Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi (1987)

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[1985-1989 Best Songs]

Billboard Top 100, 1987, #74  

Mullet, aviators, acid-washed jeans.

You never had it better than you did in the 1980s, did you? Well, it's not 1987 anymore. Hell, even in 1987, it wasn't 1983 anymore. The "party-in-the-back" really needs to come
to an end.

You're 39, still trying to date college girls, and you spent more on wheels and window-tinting than you did on the actual car. I know you love Bon Jovi, but singing in the car with the windows down is not cool. Stop it. People can hear you.

Perhaps you're taking yourself a little too seriously? Consider the song you're singing: despite its name, your Mustang is not, in fact, a steel horse. Also, you're not a cowboy; you're the Cable Guy.

All that said, Wanted Dead Or Alive is still a very entertaining song. So, if you can keep from pretending you're the guy in the song (and roll up your windows), you can keep listening to it.