Favorite 80's Hair Metal Song/s

[OneidaDreamer]

Hey!
What about "Cherry Pie" by Warrant?C'mon,don't tell me you never found yourself singin' to this one!!SHHEEEZ MAAAH CHERRY PIE!COOL DRINK'A WATER SUCH A SWEET SURPRIZE!LOOKS SO GOOD MAKE A GROWN MAN CRY....SWEET CHERRY PIEEEEE!!....KEEP SMILIN'1

That song was the Lambchops song of Glam Rock. It just got stuck up there in the in the ole brain housing group ya know? For like days and day gurl! Argh!

[OneidaDreamer]

High Enough

Damn Yankees

now there was a song man!


I don't wanna hear about it any more
It's a shame I've got to live without you any more
There's a fire in my heart
A pounding in my brain, it's driving me crazy

We don't need to talk about it any more
Yesterday's just a memory
And we close the door
I just made one mistake
I didn't know what to say when you called me baby

* Don't say good night (bye)
Say you're gonna stay forever
Oh, all the way
Can you take me high enough
To fly me over over yesterday
Can you take me high enough
It's never over

Yesterday's just a memory.
Yesterday's just a memory.

I don't wanna live without you any more
Can't you see I'm in a misery
And you know for sure
I would live and die for you
And I'd know just what to do when you call me baby

* repeat

Yesterday's just a memory away

I was runnin' for the door
The next thing I remember
I was runnin' back for more

* repeat twice

[X cheryl X]

KISS KISS KISS KISS i love kiss..Always remember 'I was made for loving you'..A bit of a pop song,but great any way..

TIGERTAILZ...Hollywood boulervard
TWISTED SISTER...I wanna rock.
W.A.SP...Wild child.
UFO..Doctor Doctor. (could be seventies)
POISON..Cry tough.
OZZY..Bark at the moon.
IRON MAIDEN...Run to the hills.

Loads more,but i'll be here all night..lol..
Loved them then and still love them now..Yes..i am a bit of a rock chick...lol..

[Kamama]

Ozzy and Lita Ford..... If I closed my eyes forevaaaaaaaaaaah oh hahahahahaha!

[crazywolf]

Hey rockers,

I am really really really surprised, that no one has mentioned Pour Some Sugar on me by Def Leopard.

I also have not see anyone mention any power ballads yet, that is the one mark that makes a hair band, cause no one else does them. Those are like Love is on the Way by Siagon Kick, or Silent Lucidity by Queensryche (yes it was mentioned prior) and finally, Extreme, More Than Words.

Then there was that one hit wonder, by Jason Bonham, Wait for You. And finally, and I know its not really a Hair Band, but they deserve to be, survived for 3 decades, Yes, and in that era, Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Oh and... I dont think anyone rocks better and harder than Metallica, not heard them mentioned yet. Enter Sandman takes no prisoners. Actually there is not a bad song on that entire album.

Derek

[OneidaDreamer]

Hey rockers,

I am really really really surprised, that no one has mentioned Pour Some Sugar on me by Def Leopard.

I also have not see anyone mention any power ballads yet, that is the one mark that makes a hair band, cause no one else does them. Those are like Love is on the Way by Siagon Kick, or Silent Lucidity by Queensryche (yes it was mentioned prior) and finally, Extreme, More Than Words.

Then there was that one hit wonder, by Jason Bonham, Wait for You. And finally, and I know its not really a Hair Band, but they deserve to be, survived for 3 decades, Yes, and in that era, Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Oh and... I dont think anyone rocks better and harder than Metallica, not heard them mentioned yet. Enter Sandman takes no prisoners. Actually there is not a bad song on that entire album.

Derek

You do have a point with the "Metalica/Metalica" album. There isn't a bad track on that album.



This is a young thread. Give it time to blossom into a multi-volume tribute to the greatest Hair/Glam Rock 80's thread of all time! ;)


And Metalica really isn't a glam rock/ c*ck rock/hair metal band in my eyes brother.

We're Not Gonna Take It

Twisted Sister

[CandaePrincess]

I remember you- Skid Row (1989)

and they didn't release their CD until 1990 but "Fly to the Angels" - Slaughter (1990)

and anything Metallica and everything Motley Crue. I still love Niki Sixx!!!! *L*

[CandaePrincess]

We're talking 80's hair bands right??? Not glam rock right??

[OneidaDreamer]

Uh, 80's Metal Bands or something to that effect. Or Hair Bands. I didn't know Glam Rock was different than Hair Metal Bands.

So whatever I guess.

[CandaePrincess]

Either way it was good music! I do like some of the new rock bands but they're nothing like they used to be!

[crazywolf]

Either way it was good music! I do like some of the new rock bands but they're nothing like they used to be!

Thats because todays generation is a bunch of sissys and punks. Not to be confused with punks back in the 80's or punk rock, which was stuff like Judas Priest or Green Day.

Back in the 80's I listened to a lot of pop, which actually rocked back then, was not like the watered down crap you hear on the top 40 stations today. Back then you had INXS, Midnight Oil and Jesus Jones. I also liked Information Society or the band that first bridged rock and rap, Faith No More. But we are talking about hair bands right?

I don't think there is a difference between glam rock and hair rock. Glam rock was defined by the long, often permed hair worn by the bands members, and in the case of some bands, lots of makeup and outragous costumes. Lots of lights and pyrotechnics were the mark of this genre as well.

So Metallica is not a hair band eh? Well then why is Guns n Roses? You compare the two types and to me it sounds a lot like metal. If you take away the hair and glam and just listen to the music, what is it exactly that makes a hair band a hair band?

Like I said before, its the power ballad. These are songs that are long, sound more like poety set to music that a song which follows the pattern: lyrics, chorus, lyrics, chorus, lyrics, chorus, repeat chorus. Power ballads have long guitar solos and what not.

So anyone care to ponder on what happened to hair bands? They just up and disappear one day? I dont think so. I believe they evolved, depending on the band. You still hear the likes of Def Leppard around today, and some of the other bands are doing comeback tours, while others are playing much smaller venues than they used to, anyone remember the disaster of the Great White concert at that New York club?

Grunge came around about the same time hair bands went out. Bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and those other bands from Seattle were taking the stage, taking music to another level, called Alternative. The difference between alternative and hair bands is, glam rock is more of a traditional setup, guitar, bass, drum kit and frontman. Now the front man does all the work, maybe a guitar, and the drums are now a machine, along with numurous other samplings to "make" a song sound interesting. People these days depend on a computer to be creative.

Its not like in the days when Eddie Van Halen reved his power drill next to the pickup in his guitar, or the one armed drummer that gave Def Leppard its distintive sound. Those people depended on a lot of talent to make them sound good. You always had guys doing innovative things, even back in the 60's and 70's.

People were slashing their amp speakers with razor blades to make the music sound muddy. Jimmy Page played his guitar with a bow from a cello in Kasmir (sp?) Jimi Hendrix played his guitar upside down. People were doing a lot of cool things that people today reproduce electronically.

The only thing that is done today that I am really impressed with, is when they take a record and scratch it back and forth. If its done right it sounds really cool, its not done with a computer, and it leaves the person open to mistakes, another cool thing about live music. There are little mistakes made in the music along the way that keep it real. Linkin Park does some really cool stuff with records. They go out of their way to record stuff on vinyl, and the scratch it on a table to make their own sound. If anyone has ever tried it, its not as easy as it looks.

Rock and roll is definately the most adaptive form of music. All other music types like classical or jazz follow a pattern, and very rarely deviate outside the pattern. But rock is able to take elements from all of these types, and invent new genres as it goes along.

Now lets see who can name some really out of this world glam rock bands. I have a few...

Siagon Kick
Stranger
Night Ranger

Noone has named Firehouse yet, or Slaughter. I dont think anyone has named Whitesnake yet, but I might be mistaken. What about those Nelson brothers?

I wonder... would Collective Soul be considered glam rock? Probably not, but I did see them open for Van Halen back in ummm.... 93 was it? They only played about 5 songs and that was the best part of the whole concert. Van Halen sucked next to Collective Soul.

Just my two cents.

Derek

[CandaePrincess]

Now tell us how you really feel......*L*

and I did mention Slaughter!

[Luzenza]

Scorpions Winds of change

[CandaePrincess]

Saw this on CNN.COM, thought some of you might enjoy the read.

The new canon: AC/DC, Metallica stay strongStory Highlights
AC/DC's "Back in Black" still a big seller

Boy bands, classic rap don't sell in large numbers now
NEW YORK (AP) -- Much of the rock 'n' roll and pop canon is well established.


AC/DC's "Back in Black" sold 440,000 copies last year -- a good showing by any measure, great for a 27-year-old work.

Now that the '80s and '90s are ancient history, what albums are people still buying from those decades? Do critical favorites like Radiohead and the Pixies grow more popular with time? Or do the Backstreet Boys and Madonna still rule the charts?

The short answer is that, above all, people are buying vintage Metallica, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Guns 'N Roses and, well, Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

AC/DC's "Back in Black" (1980) last year sold 440,000 copies and has thus far sold 156,000 this year, according to the Nielsen SoundScan catalog charts, which measure how well physical albums older than two years old are selling.

Those "Back in Black" numbers would make most contemporary CDs a success. Metallica's self-titled 1991 album is altogether the second-biggest selling album of the Nielsen SoundScan era, which began in 1991. "Metallica" sold 275,000 copies last year.

Bon Jovi's greatest-hits collection "Cross Road" last year sold 324,000 copies, while Guns N' Roses "Appetite for Destruction" (1987) sold 113,000. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" (1996) continues to be a holiday favorite; it was bought 289,000 times last year.

Greatest-hits compilations are counted as catalog releases, and account for the majority of vintage best-sellers. Artists that commercially peaked in the '80s or '90s that have had lucrative best-of collections include Garth Brooks, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tim McGraw, Creed, Queen, Tom Petty, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Def Leppard, Aerosmith and Lionel Richie.

U2, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Celine Dion, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Dave Matthews Band and the ever-touring Jimmy Buffett also all continue to sell large amounts of old records.

Michael Jackson, of course, still has one of the most desirable back catalogs. His best-selling "Thriller" moves over 60,000 copies a year and his "Number Ones" collection yielded 162,000 sales last year.

Avid fans may be buying everything their favorite artist puts out, but there's more than nostalgia fueling vintage sales.

"Young fans aren't excluded from catalog sales -- especially the ones who really get interested in music, there's always that sense of discovery," says Geoff Mayfield, the director of charts at Billboard Magazine.

Not everything maintains long-term success. Asia's self-titled 1982 album was the biggest seller of 1982, but only sold 5,000 copies last year. Whitney Houston's 1985 debut, also self-titled, was 1986's top album, but now sells about 7,000 discs a year.

The same trajectory has befallen past mega-hits like Ace of Base's "The Sign," Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" and the Spice Girl's "Spice." Though one of the best selling artists of all time, Mariah Carey's self-titled debut sold a measly 5,000 copies last year. The Backstreet Boys' "Millennium" managed only 9,000 sales.

Alas, the turning wheel of fortune isn't always kind to boy bands.

"The only thing that kept coming to mind to me was that line in the Bruce Springsteen song: 'Someday we'll look back at this and it will all seem funny,' " recalls Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke.

Now, some critical hits that were trounced on their initial release by the likes of 'N Sync can claim a measure of commercial superiority. The Flaming Lips' "The Soft Bulletin," often hailed as one of the best albums of the '90s by critics, sold a solid 38,000 copies last year.

Radiohead's legendary "OK Computer," currently celebrating its 10-year anniversary, last year sold 94,000 copies. Nirvana's "Nevermind" has done even better; it sold 143,000 copies in 2006.

Current events can alter the charts. When Ray Charles died, his older albums spiked for months, says Mayfield. A new album from Alanis Morissette would surely increase sales of her 1995 disc "Jagged Little Pill," one of the best selling albums of the past 20 years.

Likewise, recent reunions of the Police and Genesis can be expected to increase sales of their catalogs. The Police's 1986 compilation "Every Breath You Take" has already doubled its already strong 2006 sales by selling 107,000 copies so far this year. (A new compilation was recently released as well.)

Many well-regarded albums continue to do healthy business, including: U2's "Joshua Tree," Dr. Dre's "The Chronic," Beck's "Odelay," Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter the Wu-Tang," the Clash's "London Calling," Weezer's "Weezer," and the Pixies' "Doolittle." Each sold at least 20,000 copies last year.

Still, many albums that are consistently revered on critic top-ten lists of the '80s and '90s have not sold much. Joy Division's "Closer," the Smiths' "The Queen is Dead," My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless," and R.E.M.'s "Murmur" all sold 12,000 copies or less last year.

Labels often reissue classic releases to capitalize on the devotion of die-hard fans and to attract a new audience. In the past few years, revered indie label Matador Records has released Pavement's first three albums, including "Slanted and Enchanted," a disc frequently ranked among the best in the '90s.

"It's almost like a new release for us," says Matador founder Chris Lombardi. "We probably sold in a one-year period, pretty much what those records sold in their first year period when they were initially released."

Though hip-hop continues to rule today's charts, many of its most historic albums don't enjoy the catalog sales that those from rock's heyday do. Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" sold 15,000 copies last year; Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" sold 22,000; and Run-DMC's "Raising Hell" sold far less than both.

So far this year, catalog sales are down 11.7 percent, but that's stronger than overall sales, which are down 14.7 percent, according to Billboard. It's a major portion of the music business. This year's total catalog sales of 95.6 million copies accounts for about 40 percent of all albums sold physically.

When people switched from cassette tapes to compact discs, catalog sales received a windfall as people re-bought their collections. The onset of digital downloading hasn't had that affect because CDs can easily be downloaded to your iPod, but digital stores do have the advantage of unlimited (virtual) store space to sell older music.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has pegged catalog downloads as 64 percent of all download sales in the U.S. (Apple declined to share its iTunes data on catalog sales.)


That still leaves illegal downloads unaccounted for, as well as a more important quantity: cultural impact. Though bands like Sonic Youth, the Ramones and Public Enemy may never sell as much as other acts, their influence remains immeasurable.

"Impact is not strictly about sales," says Fricke. "Otherwise everyone would be running around forming bands that sound exactly like Poison."

[X cheryl X]

Hey rockers,

I am really really really surprised, that no one has mentioned Pour Some Sugar on me by Def Leopard.

I also have not see anyone mention any power ballads yet, that is the one mark that makes a hair band, cause no one else does them. Those are like Love is on the Way by Siagon Kick, or Silent Lucidity by Queensryche (yes it was mentioned prior) and finally, Extreme, More Than Words.

Then there was that one hit wonder, by Jason Bonham, Wait for You. And finally, and I know its not really a Hair Band, but they deserve to be, survived for 3 decades, Yes, and in that era, Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Oh and... I dont think anyone rocks better and harder than Metallica, not heard them mentioned yet. Enter Sandman takes no prisoners. Actually there is not a bad song on that entire album.

Derek

Yep, your right...Metallica Rock..!!!ONE is an amazing song...
Love alot more bands like them,for instance,Pantera.Some of their stuff is really good..
Was only naming my favourite hair n make up kinda bands before..