I’ve been toying around the idea of a wall-smashing compilation CD-mix of 70s to early 80s rock and roll. What songs from that era do you think are badass?
Criterion 1: The song must ROCKKKKKKKK
Criterion 2: see 1
My thoughts so far include
CHEAP TRICK - SURRENDER
JOURNEY - DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’
WHITESNAKE - HERE I GO AGAIN
BOSTON - LONG TIME
PETER FRAMPTON - SHOW ME THE WAY
what say ye, gentlefolk?
“Looks That Kill” – Motley Crue
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Poison - Nothing But a Good Time
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
There sadly probably has to be some KISS on that compilation, too 
“Intro/Sweet Jane” from Lou Reed’s Rock & Roll Animal
“Hocus Pocus” by Focus
“Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter
“Radar Love” by Golden Earring
“Freefall” by Camel
“Rocket Cathedrals” by Be-Bop Deluxe
“Watch That Man”, “Diamond Dogs”, or “Suffragette City” by David Bowie
“Master Race Rock” by the Dictators
“Teenage News” by Sylvain Sylvain
While Don’t Stop Believin’ is a definite crowd pleaser, if you really want to bust out the walls, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) is IMHO the #1 rocking Journey song.
If you want some really rockin’ Journey, get some old Journey from before Steve Perry joined the group. Something like “Look Into The Future”.
And of course no rockin’ 70’s compilation would be complete without some Uriah Heep!
I’m pretty sure you need some Van Halen on there.
Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter, Rock the Nation
T. Rex - Get It On (Bang a Gong) If that’s too glam, try the later version by Power Station
Sammy Hagar - Red
Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face
Trapeze - You are the Music (We’re Just the Band)
Tommy Bolin - Post Toastee (tempted to include some Moxy as well)
Nothing from The Who yet? You’ll need “We Don’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Riley” at the very least.
Meat Loaf: “Bat out of Hell,” definitely.
Grand Funk Railroad: “We’re an American Band”
The Guess Who: “American Woman”
Bachman-Turner Overdrive: “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” and “Taking Care of Business.”
There’s gotta be something by Rush also.
Rainbow - Power, Man on the Silver Mountain
Pat Travers - Hammerhead, Hot Rod Lincoln
Leslie West & Mountain - Mississippi Queen
I guess the hair rock criteria of the OP got jettisoned, so can I offer some punk:
Homicide by 999
80s by Killing Joke
Anarchy in the UK by Sex Pistols
Not punk, but…
Another Think Coming by Judas Preist
Lights Out by UFO
Ack - And I just watched Mike Rowe last night, and still forgot:
We Care A Lot - Faith No More
Psssh, no you cannot. Although I did briefly consider “Trash” by the NYC Dolls but then decided it was outside of the ouevre I was shooting for.
Thanks for the suggestions, keep’em coming. Stuff like The Who or David Bowie never really occurred to me–I guess I was really thinking of American-based stuff. (Don’t get me wrong, I love both of the aforementioned artists.)
DIO - RAINBOW IN THE DARK
Oh, and how could I forget “Ballroom Blitz” by The Sweet???
“Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple
“Twilight Zone” by Golden Earring
“Dream Police” by Cheap Trick
Howzabout some Def Leppard? I think Pour Some Sugar on Me should fit the bill or maybe Photograph would be better.
Say what?
The Who? David Bowie (after his Ziggy days?) Rush?
These most certainly are NOT ‘hair rock’ bands.
Perhaps such candidates from the ol’ Power Hour…
Quiet Riot = Come on Feel the Noise
Zebra = Tell Me What You Want
Ratt = Round and Round
Yeah, those could be considered hair rock…wait, what the heck is hair rock anyway, do you mean Hair Metal? Or plain ol’ rock? Pssh yourself, Punk could definitely be more hard rocking than Hair metal any old day…
Starz-Coliseum Rock.
How about some Europe? Rock the Night and The Final Countdown.
Dokken - Unchain the Night (really, anything from the mid-late eighties)
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight (softer than Journey - I swear … go back and listen!)
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
Helloween - I Want Out (if you don’t mind the high pitched squealing type of singing)
Deep Purple - Highway Star (maybe too early, but it sure does RAAAWKKK)
Survivors I Can’t Hold Back