We all know the sort of stuff I mean:

The Power Of Love by Jennifer Rush, Take My Breath Away by Berlin and The Final Countdown by Europe.

If you were inspired to light your Zippo and sway it was bound to be a hit power ballad. The songs had great lyrics and strong melody and were full of emotion!

Power Ballads were always about ill-fated love and were great for wallowing in self pity after being dumped!


What about: Just Died In Your Arms Tonight by Cutting Crew.

Any other favourites?

Originally posted by Deavon
great for wallowing in self pity after being dumped!

*Rummages depths of memory*

Nope. Can't remember when that last happened. :suspect:

Two Steps Behind - Def Leppard? Although that reminds me of a very close friend who I lost another way :(

Bed of Roses (Def Leppard)?

My all time favourite (not sure if it's classed as a power ballard though) is Living in Electric Dreams by Phil Oakey and Georgio Moroda.

Oooops, forgot to include: Meatloaf - you took the words right out of my mouth .... and ... Paradise by the dashboard lights

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh power ballads the very words what make me think of big hair make up and high heels and thats just the guys:o

but seriously there is a few good power ballads out there but seeing as ive just woke up i cant really think of many so heres a few what come to mind

broken wings -mr mister
take my breath away - berlin
love is a battlefield -pat benetar

im sure some more will be remembrd as i slowly wake up:)

Keep on loving you - REO Speedwagon....cheese of the highest order!!!

Originally posted by bensonhedges
Keep on loving you - REO Speedwagon....cheese of the highest order!!!

ahhh i forgot about that one take it on the run by them is far cheesier i reckon

oh sherrie by steve (journey ) perry is possibly one of the best power ballads out there also stuff by styx and boston

Heart had a big hit in the summer of 1987 with Alone.

It's not particularly a genre that I like, but I do like that Heart song, nice piano and great vocals.

And wonderful big hair - that video was on all the time in The Rising Sun, Nethergreen at the time.

Oh to be 18 again.

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven on Earth.

Classic :headbang:

Meat Loaf two out of three ain't bad

and

Always by Bon Jovi

Originally posted by Hels
Oooops, forgot to include: Meatloaf - you took the words right out of my mouth .... and ... Paradise by the dashboard lights

Indeed, those and "I'd do anything for love (But I won't do that)" RAWKED!

Originally posted by Deavon

The Power Of Love by Jennifer Rush, Take My Breath Away by Berlin and The Final Countdown by Europe.


Prob these and... hmmmmm.... 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' LOL

Got My Beer In The Sideboard Here Chas n Dave :headbang:

how you remind me - nickelback
more then a feeling - boston
kyrie - mr.minster
anastacia - left outside of love
i drove all night - cindy lauper
every rose at its thorn - poison

and a few named above too. i know i got more then one,but i can not choose as like them all.

BRYAN ADAMS:
1. Summer of 69'
2. Everything I do - I do it for you


BON JOVI - Always.

:clap: :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Hels
Bed of Roses (Def Leppard)?
Bon Jovi :thumbsup:

anastacia - left outside of love


That'll be "left outside alone", then?

Originally posted by bensonhedges
anastacia - left outside of love


That'll be "left outside alone", then?

Sorry. Can I just establish what a power ballad is?

Surely it isn't Belinda Carlisle or Anastasia?

We are talking the full, denim-clad, mullet wearing, thong sporting, air-guitar playing, monty!

ie

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

(Bonnie Tyler)

--the very name conjours up images of "power" hairstyles and tight denim overload.

Originally posted by Deavon


Bonnie Tyler

--the very name conjours up images of "power" hairstyles and tight denim overload.

Hmmm .... wasn't her second biggest-selling single a duet with Shakin' Stevens?

Guns n Roses - paradise city.:headbang:

Wind of Change-Scorpions

Sister Christian-Night Ranger

Home Sweet Home-Motley Crue

Coming Home-Cinderella

Lights-Journey

Lights

When the lights go down in the city
And the sun shines on the bay
I want to be there in my city
Ooh, ooh

So you think you’re lonely
Well my friend I’m lonely too
I want to get back to my city by the bay
Ooh, ooh

It’s sad, oh there’s been mornings out on the road without you,
Without your charms,
Ooh, my, my, my

This song was oh so cheesy, but it was written about San Francisco, my hometown, and was played constantly by Bay Area radio stations.

:) Sierra

Heart These Dreams :o

Not much good on Power Ballards but agree with lestat about Bryan Adams - Run to To You.

Also Laura Brannigan's - Gloria

Ahhh 80's throwback...

power ballad is surely defined as a love song by a rock band/person, with a really powerful voice, which when it comes on makes you sing along to it at the top of your voice, overacting to the words and playing air guitar at the appropriate point.

Originally posted by Lee1979
...makes you sing along to it at the top of your voice, overacting to the words and playing air guitar at the appropriate point.

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

From h2g2:

Air Guitar
An involuntary spasm in members of the male sex, brought on by the sound of Led Zeppelin albums. The practice of air guitar often happens in front of mirrors, and frequently with an accompanying tennis racquet (though cricket bats are generally preferred for bass riffs). Long hair adds considerable impetus to the performance of air guitar, and the entire industry of Heavy Metal has grown from its suitability for stadium-wide air guitar apoplexy.

Being caught in the act of playing air guitar is considered embarrassing, probably because there is no explanation for the actions involved that would not make things considerably worse.

Companion ailments include the air drum roll, which has to be executed with finesse, especially in a crowd; the air saxophone solo, which went through a brief period of acceptability in the early 1980s before being deemed embarrassing along with 'Careless Whisper'; the air keyboard, which lost popularity after a disastrous attempt to combine the keyboard and the guitar resulted in an instrument that let keyboard players get out from behind their instruments and to the front of the stage, leaving fans with images they'd rather forget; and finally the air Walkman, in which headphone-clad sufferers find themselves accidentally playing the introduction to 'Stairway to Heaven' in front of complete strangers on the London Underground, none of whom can hear the track.

This is related to, but not the same as, singing along loudly to your car stereo in a traffic jam.


:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Originally posted by Lee1979
power ballad is surely defined as a love song by a rock band/person, with a really powerful voice, which when it comes on makes you sing along to it at the top of your voice, overacting to the words and playing air guitar at the appropriate point.


You also have to jerk your head about as you sing to show the effort it is taking to get the well meaning words out of your mouth. It helps to have a fine head of hair. Michael Bolton has suffered since he removed his rat tail locks.

Heart - Crazy on You
Blackfoot - Highway Song
Boston - More Than a Feeling
UFO - Try Me
GnR - Sweet Child of Mine
Triumph - Magic Power (Wap classic!!)
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

and of course...

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird!

Somebody Call?

Metallica's Fade To Black Or Nothing Else Matters.

Then There's Always Slayer's Necrophiliac-That's A Love Song-Of Sorts.:D

I LOVE singing power ballads. My faves - "it's all coming back to me now" Celine Dion and "China in your Hand" T'Pau.

Originally posted by Freebird
Somebody Call?

Metallica's Fade To Black Or Nothing Else Matters.

Then There's Always Slayer's Necrophiliac-That's A Love Song-Of Sorts.:D


Perrrleese Freebird! Metallica!!!!! Slayer!!!!!!!!!
I'll bet my dogs left spud that you've still got the 1980's long hair and at one time resided down the Wapentake (The small fact that these days I'm rapidly becoming a baldy and the Wap's shut down should not indicate that I'm all bitter and twisted!).
Best Power Ballads then:
Patience - G 'N' R
Alone - Heart
Love and Hate Collide - Leppard
Fall of the Peacemakers - Molly Hatchet

Keep on writing youth - you slay me!

Originally posted by caver
Perrrleese Freebird! Metallica!!!!! Slayer!!!!!!!!!
I'll bet my dogs left spud that you've still got the 1980's long hair and at one time resided down the Wapentake (The small fact that these days I'm rapidly becoming a baldy and the Wap's shut down should not indicate that I'm all bitter and twisted!).
Best Power Ballads then:
Patience - G 'N' R
Alone - Heart
Love and Hate Collide - Leppard
Fall of the Peacemakers - Molly Hatchet

Keep on writing youth - you slay me!

Yeah,I'll Slayer Yer Alright,Don't Take It Out On Me,Just Because You Have To Sleep With My Sister.How's The Two Bob Bits?:hihi:

Holding out for a Hero - but then again, I am a freaky Footloose fan.

Eloise - Paul n' Barry Ryan

Now shhhhhh....I'm playin' it in my head....oohhhhhhhh!

love walked in - thunder
alone - heart



tower of strength - skin

I can't make you love me, but I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
And I can't make you hold me, but I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
Starting out just as friends, I felt my feelings grow
Every day a little more, and now I can't let go
I say you, you're all that I want, you're all that I need, a tower of strength
I say you, you're all that I want, you're all that I need, now 'til the end

Now then how can anyone forget the lovely David Coverdale with his Whitesnake Power ballad 'Is this love'? Classic! :thumbsup:

I'm torn between Val Doonican's 'Delaney's Donkey' and 'Have you got a light, boy?' by The Singing Postman.

Originally posted by BoroughGal
Holding out for a Hero

I'm sure that was the theme tune for some crappy detective series in the 80's, I just can't remember what it was called.

Originally posted by timo
I'm torn between Val Doonican's 'Delaney's Donkey' and 'Have you got a light, boy?' by The Singing Postman.

Let's have it in the original East Anglian dialect timo. Allan Smethurst's sole chart hit is more correctly known as "Hev Yew Gotta Loight Bor?" ;)

As for Val, I always feel "Paddy McGinty's Goat" is more representative of his neo-psychedelic work

You're on fine form Timo.I remember these songs.In fact I still make the kids laugh when I sing Have you got a light.But the less said about that, the better.I'm gonna nominate Surf's Up, by Jim Steinman, and Loving You's a Dirty Job by Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren.

Mojo and Spaulding,
Isn't there a line in Smethurst's song which goes, 'and she's my little nicotine gal' ? I seem to recall this from my youth. If either of you coves has the lyrics I would be delighted. We'd be ruining the thread. But I'd be delighted...

Originally posted by mojoworking
Let's have it in the original East Anglian dialect timo. Allan Smethurst's sole chart hit is more correctly known as "Hev Yew Gotta Loight Bor?" ;)

As for Val, I always feel "Paddy McGinty's Goat" is more representative of his neo-psychedelic work

dont forget that val doonican once appeared on the old grey whistle test in the 70s:loopy:

some power ballads for me

boston -amanda.
asia- heat of the moment
steve perry -foolish heart
heart -theres the girl
reo speedwaggon- take it on the run
meatloaf -read em and weep

Originally posted by panda79
dont forget that val doonican once appeared on the old grey whistle test in the 70s:loopy:

some power ballads for me

boston -amanda.
asia- heat of the moment
steve perry -foolish heart
heart -theres the girl
reo speedwaggon- take it on the run
meatloaf -read em and weep

panda79 - I remember that now, he played Stone Fox Chase (the OGWT theme tune) as a harmonica duet with Charlie McCoy from Area Code 615

timo - I do have a copy of the Singing Postman single and yes, you remembered the line correctly. I'll try and get around to transcribing the lyrics for you (I can't find them on Google)

Mojo,
Thanks for that, my pal. I would appreciate that greatly. When convenient, please pm the lyrics to me. Wasn't Smethurst from Suffolk? I have a dash of Suffolk ancestry, so maybe the song triggered some 'ethnic memory' in me as a kid. LOL.

Originally posted by timo
Mojo,
Thanks for that, my pal. I would appreciate that greatly. When convenient, please pm the lyrics to me. Wasn't Smethurst from Suffolk? I have a dash of Suffolk ancestry, so maybe the song triggered some 'ethnic memory' in me as a kid. LOL.

He was from Norfolk - Norwich, I think. Same difference, I suppose, they're all a bit "oo-arr' down that way ;)

Roxette - Listen to Your Heart (and anything else by Roxette as well)

and if it counts, Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall as well.:D

Originally posted by rad6380
Roxette - Listen to Your Heart (and anything else by Roxette as well)

and if it counts, Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall as well.:D

BMG I do not think quite comes under the heading of power balled lol
erm
Bryan Adams - Run To You
Heart - Alone
That song from the Levis ad about 10 years ago 'Inside' - can't remember the band but it had wonderfully naff lyrics.
Best dumped/power balled - Alison Moyet: All Cried Out

I think that 'Holding out for a hero' was from that American show called Cover up.... I think... It was a long time ago.

Originally posted by Maddy
That song from the Levis ad about 10 years ago 'Inside' - can't remember the band but it had wonderfully naff lyrics.


that was a band called stiltskin :) the singer went on to front genesis....for 1 album.

Originally posted by MTheo
that was a band called stiltskin :) the singer went on to front genesis....for 1 album.

thre was a great track off that album think it was a single congo it was called

On some programme about TV ads the other week they said they just made the band (stiltskin) up after they'd made the advert cos they had this music on the ad that was just intended as backing track and then they realised there was demand for a single, so the guys that did it got a group together and some lyrics for it!

maybe Babylon Zoo was created for the same reason (unfortunately I don't think they were)

Over the edge by LA Guns.

Judging by some of the suggestions on here, I'm not entirely sure that some people realise what is meant by "Power Ballard".

Originally posted by Dug
Over the edge by LA Guns.

Judging by some of the suggestions on here, I'm not entirely sure that some people realise what is meant by "Power Ballard".

Can you give us a definitive definition?

I always picture power ballads to be sung by powerful women with big hair and horse like thighs.

However there was 'She's like the wind' from Dirty Dancing. Was that sung by Patrick Swazye???

Originally posted by Deavon
Can you give us a definitive definition?

I always picture power ballads to be sung by powerful women with big hair and horse like thighs.

However there was 'She's like the wind' from Dirty Dancing. Was that sung by Patrick Swazye???

That probably counts, I define a power ballad as anything that requires you to clench your fists and/or screw up your eyes while you sing.
Bonus points if you fling yourself about too......

Originally posted by Deavon
Can you give us a definitive definition?

I always picture power ballads to be sung by powerful women with big hair and horse like thighs.

However there was 'She's like the wind' from Dirty Dancing. Was that sung by Patrick Swazye???

I think that is the problem, it is hard to define. However I wouldn't class GnR Paradise City or Sweet Child O' Mine as power ballards. Nor would I class Summer of 69 as a power ballard, that is more like a "good time" tune.

Remember they still need to be "ballards".

Originally posted by Deavon
Can you give us a definitive definition?

I always picture power ballads to be sung by powerful women with big hair and horse like thighs.

However there was 'She's like the wind' from Dirty Dancing. Was that sung by Patrick Swazye???

The definitive power ballad would be something like I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner.

Originally posted by mojoworking
The definitive power ballad would be something like I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner.

Yes! I agree. (Did they ever find out?)

What about 'Kaleigh' by Marillion? Doesn't anyone remember that?

Originally posted by Deavon
Yes! I agree. (Did they ever find out?)

What about 'Kaleigh' by Marillion? Doesn't anyone remember that?

I love Kaleigh, but the instrumentation and overall feel is more prog/folk (in the style of Jethro Tull) than your regular power ballad has any right to be.

Dug,

It's ballad, not ballard :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Jim
Dug,

It's ballad, not ballard :rolleyes:

Could be Russ Ballard from Argent. They did a couple of great power ballads: God Gave Rock & Roll To You and Hold Your Head Up. ;)

God Gave Rock and Roll to You is surely not a power ballad...

There's some decent tracks on this thread. You closet rockers, you!

OK, I could list half of the database of my disco, but won't bore you all.

The first ones that spring to mind are:

Don't pray for me - Little Angels (I doubt if many of you will know them, but Brownie points if you do)

Pretty much ANY Journey track, masters of the power ballads.

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Don't Fade Away - Coverdale

The latter two are probably not quite in the 'power' of power ballads but are damn good rock ballads anyway. I'll resist the urge to start a thread about softer rock ballads.

Originally posted by Classic Rock


Don't pray for me - Little Angels (I doubt if many of you will know them, but Brownie points if you do)



I have this on limited edition 12 inch! Didn't they come from Scarborough way and the drummer was Mark Richardson who went on to play with Skunk Anasise (spl?) and now with Feeder?

Originally posted by rad6380
God Gave Rock and Roll to You is surely not a power ballad...

Perhaps not, but it was written by Russ BALLARD. It was a joke ;)

I couldn't resist adding this broadband clip (http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=24641) to my top 10 power ballards!

sorry

Originally posted by Deavon


If you were inspired to light your Zippo and sway it was bound to be a hit power ballad. The songs had great lyrics and strong melody and were full of emotion!

Power Ballads were always about ill-fated love and were great for wallowing in self pity after being dumped!



Ah, Deavon, lighting your Zippo to a power ballad about ill-fated love. There is one song (well, it's two actually) with great lyrics, a strong melody and just aching with raw emotion that fits the bill. Cast your mind back to 1976, and that final scene in the remake of A Star Is Born (Theme tune: Evergreen), following the death of Kris Kristofferson. Barbra Streisand is alone on the stage, and as the audience in the film actually do light up their Zippos, she quietly begins singing that memorable torch song - With One More Look at You. Streisand sings with a mixture of pathos and anger, and effortlessly blends the song into a reprise of Watch Closely Now.

Get your hankie out......

With one more look at you
I could learn to tame the clouds and let the sun shine through
Leave a troubled past and I might start anew
I'll solve the mysteries if you're the prize
Refresh these tired eyes
With one more look at you I might overcome the anger
That I've learned to know
Find a peace of mind I lost so long ago
Your gentle touch has made me strong again
And I belong again
For when you look at me
I'm everything and more that I had dreamed I'd be
My spirit feels a promise
I won't be alone
We'll love and live more, love and live forever
With one more look at you
I'd learn to change the stars
And change our fortunes too
I'd have the constellations point your portrait too
So all the world might share this wondrous sight
The world could end each night
With one more look at you
With one more look at you
I want one more look at you.....
Are you watching me now?
Watch closely now
Your eyes are like fingers
Touching my body
Arousing me so
I'm riding the passion arising inside me
How high can I go?
You're comin' with me: I'm gonna show you how
And when it's scary, I won't look down
Are you watching me now?
Watch closely now
I see the hunger arise in your eyes
And it's urging me on
Higher and harder and it's faster and farther
Than I've ever gone
Your pleasure is part of the secret
Of flight that I found
When I feel like on eagle
My soul has no place on the ground
Born out of madness
I'll double the danger with no net at all,
If you don’t look away I'm secure
In the fact that you won't let me fall
Watch closely now
Are you watching me now?
I'm the master magician
Who'll help you escape
From the lies you've been told
When they're breaking your back
Bring the last straw to me
I turn straw into gold
I break chains made of boredom
That others have lived with for years
I leave good news on doorsteps
And laughs where there used to be tears
I'm gonna need you later
When you're not around
But I can take it
I won't look down
Watch closely now
Are you watching me now?
Watch me now
Are you watching me now?
Are you watching me now?

And by the time Barbra gets to these words of ill-fated love-

"I'm gonna need you later
When you're not around"

.....I can no longer contain that lump in my throat. :cry:

Originally posted by redrobbo
Ah, Deavon, lighting your Zippo to a power ballad about ill-fated love. There is one song (well, it's two actually) with great lyrics, a strong melody and just aching with raw emotion that fits the bill. Cast your mind back to 1976, and that final scene in the remake of A Star Is Born (Theme tune: Evergreen), following the death of Kris Kristofferson. Barbra Streisand is alone on the stage, and as the audience in the film actually do light up their Zippos, she quietly begins singing that memorable torch song - With One More Look at You. Streisand sings with a mixture of pathos and anger, and effortlessly blends the song into a reprise of Watch Closely Now.

Get your hankie out......

.....I can no longer contain that lump in my throat. :cry:

So you're a Barbra Steisand fan Robbo?

Now, there's a surprise, who would have guessed etc etc. ;)

Originally posted by mojoworking
So you're a Barbra Steisand fan Robbo?

Now, there's a surprise, who would have guessed etc etc. ;)

Yep, I'm a Welsh mountain walking, Stella quaffing, fun loving, amateur limerick composer, who {clears throat} just happens to adore that Steisland voice! :suspect:

Even I'm surprised! :rolleyes: :roll: :hihi:

I heard Scarlett's 'Independant Love Song' for the first time in ages this week, and it made pleasant listening (but only once!)

K x

Aww I loved Independent Love Song

They did a few other good tunes as well.

One of Scarlet (the one with dark hair) now works as some kind of social worker or therapist or something along the people care lines, I saw her being interviewed on a documentary a few months ago.

Power Ballards... jsut you don't Love Them!!!! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1986/musicclip.shtml)

Not a fan of "power ballads" - the faglighter in the air moment has always been musics lowest common denominator - sorry second lowest - put your hands in the air and clap along has to be the lowest.

So I'll go for "One" by U2.

I love power ballads. How about 'China in Your Hand' by T'Pau, which also has the obligatory saxophone solo. For me though, the pinnacle of 80s power ballad bombast has got to be 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler. The video is pure class. Oh, and watch the opening minutes of 'Urban Legend'. You'll never think of the lyrics in quite the same way again...

Holding out for a Hero - but then again, I am a freaky Footloose fan.

There's nothing wrong with that BoroughGal!

I'd have to say Waiting for a girl like you by Foreigner for the very same reason. I was gutted when it wasn't on the OST.

I also like:
If you leave me now Chicago.
Without you Neilson.
Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler.
Macarthur park Can't remember who by.
Evergreen and woman in love. Barbara Streisand.

Someone mentioned don't fear the reaper - dunno if I'd have classed that in this category.

This is my least favourite sort of music but there are odd ones i like.

Guns and roses November rain

a few other posters have mentioned:
Boston - More than a feeling
which I agree is a great power ballad, but my favourite is Africa by Toto

I feel a power ballad round coming on at the next seven by 7 pop quiz:hihi:

Def Leppard - Two steps behind
Def Leppard - have You Every Needed Someone So Bad
Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Sinead O'Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U
________
Yamaha Yz450F (http://www.yamaha-tech.com/wiki/Yamaha_YZ450F)

Starship Nothings Gona Stop Us Now
Chicago- Ur The Inspiration
Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love
That One That Goes ''i Can See The Eagle Flying Higher And Higher'' Dunno What Its Called Any Suggestion Welcome:d

oooh, just too many good ones!,
Be good to yourself-Journey
primative lover- Stan Bush
st elmos fire-john parr
how can you do what you do- mr Big
somewhere theres hope-Steve perry

Well I can often be heard playing the following on a Friday at:
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=59708

Boston - More Than A Feeling
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Aerosmith - Dream ON, and many more....

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' by JOURNEY. Love the song :)

The sad tosser on the floor below me favours Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler.

Thats when he's not inflicting I Will Do Anything For Love by Meatloaf on me or Heaven is a Place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle

No wonder his wife left him :hihi:

There's some decent tracks on this thread. You closet rockers, you!

OK, I could list half of the database of my disco, but won't bore you all.

The first ones that spring to mind are:

Don't pray for me - Little Angels (I doubt if many of you will know them, but Brownie points if you do)

Pretty much ANY Journey track, masters of the power ballads.

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Don't Fade Away - Coverdale

The latter two are probably not quite in the 'power' of power ballads but are damn good rock ballads anyway. I'll resist the urge to start a thread about softer rock ballads.

What a band Little Angels were and what a voice Toby had, shame they didn't carry on:headbang:

Comfortably Numb = finest song ever ever made not counting the Scissor Sisters abomination:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

i am now downloading and creating a power ballads cd based on poster's recommendations. I will post a list of tracks on completion.

Copies available from 'Pritt Stick Studios'. LOL

There's nothing wrong with that BoroughGal!

I'd have to say Waiting for a girl like you by Foreigner for the very same reason. I was gutted when it wasn't on the OST.

I also like:
If you leave me now Chicago.
Without you Neilson.
Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler.
Macarthur park Can't remember who by.
Evergreen and woman in love. Barbara Streisand.

Someone mentioned don't fear the reaper - dunno if I'd have classed that in this category.

This is my least favourite sort of music but there are odd ones i like.

McArthur Park - Richard Harris

*anything* by Journey.

In fact, Steve Perry singing (even speaking) alone, could quite easily be considered a power ballad!
:hihi:

Me and my mate went to New York and got blotto in some Irish bar.

On the way home we stumbled into a karaoke bar. It was full of Japanese business men and high-class hookers.

They were all a bit suprised when we got up on stage a did a very dodgy rendition of "Nothings gonna stop us now" by Starship.

They were soon into though and some of the suits and whores were up on stage with us singing backing vocals.

Proper rayt laugh it was.

Ever since then it's been one of my favourite songs ever.

Its gotta be "struck through the heart, and your to blame, you give love a bad name, bad name" - dont know that name of that bon jovi tune, and anything else in the Whitesnake catalogue - make that KISS too.

Its gotta be "struck through the heart, and your to blame, you give love a bad name, bad name" - dont know that name of that bon jovi tune...
It's 'You Give Love a Bad Name' :) .
Hecate, closet Bon Jovi fan... :D .

hee hee ;)

Don't Stop Believing- Journey

Wanted Dead or Alive- Bon Jovi

Dont cry - G n R

Patience - G n R

You took the words right out of my mouth - meat loaf

Anything for love - meat loaf

Bed of Roses (Def Leppard)?

My all time favourite (not sure if it's classed as a power ballard though) is Living in Electric Dreams by Phil Oakey and Georgio Moroda.

Oooops, forgot to include: Meatloaf - you took the words right out of my mouth .... and ... Paradise by the dashboard lights

Hels,
none of those songs are power ballads.

Don't Stop Believing- Journey
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Yep, I'm a Welsh mountain walking, Stella quaffing, fun loving, amateur limerick composer, who {clears throat} just happens to adore that Steisland voice! :suspect:

Even I'm surprised! :rolleyes: :roll: :hihi:

Barbra Streisand

for me she was at her best in yentl
got that came out in 1983, i am a old bugger

Oooops, forgot to include: Meatloaf - you took the words right out of my mouth .... and ... Paradise by the dashboard lights

Aaarrgghh been singing that bl**dy song all day now, can't get it out of my head!

Foreigner - I Wanna Know What Love Is:)

I think that 'Holding out for a hero' was from that American show called Cover up.... I think... It was a long time ago.

It was also sung by Jennifer Saunders in Shrek 2.. :hihi:

Hels,
none of those songs are power ballads.

The Meatloaf ones definitely class as power ballads IMO...

Shouldn't you be out catching teh burberry clad hordes anyway? :hihi:

holding out for a hero is a bonnie tyler song, but jenifer did sing it in shrek

Mariah Carey - Hero.

There's too many to choose from I think!

I agree that "Mariah Carey - Hero" is one of my faves. I also like "Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love" :)

Keep on loving you - REO Speedwagon....cheese of the highest order!!!

Thats not cheese, thats well put together.

Niche, rap, uni rock bands eat ur heart out, this is real music!

[QUOTE=rad]Roxette - Listen to Your Heart (and anything else by Roxette as well)



ahhhh somebody with real taste,love roxette myself i have all their cd's.hows about


it must've been love
almost unreal
spending my time
church of your heart
vulnerable

[QUOTE=rad]Roxette - Listen to Your Heart (and anything else by Roxette as well)



ahhhh somebody with real taste,love roxette myself i have all their cd's.hows about


it must've been love
almost unreal
spending my time
church of your heart
vulnerable

Ahhh a love in, I wouldn't describe church of your heart or vulnerable as 'power ballads' though.

Hmmmm..... must take a Roxette CD to work today I think...

[QUOTE=rad]Roxette - Listen to Your Heart (and anything else by Roxette as well)

I love Roxette too! My favourite songs by her have to be "It must of been love", "Spending my time", Listen to your heart" and "Fading like a flower". :)

[QUOTE=mark1971]

Ahhh a love in, I wouldn't describe church of your heart or vulnerable as 'power ballads' though.

Hmmmm..... must take a Roxette CD to work today I think...


yeah i agree with church of your heart not being a ballad but vulnerable has got to be classed as a soppy ballad lol

[QUOTE=rad]


yeah i agree with church of your heart not being a ballad but vulnerable has got to be classed as a soppy ballad lol

They're ballads just not 'power' ballads. They're gentle rather than 'oomphy'