I wasn't aware there was any differences
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
Kuschelrock means cuddle rock in German. It's a series of compilations that has now reached No. 26.
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
That song by Cheap Trick (so bad i forgot the name) should be included
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:02 (ten years ago) link
KUSCHELROCK 26 - Tracklisting
CD 1
1. Coldplay - Paradise2. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are3. Israel Kamkawiwo'ole - Over the Rainbow4. Roman Lob - Standing Still5. OneRepublic - Secrets6. Milow - You Don't Know7. Ed Sheeran - The A Team8. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts9. Silbermond - Himmel auf10. Max Herre & Philipp Poisel - Wolke 711. James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover12. Rob Thomas - Little Wonders13. Stanfour - In Your Arms14. Walk off the Earth - Somebody that I used to know15. Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing Is Real But Love16. Beyoncé - Broken-Hearted Girl17. Michael Bublé - Lost18. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love19. Alanis Morissette - Guardian CD 2
1. Lenny Kravitz - I'll Be Waiting2. Sting - Fragile3. Reamonn - Tonight4. Nickelback - Lullaby5. Sunrise Avenue - Hollywood Hills (Special version)6. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly7. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me8. Take That - Babe9. Melanie C - Northern Star10. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (aus «Once»)11. Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling (new Version)12. Livingston - Broken (aus « Zweiohrküken »)13. Jonas Myrin - Craze (acoustik version14. Lene Marlin - Sittin Down Here15. Gipsy Kings - Tu Quieres Volver16. Simply Red - Holding Back The Years17. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side18. Sade - Your Love Is King19. Madonna - Live To tell
CD 3
1. Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman - Something Stupid2. Mariah Carey & Westlife - Against All Odds3. Joe Cocker - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me4. Seal - Love Don't Live Here Anymore5. George Michael - Roxanne6. Katie Melua & Eva Cassidy - What A Wonderful World7. Celine Dion - Dance With My Father8. Michael Jackson - Smile9. Joana Zimmer - Everything I Do…10. Jennifer Rush - Nights In White Satin11. Pamela Falcon & Percival - Purple Rain12. Selig - Knockin' On Heaven's Door13. Xavier Naidoo - Don't Give Up14. Laith Al-Deen - I'm On Fire15. Anni B Sweet - Take On Me16. Greg Laswell - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun17. K.D. Lang - Halleluja18. Chris de Burgh - In The Ghetto19. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
none (or almost none) of those are power ballads. they're just schmaltzy pop songs.
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
yeah i don't see where there get the 'rock' from
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
Not enough swaggering thundercocks like Whitesnake on that CD
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
Well this 3CD collection is called TRUE POWER BALLADS - so don't blame lol
1. Addicted to Love Robert Palmer2. Breakfast At Tiffany's (Album Version) Deep Blue Something3. I Was Made For Lovin' You (Album Version) Kiss4. Hole Hearted (Album Version) Extreme5. Babe Styx6. Cats In The Cradle Ugly Kid Joe7. Baby I Don't Care Transvision Vamp8. Chance (Single / Extended Version) Big Country9. Since You Been Gone (Album Version) Rainbow10. Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) (Album Version) Cinderella11. What's Up? (Edit) 4 Non Blondes12. Womankind Little Angels13. Show Me The Way (Album Edit) Peter Frampton14. Black Hole Sun (Edit) Soundgarden15. Let's Make A Night To Remember (Single Version) Bryan Adams16. Wind Of Change (Album Version) Scorpions17. If I Could Turn Back Time (Album Version) Cher
1. Easy (Album Version) Commodores2. Leaving Me Now (Remix) Level 423. Stop (Edit) Sam Brown4. Wouldn't It Be Good (Album Version) Nik Kershaw5. Kiss The Rain (Radio Edit) Billie Myers6. Head Over Heels Tears For Fears7. Nights In White Satin Elkie Brooks8. Love Hurts Jim Capaldi9. Cry Godley & Creme10. Sarah (Version 3) Thin Lizzy11. Tempted Squeeze12. We're All Alone Rita Coolidge13. High On Emotion Chris De Burgh14. Senza Una Donna (English Version) [feat. Paul Young] Zucchero15. Music (US Single Version) John Miles16. A Thousand Miles (Album Version) Vanessa Carlton17. Cherish (Single Version) Kool & The Gang18. Show Me Heaven Maria McKee 1. Baby Can I Hold You (7" Edit) Boyzone2. Higher Love (Single Version) Steve Winwood3. Woman In Chains [feat. Oleta Adams] Tears For Fears4. On The Wings Of Love (Album Version) Jeffrey Osborne5. Baby, I Love Your Way Peter Frampton6. Up Where We Belong (An Officer And A Gentleman/Soundtrack Version) Joe Cocker7. What Kind Of Fool All About Eve8. Will You? Hazel O'Connor9. Something About You (Single Version) Level 4210. All The Way From America Joan Armatrading11. Hello (Album Version) Lionel Richie12. Come Sail Away (Single Version) Styx13. Kissing Gate Sam Brown14. Could've Been (Album Version) Tiffany15. Don't Cry Out Loud Elkie Brooks16. More Than Words Extreme17. I'm Not In Love 10cc
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
I had no idea there were that many remixes of "Winds of Change."
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
When people think of power ballads im sure they think of this rather than boyzone or james blunthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAZ60xA9wo
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
that video was uploaded by wimpyliberalbuster32 so is he a wimpy guy who hates liberals but likes hair metal ballads? or does he think liberals are wimpy because they dont listen to real men music like hair metal?
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
i'm having nightmares about listening to those albums back to back though
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
18. Chris de Burgh - In The Ghetto
― sleepingsignal, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
oh god
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
Germans sure do love the Burghmeister
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
How do we separate the early 90s power ballads above (Mr Big etc) from their late 80s equivalents? Just more acoustic guitars?― Master of Treacle, Monday, 5 August 2013 16:52 (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI wasn't aware there was any differences
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 5 August 2013 16:52 (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Even the early 90s songs are not in the same style. Compared to Firehouse, Extreme and Queensryche were like art-rock bands who did concept albums. It's not 100% obvious from those two songs in isolation, maybe, but neither is a typical power ballad by any stretch, although they're both slow songs by hard rock bands. "More than Words" is a decent Everly Bros pastiche. "Silent Lucidity" is a decent Pink Floyd pastiche that's not even about a romantic/sexual relationship in any obvious sense. It's no more of a power ballad than "Comfortably Numb" is. If they came out in the past decade, they'd both probably be considered 'indie' (Plain White T's vs Muse?).
I don't really have the energy to listen to a tonne of songs by Firehouse, Warrant, Creed, etc to pick out the actual worst, though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bmlcmyq0
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
You've heard Mr Big and Firehouse and you pick "Sister Christian" as an all-time worst rock ballad?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
Sister Christian is retroactively redeemed by that scene in Boogie Nights.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, 5 August 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDL7WAJF3yA
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Monday, 5 August 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
sorry, those songs are just interminably dull rather than cosmically bad
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
That Tigertailz thing might be a real contender in that it doesn't even sound as competent as Firehouse.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
which does make it less nauseating to listen to tbf
kuschelrock is making my head hurt
i also can't believe there is a human alive with a still-beating heart who doesn't like "the flame" but whatever.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
xxxxxpost: I once came across a compilation called The Best of Soft Metal which included, uh, "True" by Spandau Ballet among its tracks.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
Bryan Adams, "Heaven," mostly for the ur-marshmellow snare sound.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 August 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
<3 "The Flame"
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6qNNtVNeYs
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
I also love "Heaven" -- I belted it out in the car just yesterday, in fact! On my way to Target to get shelves for the closet. I mean, that's what these songs are good for.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison is awful.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
I once came across a compilation called The Best of Soft Metal which included, uh, "True" by Spandau Ballet among its tracks.― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica
hahahaha
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
What I'm saying is that there is no worst. They are all fun. Home Sweet Home, I Wanna Know What Love Is, bring it on.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:12 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tJz3ozRA0Q
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
La Lechera: what about Tigertailz and Firehouse?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Like, I like Cheap Trick and Foreigner too.
Dunno Tigertailz, Firehouse sang Love of a Lifetime? If so, no -- that song is awful.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:15 (ten years ago) link
Yep.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:16 (ten years ago) link
I think Bon Jovi - Always might win this thread. Or one of Aerosmiths lame 90s ballads
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
http://www.allmusic.com/album/vh1-the-big-80s-power-ballads-mw0000669707
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
there's a world in which this hit the top five:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJqJ7j7HVY
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
one of LL's fave songs ever is on thatxp
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
this stuff was really mega popular in the usa, right?
Journey to blame?
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
weird how so many faceless rock bands had the standard #1 power ballad hit and Journey didn't.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:22 (ten years ago) link
well, members of Journey were in, as Robert Christgau said, the aptly named Bad English.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
Did I not read somewhere that Journey was the biggest selling rock band of the 80s in the USA?
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
The one time I saw Cheap Trick they introduced "The Flame" by saying how much they hated it, and that they were essentially forced to record it. It's unclear what or whom exactly was forcing them to play the song at that show.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:25 (ten years ago) link
And anyway, "Mandocello" is vastly superior, the exception to the rule of power ballad crapulence.
Doesn't seem to be the case if this is to be believed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States
xpost to AG
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:25 (ten years ago) link
I think I actually like "The Price of Love" (which I haven't heard before iirc!) more than "When I See You Smile", which I hated.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
no question it's better, in the same way a C+ >>> F-
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 August 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
sounds like a sorceress
― President Keyes, Monday, 12 August 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh8MIp2FOhc
― Rocky (ku4u1u), Monday, 12 August 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
ugh
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:32 (ten years ago) link
How about "You're All I Need"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2emMdFdeXA
― how's life, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 09:15 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC-9NBhxTxw
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 24 August 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
Sean Morpheus 1 year agoI have such a soft spot for the 80's ballads because they show and bring out the feminine side of these supposed hard guys who make womanizing an art form. They truly inside do feel mor for and about females than just the physical. And that is where the inspiration comes for alot of this romantic stuff. Yes some of it is contrived to make money at the time, but alot is also sincere and that is admirable. Guys need to start representing our gender better and showing females how special they are.
I have such a soft spot for the 80's ballads because they show and bring out the feminine side of these supposed hard guys who make womanizing an art form. They truly inside do feel mor for and about females than just the physical. And that is where the inspiration comes for alot of this romantic stuff. Yes some of it is contrived to make money at the time, but alot is also sincere and that is admirable. Guys need to start representing our gender better and showing females how special they are.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 24 August 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=219aiv7ZLiY
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 24 August 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuKPTtyrXY0
I still lol at them going "industrial"
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 24 August 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
Best tune selection itt of any ilm thread
― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 August 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
I always wondered what music you were into and now we know
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 24 August 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
I aint been hidin
― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 August 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
it all makes sense now you going from hair metal ballads to chris de burgh
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 24 August 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
the TKO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iug0X6cJDDM
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 24 August 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
Silent Lucidity sounds to me more like a Pink Floyd The Wall rip than a true 80s power ballad.
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 August 2013 04:06 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I kept trying to make that point on this thread.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 August 2013 04:10 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE
― OutdoorFish, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link
just made an entire playlist comprising only songs ITT
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 July 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
strangely i kinda think Steven Tyler's entire power ballad style during their 1987-1993 comeback period was a straight rip from Easy Like Sunday Morning.
― omar little, Friday, 13 July 2018 00:45 (five years ago) link
Crying by Aerosmith is the worst offender.
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 14 July 2018 05:59 (five years ago) link
Journey "Open Arms"Michael Bolton "That's What Love Is All About"Survivor "The Search Is Over"Five For Fighting "Superman"Bob Segar "Mainstreet"Kid Rock "Only God Knows Why"Hinder "Better Than Me"Nickleback "If Everyone Cared"
― billstevejim, Saturday, 14 July 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
so that's a list of bad songs.
the following are good songs:Silent LucidityLove SongLove BitesThe FlameI Want To Know What Love IsHeaven
― billstevejim, Saturday, 14 July 2018 06:35 (five years ago) link
The best Aerosmith power ballad besides "Dream On" is either "Angel" or "What It Takes" (not counting "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" since they didn't write it).
― billstevejim, Saturday, 14 July 2018 06:37 (five years ago) link
What It Takes, sure.
Angel.....naaaaw
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 July 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
otm
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
"Angel" is the definition of garbaggio.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
i enjoy its cheesy bombast but the strings veer towards dentist-drill levels of shrill
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
I'm pretty partial to "Amazing" tbrr
― bedraggled vorticist (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 15 July 2018 05:48 (five years ago) link
zach classon 1 year ago
I remember in 5th grade I painted a picture of Surprise Attack in art class and i got an F cause i guess "there was nudity" cause the girls boobs hung out a bit but i gave myself an A on it:)
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, August 6, 2013 7:30 PM bookmarkflaglink
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Thursday, 16 January 2020 06:39 (four years ago) link
so anyway let's talk about COOL power ballads or just ballads in general
the new shit on my sleepytime playlist...and you can judge it as shit or praise it, idgaf!
Richard Marx - Hold Onto the Nights (THE SOMETHING I'D BEEN LOOKING FOR IS RIIIIIGHT THEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEE)Peabo Bryson - If Ever You're in My Arms Again (THIS TIMEEEE I KNOW IT'S FOREVERRR)James Ingram - I Don't Have the Heart (*mega high falsetto at the end*)Expose - I'll Never Get Over You (GETTIN OOOOVVVAAAAH MEEEE)Queensryche - Open Road (this is Todd La Torre era, but serioussssly this song rules)Laura Branigan - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You? (say Bolton, u die)Nina - Foolish Heart (I like her version better than Steve Perry's!)Cutting Crew - I've Been in Love Before (dude says "eyes" weird)Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love (here come the FPs I'm sure)
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Thursday, 16 January 2020 06:44 (four years ago) link
Dio - Shame on the NightAnn Wilson and Mike Reno - Almost ParadiseDef Leppard - Bringing on the Heartbreak
― I Met Mr. Mathis (I M Losted), Sunday, 31 July 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
nowwww we’re talking Neando & Losted your lists is almost all my faves!Every Time You Go Away - Hall & OatesNever Gonna Let You Go - Sergio MendesAfter All - Cher & Peter CeteraNever Surrender - Corey HartShe’s Like the Wind - Patrick SwayzeHeaven in Your Eyes - LoverboyI Saw Red - WarrantI Remember You - Skid Row The price - Twisted SisterBallad of Jane - LA GunsLove Song - Tesla
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 July 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
i kind of hate Paul Young’s version of Every Time, Daryl just sings it so much better than that square deadeyed limey imo
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 July 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Shit I read that as "best and worst", those are some of my favorites.
I can't find a thread for best hard rock and metal ballads...
― I Met Mr. Mathis (I M Losted), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 09:53 (one year ago) link
ok what i've been playing lately on sleepytime playlist which doesn't work because i don't sleep well anymore
Alias - More Than Words Can SaySheriff - When I'm With You (yes yes I know same singer on both of them)Firehouse - Love of a Lifetime (hate away)Steelheart - I'll Never Let You Go
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Friday, 30 September 2022 05:14 (one year ago) link