Twisted Sister The Kids Are Back BBC Top of the Pops 8-6-1983

[@EasyZee69]

That's how I dance when I'm listening to Twisted Sister.

[@craiganderson9844]

I've always loved how strong Dee's voice is - and the transition from the lower to higher octave in the second verse really showcases that, it's great! Rockin' tune.

[@tlansing18]

Not sure where hear any high notes here !!

[@billjannusch]

I love Twisted Sister! This is awesome seeing this years later. I mean especially for a rare Twisted Sister performance! I love this song and this performance. It was a different time period for sure when people who ran dance shows still invited heavy metal bands to perform on the program! I was 11 when that album "You Csn't Stop Rock And Roll" came out! I was actually already a huge fan back then too, and I still am!! But back then I didn't realize how silly early 80's disco dancing people dancing to heavy metal bands looked. Ha! Well, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest both did Top Of The Pops a couple short years before Twisted Sister did and they had people dancing too on their episodes! People back then in the music TV world had more open minds and mixed rock and roll bands and dance kids and whatever. Nowadays, rock bands get zero air time u less you live in Germany or Sweden. Plus, TV shows in the U.S. barely feature music at all, and if they do it's just about crappy ass rap music and candy ass country. The mainstream wants to brush rock and roll and heavy metal under the carpet. The pandemic helped their cause too. But us metalheads never go away. We keep coming back. We shove it right in their faces!!! All hails to metal forever. Also hails to Twisted Sister..💀💀💀

[@tiosanpr]

Wonderful to be able to enjoy that sound. This band is incredible. I never tire of listening to it.

[@abutterflyloves]

My gawd.. HIS VOICE IS ROCK and ROLL!

[@jurgmathys2806]

Twisted Sister and SMF FOREVER !!!

[@rickysleaze]

Awesome dance man

[@maedrosGR]

i so miss the 80's

[@Rudy_Riot]

I wasn’t alive during the 80’s and I miss it 😭😭

[@Dapdap72]

going here after jackass 3d

[@shawntaylor8637]

The dancers make this extra special

[@hellchild6668]

:-D

[@skyscraper7474]

But i think.. doesn t make it so much heavy metal😒😅

[@mauriciohernandezdiaz9825]

Hypnotically disturbing

[@Lebofilms]

Wow. They were all so young. I was only a kid at that time myself and had no idea who TS was.

[@ronaldpangaribuan8087]

tks for upload this video

[@nwsurfrider]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the audience of Top of the Pops was not Twisted Sister's core demographic. Though solid gold disco moves, all of them.

[@cissi9671]

Great, now i dont need to transfer my clip from VHS! Never seen this one on youtube befofe!

[@jaroszakal123]

this is .....THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisr5499]

1983 was there with 1979 for chart hits.

[@maicofilon]

does he sing along to the soundtrack?

[@2ghetto4greyhound55]

DamnWhattaRocker⚡🤘📜

[@macwhipple4083]

Looks like it was filmed yesterday

[@eugeneskrebanov9225]

The thing is that the kids are back.

[@bikezonly]

There are women who are jealous of Dee's hair. But that voice!

[@bartendergaming6115]

TOTP was an insult when they did lip syncing to bands like Twisted Sister, they provide a better atmosphere when performing live

[@JBee-xh4bm]

Have you seen the queen one and motley crue🤦‍♂️ totp is so shit for that

[@Operator8009]

Totp was infamous for it

[@Metallex]

@@Operator8009 Things changed in the 2000s when the shown changed their policy and most bands/artists at least sang live. The few times Maiden did totp, the music might have been a backing track but Bruce was live.

[@darktoadone5068]

So was the top of the pops their version of american bandstand?

[@maicofilon]

btw, today is august 6th))

[@littlepeanut5557]

Turning trendys into SMFs ! 😃

[@Jamestele1]

The one band that wore make up in the 80s, that nobody really messed with! 6 foot 3, 200+ pound lead singer really didn't put up with much BS back then, though he was actually well-spoken and intelligent.

[@ilustrado7291]

Maynard James Keenan looks different here...

[@metalheadrelic9873]

F*CK. YES. 🤘

[@TheChadTI]

Those syncronised dancers would have been thrown right out of a TS gig.😅 By the audience before the band saw them. That would be worse!😅

[@davidchelazzi8773]

OH WATCH OUT

[@sirtalis69]

Ah, yes....to be 14 again

[@halloweenville1]

Why are the dancers wearing Nappies, i don't remember that being a thing in 83.

[@paulnr27]

yeah that's what the young women wore then (in the uk anyway). This made me recall when I lost some weight and got out a denim shirt I'd put away for a few years, only to find it had become "odd" and surprisingly hideous during it's time out. However, if the nappies came back into fashion, they'd not look weird any more. :) BTW Dee and then rest of the band stayed in my mate's hotel. He was a mature gentleman who found their appearance startling but their friendliness and manners impeccable.

[@halloweenville1]

@@paulnr27 I also read that during this performance, everybody backstage was chocking under the amount of Aftershave the band were wearing, Dee was known to drown himself in the stuff before he went on stage. I'd love to know what he wore.

[@RyanNoseBest]

woulda been nice if TOTP actually let the musicians play live music instead of just miming :c

[@joseaugustodossantos6488]

BOM ,,,,,,,,,

[@daviddaigle2419]

Well this is sad lip sync like Britney spears, w t f ,

[@tlansing18]

Great riff. Dance act is really not how to portray the 80s rock scene . Plus Dee is a freakshow himself

[@davidpaul6656]

The ONLY good song they ever recorded! The rest are crappy attempts at being poppy with lame ass lyrics and cheesy solos.