Sitting here with a beer, just thinking back to songs I really thought were cool when I was a kid....thought I would post some of them here, starting as far back as I can recall, all the way through modern times, posting the songs I loved the most from each decade.... 
Up until 1971, all I had heard was Merle Haggard and Buck Owens....then, along about 1971, my uncle came to stay with us and I heard this song:
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 1976 [Studio Version]cowbell link in description
1977
Ram Jam - Black Betty
1978
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
1979
AC/DC - Highway to Hell (Official Video) - YouTube
TRIUMPH - Lay It On The Line (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
1980
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (Official Video)
Crazy Train (Remastered)
Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
Let me put my love into you - AC/DC (Lyrics)
1981
Blue Oyster Cult: Burnin' For You
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Urgent - Foreigner
38 Special - Hold On Loosely
AC/DC - Let's Get It Up (Official Video)
1982
Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills (Official Video)
38 Special - Caught Up In You
Scorpions - No one like you (lyrics)
1983
DEF LEPPARD - "Rock of Ages" (2012) - Lyric Video
Def Leppard - Foolin
Dio - Rainbow In The Dark [HD]
Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Ozzy Osbourne - "Bark at the Moon"
1984
Ratt - Round And Round (Official Video)
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Scorpions - Big City Nights
Kiss - Heaven's On Fire
1985
Ratt - Lay It Down [HD]
Radioactive - The Firm
https://youtu.be/O2vHbXI2p4k
https://youtu.be/S7DjCQfMqqg
https://youtu.be/5BWJOETwIGc
1986
https://youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw
https://youtu.be/6yYchgX1fMw
https://youtu.be/4kSvN1dQjxc
https://youtu.be/Mzyz2egx_0c
https://youtu.be/PiZHNw1MtzI
1987
https://youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg
https://youtu.be/7-Ha118VFqI
https://youtu.be/yg06B46VVys
https://youtu.be/noLPhZvcBpw
1988
https://youtu.be/_88L-CU7PD4
https://youtu.be/mQOmDUnt8Hs
https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0
https://youtu.be/1Om7891Bf4s
...And as music began to suck more and more, I struggled to find things to listen too that didn't anger me
1989
https://youtu.be/W3XrLf4v0uI
https://youtu.be/8O317T6Zlno
https://youtu.be/l2q_-xN2N54
https://youtu.be/YmhnPu-b71Q
By 1990, rigor-mortis was setting into the music industry. I had only about 8 songs on my cassette in my car. Everything else made me want to throw up...I went almost totally Saxon to survive....
1990
https://youtu.be/mtLbE3IUY2U
https://youtu.be/bx6f68Wd9dc
https://youtu.be/rQ07OhvKlpA
https://youtu.be/GmvnUwN2xCg
https://youtu.be/37kHeDrZv8Y
https://youtu.be/ES5ajjlUXDU
Next up - 1990 to 2000....
Up until 1971, all I had heard was Merle Haggard and Buck Owens....then, along about 1971, my uncle came to stay with us and I heard this song:
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 1976 [Studio Version]cowbell link in description
1977
Ram Jam - Black Betty
1978
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
1979
AC/DC - Highway to Hell (Official Video) - YouTube
TRIUMPH - Lay It On The Line (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
1980
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (Official Video)
Crazy Train (Remastered)
Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
Let me put my love into you - AC/DC (Lyrics)
1981
Blue Oyster Cult: Burnin' For You
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Urgent - Foreigner
38 Special - Hold On Loosely
AC/DC - Let's Get It Up (Official Video)
1982
Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills (Official Video)
38 Special - Caught Up In You
Scorpions - No one like you (lyrics)
1983
DEF LEPPARD - "Rock of Ages" (2012) - Lyric Video
Def Leppard - Foolin
Dio - Rainbow In The Dark [HD]
Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Ozzy Osbourne - "Bark at the Moon"
1984
Ratt - Round And Round (Official Video)
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Scorpions - Big City Nights
Kiss - Heaven's On Fire
1985
Ratt - Lay It Down [HD]
Radioactive - The Firm
https://youtu.be/O2vHbXI2p4k
https://youtu.be/S7DjCQfMqqg
https://youtu.be/5BWJOETwIGc
1986
https://youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw
https://youtu.be/6yYchgX1fMw
https://youtu.be/4kSvN1dQjxc
https://youtu.be/Mzyz2egx_0c
https://youtu.be/PiZHNw1MtzI
1987
https://youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg
https://youtu.be/7-Ha118VFqI
https://youtu.be/yg06B46VVys
https://youtu.be/noLPhZvcBpw
1988
https://youtu.be/_88L-CU7PD4
https://youtu.be/mQOmDUnt8Hs
https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0
https://youtu.be/1Om7891Bf4s
...And as music began to suck more and more, I struggled to find things to listen too that didn't anger me
1989
https://youtu.be/W3XrLf4v0uI
https://youtu.be/8O317T6Zlno
https://youtu.be/l2q_-xN2N54
https://youtu.be/YmhnPu-b71Q
By 1990, rigor-mortis was setting into the music industry. I had only about 8 songs on my cassette in my car. Everything else made me want to throw up...I went almost totally Saxon to survive....
1990
https://youtu.be/mtLbE3IUY2U
https://youtu.be/bx6f68Wd9dc
https://youtu.be/rQ07OhvKlpA
https://youtu.be/GmvnUwN2xCg
https://youtu.be/37kHeDrZv8Y
https://youtu.be/ES5ajjlUXDU
Next up - 1990 to 2000....
