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Power ballads...

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    #32
    Amazotheamazing
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    Time after Time

    The greatest of them all.


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    #33
    Dudess
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    Don't Fear The Reaper is an absolute classic which makes beautiful use of the cowbell, but is it a power ballad? I personally don't think so. Where is the cheese, the melodrama, the big hair?


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    #34
    dr.bollocko
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    I wanna see a classic rock forum on boards.
    I heartily endorse Power ballads.
    Please show your support here!

    Oh and
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0brHGJ6xqbk

    BTW :D


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    #35
    Ruu_Old
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    Autograph-Turn Up The Radio.

    Hair-check
    80s-check
    Cheese-oh hell yes, check

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNb8po-ufu8


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    #36
    dr.bollocko
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Don't Fear The Reaper is an absolute classic which makes beautiful use of the cowbell, but is it a power ballad? I personally don't think so. Where is the cheese, the melodrama, the big hair?

    Total power ballad in my opinion.
    And Freakiest outiest solo ever!


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    #37
    dr.bollocko
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    Oh my god. Did we forget poison? Every rose has its thorn?
    ZOMG!
    NOES!!!!
    WE all fail.


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    #38
    Dudess
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    Calm down dr. It was mentioned several posts ago...


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    #39
    dr.bollocko
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Calm down dr. It was mentioned several posts ago...

    /comes back to life.
    Every doctor sings a sad sad song.


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    #40
    Howard the Duck
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    Anyone mention Pat Benatar Shadows of the Night? Class song


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    #41
    Dudess
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    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    I wanna see a classic rock forum on boards.
    Gets a massive thumbs-up from me. And yes, while Patti Smith would puke all over her dog-eared Rimbaud collection at the thought of being in the same company as Foreigner, Heart et al, Because The Night is most certainly a power ballad.

    Kayleigh by Marillion is another stormin', corkin' power ballad.


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    #42
    dr.bollocko
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    Then please show your support here!
    Please? I need some mod love.
    Ole Karl hates the idea.
    I can see his point. But I think it isnt really represented in the existing forum structure. See how it goes.


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    #43
    Latchy
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Don't Fear The Reaper is an absolute classic which makes beautiful use of the cowbell, but is it a power ballad? I personally don't think so. Where is the cheese, the melodrama, the big hair?

    I was going to kick DFTR into touch but i am going with dr bollocko (below) on this
    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    Total power ballad in my opinion.
    And Freakiest outiest solo ever!

    Very freaky indeed and a bit out of sync with rest of track imo.

    Maybe that's why it's in the half way house of power ballads


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    #44
    Dudess
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    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    Then please show your support here!
    Please? I need some mod love.
    Ole Karl hates the idea.
    I can see his point. But I think it isnt really represented in the existing forum structure. See how it goes.
    I've given my support. Yeah, your suggestion has made Karl very cross indeed. I wanted to start a classic indie forum last year and it brought out the angry young man in him then too (to be fair, it wasn't a great idea - however this is a great one...)

    Anyhoo, more power ballads: Don Henley - that man could record a very powerful ditty indeed. New York Minute (imagine the royalties 9/11 generated for him) and of course Boys of Summer - class. Probably not as bombastic as most power ballads - it has a gentler sound - but ticks the other boxes.

    And Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird, although not a cheesy 80s power ballad (the prototype) it also ticks a lot of the boxes.
    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Foreigner and Mr. Mister were also good ones for an oul power ballad.
    Mr Mister - Kyrie or Take These Broken Wings? It's a difficult one...
    And Roxette - 'Listen to Your Heart' is amazing.
    It Must Have Been Love is pretty powertastic too... Actually Fading Like A Flower is the best (imo). That pretty piano segment that sounds oh so mellow but then suddenly BAM!!! A mean geetar power-chord blows your eardrums...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkDWWnK9JSQ
    Then it goes and rips off More Than a Feeling in the chorus but hey, very few power ballads didn't.


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    #45
    Xavi6
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Mr Mister - Kyrie or Take These Broken Wings? It's a difficult one...

    Tis but I'd have to go with 'Broken Wings'. It's just so good.
    Dudess wrote: »
    It Must Have Been Love is pretty powertastic too... Actually Fading Like A Flower is the best (imo). That pretty piano segment that sounds oh so mellow but then suddenly BAM!!! A mean geetar power-chord blows your eardrums...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkDWWnK9JSQ
    Then it goes and rips off More Than a Feeling in the chorus but hey, very few power ballads didn't.

    Yeah 'Fading Like A Flower' is pretty damn superb as well (although didn't some skanger turn it into a dance song about two years ago? Disgraceful). In fact, Roxette's greatest hits is an essential imo. Might go stick it on now actually.....


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    #46
    Climate Expert
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    I did a power ballad compilation there a while ago for a few friends. Check out this tracklist.
    My work is done. I've carefully selected 14 of the finest power ballads imagineable. All more or less exact copies of each other due to my strick stylistic criteria.


    1. When in Rome : The promise
    2. Foreigner : I wanna know what love is
    3. T'Pau : China in your hand
    4. Berlin : Take my breath away
    5. Cutting Crew : I just died in your arms
    6. Alphaville : Forever Young
    7. Cars : Drive
    8. John Farnham : The voice
    9. Heart : Alone
    10. Bangles : Eternal Flame
    11. Bonnie Tyler : Total eclipse of the heart
    12. Scorpions : Wind of Change
    13. Jennifer Rush : The power of love
    14. Maria McKee : Show me heaven

    http://rapidshare.com/files/110029625/Love_and_Pain.rar.html


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    #47
    Xavi6
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    Ah good call on John Farnham, though if he qualifies then so must Toto with 'Africa'?


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    #48
    IanCurtis
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

    That song is not a ballad :rolleyes:


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    #49
    IanCurtis
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    chin_grin wrote: »
    Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero..............ah the end of Short Circuit......gets me here everytime....

    That's not a ballad either :rolleyes:


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    #50
    IanCurtis
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    This is a ballad:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxTEV5vpyg


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    #51
    Dudess
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    IanCurtis wrote: »
    That song is not a ballad :rolleyes:
    LOL - that really warrants the rolleyes symbol. Itching for a reason to act obnoxiously again are ya?!


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    #52
    irish_bob
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    ntlbell wrote: »
    Try and get some male ones in..

    Queen - We Are the champions

    Guns N Roses - november Rain

    Robbie Williams - Angels

    Prince - Purple Rain

    Ben E King - stand by me


    stand by me isnt a power ballad and i would not really associate any of those songs with the term power balads

    a power balad needs to be for the most part from the 1980,s
    be full of fake emotion and chock full of crap lyrics that speak of undieing love and unquenchable heartbreak combined with a guitarist whos hair is bigger than the entire set


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    #53
    IanCurtis
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    Dudess wrote: »
    LOL - that really warrants the rolleyes symbol. Itching for a reason to act obnoxiously again are ya?!

    Well if you're gonna start a thread on ballads, you should probably know what they are first!! :eek:


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    #54
    Fall_Guy
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    With "always", Bon jovi proved that there was still a place for cheese-filled emotionally driven power-ballads in the "i'm too cool for school" culture of the mid-nineties.

    Take a bow, Men....


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8riz9KRnJE



    Aerosmith had the audacity to turn out a prototypical power ballad in the noughties and it was still huge for **** sake! No matter what anyone says, power ballads are as infectiously catchy as they are cheesy, and everyone loves them, really...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_0UXRY_rY


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    #55
    stovelid
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    irish_bob wrote: »

    a power balad needs to be for the most part from the 1980,s
    be full of fake emotion and chock full of crap lyrics that speak of undieing love and unquenchable heartbreak combined with a guitarist whos hair is bigger than the entire set

    Also has to have a bit where all the music cuts out and there is a drum part (duh-duh-duh-du-du-du-du-duh) before all the music comes back in.


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    #56
    Zaph
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    irish_bob wrote: »
    a power balad needs to be for the most part from the 1980,s

    True, but just about the only power ballad I like is from the 70s, Take It to the Limit by the Eagles. It had a full blown orchestra on it, how much more power do you need? :)


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    #57
    Dudess
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    To be fair to IanCurtis, this thread should be called "Power ballads/anthems". Some songs mentioned here have the melodrama etc but are not ballads.


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    #58
    IanCurtis
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    This is my favourite power ballad, always gets me going (sob)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9cNYlmXEY


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    #59
    Dudess
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    God yeah, Chicago/Pete Cetera (The Glory of Love from Karate Kid). Power ballad/anthem kings!

    Speaking of Karate Kid: The Best Around is a serious power anthem, as is The Touch by Stan Bush (from the 80s animated Transformers movie).

    Oh yeah and St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) by John Parr - on a "parr" (heh) with More Than a Feeling in terms of rock-out factor.

    Climate Expert: Forever Young is actually a brilliant song (cuz while I do like a lot of these songs in some ways, I also think they're sh1t :) - not trying to reclaim "indie cool" or be ironic or anything but I genuinely do see the awfulness, along with the goodness, in them). Ditto China In Your Hand - superb.


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    #60
    Xavi6
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    T'Pau's 'China In Your Hand' is an absolute classic. Completely forgot about that one. Must try get a copy of it.


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    #61
    stovelid
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    Does Hard Habit to Break by Chicago qualify?
    Dudess wrote: »

    Heart - These Dreams, Alone, and to a lesser extent All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You (these chicks are probably the creators of the power ballad).

    Had a secret crush-that-could-never-be-uttered-to-indie-mates on these.


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