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Flea
14/12/2004, 6:44 PM
Does Anyone Know Of Any Power Ballads Which Are Good, Like Summer Of '69? :(
Plastic Paddy
14/12/2004, 7:29 PM
No. Not a one. They're all crap. :D

:D PP
gustavo
15/12/2004, 1:12 AM
"once upon a time i was falling in love now i'm only falling apart nothing i can say total eclipse of the heart"

a song that as a "serious" music listener i should despise but secretly like :o

jim steinman is always good for a power ballad ..


ill get me coat.
Longfordian
15/12/2004, 1:19 AM
Always had a guilty regard for that song too, also Foreigner's 'I want to know what love is'..Proper power ballads, im ashamed to say :o
gustavo
15/12/2004, 1:31 AM
bridge over troubled water
angels
your song
more than a feeling .
and worst of all
flying without wings :eek:
i have been known to sing along to these songs given the right circumstances . usually copious amounts of alcohol .

normal service will be resumed in the morning :)
Aberdonian Stu
15/12/2004, 9:23 AM
Summer of 69 isn't a power ballad. Too up-tempo. They generally reek of cheese.
drinkfeckarse
15/12/2004, 12:56 PM
November Rain- Guns N Roses

Unforgiven- Metallica

Arms Wide Open- Creed

Puddle of Mudd- Blurry

Nickelback- Someday, these are just a few examples

Bit of a heavy metal fan, almost all of them slow it down for one or two songs. Quite like them myself, you can get a few good ones but a lot of them are done just for the sake of it and sound too fake.
noby
15/12/2004, 1:10 PM
*teenage disco slow-set flashback*

(*shudder*)
drinkfeckarse
15/12/2004, 2:52 PM
Why the shudder?


Many's the time I had an oul doll out dancing to some "power ballad" and more often than not, it led to a snog and a grope :D :D

Ahh Happy Days ;) :D
Flea
15/12/2004, 11:07 PM
Summer of 69 isn't a power ballad. Too up-tempo. They generally reek of cheese.
I thought it was, well its a classic anyway, maybe I sould change the words power ballads. I'm more looking for songs that are classics that one can just bellow out with 'emotion' with a bunch of friends. Other songs I've found good are AH-HA TAKE ON ME, TAINTED LOVE AND ROCKY. Any more suggestions with that cleared up please? :)
Flea
15/12/2004, 11:20 PM
Oh yeah I forgot Last Christmas by Wham :o
drinkfeckarse
16/12/2004, 7:54 AM
I'd say if you bellow out Last Christmas by Wham with emotion in front of your friends, you'd be gettin some serious looks!! :D
gustavo
16/12/2004, 10:26 AM
ac dc - back in black
motorhead ace of spades
metallica enter sandman
guns n roses mr brownstone
oasis acquiesce
rolling stones start me up .
noby
16/12/2004, 10:27 AM
quiet riot -- (original not suedes ) cum on feel the noize


I presume you mean 'slade', unless Brett and the boys released this unknown to me.
Flea
16/12/2004, 5:40 PM
IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, i think you are looking for power riffs, not power ballads,

rainbow - since youve been gone
bon jovi - living on a prayer
kiss - crazy crazy nites
twisted sister - we're not gonna take it mmm \_/ metal
metallica - for whom the bell tolls
quiet riot -- (original not suedes ) cum on feel the noize
boston -- more than a feeling
here i go again
motely crue -- home sweet home
ozzy osbourne -- i just want you
black sabbath -- paranoid
g n r -- paradise city
skid row -- 18 and life
wasp - either wild child or fcuk like a beast

many more if i think about it

Yeah thats exactly what i'm looking for, power riffs really like Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer
Flea
16/12/2004, 5:46 PM
Whitesnake - Heat of the Night
Whitesnake - Is This Love Oh yes whitesnake, they are always good for a good bellow, pure magic stuff :)
CollegeTillIDie
17/12/2004, 10:29 PM
Oh yes whitesnake, they are always good for a good bellow, pure magic stuff :)

To add to Conor 74's list.... Here I go Again (1987) by Whitesnake
and Don't Break My Heart Again
Pauro 76
18/12/2004, 12:46 PM
Metallica 'Nothing Else Matters', would that be classed as one?
Extreme 'More than Words' a definite contender? Or are we talking poodle hair metal here?