, Dee Snider played a huge role in their look

When I was 15 mate of mine got the Twisted Sister VHS so we got stoned and put it on. I had been giving his 12 year old little brother a really hard time just taking the piss. About half way through I felt a nudge on the back of my head so I turned around and saw that he had a loaded rifle pointed at the back of my head. That was an interesting day.

Yes you should sir. Check out more TWITTED SISTER. Mr Dee Snider wrote many great songs when the band was around.

I was at this concert where they filmed the live portions of the videos for the Stay Hungry album at San Bernardino, Ca in 1984.

Love the guitar solo

Fun fact: When Tipper Gore (wife of former VP Al Gore) was running her campaign on rock music being a bad influence on children and young adults, the court invited Dee Snyder (Lead singer of Twisted Sister), among others, to testify. They expected a crass, stupid, vulgar, anarchic guy to show up and cause a spectacle, confirming their every prejudice. Instead, they got a calm, erudite, intelligent and educated gentleman (albeit with long hair) who absolutely CRUSHED whatever the campaign and their supporters were claiming, refuting every argument. Absolutely brilliant!

Seen these guys twice, 84 with Dio,and 85 with Iron Maiden…when I was in the marines in the early 80s,we always played them in the field ✌🏻

Cinderella Nobody's Fool was a favorite of mine

40 years old…I remember when Stay Hungry (the album with this and Not Gonna Take It on) came out. Those videos were so entertaining 😂 Saw Twisted Sister on their Come Out and Play tour in Manchester, they were awesome live! BP, check out the video for “Be Chrool to Your Schuel” which features Alice Cooper on co-lead vocals.

I saw the Christmas play he wrote. It was fun!

yea, if you get the chance definitely check out their christmas album appropriately titled A twisted christmas

Dee wrote that album in 45 minutes while his wife went to the grocery store!!! My old high school's band STILL uses Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" as the marching drum cadence!!! STILL TODAY!!!

I’ve seen some documentaries on Dee Snider, and that guy is sooooo smart! I got this cassette in 4th or 5th grade, and I knew every song. Love Twisted Sister! Came back after checking Google, because I was pretty sure he’s in a happy marriage. Yup, he’s been married to his beautiful wife for 42 years, and they have four kids. They live in a big beautiful mansion, from what I remember. Really neat guy. His wife is a costume designer, so maybe that explains his crazy stage outfits. He looks pretty normal off stage.

necro was awesome, love his songs "dead body disposal" and "i need drugs".

The Spnge Bob Movie did a parody cover of this song called, "Goofy Goober Rock".

Yeah John Denver and Sonny Bono did too among other people

Dee Snider I believe still has his annual Bike run in the Hudson Valley NY, Any rider can join.

1 of the greatest concerts i have ever seen, Twisted Sister

Watch DEE SNIDER VS. TIPPER GORE he testified in front of congress.