Power Ballads

[Flea]

Does Anyone Know Of Any Power Ballads Which Are Good, Like Summer Of '69?

[Plastic Paddy]

No. Not a one. They're all crap.

PP

[gustavo]

"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

jim steinman is always good for a power ballad ..


ill get me coat.

[Longfordian]

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

[gustavo]

bridge over troubled water
angels
your song
more than a feeling .
and worst of all
flying without wings
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]

Summer of 69 isn't a power ballad. Too up-tempo. They generally reek of cheese.

[drinkfeckarse]

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]

*teenage disco slow-set flashback*

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[drinkfeckarse]

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

Ahh Happy Days

[Flea]

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]

Oh yeah I forgot Last Christmas by Wham

[drinkfeckarse]

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!!

[gustavo]

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]

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]

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]

Whitesnake - Heat of the Night
Whitesnake - Is This Love

Oh yes whitesnake, they are always good for a good bellow, pure magic stuff

[CollegeTillIDie]

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]

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?