For a writing project I’m working on I’ve been trying to remember songs that I listened to in the 80’s. YouTube has proven itself invaluable for finding videos to help jog my memory. I had forgotten how much I loved hair bands back then. ”˜Course, we didn’t call them hair bands in the 80’s”¦they were simply rock bands, and rock they did.
Almost every weekend I would sleep over with a friend or a friend would sleep over at my house. We didn’t have cable where I lived so we were forced to stay up late on Friday nights and watch “Friday Night Videos” to see the new releases from our favorite bands. We loved those videos. I had tapes and tapes filled with videos from “Friday Night Videos.”
Anyway. I thought my readers might like to see some of the videos I’ve culled from YouTube during my research. I think my favorite hair band video is Twisted Sister’s “I Wanna Rock!” All the other videos you will access through links, but I’ll embed just this one directly on the page:
Coming in a close second would be Twisted Sisters “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” Those videos have it all. They’re funny, the band has ENORMOUS hair, Neidermeyer makes awesome cameo appearances, and the music is fist-pumping and energetic.
FYI- When I started out listing all these videos I intended to comment on each one, but as you can see I’ve got quite a list and I’m getting tired. You’re big readers. You can make your own comments. Feel free to share’em if you want.
Metal Health- Quiet Riot
Kiss Me Deadly- Lita Ford
I Love Rock N Roll- Joan Jett
Here I Go Again- Whitesnake
Seventeen- Winger
Panama- Van Halen
Jump- Van Halen
Dr. Feelgood- Motley Crue
Youth Gone Wild- Skid Row
Down Boys- Warrant
Back in Black- AC/DC
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock N Roll)- AC/DC
Pour Some Sugar On Me- Def Leppard
Princes of the Universe (From Highlander)- Queen
Legs- ZZ Top
Fight for Your Right- Beastie Boys
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns N Roses
Mama, I’m Coming Home- Ozzy Osbourne
Epic- Faith No More
Unskinny Bop- Poison
Wanted: Dead or Alive- Bon Jovi
Rock You Like A Hurricane- Scorpions
Shake Me- Cinderella
All She Wrote- Firehouse
Once Bitten Twice Shy- Great White
The Final Countdown- Europe
Up All Night- Slaughter
Cult of Personality- Living Colour
Breaking the Law- Judas Priest
Holy Diver- Dio
This is the typical male version of rockin 80’s songs. Cool list.
I have to admit that I owned that Twisted Sister alubum. The cover was SCARY!
Yes, the cover was scary, but the music was oh so sweet.
And yeah, typical male fare, but that’s what I grew up with…granted, I’ve matured a lot since then (okay…some…I’ve matured some)but those are what pop in my head when I hear the words “Rock and Roll.”