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Heard this on Hair Nation this am on the way to work

"Fly to the angels" Slaughter
"Alone again" and "In my dreams" Dokken
By the way George Lynch is one of the very best, his **** was unreal if you where a guitarist, or tried to be in my case.
 
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Something to believe in-poison
Alice Cooper-poison
White snake-here I go again
Warrant-cherry pie
Quiet riot- come on feel the noise
Scorpions-wind of change
Gnr- November rain
Bon jovi- living on a prayer/I'll be there for you
Van hager-why can't this be love
Air supply(lol)- all outta love
Journey-open arms/desperate ways
Skid row-youth gone wild


I actually bought the double disc online in like 1999. Those are a few I remember being on it with the exception of November rain
 
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What is a power ballad? In its purest, most drenched? Hyper-emotional? Agonising? In short: it’s a ballad with power. That’s the reason why, when assembling this list, we chose KISS’ massive Reason To Live above the less-than-massive Beth; Journey’s Open Arms instead of Don’t Stop Believin’; Bryan Adams’s Heaven in favour of (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. It’s also why Extreme’s More Than Words didn’t make the list at all.

You’d have thought compiling a list of the Top 40 power ballads of all time would’ve been easy. If only. By the end of a marathon judging session the assembled Classic Rock scribes were tearing their hair out. Thankfully, there was plenty to go around – we’d all had 1980s poodle perms especially for the occasion. The atmosphere got more heated than our curlers.

Eventually we boiled down the essential qualities of a power ballad into five key categories.

THE SURGE (also known as THE CRUNCH). Does the song ebb and flow gently, and then suddenly – when you least expect it – erupt with the gush of a tsunami?

THE SOAR. Does the song fly like an eagle, or does it ponce about like a penguin?

SINCERITY. Is the song gut-wrenching? Tear-drenched? Hyper-emotional? Agonising? In short: does it come from the (ideally shattered) heart?

FLUFFINESS. An essential counter-balance to the surge and the soar.

Finally, THE CHEESE. This relates to over-the-top lyrics sung in a pleading, often tormented, manner. It could apply to couplets such as ‘I’m gonna keep on lovin’ you/It’s the only thing I wanna do’, or to exaggerated statements about plummeting to the ground on broken wings, doing it for the glory of love, holding on and never saying goodbye, et cetera.

We diligently applied those criteria to come up with our 40 greatest power ballads. Which explains why there’s no Queen (too theatrical), Michael Bolton (too wimpy) or Celine Dion (too crap).

And no band has more than one entry. That’s because if certain Classic Rock factions had had their way, our list would’ve contained nothing but Toto and REO Speedwagon songs.

Let us know what you think of our selection. If you reckon we’ve made any glaring omissions, please tell us. In the meantime, grab hold of that lighter and hold it proudly aloft.


http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-02-14/the-40-greatest-power-ballads-playlist
 
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Dore95 said:
Supreme Lord Z, you need some education about what a power ballad is. None of the songs you listed qualify, except, I guess, the Foreigner one. Think hard rock or metal band doing a sappy ballad with a big guitar solo.
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For an even bigger laugh you should check out his posts in the Political Thread.
 
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This thread is so full of absolute suck my housekeeper just used it to vacuum the entire downstairs.

Every song could be a more effective alternative to waterboarding.

except the one by Pink Floyd
 
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JasonSpear said:
well this thread's Obvi Us Lee not for you, **********.

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It doesn't surprise me that your goofy *** is all over this thread.



 
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GD some people have no effing clue about what songs qualify. The touching Bangles ? I mean Come on feel the noise, while a great song, is about rock n roll, not love. Air Supply ? Real heavy metal group there. Hell if that is the criteria,

George Strait "The Chair"
George Jones " He stopped loving her today"
Tupac " Dear moma"
Keith Sweat "Twisted"
R Kelly "Bump and Grind"
Teddy Pendergrass " Turn out the lights"

POWER BALLAD not hip hop, rb, country, easy listening. It is for Heavy Metal / Hard Rock bands that did love songs / theme with guitar solo's and heavy drums mixed in.
 
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Wall2Boogie said:
Something to believe in-poison
Alice Cooper-poison



I actually bought the double disc online in like 1999. Those are a few I remember being on it with the exception of November rain
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Don't do that.

And now short of the Floyd and Motorhead (both of which would not get caught dead playing a power ballad), I give you the greatest song in this thread.


 
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Sheriff: When I'm With You



Baby ooh I get chills when I'm with you oh
Oh baby my world stands still when I'm with you
 
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Good ol' "You're All I Need" by the Crue. Boy did that one fool people. Teenagers across the land dedicating it to their boyfriend/girlfriend without hesitation. The title was innocent enough until you paid attention to the lyrics and/or saw the video, which MTV banned shortly after its debut. That whole killing your lover thing is apparently frowned upon.
 
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