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

just made an entire playlist comprising only songs ITT

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.

Crying by Aerosmith is the worst offender.

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"

so that's a list of bad songs.

the following are good songs:
Silent Lucidity
Love Song
Love Bites
The Flame
I Want To Know What Love Is
Heaven

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).

What It Takes, sure.

Angel.....naaaaw

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"Angel" is the definition of garbaggio.

i enjoy its cheesy bombast but the strings veer towards dentist-drill levels of shrill

I'm pretty partial to "Amazing" tbrr

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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)

Dio - Shame on the Night
Ann Wilson and Mike Reno - Almost Paradise
Def Leppard - Bringing on the Heartbreak

nowwww we’re talking

Neando & Losted your lists is almost all my faves!

Every Time You Go Away - Hall & Oates
Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendes
After All - Cher & Peter Cetera
Never Surrender - Corey Hart
She’s Like the Wind - Patrick Swayze
Heaven in Your Eyes - Loverboy
I Saw Red - Warrant
I Remember You - Skid Row
The price - Twisted Sister
Ballad of Jane - LA Guns
Love Song - Tesla

i kind of hate Paul Young’s version of Every Time, Daryl just sings it so much better than that square deadeyed limey imo

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...

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 Say
Sheriff - 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