MafiaMan

I don't know if I can tell the '98 story again, Wilbur. I broke out in a cold sweat just seeing Yost Arena on TV tonight!

I gave strong consideration to that song but had to keep the focus on the music, not the video.

UMass scores to tie up BU at 3 with 50 seconds left in the game. UMass also wearing white jerseys with Philadelphia Flyers-style nameplate...that fad can go away now. Michigan...Penn State...UMass...anyone else doing that?

St Lawrence beats #4 Union College 2-1

Western loses at home to UMD 5-2...bracket-buster.

On the bright side, it's Michigan State 2-1 over Minnesota in men's pucks...

Flipping TV channels around tonight and I find that I have NBC Sports Network on Dish all of a sudden when I don't have that level of service and have not had NBCSN in over a year? This is the greatest day of my life.

and doggone-it, Motley Crue does it again..."Home Sweet Home"...when the words "power and "ballad" come out of someone's mouth, the first thought in my head is this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DasvuHUgUHg

#2 - should have probably been on the hair band list with "Gypsy Road" but nothing wrong with being 1st runner-up in the power ballad category...Cinderella and "Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone)...

#3 - Maybe not a true power ballad in the sense of what you normally think of as a power ballad...but damn, it's on my list anyways...Def Leppard's "Hysteria" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaiaaar88EM

#4 - Honeymoon Suite's "What Does It Take?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaELZ5q6Y7M

How about the top five power ballads of that era? The catch is that you have to be a big-hair band so, sorry, R*E*O Speedwagon fans, you don't count... #5 - it's Enuff Z' Nuff's "Fly High Michelle"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyNDJ_cSK3E

The Def Leppard slight is pretty bad...that's a big oversight on my part.

and number 1...Motley Crue and Kickstart My Heart - no further words needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4aob4zlhIk

#2 - I know "Jump" and "Panama" got more air-time, but this Van Halen song had it all - Eddie's guitar playing at its best and the bombastic David Lee Roth in his hey-day..."Hot for Teacher"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18

#3..."Up All Night" by Slaughter...another group hitting the tail-end of the hair band era...ear-piercing guitars and drumsticks flying all over. What's not to like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Za0gWXJW1w

#4...Some might say "Cum on Feel the Noise" is a better song, but you can't top Quiet Riot's Metal Health. What other song has a whole concept that came about after its release that stands the test of time today? You might not remember the Michael Jackson moon-walk, but you know how to BANG YOUR HEAD! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mel7Ff4d7IM

#5 - No video needed because if you don't know who The Scorpions are and don't know the song "Rock You Like a Hurricane," well, there's just no hope... I'm editing this because this band needs to be here somewhere... it's a tie at #5...Ratt's Round and Round...this song absolutely blew it up in 1984...KFYR in Bismarck played this that summer...I'm not sure they've ever recovered.

#6...every time this song comes up on my iPod while I'm driving, I suddenly find myself doing about 80 mph's and not paying attention because I'm too busy playing the air drums...this was 1992, the end was near for hair metal..."Nonstop to Nowhere" by Faster Pussycat...

Those really are sweet. Jersey perfection with those. And Michigan State's jerseys have sucked for a long time!

#7...I know lots of people thought KISS jumped the shark in the 1980's...but this song was a heavy metal staple - "Heaven's on Fire"

#8 has already been posted...Uncle Tom's Cabin by Warrant. This song really showcased Jani Lane's musical talent as opposed to the record-industry favorite "Cherry Pie."

3-0 Michigan over Wisconsin...payback time I guess. Michigan's new yellow jerseys with contrasting name-plates on the back are a bit much. Yuck. I see the Spartans busted out a nice throwback look last weekend - diagonal SPARTANS...very nice.

#9...a bit of a surprise for most folks, but this one had me hooked the first time I ever heard Marq Torien scream out the opening line...Smooth Up in Ya...whatever that means...

Coming in at number 10...Lynch Mob's "Tangled in the Web." This one's got it all...the horn section...snakes...and fire...great song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcEQ7knEUA4