ok this song is bad
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
what made party animal hair metal bands get serious cat on ballads? Cant blame live aid as it was years before. What started it?
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
appealing to the ladies?
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
i do have a soft spot for some of these 'lick my love pump' slow jams but there's only a couple mentioned thus far that i like. 'love bites' being supreme. other good ones: 'alone again' by dokken, 'don't close your eyes' by kix.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
yeah "alone again" is solid and "don't close your eyes" is all-time
― tight in the runs (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:06 (ten years ago) link
I would have thought love song ballads did that quite well. It just seems weird that it went from there to dealing with serious topics
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:08 (ten years ago) link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monster-Metal-Hits-Power-Ballads/dp/B001R59LF2
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:18 (ten years ago) link
tho its not all ballads
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:19 (ten years ago) link
"Don't Close Your Eyes" is INSANE.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:23 (ten years ago) link
Does this count?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quG-Q7iKfn0
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:23 (ten years ago) link
(OK, AMG says there's a mandocello on "The Flame". I'm not that familiar with that instrument tbh but yeah, it does sound more mandolin-like, for sure. I'm not sure that's not a guitar on "Nature's Way" though. Only guitars are listed in the credits on AMG. I just checked out three live clips where it is played on a guitar.)
xposts I kind of love "Don't Close Your Eyes".
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:25 (ten years ago) link
has anyone mentioned the bryan adams robin hood song, because that
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
"when the children cry" is the worst
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
Alias - More Than Words Can SayCheap Trick - The FlamePeter Cetera and Cher - After AllBryan Adams - Heaven
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 02:19 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I love that Alias song too. I honestly didn't know that its success extended beyond Canada.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
I remember hearing it a LOT as a kid. that and the Styx song "Show Me the Way" and that Michael W. Smith crossover tune "Place in this World"
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 02:37 (ten years ago) link
Ha, Alias was a supergroup with members of Sheriff and Heart!
This was like 5 times as big as that Alias song (went top 5 twice iirc):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b7iOoN5lIk
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
oh wow, I completely forgot that song!
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 03:21 (ten years ago) link
Adored it.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8c7zPYxjY
― only dogg forgives (Eazy), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
Wow @ the last note in "When I'm With You"
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 04:00 (ten years ago) link
I love a lot of power ballads unashamedly and some enthusiastically, but Steelheart's "I'll Never Let You Go" is THE ABSOLUTE WORST SONG OF THE 90S AND PERHAPS THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 04:38 (ten years ago) link
Now that's what I call Kuschelrock!
Matthias Reim -Ich hab geträumt von Dir
Reached No.2 in Germany in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3M1S6p2WoE
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 09:31 (ten years ago) link
Hoo boy, there's some bad shit on this thread.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
that was the point bill
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link
this thread is cyberbullying me
― maura, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
also this is the ne plus ultra of power ballads because it has E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Wf1u5At4k
― maura, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
"worst power ballads" thread starts off with "to be with you," a song that totally rules, so, uh, okay
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
oh wait of course ag started a thread just to point at versions of metal he hates
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
yawn
my best friend and his wife, both of whom share much of my taste, chose "Love of a Lifetime" as their wedding dance last summer.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
i grimaced after reading that
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
For weeks before the wedding I was offended -- I thought they were trolling! But they genuinely love the song, and it became theirs after they heard it on a satellite radio station a few weeks into dating.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
all of my high school friends listened to the infamous 103.5 THE BLAZE in chicago, which between maybe '89 and '92 was playing nothing but "metal" such as this. along with some classic rock a la aerosmith, zep, kansas, rush, pink floyd, bad company, journey, etc. i think right around the time of trixter and 'adrenalize' the station plunged. they tried to keep up by putting nirvana and PJ in the playlist but Q101 was way ahead of them and basically stole half their audience.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
more power ballads to 'em i guess
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
power ballads are cool
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
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does this mean I'm finally losing the reputation of the guy who loves and is earnest about everything? WOOHOO!
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
glad to be here
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link
"Forever" by the 80's incarnation of KISS is always overlooked.
― All kinds of heinous things, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzmvn7a0rvQ
― this gtr climbed mt. washington (Edward III), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
not Nothing Else Matters? I thought you hated that
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
Unforgiven, that's that shit I don't like
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
look into my eyes
http://www.mrnuke.com/pics/apone1.jpg
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 22:02 (ten years ago) link
I dig most of the stuff listed here. You guys need more cheese in yr diet.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
you will see
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
waaaaht you mean to-ooo-oo me....
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
vg even loves thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
― All kinds of heinous things,
and:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEwnfhuPJGs
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
since we're posting vg's fave music apparently then this needs to be addedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-6GvkmMPv4
― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
honestly, I used to have a playlist of this shit for like when I was trying to get to sleep at night, cuz cheesy ballads don't require much concentration, are usually earwormy, won't sound awesome enough to keep me awake active listening, and send me to the arena of my dreams. Shit I used to have on my sleepytime mix tapes included:
Skid Row-Wasted TimeDef Leppard - Love BitesW.A.S.P. - Hold On to My HeartChicago - Will You Still Love Me? (FP me if you must)Peter Cetera - The Glory of LoveSymphony X - Candlelight Fantasia (seriously this is awesome!)Savatage - When the Crowds are Gone (this too!)Jimmy Harnen - Where Are you NowStarship - SaraStone Sour - Bother (yes, I'm aware of how horrible and faux-Def Leppardy it is)Toto - I'll Be Over You
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link