If you ask me one genre of music that I will not get bored of, it's definitely Power Ballad. Also known as Monster Ballad, I believe its popularity reached its peak in the 1980s (especially in the late 80s) when I was still a kid back then. Wished I was there back in the good dark 80s.
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Power ballad is always synonymous with hair metal. In every hair metal album, there would be at least one power ballad in it.
I love the consistency in every power ballad songs. It started out slowly, usually with a piano tune or the keyboard...and then when it comes to the chorus, heavy drumming will be heard and usually followed by a distorted guitar solo or a saxophone solo. And towards the end, the song turns slow again.
Some of my favourite rockers who produced power ballads are R.E.O Speedwagon, Foreigner, Toto, Europe, Firehouse, Whitesnake, Creed, Cheap Trick, Queen, Heart, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Bryan Adams, Alias, Guns N Roses, Journey, and so much more......even Frankie Goes To Hollywood (The Power of Love) and Wham! (Careless Whisper).
Some of my all time favourite power ballads are (Not in order):
1. Love of a Lifetime (Firehouse)
2. Is This Love? (Whitesnake)
3. Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
4. Careless Whisper (Wham!)
5. When I Look Into Your Eyes (Firehouse)
6. Can't Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
7. The Flame (Cheap Trick)
8. The Power of Love (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
9. I Live My Life For You (Firehouse)
10. Africa (Toto)
11. We Are The Champion (Queen)
They are just too many to name....too many excellent power ballads. I could listen to it every day and I won't get bored of it.
What is your favourite?
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Bluesnake posted on Aug 28, 2006
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secretlife said on Aug 28, 2006....
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
Styx - Lady
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird
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Bluesnake said on Aug 28, 2006....
Ahhh.......I forgot about Poison.
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Zayda said on Aug 28, 2006....
Posion ~ Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Joe Cocker ~ Wonderful Tonight (his version IMO, is better than Clapton's) & You Can Leave Your Hat On.
Heart ~ All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
Billy Idol ~ Hot in the City & To Be a Lover
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ALIENated said on Aug 29, 2006....
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
I have an old 8-track full of songs from the 80s and,
even weirder, something to play it on.
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hotaka said on Aug 29, 2006....
The metal power ballad years were my high school years. My favourite was This Time by Y&T. I will also always love the Scorpions ballad Still Lovin' You.
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secretlife said on Aug 29, 2006....
Foreigner's "I've Been Waiting For a Girl Like You"
Nazareth- Love Hurts
Meathloaf - Paradise By the Dashboard Lights
ALIEN - my first car had an 8-track player in it.
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caliqueen said on Aug 29, 2006....
so ya wanna talk about hair bands... weird, i just had this conversation with my friend last night... here are a few of my top:
motley crue: without you
la guns: ballad of jayne
faster pussycat: house of pain
skid row: i remember you
poison (alternate tune): i won't forget you
warrant: heaven
ozzy/lita: close your eyes
enuff znuff: fly high michelle
journey: open arms
tesla: love song
yea... that's right... i said tesla...
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caliqueen said on Aug 29, 2006....
oh yea one more
def lepard: love bites
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CreativeWoman said on Aug 29, 2006....
I love power ballads too. I love a lot of the ones already listed. Here are a few more I like...
Pat Benetar: We Belong
Journey: Faithfully
Meatloaf: Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Bob Segar: Against The Wind
Mike Reno and Ann Wilson: Almost Paradise
Prince: Purple Rain
REO Speedwagon: I Can't Fight This Feeling
Lynrd Skynrd: Simple Man
Tom Petty: Don't Do Me Like That
CW
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Bluesnake said on Aug 29, 2006....
The list goes on and on...
Some more of my favourites
Bryan Adams - Please forgive me
Bryan Adams - Heaven
Scorpions - You & I
Heart - These Dreams
Heart - What about Love
Europe - Carrie
Guns n Roses - November Rain
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Foreigner - Waiting for a girl like you
Alias - More Than Words
Creed - With arms wide open
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StrangeOne said on Aug 30, 2006....
That 80s metal was great for its time, and I was a fan (especially of GnR), but modern European metal totally rocks my world now! Metal has evolved so much, too bad few in America know about it...
Then again, even in the 80s, hair metal was often too pop for me. I was more into Metallica, Iron Maiden.
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hotaka said on Sep 05, 2006....
I Remember You! I love that song. I always try to sing it at karaoke and I can never get enough air for that last scream. Besides, I suck at karaoke. :(
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Bluesnake said on Sep 05, 2006....
The reason why hair metal is infectious is because it's pop oriented. Hence, the name...pop metal.
Good to know that StrangeOne is a Metallica and Iron Maiden fan. But Metallica is not my type.
I suck at karaoke too...
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