Stryper: "Makes Me Wanna Sing" (17th Dove Awards)

[@J.Y715]

I became a Christian when I was 18, summer of 1988. I saw these guys live a few times back then. Honestly, their music and their testimonies reached a lot of people. I humbly and venture to say, they probably reached more people for Jesus than most of the "Dove" artists that filled that room (who mainly sang and performed for "Christian" circles, i.e., churches, youth camps, etc.)

[@marcoardon777]

God used Stryper to bring a 17 year old teenager in South America Venezuela 🇻🇪 They inspired me to start a Latin rock band to reach others for Christ. 2021 They still rock for Jesús and I do too . Thank God

[@edwinmusic3727]

Yo fui a Petra en 2011 en Barqusimeto, par de haber terminado el concierto de casualidad me tope con el organizador del evento, me habia dicho que el deseaba traer a Stryper a Venezuela tambien, peor nunca sucedio mucho menos despues del fracaso del concierto de Petra pospusieron el concierto como 3 veces y eso era pronosticado que iba a suceder el fracaso. Tambien fui a Guardian en Barquisimeto en noviembre del 98.

[@mikey-mike8301]

I grew up in Church, but was always sort-of just there. I saw Stryper in 1985 and they planted a seed which on 7/18/1986, I FINALLY accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. Best decision I ever made and encourage others to investigate His Love and Grace, as well. It is after all, Amazing Grace and its free to everyone, regardless of what you do or don't believe, the mistakes you've made (believe, I have an encyclopedia full of my own), or how you were raised. Bully Graham said it best, "Jesus came, died, and rose from the dead to give eternal hope and life to the whole world; every man, woman, and child, ever born!

[@bartplaster1511]

Stryper is a band you need to see live.

[@franciscojaviergarciasanch2921]

Cierto yo tuve el honor de ver a los Stryper en directo en junio del 2005 en el Lorca Rock y fue Maravilloso un saludo desde Málaga 😊😊😊

[@brentj.peterson6070]

That audience was gobsmacked 😮Glad they didn't tone down their set... Robert and Oz were in overdrive 😂🔥

[@AlexSAdlerOfficial]

🤣🤣🤣 A ellos no les importaba lo que los demás pensaran de ellos, estában siendo auténticos

[@jasongoad1084]

Greatest Christian band of all time!!

[@jonathankohns7848]

They are great, but not the greatest. Not even the greatest Christian metal band.

[@jasongoad1084]

Your opinion

[@SophonsCookieCreations]

...OF ALL TIME 🙌🏼⚡🎸

[@SamuelB-vt7qo]

I really like Stryper since many years but, for me, the best Christian Band is PETRA (more with John Schlitt than Greg X Volz but I like also both of them).

[@geraldpinkerton6412]

Agreed! They did what every other Christian band tried to achieve, & they didn’t water down their message to do it like Amy Grant & so many others!

[@christophercrowder872]

I had forgotten how fantastic many of Oz's early solos really were. Also, Pat's intro is actually pretty cool.

[@kevintucker6000]

I want to see the Dove Awards bring them back to the show to perform again. I am going to see them on their 40th anniversary tour in a few weeks.

[@stalavrou]

Standing ovation for Stryper,because that is what they deserve!💯

[@cyvais]

I'm a respectful non believer but I still dig Stryper, Bloodgood, Vengeance Rising, Barren Cross, Holy Soldier, Believer... all killer Christian bands I love.

[@mwidunn]

Thank you, Stryper . . . always!

[@NLloyd-gi3dv]

Thank God for them

[@michaelball6110]

I remember this very well. I was beyond excited when they played on the Dove Awards. Time for you guys to bring them back on the Dove Awards & they deserve the respect once and for all. They literally blew the doors off the hinges & Christian music wouldn’t be as big as it is now without Stryper. They started it all! God gets the glory using these 4 men!

[@shanemartin8904]

Better in every way than any other christian artist

[@RICCARDOREARDON]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE STRYPER..ESPECIALLY MR.OZ FOX. HE WAS A SHOW UNTO HIMSELF..I LOVE HIS SOLO'S.. THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS VIDEO...

[@JimmMejia7]

O wow Stryper..and Petra are 2 of my favorite Christian Rock 😊❤️ Thanks again.

[@RockitD]

One of my favorite Dove Award performances of all time!!! Stryper rocks!!!

[@joechick702]

The Beatles never got to play the Dove Awards but Stryper did.

[@patrickrancourt4782]

Lol nice try

[@jondunmore4268]

And The Beatles never got sucked into being Jesus freaks. And became the biggest band the world has ever known. Hmm, I wonder what THAT means?

[@eurekasquared9853]

@@jondunmore4268it means the 2 dead members aren’t in Heaven unless they repented.

[@DustinSmith796]

@@jondunmore4268what real Christian would care what the world thinks and what’s popular and not?

[@jondunmore4268]

1:05 -- His hair is on maximum pouf!

[@ronaldshank7589]

Straight up to Heaven, bay-bee!!!

[@Blueberry-sk7kg]

One of the most lyrically, straight forward Christian bands ever, even among mainstream CCM artists.

[@SynthSurber]

How does this only has 688 likes...it should be thousands!

[@STRYPERTUBE]

Jesus Christ Rocks!

[@hansel2001]

If a genie granted me 1 wish to go back in time to anytime anywhere, it would be to this Dove Awards thing. Oz Fox kept to the script regardless of how cold the audience was. Robert Sweet could care less where he was. And in the end, a standing O. Audience did not know what hit them….and it smacked them hard. Wow. Epic. I miss 1986.

[@zzeeeee824]

Love this comment! It’s gold

[@andrewwhite4318]

I get choked up every time I see the standing ovation.

[@Immrtal1]

I remember this…crowd didn’t know how to react. However, our generation loved it!

[@YanksOnTop]

I still have one of those bibles. They put on a great show.

[@justinchester8270]

i cried watching this.Just absolutely amazing.Tears were also for the great reaction from the Christian community how it was then and how the reaction would be now.

[@THEPROPHETSEERISAIAH]

Man Michael’s voice sounds great

[@tylerdonitzen]

Yea because that's the original track being played in the background and lip syncing

[@tylerdonitzen]

There's no way his voice sounded exactly like the track I'm not discrediting him he's a great singer but here in this video it's all lip synced even the guitars weren't hooked up to amps the only thing that's legit is the drums.

[@THEPROPHETSEERISAIAH]

@@tylerdonitzen nah I know. I was talking about his track music sound. I’ve noticed that on a lot of singers when they sing on stage.

[@bobby1974]

I have Michael Sweet's autobiography he wrote the Dove awards wouldn't let them perform live.

[@THEPROPHETSEERISAIAH]

@@bobby1974 what?!? Oh wow

[@CyanideLV]

Thank you Jesus for this song and allowing me to catch this performance I somehow missed back in the day. 🙏

[@monesjones8431]

What a perfect performance.

[@zoltardreamusic2552]

Lip-sincked, but yeah, good.

[@monesjones8431]

@@zoltardreamusic2552 nope

[@zoltardreamusic2552]

@@monesjones8431 oh yes! It's quite clear, since it sounds exactly the same as the studio version. Same singing, no vocal arrangements or modifications... Us (musicians and singers) use to modify some aspects of the song (enphasis, intensity, modified notes...) not to mention that, live, it's impossible that your voice sounds as normalized. In constant movement, the distance between your mouth and the micro varies, and so the intensity of the voice does too. In this song, every instrument and the voice itself sounds perfect everytime. There are many things you see are not natural when you are a singer or musician who plays live.

[@monesjones8431]

@@zoltardreamusic2552 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zoltardreamusic2552]

@@monesjones8431 ignorant...

[@BradThePitts]

The people in the audience look less than amused 😂

[@soullessmeatpuppet7840]

Like #500! Tragic. Stryper FOREVER!

[@GrannyDi276]

We were youth Pastors on Queen Anne Hill, Seattle. One of our kids loved Stryper & actually gathered kids to go to a concert & paid our way....I was the pennyless Youth Pastor's wife who took the van load of kids down to the Paramount. I had to wear sunglasses & earplugs so I wouldn't trigger a migraine, but I was glad to have experienced that. Lord Jesus bless them. They were ahead of their time & not always well received❤❤❤ A year or so later we had been called to a little church in a small town near Mt. Rainier. Our son wore his "To hell with the Devil" T-shirt to the high school & was in trouble. They didn't realize it was a real sentiment, not swearing❤❤❤

[@kevincarrier7232]

We're gonna rock and have a good time Tonight's the night, the night we move Together we will stand to rock the land We're gonna rock for something new We're gonna rock for something true Tonight's the night so let's lift up our hands Jesus, King, King of Kings Jesus, makes me wanna sing He makes me want to jump around He keeps my feet above the ground Tonight the night it's best to rock the land We're gonna rock for something new We're gonna rock for something true Tonight's the night so let's lift up our hands

[@zigzag8949]

THAT NOTE at the end 🎉

[@Panhorst]

This is so Rad! 😊

[@mwhearn1]

Mike was just killing it on the ...er... mic.

[@davidtaylor328]

STRYPER RULES 👍🏻✝️👍🏻

[@bensexton254]

They worked a field of souls that no other artist would touch... God bless them.

[@lauramatthews5372]

Love me some Stryper!!

[@justapug-l8t]

We need this now in Football Half-Time..and watch Swift cry becuz its just more beautiful music

[@eurekasquared9853]

Definitely! ❤

[@deankrause8029]

Yeah Yeah Yeah 🎊 🎉 ❤

[@rivstg13]

Awesome!!

[@saber005]

That slaps so hard that it knocked the devil out of me.

[@stevew4079]

Totally mimed but still good!

[@BradThePitts]

How do you mime the drums? 🤔

[@niall9727]

Believe it or not, Stryper sounds just as good live as their studio versions. This isn’t Motley Crue lol

[@chowsurfs]

They were told all instruments could not be live, and they had to use the track. The only thing that was live was the drums. They are masterful musicians, but these were the options they were given.

[@GTLyons]

Thanks Eric Epple for playing this song for me on a car cassette deck back in 1985 in Vallejo, CA on that day this song was the best message I could've had in that time of my life... yep and Amen✝

[@bonamassafrehley1550]

Excellent

[@markboller4313]

Great metal song. ❤❤❤

[@JoseLizarraga-s3e]

Stryper is the best!

[@涸辙之鲋]

stryper～～～

[@joborgesjunior374]

Sou brasileiro é amo Stryper ❤

[@GerardoCarriles-g1v]

Gran performance

[@Hallow334]

Paramedics were on scene to administer CPR to the older men and women. 😆

[@Easun36]

Amazing!

[@rebecca_zothangmawi_joute5679]

Thank you Jesus, Amen The best is yet to come in Jesus name, Amen Emmanuel hallelujah praise the lord I love you Jesus.

[@Maxharddrive64]

Get the word out any way shape or form. Back in the day you wer never going to reach me with Pat Boone songs. God uses this band in many people's lives and still does

[@coreyblack5]

They never knew what hit them.

[@metalmauce]

Stryper rules. A pitty it’s playbacked.

[@christophercrowder872]

Back then, that's how it was done at all events like this.

[@davidnesper5678]

So it was live for the audience but they played the record over it for the broadcast?

[@LaneDenson]

@@davidnesper5678 Most likely the audience also heard pre-recorded audio

[@ronaldshank7589]

Played back...lip synched...mimed...or even this one:With a "net"!!!🤪😜🤪😜!!!

[@kirkcather3670]

Pretty solid for a live performance.

[@kdog7469]

Because it is all track

[@revcc1]

Had to watch the full performance after watching clip in Electric Jesus. The audience had no idea what was coming

[@floreme531]

Buen grupo

[@MichaelHenderson-c6d]

The brothers are true 👍

[@MichaelKoehlerMusic]

Im looking for a clip from I think the 26th annual awards from 1995 ? maybe. Its a clip with Mark Lowry announcing I think with Bill Gaither best rock album or something. Anyways, Michael Sweet is a nominee and Mark said Michael cant be here tonite cause he is at home washing his hair. Do you have that clip? Thanks!

[@GMADoveAwards]

Hi Michael! We are working hard on digitizing ALL of our Dove Award Shows from the past 51 years. We are starting with the performances and then will start working on the awards. We will get there!

[@MichaelKoehlerMusic]

@@GMADoveAwards Thanks!

[@bridazzel7588]

One time I disguised myself as one of the guys from Stryper.

[@shanemartin8904]

meaning you went unrecognised

[@ronaldshank7589]

Which one? And-Did anybody recognize you?

[@wesleyingram7020]

Fun. Even though lip synched etc... love Stryper still

[@careful...Icarus]

Pat Boone's intro is comedy gold. Odd to see Michael without a guitar. Unfortunately it sounds like its coming from a transistor radio speaker. The drums sound live tho.

[@mowriter]

Now get IMPENDING DOOM to play at the Dove awards! 😱

[@niall9727]

The crowd is DEAD. lol they probably like reading their old king James at 8am Sunday mornings then singing hymns with no instruments

[@fernanddes777]

Guardian

[@ronaldshank7589]

No..... Guardian didn't come out until 1990, with their Album "Power of Love". Nice try, though.....

[@thecrowpit24]

​​@@ronaldshank7589Actually Guardian's first album: First Watch came out in 1989 with original singer Paul Cawley. Nice try though.

[@chad7408]

🤟😎👍

[@johnnyhorrrible2073]

Great song! This is not live however...the multiple guitars is a dead giveaway..still rocks tho

[@ChainNonSmoker]

Great comedy

[@tiagoamaral2371]

Great rock n roll

[@benireges]

As a diehard fan i agree🤣 soldiers under command has some amazing tracks but overall its too poppy

[@MrAwesome739]

Track, maybe? Kinda surprising if so.... they don't really need it.

[@andresihotang2314]

Yes. Michael said the show producer did not allow them to perform live.

[@MrAwesome739]

@@andresihotang2314 Huh... Wonder why not. Maybe they just didn't have the setup to handle their sound?

[@andresihotang2314]

@@MrAwesome739 I don't know but my guess... Christian metal was something really new, as you can see the introduction by the host. And there's anxiousness whether people and audience could even respect it at all, let alone accept it. Making mistakes during the concert might could make it worse, hence safety route by playing to backing track

[@MrAwesome739]

@@andresihotang2314 As good a guess as any! Hard to believe they're all 60+ years old, now

[@4speedpony]

Too bad its lipped-stinked, but it is one of my faves by them ;-)

[@acason4]

LMFAO.

[@MrBoricuahastalamuer]

Playback😢

[@jondunmore4268]

Is this what turned Pat Boone to metal?