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I love hair metal. I think it is some of the best music ever writen. End Quote

Poison recorded "some of the best music ever written"? ??? Hmmm...

Quoting: By the way, Dee Snider, the lead singer of Twisted Sister has a program on VH1 where he counts down the top 50 hair bands of all time. There are some one hit wonders there too. Great show to remember some songs you may have forgotten about. End Quote

Yep, back when Snider's countdown first aired a couple of years ago, I wrote down the artists (and the video clips featured), and posted the complete list here. But that was back in the days of the old board...

Quoting: One example of a hair band which is not well known would be MSG with their hit "***". Dang, what was there hit?
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Depends on which version of the band you're referring to. If you mean the early days when they were known as the "Michael Schenker Group" (pre-"hair metal"), then they never really had any radio hits. In fact, the closest they came was "Rock My Nights Away", a minor AOR hit in the Winter of '84. But if you mean the "McAuley Schenker Group", then your answer is "Anytime", from the Winter of '90, which was at the height of the "hair metal" era. Personally, I preferred the minor hits "Gimme Your Love" and "Love is Not a Game", from their 1987 album, Perfect Timing...

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Poison recorded "some of the best music ever written"? ??? Hmmm...

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Poison would not be in my top 25 hair bands list. I just mentioned them because they were played so much on the radio. I wish the genre of Hair Metal was still as strong as it was in the 80's.

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The MSG song was a metal song. I remember some of the lyrics:

In my dreams,
Your still the same.
Your love is strong,
It still remains.
In my dreams,
Your still with me.
Just the way,
It ought to be.

Heck, maybe the title is "In my Dreams". It was released in the very late 80's I think. Great song. I dedicated this song to a girl I dated in High School. Now what was that girls name??  ;D
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Yes, the song you're thinking of is indeed titled "In My Dreams". It was a minor hit here in the U.S. in the Winter of '86. But it was by Dokken, not MSG, lol. It was off the group's 1985 album, Under Lock and Key...

And BTW, Dokken had plenty of other hits, including "Breaking the Chains" (1983), "Into the Fire" (1984), "Alone Again" (1985), "Dream Warriors" (1987), and "Burning Like a Flame" (1988 ). Four of their albums have also been certified gold or platinum here in the U.S. So to say they were "not well known" is hardly the case. I've always liked 'em myself... :-)

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I wish the genre of Hair Metal was still as strong as it was in the 80's.
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Frankly, I don't miss most of the pretty-boy "hair metal" bands of the late '80s/early '90s. Personally, I'll take the "real" metal groups of the early to mid '80s, when it was more about the music than the looks... :P

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Yes, the song you're thinking of is indeed titled "In My Dreams". It was a minor hit here in the U.S. in the Winter of '86. But it was by Dokken, not MSG, lol. It was off the group's 1985 album, Under Lock and Key...

And BTW, Dokken had plenty of other hits, including "Breaking the Chains" (1983), "Into the Fire" (1984), "Alone Again" (1985), "Dream Warriors" (1987), and "Burning Like a Flame" (1988 ). Four of their albums have also been certified gold or platinum here in the U.S. So to say they were "not well known" is hardly the case. I've always liked 'em myself... :-)
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You are right! It is Dokken, how could I have been wrong? Now it is gonna bug me, I can not remember the song by MSG. It was on a dark blue cd, and the song was #3 or 4. It was a very romantic song. It had something to do with leavinga chick or not leaving a chick.

I found another gem today. Firehouse "Don't Treat me Bad".

I am glad this topic started. I am tracking down some good songs. I wonder if there is a site which lists the top 100 songs of each year by radioplay for free (I think Billboard requires $$).

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Now it is gonna bug me, I can not remember the song by MSG. It was on a dark blue cd, and the song was #3 or 4. It was a very romantic song. It had something to do with leavinga chick or not leaving a chick. End Quote

Sorry, not enough info to go on...

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Okay, I'll give you that one - always liked that song myself. But I certainly don't consider them "heavy metal" - a pretty-boy "hair band", yes...

Quoting: I am glad this topic started. I am tracking down some good songs. I wonder if there is a site which lists the top 100 songs of each year by radioplay for free (I think Billboard requires $$).
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At this time, I don't know of any web sites that list that info for free, but I do have a book that ranks all the hits that made the pop chart by year, as well as a book that lists AOR (read: hard rock/heavy metal/hair metal) hits by artist... :-)

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I too was and still am a big hair metal fan.Those were the days *SIGH*
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Then keep rockin!! I am making a few cd's of my favorite metal. The music sounds just as good as it ever did. Not like some of the panzy house music I had to endure in the 90's. Go and download a copy of winmx and use it to get all the music you want.

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The MSG song was a metal song. I remember some of the lyrics:

In my dreams,
Your still the same.
Your love is strong,
It still remains.
In my dreams,
Your still with me.
Just the way,
It ought to be.

Heck, maybe the title is "In my Dreams". It was released in the very late 80's I think. Great song. I dedicated this song to a girl I dated in High School. Now what was that girls name??  ;D
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We should all get together to make a list of all the Hair Metal bands and have a ranking. If we do that, maybe we can convince the site owner to put it on the wesbite inthe80s.com. Just like that show on VH1 reminded me of some good songs, I bet a list like that would get just about all the groups. End Quote

You guys do that, and I'll do an entire show on my station devoted to it, even counting them down.   :D

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Now we're talking good music dammit!! I for one still get cold chills when I play tunes like "Walk in the shadows" (Queensryche), "Fool for your loving" (Whitesnake), "She shakes me" (Great White), "I wanna be loved" (House of Lords), "Uncle Tom's cabin" (Warrent), Power and the glory (Saxon), "Wild child" (W.A.S.P.),...etc.

I'm redoing some compilations that would give a grungie an eargasm (which would be their first)!
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erm power and glory was by twisted sister on the you cant stop rock and roll album classic album  
hair metal  rules  love it man  

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Does anyone remember a song by Winger and a chic named Fiona called "Ooh you sexy beast (everything you do just turns me on)"?  I think it was from like 88.  Well, I swear it exists though I can't find any evidence of it anywhere.  Can anyone confirm that I'm not just dreaming this...because you know...Kip Winger is often in my dreams and all lol...
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lmao! The correct title is "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)", credited to Fiona with Kip Winger. It was a moderate hit here in the U.S. in the Winter of '90. It was off of Fiona's 1989 album, Heart Like a Gun. Unfortunately, the album is long out-of-print, although it did come out on CD here in the U.S. I have the cassette myself... :)

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erm power and glory was by twisted sister on the you cant stop rock and roll album classic album  
hair metal  rules  love it man  
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Erm, V-MAX was clearly referring to the title track from Saxon's 1983 album, not the Twisted Sister tune...

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Oh my! :o I'd left out Bon Jovi!!! Jonman wouldn't have that. :-X ;D
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Naughty, naughty.   :)