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

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.

yeah "alone again" is solid and "don't close your eyes" is all-time

appealing to the ladies?

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

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monster-Metal-Hits-Power-Ballads/dp/B001R59LF2

tho its not all ballads

"Don't Close Your Eyes" is INSANE.

Does this count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quG-Q7iKfn0

(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".

has anyone mentioned the bryan adams robin hood song, because that

"when the children cry" is the worst

Alias - More Than Words Can Say
Cheap Trick - The Flame
Peter Cetera and Cher - After All
Bryan Adams - Heaven

Ha, I love that Alias song too. I honestly didn't know that its success extended beyond Canada.

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"

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

oh wow, I completely forgot that song!

Adored it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8c7zPYxjY

Wow @ the last note in "When I'm With You"

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.

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

Hoo boy, there's some bad shit on this thread.

that was the point bill

this thread is cyberbullying me

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

"worst power ballads" thread starts off with "to be with you," a song that totally rules, so, uh, okay

oh wait of course ag started a thread just to point at versions of metal he hates

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.

i grimaced after reading that

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.

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.

more power ballads to 'em i guess

power ballads are cool

oh wait of course ag started a thread just to point at versions of metal he hates

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, August 6, 2013 6:11 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yawn

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does this mean I'm finally losing the reputation of the guy who loves and is earnest about everything? WOOHOO!

glad to be here

"Forever" by the 80's incarnation of KISS is always overlooked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzmvn7a0rvQ

not Nothing Else Matters? I thought you hated that

Unforgiven, that's that shit I don't like

look into my eyes

http://www.mrnuke.com/pics/apone1.jpg

I dig most of the stuff listed here. You guys need more cheese in yr diet.

you will see

waaaaht you mean to-ooo-oo me....

vg even loves this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

"Forever" by the 80's incarnation of KISS is always overlooked.

― All kinds of heinous things,

and:

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

since we're posting vg's fave music apparently then this needs to be added
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-6GvkmMPv4

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 Time
Def Leppard - Love Bites
W.A.S.P. - Hold On to My Heart
Chicago - Will You Still Love Me? (FP me if you must)
Peter Cetera - The Glory of Love
Symphony X - Candlelight Fantasia (seriously this is awesome!)
Savatage - When the Crowds are Gone (this too!)
Jimmy Harnen - Where Are you Now
Starship - Sara
Stone Sour - Bother (yes, I'm aware of how horrible and faux-Def Leppardy it is)
Toto - I'll Be Over You

love bites is great, the production on that song knocks me out

that got to #1 in the states didnt it?

love bites is rad

I don't really think of Winds of Change in this category, even though it is the Scorps. it's fun to whistle to in the car though so *shrug*