Top 10 Hair Metal Songs That Stand The Test Of Time

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I have been listening to Pandora radio on my phone lately and it offers a 80's Hair Metal station.You know,where the Wingers and Ratts of the musical graveyard go to die.Back in 7th and 8th grade this was my music of choice,so of course I will listen due to a nostalgia factor.I find myself hitting the skip button ALOT,but occasionally they play something that sounds as good to me today as it did to my 14 year old self.Here in no particular order are some truly great songs.

1.Motley Crue,"Looks That Kill"-Early Crue,this song is just a heavy guitar riff and Vince Neil telling the audience to "LISTEN UP!".Motley was never a fave of mine,but this song rocks.Oh and what is probably their most popular song from way back-"Home Sweet Home",I hate that song.

2.Poison,"Something To Believe In"-Oh yeah,Bret may have had his biggest hit with "Rose",but this is the best ballad Poison ever did.Sure the lyrics come from the stock Vietnam vet story template,but it works.

3.Europe,"The Final Countdown"-I loved this album as a kid,and this song still sounds epic today.That keyboard intro is still one of the most recognizable musical cues in the last 30 years of rock.

4.Skid Row,"I Remember You"-Great power ballad and no matter what you think of this band,Sebastian Bach could sing.That note he holds at the end that becomes a gutteral scream still hits me with goosebumps.

5.Slaughter,"Up All Night"-Mark Slaughter and his voice like my little sister really nailed it with a great anthemic song.Try to not sing along with the chorus on this one.

6.Whitesnake,"Still Of The Night"-Sure David Coverdale is Robert Plant lite,this song has a great groove and he sings the hell out of it.I wish radio played this nearly as much as the two popular Whitesnake songs of the era.

7.White Lion,"Wait"-Essentially a Van Halen clone band,right down to uber guitarist Vito Bratta.This song rocks,and they also do a better than the original version of "Radar Love"

8.Cinderella,"Don't Know What You Got(Til It's Gone)"-The best rock ballad of that period,and a song still regularly played on mainstream rock radio,which for bands of that era is not common.

9.Dokken,"Heaven Sent"-I love Dokken,and still think that their old stuff holds up.This song in particular,very moody with a dark riff throughout still sounds great.

10.Warrant,"Down Boys"-Yeah I said it,a great song from the band that hit us with "Cherry Pie".

Any that I missed or that you feel should be on here,let me know.