When my husband and I were first dating back in 1980 we saw Twisted Sister at this little club in Brooklyn. Great show!!!!!! My husband just died this past September. Life will never be the same but this song will always make me smile.
So sorry for your loss! I hope this helps... Those we love, those who make us who WE are, never die. They go on living in our memories to continue making us who WE are; Love is everything. Take good care of yourself my friend Xx
As a former band geek, I can honestly say that the arts are WAY more important than sports. This performance was epic af and should be our universal battle cry.
As a former D&D geek since 1980 who became a kickboxing and mma champion I can honestly say both athletics and the arts and having exposure to both is WAY more beneficial. I was a long haired 15 year old kid watching Dee testify before Congress. He showed me we could fight back even against the largest bully the US Federal Government. If we keep scholars and warriors apart, all of our thinking will be done by cowards and our fighting done by fools.
When I was a band geek, back in the late 1980s, it always seemed like the the arts were underrated and under-supported. I even wrote a "letter to the editor" to the school paper about it. Of course, I was ridiculed for saying anything. My fellow band geeks were in total support.......
Dee, you legend. Winston Churchill was told by one of his advisers during World War Two, that they should cut funding to the arts to assist with funding for the war. Churchill's reply was, "if we do that, then what are we fighting for?"
This is crazy, it's literally like something you'd see in a movie where the misfit band class rallies together to put on a benefit concert to stop the school board from firing their band teacher or cutting the band program all together.
Music in school actually helped my son get a college degree in chemistry. It helped him focus on his studies. I can tell you what would happen if schools dropped sports programs. The welfare system would break.
Fine Arts, like music, can help kids build and develop that part of the minds to think, helps them develop that appreciation for the many forms of art, and helps develop that craft part of the brain.
I never really got into Twisted Sister or Dee Snider when I was younger. But I got to say my hat's off to the guy he's got some mad respect for the Arts.
30 years later and I still love this song. This has to be the most awesome version ever. Dee still speaks the truth. Fight for your rights always or they'll be gone!
over 20 years ago the geman punkrockband "donots" made a cover of this masterpiece. and they are playing it on every concert. it doesnt matter if it is in a small club or on a big festival the crowd goes crazy. you have to check out this cover
Thank you Dee Snyder for being part of the solution! Great job! What an experience for the kids to have a professional come and show them how to rock! First Class Dee, First Class!!!!
I absolutely love it when successful musicians give a crap! These kids will always have this moment and will motivate them in music for decades! Your musical passion and influence is totally on your sleeve, Dee! Love ya!
This performance just gives chills. The legendary frontman of one of the great bands of all time from Gotham, NYC: Dee Snider of Twisted Sister rocking his classic with these kids for a school performance bringing awareness to the plight of school programs suffering from government cuts. SUPPORT ALL SCHOOL PROGRAMS! = )
His melodic version for the Criss Angel Childhood cancer foundation is so outstanding. Speaking of the government, they owe him and TS royalties because the military blasts this as a fight song all the time, even now.
The day the arts die will be a sad day for humanity. Played trumpet my entire school career, picked up guitar drums and piano because of it and I couldn’t imagine my life without music in it. Keep fighting kids, there’s generations of us that are behind you!
It be a great day as a parent when your kid comes home from school and says, "mom dad I will performing in an live recording orchestra with Dee Snider singing, Where not going to Take it." wow !
This actually sounds better then the original! Dee is the man! I've actually had the pleasure of meeting Dee at one his Van Helsing shows, great guy very humble and so down to earth! Respect!
that is great to see a heavy metal singer throwing his fist in the air after 40 or 50 yrs of hard metal in the government's face and say hey fuck you stop taking the musical fundings. Aworld without music is a fucking boring shitty world. keep flying the flag Dee snider and twisted sister, cause noone else will.
Rob Halford & Dee Snider have the best raw voices in metal that come straight forward.No effects etc,just raw and a unbelivable sound!! Both pushing over 60 still keep the shit real and sound amazing. True God fathers of the metal era!!
For many years my old band practiced in a storage unit, You may think its crazy but I dont. I hope everyone invests in storage units like 100 for musicians to practice in. Have them in every county in your State. Bands can be forever that way ! Best investment ever ! Take care next generation !
Gotta be a major trip for those kids to be on the same stage with that caliber of star! And then to have him give them and their program such high praise and support has got to be the single biggest moment of their lives! So cool, and Dee Snyder is a top notch rocker!
I love it I am 52 years young and I shtedf on my guitar every day and will until I can't anymore man that was rocking out this music now days sucks bring back rock n roll well to me it never left but Rock on baby
Like Dee, I was labeled a band nerd and choir geek...this nerd and geek can play 23 different instruments, and sing 6 octaves...thanks to people like Dee and you...ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
Dee is one hell of a living legend.he is true. He is awesome. He is metal. Best party metal rock song ever. Stunning performance. All Hail to Dee and twisted fuckin sister. Not forget A. J. PERO.
Marcella Ruso they better not dare cut sports! This country has an obesity issue and cutting sports will just add to that. It's sad, but sometimes arts have to be cut for the more important things in life.
Marcella Ruso That's not right to say cut sports instead of music. For some kids, sports is just as much a release as music/arts are for others. Neither should be cut. Maybe more federal funding should have gone towards saving music/arts than putting it towards Obama phones.
Why cut either one? Music gives kids the creative freedom to express themselves and sports give them the chance to create lifelong relationships and help them learn to work with other people.
I can only imagine the power of singing this as a high school student, with a living legend on the stage jumping next to you. The very proof that we still need rock'n'roll.
This version gave me chills (sounds stupid to say, I know). The original is still great by any standard, but come on. This version made me feel like I was in my teens again. Great job all around!
Sean Harrison lot of things going on in Asia and the Middle East. Earthquakes in the Philippines. Remember the motto of a Navy FC "In God we trust; all others we track."
I’m in my 60s and I’m not crying. No, it’s just allergies. No, it’s Dee continuing to do good in the world and make a difference in people’s lives. I am crying at the beauty of this moment.
No drugs no alcohol no tobacco and you get to keep your voice. Amazing man.
And no pointless screaming as Paul Stanley did
@@bbqsauce2 exactly. Perfectly said
really? no alcohol at all???
Unless you're ozzy osbourne
no tabasco too
Let this be the Anthem of 2021
I'll take that!
I agree 🤘🏻🤘🏻
no lie
I'm with you!
Democrats don't care
HOW DOES ANYONE NOT LOVE THIS GUY!!?
Airam mahrog I dont know
asshats?
Such an amazing performance all around, sounds amazing.
Cause there tone def
Yeah, Leslie Nielsen is a legend.
The absolute best version of this song ever recorded.
Those high school choir kids will remember this day for the rest of their lives.
*of this song
Nah, they wouldnt know who Dee Snider is so they will not process it too much
As someone who was on that stage that day, I still remember it and always will 🥰
@@biggestmistakes I got to meet Dee myself, when he performed on the USS Nimitz for a USO show.
Dee is an amazing human being!
@@biggestmistakes Wow what a fantastic experience it must have been, absolutely stunning performance by all.
When my husband and I were first dating back in 1980 we saw Twisted Sister at this little club in Brooklyn. Great show!!!!!! My husband just died this past September. Life will never be the same but this song will always make me smile.
Thank you sharing your story....our hearts are with you.....
My first concert date with was Ike and Tina back in the 70's. Eternal memory to your husband.
Omg I am so sorry to hear about your husband 💔😭🙏, thanks for sharing that memory 🥰
So sorry for your loss! I hope this helps... Those we love, those who make us who WE are, never die. They go on living in our memories to continue making us who WE are; Love is everything. Take good care of yourself my friend Xx
Such a great memory,sorry for your loss.
Even at 60 his voice never changed God bless Dee Snider
Voices last longer in singers who abstain from cigarettes.
As a former band geek, I can honestly say that the arts are WAY more important than sports. This performance was epic af and should be our universal battle cry.
As a former D&D geek since 1980 who became a kickboxing and mma champion I can honestly say both athletics and the arts and having exposure to both is WAY more beneficial.
I was a long haired 15 year old kid watching Dee testify before Congress. He showed me we could fight back even against the largest bully the US Federal Government.
If we keep scholars and warriors apart, all of our thinking will be done by cowards and our fighting done by fools.
Sports are art.
When I was a band geek, back in the late 1980s, it always seemed like the the arts were underrated and under-supported. I even wrote a "letter to the editor" to the school paper about it. Of course, I was ridiculed for saying anything. My fellow band geeks were in total support.......
They are both equally important
As one of those choir kids on that stage, finding this video really brought me back. Could never forget that night and the whole experience 🥺💚
Am sure
But you're too young to remember therefore appreciate him.
Atleast that's a random "old" person in these comments is convinced of
You are lucky! But you must have worked hard to be in the choir! Well done! 🎸
Dee Snider been living close to the fountain of youth. He hasn't aged at all
Dee Snider = Rock Star
He wants to rock!
SalDOWN ROCK! Teacher gets launched into ceiling
Gers Launched into the Ceiling
Dee snider = Hero, he is a real frontman and just don't take it 😁
Legend
amazing he still has a voice after screaming rock tunes for forty years
I heard him crack just a little near the beginning but he recovered awesomely. He sings much better than I ever did .
Dee, you legend. Winston Churchill was told by one of his advisers during World War Two, that they should cut funding to the arts to assist with funding for the war. Churchill's reply was, "if we do that, then what are we fighting for?"
So damn right!
Except that no such incident ever occurred.
Bad ass
@Benjamin Figgins Churchill was one of the greatest men of all time.
And YOU are a worthless piece of shit.
@@THE-HammerMan They say Churchill was known for winning the war and losing the empire.
I’d love to have this played at full volume outside Parliament with everybody singing it
😤🤔👍👍👍
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” had to be the teenage anthem of the 1980s. I definitely credit Dee Snider for keeping the music alive!
Para mis amigos y para mí lo era
That charisma is what makes him one of the greatest frontman in rock and roll ever.
"and one time at band camp....we convinced Dee Snider to come to our school and sing one of the greatest songs ever". Revenge of t he band geeks!
I was thinking roughly the same thing. Some student playing his violin on that stage was thinking, "Maybe all that teasing was worth it?!"
3 Doors Down played at Band Camp. The rocked the hell out of that set
This is crazy, it's literally like something you'd see in a movie where the misfit band class rallies together to put on a benefit concert to stop the school board from firing their band teacher or cutting the band program all together.
RandomBattleXP max keeble's big move does it.
Trevor Boyll yeah. I can see where your coming from. It is like a movie aye.
Cut scene the head of the council fires the princble that is trying to cancel the music programe then keeps the music programe open.
And then Dee Snider comes in and saves the day. Great ending for a movie.
Like A Rock version of Sister Act ?
Dee is an outstanding man. The House Of Hair Rules man!
Why does this feel like the climax to a particularly great movie?
because it is, they used it in Ready Player One
This should be on school of rock soundtrack.
Music in school actually helped my son get a college degree in chemistry. It helped him focus on his studies.
I can tell you what would happen if schools dropped sports programs. The welfare system would break.
Fine Arts, like music, can help kids build and develop that part of the minds to think, helps them develop that appreciation for the many forms of art, and helps develop that craft part of the brain.
The blonde organiser/teacher at the side organising the choir etc is a definition of someone who loves their job!
I never really got into Twisted Sister or Dee Snider when I was younger. But I got to say my hat's off to the guy he's got some mad respect for the Arts.
Without the arts, there would literally be no buildings, machines, anything. Just numbers.
See his stripped down version of this for kids with cancer
CHANGED MY EFFING LIFE
@@doesyomamaknowtho1468 amen
The arts ARE LIFE
If I was one of those kids performing I would’ve for sure started crying😂 this was beautiful af .. extremely moving
Lol same.
Me too 😂
That electric violin was awsome!!
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I so agree...I am glad the solo was done by a violin and not a guitar
I agree, it was actually cool to play a violin and he rocked it!! Never heard one do that before!
he nailed it times two.
I was going to point that one out as an "electric twanger".
30 years later and I still love this song. This has to be the most awesome version ever. Dee still speaks the truth. Fight for your rights always or they'll be gone!
absolutely....I remember this song...it still rocks today AND with a clear precise message...Let the Music Live !
Me too👍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Have you seen the slow version about cancer victims? Very very cool
over 20 years ago the geman punkrockband "donots" made a cover of this masterpiece. and they are playing it on every concert. it doesnt matter if it is in a small club or on a big festival the crowd goes crazy. you have to check out this cover
@@ericlange1190 That version brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.
The man who stopped the tyranny of Tipper Gore from destroying rock and roll 👏
Anybody who truthfully tells a senator, in front of congress, that his wife has a dirty mind is alright in my book.
This is why Dee Snider is one of the greatest human beings alive.
That's a serious 10/10 for Dee. Outstanding!!!
Man this brings me back to my school days back in the 80's!!!! Freaking Classic Song!!!!! Loved this!!!!
Can I just remind you that in the making of this video he was 58 years old yeah it’s pretty impressive
That's my childhood hero, still telling it like it is. This song is still so relevant.
Excellent. The flying V violin was major cool.
The viper violin is badge by Mark Wood, he is also part of TSO
The way we all feel watching this....that’s why music programs are necessary
He is a true live performer he puts a smile on your face
Thank you Dee Snyder for being part of the solution! Great job! What an experience for the kids to have a professional come and show them how to rock! First Class Dee, First Class!!!!
I absolutely love it when successful musicians give a crap!
These kids will always have this moment and will motivate them in music for decades!
Your musical passion and influence is totally on your sleeve, Dee!
Love ya!
Not only was the performance awesome so was his speach
ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME DEE SNYDER TWISTED SISTER FOREVER
Lucky kids and a story for the future 🤩🤩🤩
That was the greatest thing I ever saw! The message. The spirit. Love you Dee! And Mark Wood! And the kids!!!
i love the dee snider hasnt lost his voice over the years at all, always been the same :) rock on
yeah same here! to quote Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire ''The old boy still has some life in him."
haha, he definitely has still got it, and Tom Cruise is great! i gained so much respect for him after rock of ages, played the rock god brilliantly
This song is a hymn. Smell of freedom.
He needs to run for president.
This performance just gives chills. The legendary frontman of one of the great bands of all time from Gotham, NYC: Dee Snider of Twisted Sister rocking his classic with these kids for a school performance bringing awareness to the plight of school programs suffering from government cuts. SUPPORT ALL SCHOOL PROGRAMS! = )
jinks, i did really felt the chill through my whole body. 100% Agreed.
British Jenni_Pixie Explorer has
he's DEE FUCKING SNIDER
Denmark aint got programs like this. WELL; WE SHOULD HAVE!!!
His melodic version for the Criss Angel Childhood cancer foundation is so outstanding. Speaking of the government, they owe him and TS royalties because the military blasts this as a fight song all the time, even now.
Holy shit! That brought tears to my eyes.
Why aren't these videos more popular? So much talent on stage.
The day the arts die will be a sad day for humanity. Played trumpet my entire school career, picked up guitar drums and piano because of it and I couldn’t imagine my life without music in it. Keep fighting kids, there’s generations of us that are behind you!
Dee Snider is a great man. A great singer.
I love Dee Snider. He is just an overall awesome dude. ❤️
It be a great day as a parent when your kid comes home from school and says, "mom dad I will performing in an live recording orchestra with Dee Snider singing, Where not going to Take it." wow !
My cousin and I met Mark and his family at a Inn in Williamstown Massachusetts. He is a very nice man to meet.
God Bless you Dee Snider for doing this and fighting for what's right.
#YouareatrueRockLegend
This is just awesome! It's like the earth just stops and you're getting sucked into a magic moment!!
That Flying-V-Violin playing the solo is fucking aweseome!
This actually sounds better then the original! Dee is the man! I've actually had the pleasure of meeting Dee at one his Van Helsing shows, great guy very humble and so down to earth! Respect!
The greatest part is they’re all clearly having the time of their lives! Thanks Dee! Rock on!
This is such an awesome way to do this song and Dee Snider is right about not cutting the arts in schools!!!
Dee Snider the voice of metal 🤘
🤘🤘
He never lost that voice.
Well done Dee. It's nice to see someone with your status fighting to keep important things in our schools.
that is great to see a heavy metal singer throwing his fist in the air after 40 or 50 yrs of hard metal in the government's face and say hey fuck you stop taking the musical fundings. Aworld without music is a fucking boring shitty world. keep flying the flag Dee snider and twisted sister, cause noone else will.
This is pure magic
Vocally absolutely No rock star has aged as well as Dee,,,
Dee's prophetic words may very well SAVE the world!!!
Rob Halford & Dee Snider have the best raw voices in metal that come straight forward.No effects etc,just raw and a unbelivable sound!! Both pushing over 60 still keep the shit real and sound amazing.
True God fathers of the metal era!!
Tears rolling down... this was totally bad ass.... I LOVE DEE SNIDER!!!
For many years my old band practiced in a storage unit, You may think its crazy but I dont. I hope everyone invests in storage units like 100 for musicians to practice in. Have them in every county in your State. Bands can be forever that way ! Best investment ever ! Take care next generation !
Gotta be a major trip for those kids to be on the same stage with that caliber of star! And then to have him give them and their program such high praise and support has got to be the single biggest moment of their lives! So cool, and Dee Snyder is a top notch rocker!
*Woooooooonderful!!!!!*
Hola from Panamá!!!!!
This is fucking amazing! Rock 'n' roll will never die!
I envy the heck out of those kids. ^_^ Music is life!
Dang, age has had zero effect on Dee Snider. He is still an amazing singer and moves around phenomenally for his age. Age is just a number for him!
Man, nothing like getting lost in the music. I love this performance.
Wow, when the chorus kicked in.. chills... hair stood up on the back of my neck! Sublime and what an awesome sound!!! \m/ \m/
AMERICA FOR THE WIN! Cheers, my brothers, and sisters!
I love it I am 52 years young and I shtedf on my guitar every day and will until I can't anymore man that was rocking out this music now days sucks bring back rock n roll well to me it never left but Rock on baby
Great Dee snider Amazing voice fantastic excellent
Those kids will remember that night for the rest of their lives.
After all these years he is still a kick ass kind of man. God, I love Dee. Excellent video.They did a hell of job them kids.
Like Dee, I was labeled a band nerd and choir geek...this nerd and geek can play 23 different instruments, and sing 6 octaves...thanks to people like Dee and you...ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
Where else than in America can you see and hear something like that? I love America!! Greetings from Austria
Dee is one hell of a living legend.he is true. He is awesome. He is metal. Best party metal rock song ever. Stunning performance. All Hail to Dee and twisted fuckin sister. Not forget A. J. PERO.
Sounds the same as he did in 1984--in other words: perfect.
That electric violin was awsome!!
I didn't know I needed a wahwah-y-fied electric violin this morning 😂
Love dee ❤ still enjoying his songs rocking in my rocking chair on the front porch ..rock 🎸 on !!!🙂
We're not gonna take it anymooooooore!! #stillLovevthissong
Yes cut sports NOT music!!!! Youth Rock Symphony, we need more! Trans-Siberian Orchestra feel I love it
Marcella Ruso they better not dare cut sports! This country has an obesity issue and cutting sports will just add to that. It's sad, but sometimes arts have to be cut for the more important things in life.
Marcella Ruso That's not right to say cut sports instead of music. For some kids, sports is just as much a release as music/arts are for others. Neither should be cut. Maybe more federal funding should have gone towards saving music/arts than putting it towards Obama phones.
Marcella Ruso YEA!!!!!
He was just saying fight back like sports would.
Why cut either one? Music gives kids the creative freedom to express themselves and sports give them the chance to create lifelong relationships and help them learn to work with other people.
I remember when this song came out and was played like crazy on MTV in 84.
The Video was one of the best video's ever
Hah the only reason i watched peewees big adventure movie was for the twisted sister cameo
That’s wonderful ! 😀👍
That's cool. Nice job by all involved
Since to 80's listening to this *always* makes me rock out. But hearing a distorted violin with 'wah' made me lose my shit.
Thank you!!! Violins do rock!..thank you for your comment!
music has evolved more in the last 50 years than in the whole 1000 years of medieval times. wow
I can only imagine the power of singing this as a high school student, with a living legend on the stage jumping next to you. The very proof that we still need rock'n'roll.
This version gave me chills (sounds stupid to say, I know). The original is still great by any standard, but come on. This version made me feel like I was in my teens again. Great job all around!
this was so cool dee snider is the man
This is insane.......wish I was there.....what a great time. Always fight for the Arts....
Were not gonna take it !!!!! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA ... BUENÍSIMO !!!!!
This should be the battle cry to keep fiddle, band and choir class alive in the schools!
+Ludwig vonGrein No hate but GO TRUMP!!!
Sean Harrison lot of things going on in Asia and the Middle East. Earthquakes in the Philippines.
Remember the motto of a Navy FC "In God we trust; all others we track."
Ludwig vonGrein the best
dee mi idol la vieja escuela
the legend lives
This put a huge smile on my face. You could see the kids went electric!
I’m in my 60s and I’m not crying. No, it’s just allergies. No, it’s Dee continuing to do good in the world and make a difference in people’s lives. I am crying at the beauty of this moment.