VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads

VH1 ^ | 1/2006 | Staff

[pissant]

25. Close My Eyes Forever-- Lita Ford

24. When It's Love-- Van Halen

23. It's Been Awhile-- Staind

22. Still Loving You-- Scorpions

21. Silent Lucidity-- Queensryche

20. Love Song-- Tesla

19. Only God Knows Why-- Kid Rock

18. Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)-- Cinderella

17. These Dreams-- Heart

16. How You Remind Me-- Nickelback

15. I Remember You-- Skid Row

14. Keep On Loving You-- REO Speedwagon

13. Again-- Lenny Kravitz

12. Home Sweet Home-- Mötley Crüe

11. Nothing Else Matters-- Metallica

10. Is This Love-- Whitesnake

9. Sister Christian-- Night Ranger

8. Love Bites-- Def Leppard

7. Every Rose Has Its Thorn-- Poison

6. November Rain-- Guns N' Roses

5. I'll Be There For You-- Bon Jovi

4. With Arms Wide Open-- Creed

3. Beth-- Kiss

2. I Don't Want To Miss a Thing-- Aerosmith

1. Open Arms-- Journey

[Drew68]

Honestly, I was more into heavier music than the hairband stuff. The first time I saw Poison's first album cover, I knew it was going to get weird for a few years.

I liked the heavier stuff as well but, damn! those "pretty boy" hair bands always had the hottest, most scantily dressed females at their shows!

[MotleyGirl70]

That SNL cowbell skit is hilarious.

Did you see SNL when Skid Row was the guest band and they did a skit in this little boy's bedroom (while he was bed) and they rocked out to the "ABCs". Sabastian Bach was all up in the kids face singing really loud. I mean REALLY loud.

The mom comes in the room and all she says is, "Billy it's time for your friends to go home and for you to go to bed" or something like that.

I'll never forget that. I laughed so hard.

[RockinRight]

Never saw that one. Sounds funny though!

[RockinRight]

Tell me, Grace...what was it like to go from young psychedellic icon to a forty-something capitalist making money on crappy music?

[BigSkyFreeper]

In no particular order, here are a few songs that aren't on this list, that I would include:

LA Guns - "It's Over Now"
LA Guns - "The Ballad Of Jayne"
Helix - "Make Me Do Anything You Want"
Guns 'N Roses - "Patience"
Enuff Z'nuff - "Fly High Michelle"
Cinderella - "The Last Mile"
Winger - "Miles Away"
Warrant - "Heaven"
Warrant - "Sometimes She Cries"
Trixter - "Give It To Me Good"
Poison - "Cry Tough"
Poison - "Something To Believe In"
Ozzy Osbourne -"Mama I'm Comin' Home"
Alias - "More Than Words Can Say"
Tesla - "What You Give"
Sheriff - "When I'm With You"
Survivor - "I Can't Hold Back"
Van Halen - "When Love Walks In"
I'll probably catch alot of hell for this one.... Air Supply - "All Out Of Love"

:D

[RockinRight]

Survivor - good stuff there. Another underrated band IMHO. Loved "Eye of the Tiger" and "Burning Heart." Another good one was "High on You."

[baker_girl]

Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield" should be on the list.

[RockinRight]

I almost forgot about this! Speaking of Starship (again...) my cousin had a full sized poster of Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick in her room circa 1986! Aah the old days!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Another underrated band was April Wine, they had a power ballad "Just Between You And Me".

[RockinRight]

That's a good song right there.

[EX52D]

I forgot about that song...I liked that too!

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

21. Silent Lucidity-- Queensryche
17. These Dreams-- Heart
14. Keep On Loving You-- REO Speedwagon
9. Sister Christian-- Night Ranger
7. Every Rose Has Its Thorn-- Poison

These are good. Dump the rest.
Agree with you about Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

I did Poison at a karaoke once A CAPELLA and brought the house down.
(Anyone who was there and reads this knows who I am now ;-)

[RockinRight]

"Alone" is a good one from Heart.

[RockinRight]

I can do a decent "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" once I've consumed enough alcohol to get the balls to go on stage.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I should add The Black Crowes - "She Talks To Angels" to my list.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I sang Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" at a karaoke event one time. Hit those high notes and my eyes felt like they were gonna pop out of their sockets. LOL!

[PaulaB]

LOL

You know that poster may actually be worth something


;)

[StarCMC]

Well....I'll be playing music of '85 this weekend -- there are some hair band songs in there! LOL

[EX52D]

I like "Send Her My Love"...heard that this morning. So many songs that just flood me with good memories...

[RockinRight]

LOL well I have no clue if she still has it, I just remember it because she had it on her wall for years.