A thread for the worst ballads/power ballads by rawk bands

its not just power ballads itt

Yeah, but somebody called it a power ballad.

every rose is a ballad but it's kind of on the limp side ie lacking POWER

I actually agree: it was a really weak example for Covach to use! "Bringing On the Heartbreak" is my go-to example.

sund4r is this a power ballad? :)
http://eil.com/images/main/Metallica+-+One+-+12%22+RECORD%2FMAXI+SINGLE-469939.jpg

Yeah, but somebody called it a power ballad.

And a few people were attacking it on grounds of not being a good power ballad or not as good as "Heaven" when I think it's going for something completely different.

I have no problem with calling "Jet City Woman" a power ballad.

xpost

only if the lyrics were

"Awww, baby, I can't remember anything (about last night)
Can't tell if this is true or dream (you here by my side)
Deep down inside I feel to scream (in ecstacy)
This terrible silence stops me (oooooh babe)"

OTM.

The irony is, of course, that I'm being anal and hairsplitting about power ballad criteria immediately after demonstrating that there's no real accepted definition.

Time to get offline.

so you can make the ultimate power ballad?

every rose is a ballad but it's kind of on the limp side ie lacking POWER

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl),

just like their so called rocking songs funnily enough

just like eeeeevvvery cowboy sings a sad sad song

someone actually started this thread in 2013? I was sure this was from 2001. Nearly every song mentioned on this thread rules, droolers.

Sister Christian is retroactively redeemed by that scene in Boogie Nights.

Sister Christian was redeemed for me because my best friend's brother was named Christian and we mercilessly taunted him with that song.

Alfred, its:

ev'ry cowbwah sings a SAYad SAYad SAWNG

sister christian shouldn't even be IN this conversation, there is nothing bad about that song unless your ears are broken

Heaven is *almost* the ultimate power ballad imo

don't know if this ozzy track was mentioned yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rSBgfXoIPo

Bringin On The Heartbreak's another close winner

Europe - "Carrie"

Alfred, its:

ev'ry cowbwah sings a SAYad SAYad SAWNG

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl),

otm

i thought it was more SAYad sayad SAWNG

It just occurred to me that the people praising "Heaven" are talking about Bryan Adams and not Warrant! This feels so relieving!

I was seriously feeling a little sad. I thought La Lechera and I were on the same page up to that point.

DO NOT NUMBER ME IN THAT GROUP sund4r OR I WILL MURDER YOU

warrant only

bryan adams' heaven is fine but I don't rate it in this convo

Wait, does that mean that you prefer the Warrant version?
xpost Oh crap, I guess so.

yes.

yes it does.

I was def talkin about the Bryan Adams one.

had no idea WArrant had one!

I think this is the second time a GURL has threatened me with violence over 80s music on ILM.

anyway I'm subverting the conversation to BEST powerballads

like dokken!!

definitely "Alone Again" is a master class in this

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/200H/f/2012/353/e/e/jani_lane_by_kickstartmyheart94-d5oi00z.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrSdXtFJG20

what a shitty shitty band warrant were. cherry pie video is sexist drivel that gives rock a bad name

zzzz

lol @ "cherry pie" being the moment rock and roll "went too far"

that's the moment AG reconsidered patterned spandex

gated drums on KISS album tracks was my moment of went-too-farness imo

I as going to post this as a Nuge joke but hearing it again it's actually pretty dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_uh8XjgLTE

W.A.S.P.'s first single displayed more sexism and bad taste in the first minute than wArrant did in their entire careers!

(but it's also hella awesome so I made my peace)

W.A.S.P. got Reader's Digest articles written denouncing them! Boo hiss!

not sure you guys have heard the styx 'gulf war remix' of 'show me the way' i posted upthread but it's offensive on several different levels.

in a way, the ironic homoeroticism of 80's glam rock was quite possibly its most endearing feature

"Show Me the Way" is one of my least favourite things ever and I like 70s Styx.

not sure you guys have heard the styx 'gulf war remix' of 'show me the way' i posted upthread but it's offensive on several different levels.

with the clips of Bush and soldiers shooting Fedeeyeen or something

And then there's the masters of this genre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-greVjUEdc

and since this is ILM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcEu47mR43U

not sure you guys have heard the styx 'gulf war remix' of 'show me the way' i posted upthread but it's offensive on several different levels.

Jesus Christ. I got one minute in before I wanted to vomit

not a violent person, nor do I condone vigilantism, but if someone had shot Dennis DeYoung in the middle of performing this tune at a concert, I'd argue for acquittal on grounds of post-traumatic stress.

to be fair tho, I think the 'Gulf War' remix was largely the invention of DJs and not Styx themselves....

okay look if you want to talk about TERRIBLE then you need to talk about Pretty Boy Floyd

this is like a rough draft of Nikki Sixx's horrible 'Time for Change' with lyrics equally as bad and worse singing than Vince Neill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlqXEAjLnU

and while we're at it, Time for Change is fucking terrible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPA7nJscUpI