# What '80's "hair metal" song is on your mind right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181 "2001-06-01T06:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/1 "2001-06-01T06:32:36Z")
For me, it’s “Round and Round” by Ratt. And by the way, are there any redeeming features of hair metal? I can’t seem to put it behind me. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/2 "2001-06-01T06:51:57Z")
“I Wanna Rock!” That IS a Twisted Sister pin on my uniform. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/3 "2001-06-01T07:26:01Z")
_Wait,_ by **White Lion.** Proof that hair metal is, in fact, worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/4 "2001-06-01T08:48:08Z")
The Road to Nowhere does, in fact, lead to Me. I also sometimes worry about being run over by a Mad Machine, or getting caught in a Konya Wa Hurricane . . . – "With a pickled mind, we kick the the nipple beer, steady as you go, we’re flying of a trout . . . " ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/5 "2001-06-01T10:02:19Z")
_Every Rose has its Thorn_ by **Poison**. What can I say, I caught a bit of MTV Cribs last night, and they were doing an item on whutshisname’s (lead singer for Poison) house in LA. The dude has his own dirtbike track in his back yard, ferchrissakes. And his baby’s bed had leopard skin covers. You can’t get much more rock and roll than that. Well, the three Jaguars and two Harleys were a contributing factor too, I suppose. [sub]And “ERHIT” is actually a pretty decent ballad. Please don’t hurt me.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/6 "2001-06-01T10:40:52Z")
I have “The Final Countdown” by Europe. de-de- de- de (bong) de-de de- de-de (bong) de- de- de- de (bong) de de de de de de de (bong) de de de (rar) de de de de de de de de de de de de!!! de de de de de!!! [cue hair metal synth sound] wa wa wa wa wa wa waaaaaa I now hate you lizard. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/7 "2001-06-01T10:47:23Z")
Love Bites, by that great band :rolleyes:, Def Leppard. I thought it was cool, lo those 13 years ago. Now it’s just funny. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/8 "2001-06-01T11:15:44Z")
_Here we are, [guitars]ba da daa da[/guitars] Rock you like a hurricane._ The Scorpions :eek: Coldie you should be ashamed of yourself 😉 [sub]I still know every word and guitar riff on "_Live after Death_ by Maiden.[/sub] :o ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/9 "2001-06-01T11:34:06Z")
NEVER be ashamed of yourself for liking Maiden, yojimbo. EVER. **BRING YOUR DAUGHTER TO THE SLAUGHTER!!** ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/10 "2001-06-01T12:03:15Z")
As soon as I read the title of this thread, I thought “(I’m Only) Seventeen” by Winger. The upside to hair metal? Some of the guitar players had a pretty good grasp of musical theory. Plus they kept Marshall Amplifiers and Dippity-Do in business. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/11 "2001-06-01T12:05:32Z")
…GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU! GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU!!..PUT IT IN THE SOULLLL OF EVERYONE!.._headbangs_ ow. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/12 "2001-06-01T12:39:55Z")
“Into the Fire” Guess that I’m still Rokken with Dokken. [sub]Dear God, I can’t believe I said that.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/13 "2001-06-01T13:03:35Z")
You mean it went out of style? Oops. Warrant, _Cherry Pie_ I figure if the boomers can worship 60’s junk the rest of their lives, I can listen to Def Leppard, Warrant, Motley Crue and those guys for that long to annoy the boomers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/14 "2001-06-01T13:29:49Z")
I have early Queensryche…“Gonna Get Close to You” > [@](#): > > - You fumble for your keys > I’m six or seven steps behind you > I’m so close to you > Are you terrified of me? > What do I know about you? > How did I find out? > You think I’m a fool > Or maybe some kind of lunatic > You say I’m wasting my time > But I know what to do with it > It’s as plain as black and white > I’m gonna get close to you\* ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/15 "2001-06-01T13:33:47Z")
Well, none was until I saw the title of this. Lessee… Once Bitten Twice Shy by ? Talk Dirty to Me by Poison Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard Come On Feel The Noize by ?(some goofballs) ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/16 "2001-06-01T13:38:56Z")
I now also have “Fear of the Dark (Live in Milan)” in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/17 "2001-06-01T13:40:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saint Zero \* > \*\*I figure if the boomers can worship 60’s junk the rest of their lives, I can listen to Def Leppard, Warrant, Motley Crue and those guys for that long to annoy the boomers. 🙂 > \*\* Nothing is truer than that! I just picked up a 3 CD box set of 80’s Rock/Metal stuff. It’ll be in the changer at the party tomorrow. “Y’all know what kinda health it’s about? Lemme hear you say it!” “METAL HEALTH!” Quiet Riot just ROCKED, dude. And **vanilla**? Once Bitten, Twice Shy (with that nice piano bit) is by Great White. And Cum On Feel The Noize is by Quiet Riot (goofballs is true) but originally by the astonishingly good British Band, **Slade**. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/18 "2001-06-01T13:40:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > **Once Bitten Twice Shy by ?** Great White > [@](#): > > \*\* > Come On Feel The Noize by ?(some goofballs) > \*\* Quiet Riot ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/19 "2001-06-01T13:42:34Z")
(Shakes fist in rage) Darn you **JC**! Darn you to heck! (stomps off to plot some sort of hair band related revenge) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181/20 "2001-06-01T13:49:19Z")
Whatever song it was who’s video had Tawny Kitean (or however the hell she spelled that silly name) dancing on the hood of a Jaguar - I turned the sound off and just watched her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-hair-metal-song-is-on-your-mind-right-now/67181.md?page=2)