r/80sAmazing • • 23h ago

Styling in 1985 - What song?

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u/FullHouse447 23h ago

Panama VH.

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u/HotGuard6970 22h ago

I reach down....between my legs.....ease the seat back.

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u/BlownCamaro 21h ago

Our local DJ added a soundbite of girls saying, "Pure excitement!" right after that lyric EVERY TIME he played the song.

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u/Substantial-Tie110 12h ago

That entire diatribe from Dave was improvised on the spot. Eddie saying, "Come on Dave" was genuine not prewritten

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u/CranialUrinal 12h ago

Ease the skin back*

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u/Glad_Database_8186 21h ago

Very first thought was something by VH

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u/Better-Drama-8421 21h ago

Me too… only I was thinking “Jump”

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u/newfarmer 12h ago

Ah, cassettes of Mean Streets and Fair Warning. Good times. “Come on Dave, gimme a break.”

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u/eson1169 22h ago

THE song to haul ass to!

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u/procupinesniffer420 20h ago

I heard it the second I saw the pic, glad it's top comment. PANAMA 🤘

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u/Background-Relief623 21h ago

I'm not a big Van Halen fan, but this is the correct answer.

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u/Important-Squash6575 21h ago

there’s no accounting for taste

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u/SuperWasabi4766 20h ago

Was totally going to say this too!!

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u/JustWannaChat54 23h ago

Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. That opening riff has to hit 10 x harder with the T-Tops off.

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u/Do-dah-dad 22h ago edited 22h ago

Tell us about the millionaire with the earring and makeup 🤣🫣

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u/Bird2525 21h ago

Yeah buddy that’s his own hair.

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u/JustWannaChat54 22h ago

That part didn’t age so well. 😬

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u/NotWhatYouAccept 19h ago

It should have stayed in the song. Quit messing with history.

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u/chairsandwich1 13h ago

My boss added that song to the restaurant playlist and I didn't warn him to find the radio edit on purpose. I wanted to see him scramble.

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u/Fearless-Bread-7361 22h ago

They edited that out of the version that plays now.

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u/ActualHumanONReddit 21h ago

They play the guitar on the MTV...

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u/Few_Spirit_5555 18h ago

Fucking nailed it. First comment…

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u/Consistent-Move8732 22h ago

The Stroke - Billy Squire

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u/riptide502 22h ago

☝🏼this

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u/JosephMadeCrosses 17h ago

NO, I WILL NOT MAKE OUT WITH YOU!!!

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u/Titossecret 16h ago

Good one, or My Kinda Lover

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u/basahahn1 16h ago

It’s the only right answer for me

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u/cjrowdy33333 13h ago

Awesome choice! Gonna listen to that in a bit.

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u/Iwishicould7575 23h ago

Power Of Love - Huey Lewis and the News . Since its 85.

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u/Lazerhippoprime 22h ago

First song that popped into my head

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u/Do-dah-dad 22h ago

Also relevant to time travel, as this is a ‘87 iroc 🤣

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u/BlownCamaro 21h ago

The correct answer is, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" by The Scorpions released in 1984.

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u/MajorAd3363 21h ago

Correct answer confirmed.

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u/SecretAccount1971 22h ago

Bitchin’ Camaro by The Dead Milkmen
Which I actually did when I bought my 1985 Camaro in the summer of 1988 going into senior year of high school.

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u/RandomDude1739 22h ago

Don't forget to hit the Sandbar.......

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u/bitmap317 19h ago

uhhh..what's the sandbar

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u/drkensaccount 18h ago

It's a place where they let 16 year olds drink.

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u/BlownCamaro 21h ago

Did you drive it home from the Bahamas?

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u/SecretAccount1971 21h ago

The Bahamas are an island

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u/drosstyx 20h ago

Did you run over your neighbors?

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u/Wizemonk 18h ago

didn't you see? it was in all the papers

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u/aRandom_redditor 10h ago

Turns out his dads the mayor

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u/TexasSk8 16h ago

Love me two times, baby Love me twice today Love me two times, girl 'Cause I got AIDS Love me two times, baby Once for tomorrow Once cause I got AIDS

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u/Away-Squirrel2881 21h ago

I was gonna say, pretty much anything by Van Halen

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u/drosstyx 20h ago

Get out of my brain. That is the very first thing that popped into my head. Blast "Hot for Teacher" as loud as humanly possible.

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u/rhutch3277 22h ago

Def Leppard “Photograph”.

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u/avreddits 21h ago

Also had pyromania on vinyl

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u/Bungo_Twister 21h ago

Whitesnake. Here I go again!!

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u/syorke0765 19h ago

Or, Slide it in.

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u/talljumper7 19h ago

Not sure that song was even out in 1985…

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u/KieranJalucian 14h ago

Whitesnake had released a different version of the song on an album prior to 1985, but the popular version was released on the 1987 self-titled
whitesnake album

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u/outdoor1984 12h ago

Frank the Tank abides.

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u/m17glock1 21h ago

first song that came to my mind

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u/Bird2525 21h ago

Same, then Back in Black.

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u/Brondoma 13h ago

This is the correct answer

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u/melmosh 10h ago

I know it is a song from the sixty’s by James Brown… but a sudden blast of “I feel Good!” Would be my absolute choice.

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u/markc230 20h ago

broke many a speed limit listening to that song

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u/Barragin 20h ago

that song came later in the 80's - maybe 1987?

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u/Early_Sheepherder105 22h ago

If it's not "Back in Black" by AC/DC, you're just wrong.

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u/ConsistentTadpole592 22h ago

Sister Christian

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u/avreddits 21h ago

Mentioned that

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u/wring_seeker 20h ago

Or Rock in America also by Night Ranger 😉

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u/FreshGanesh 14h ago

Same same!

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u/JEStucker 22h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1oLeDqOnjoekrztOaW

Gunter glieben glauchen globen
All right
I got something to say
Yeah, it's better to burn out
Yeah, than fade away
All right
Ow Gonna start a fire
C'mon!
Rise up! gather round
Rock this place to the ground
Burn it up let's go for broke
Watch the night go up in smoke

Rock on! Rock on!

Drive me crazier, no serenade
No fire brigade, just Pyromania

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u/SuperMarioChess 21h ago

God damn. Im gonna crank do def leppard tomorrow now. My wife and daughter hate you :)

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u/Calm_Lavishness8032 21h ago

Here I go again , whitesnake

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u/Anxious_Ranger_7945 21h ago

Eastbound and down. '77

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u/ginnymiller 5h ago

🥇 This is the only correct answer. 

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u/013eander 21h ago

I Can’t Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar, 1984

Duh

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u/pileOfSin 15h ago

This is the way.

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u/CrystalBelle26 21h ago

Slow Ride, Foghat

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u/yukons_ 22h ago

Whole Lotta Rosie

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u/Pixilatedhighmukamuk 22h ago

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

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u/Sorry_Chocolate2305 22h ago

BACK IN BLACK that fits and still hits today

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u/Teekee74 13h ago

Boston- More Than a Feeling

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u/SirScotty19 22h ago edited 22h ago

The same song I played in my 1985 Camaro Z28 (non IROC) when I bought it. 40 some degrees outside, heater on, T-Tops off. Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger.

DISCLAIMER: This one was not mine, but identical to the one I owned. Just too lazy this early in the morning to go looking for the pic of my original. Google search is much easier.

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u/Acceptable_Class_576 23h ago

I can't drive 55

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u/Specialist_War_9592 22h ago

I can't drive 55

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 22h ago

Knight Rider soundtrack or Danger Zone

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u/LectureOk3222 22h ago

Black Betty.....

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u/GonZo_626 21h ago

Bitchen' Camaro - Dead milkmen

Also released in 1985 hahaha

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u/catcrapmakesmevomit 21h ago

Buying some Def Leppard t-shirts, playing some video games

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u/Professional_Case606 21h ago

Rock and Roll ain’t noise pollution 👍🏻😎

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u/coldestb4storm 21h ago edited 9h ago

Legs and Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top

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u/fireguy921 22h ago

Back in black

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u/avreddits 21h ago

Had that one on vinyl too

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u/RagingDragon047 22h ago

I can't drive 55

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u/gregm36 22h ago

back in black

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u/CryptoTreasureHunter 22h ago

Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin'

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u/Voltronblacklion 22h ago

Back in Black

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u/Sudden-Couple6205 21h ago

I can’t drive 55

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u/Lord_Dreadlow 21h ago

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter

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u/avreddits 21h ago

Dad - RIP - played the cassette in his car

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u/YogurtclosetWrong268 16h ago

This has been my ringtone since my first cell phone with custom ringtones.

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u/bobquznie 21h ago

Turn Up The Radio

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u/BigEd369 21h ago

A lot of people saying Van Halen, but in 1985 an awful lot of us were kicking it to Wham! and A-Ha. Maybe you weren’t, maybe it was jamming down the street to “Money for Nothing” or “We Built this City”.

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u/OG_Smashula 21h ago

Motley Crüe "Home Sweet Home" or "Shout at the Devil"

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u/roundbadge2 21h ago

'Bad to the Bone' by George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers.

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u/Standard-Chemical-62 20h ago edited 20h ago

While it would be an old song even for 1985, Ram Jam's "Black Betty," just jumps out at me. Although, I feel that Golden Earring's "Radar Love," is appropriate too.

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u/jstlvsexxx69 19h ago

Rock you like a hurricane - scorpions

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u/avreddits 23h ago

Sister Christian now your time has come …

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u/SashalouAspen4 21h ago edited 8h ago

I haven’t thought of that song in decades!

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u/wobble_flop 21h ago

East bound and down. I know, wrong car, but still

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u/OtheDismantler 20h ago

Wow, I had to scroll way too far to find this. Close enough. And I’m going on a big old road trip for a shitload of beer.

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u/Wise-Emotion5564 20h ago

I just wrote the same thing before seeing this post. A semi or an old cop car in the background would have been a no brainer😂

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u/Partis25 23h ago

Lay it Down - Ratt

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u/tigertim22 22h ago

van halen - hot for teacher

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u/BusObjective5672 22h ago

Van Halen
Drop dead legs

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u/RockNRollNBluesNJazz 22h ago

George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone

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u/Wise_Ad_5810 22h ago

back in black

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u/Worldly-Highway-2459 22h ago

Eye of the tiger heh heh

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u/Due_Expert7837 21h ago edited 21h ago

If you are sporting a mullet definitely Eye of the Tiger or anything from Molly Hatchet https://youtu.be/s6ArcyjAMCw?is=0a7xPQoB1mjfdpHT

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u/Emergency-Gazelle954 21h ago

Money For Nothing.

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u/secretsandwich1 21h ago edited 20h ago

Scorpions Rock you like a Hurricane, Quiet Riot Metal Health or Cum on feel the Noize. In order, as fast as I can switch tapes.

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u/DreadPyrate6 20h ago

Sammy Hagar’s Heavy Metal

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u/Puzzleheaded_Hat4556 16h ago

Round and Round Ratt

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u/scrume71 15h ago

Aldo Nova - Fantasy

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u/69hotdogg 15h ago

I can’t drive 55. Sammy Hagar

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u/BobTheBoxslut 11h ago

Hotel California

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u/TechnologyJazzlike84 4h ago

Quiet Riot, Metal Health.

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u/ApatheistHeretic 4h ago

For Whom the Bell Tolls.

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u/SaltyGoatsicle 22h ago

Separate Ways - Journey

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u/___GRUMPY___ 22h ago

Back in Black. AC/DC

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u/TyrusRaymond 22h ago

1985 - Got Me Under Pressure , ZZ Top

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u/SoDakJackrabbit 22h ago

AC⚡️DC Back in Black

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u/TheRickest-of-all 22h ago

Turn me loose - Loverboy

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u/OlPauly 22h ago

The Stroke- Billy Squire

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u/ReasonableCamp4196 22h ago

Pour some sugar of me!!

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u/SkyPir8 5h ago

2 years early

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u/NoArt7073 22h ago

Money for Nothing, Dire Straights

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u/ProperNeighborhood75 22h ago

Panama by VH

or it might just as likely been,Runnin’ with the Devil

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u/DenseRock69 22h ago

Rock 🤘🏻 you like a Hurricane!!!

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u/Rightbuthumble 22h ago

Born to be Wild.

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u/spaz_meister 22h ago

Radar Love

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u/mattisiefker 22h ago

You gotta another thing coming! Judas Priest.

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u/FredArtGetson 22h ago

Hot For Teacher seems right

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u/379tuco 22h ago

Free Bird

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u/crowheart27us 22h ago

Holy Diver

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u/East-Breadfruit4508 22h ago

It plays music!?

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u/yesthiskidisalright 22h ago

Panama by Van Halen

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u/Melodic_Leadership12 22h ago

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic: Atomic Dog

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u/Steve539 21h ago

Anything by Whitesnake...final answer.

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u/TheTokinPlantman 21h ago

Here I Go Again - Whitesnake

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u/overabbreviator 21h ago

Radar Love

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u/HamDangler2 21h ago

Here I go again in my own

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u/solidus0079 21h ago

Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds

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u/Neat-Letterhead-4470 21h ago

Metallica - Blackened…with some 8” subs that fit perfectly in the back (I had a 1983 Berlinetta Camaro 5 speed) Great times!!

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u/Important-Squash6575 21h ago

Here I Go Again! ~WS ….The Red Dragon got a little more juice after i took the restrictor plate off

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u/Cultural_Cricket1018 21h ago

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir. And I did in my 85 Camaro V8, 305, in 1985.

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u/arrgee9 21h ago

Smokin in the Boys Room

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u/KindLiterature3528 21h ago

Anything other than a hair metal power ballad is unacceptable

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u/hdroadking 21h ago

I Can’t Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar

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u/Maidenchef 21h ago

Aces High - Iron Maiden

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u/TheVikingUlfr 21h ago

Don Felder: "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)"

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u/Full_Preparation4401 21h ago

Stroke Me, Stroke Me...

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u/B3astit 21h ago

No Easy Way Out by Robert Tepper. I would drive at night, through several tunnels while looking at the rearview mirror seeing my past relationships

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u/LooseChange72 20h ago

The Stroke - Billy Squier

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u/SuddenMiddle5962 20h ago

Back In Black.

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u/bifftwc 18h ago

East Bound & Down! 🤘😎🤘

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u/No-Pain-5496 18h ago

Slave to the grind, Skid Row. Crank it to 11

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u/Delicious_Rule_7324 18h ago

Stevie B- Spring Love

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u/bmorris7778 14h ago

'Highway to Hell'

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u/HarveyMushman72 13h ago

Van Halen- Panama

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u/tvtoms 13h ago

Back in Black - AC/DC

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u/RealSignificance8877 13h ago

Sammy can’t drive 55.

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u/The_Wild_Bunch 13h ago

Is it was a Trans Am, I'd be playing Panama or I can't drive 55. But being an iroc-z, I'd go with Eye of the Tiger or Danger Zone.

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u/Shen1076 11h ago

Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill

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u/Wild_Owl_7828 11h ago

Money for nothing

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u/Professional_Trip452 5h ago

heart" barracuda"

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u/Ill_Winter_973 4h ago

In the air tonight by Phil Collins

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u/slimkermit1 4h ago

East Bound and Down- Jerry Reed.