[pissant]

When people complain about todays music, just scan thru these and you will realize how many turds were hatched in days gone by.

And where is Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart??

[RockinRight]

Well...this was a thread that took an hour out of my work day!

[Trampled by Lambs]

Wow! This list almost mirrors my "Cheesy metal ballads" list. :P

I'm like Pissant, I spent the 80's with the Dead and old school hard rock from the 70's like Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, BOC (more cowbell!) etc.

[My Favorite Headache]

My Top 30 Pop/Power Ballads

1.I Don't Want To Live Without You - Foreigner
2.When It's Love - Van Halen
3. Not Enough - Van Halen
4. Time - Alan Parsons Project
5. Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
6. To Be Alive - Def Leppard
7. I'll See You In My Dreams - Giant
8. Final Eyes - Yes
9. The Meeting - Anderson, Bruford,Wakeman, Howe
10. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes - Asia
11. Keep On Loving You- REO Speedwagon
12. Night and Day - U2
13. With or Without You - U2
14. More Than A Feeling - Boston
15. Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd
16. Cold Fire - Rush
17. All of My Love - Led Zep
18. Victim of Love - Bryan Adams
19. Open Arms - Journey
20. The Flame - Cheap Trick
21. Between Us - Robert Palmer
22. Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
23. Love Me Tomorrow - Chicago
24. Hysteria - Def Leppard
25. The One - Elton John
26. Again - Lenny Kravitz
27. Every Breath You Take - The Police
28. Miles Away - Winger
29. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
30. Hold On My Heart - Genesis

[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

[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 ;-)

[MotleyGirl70]

Thanks for posting this pissant. These are always fun and nostalgic threads for me.

RR it's always fun playing "Rockin' the 80's" with you. Rock on my friend :)

I'll check back a little later.

[skaterboy]

Open Arms over November Rain?

Fool please

[handk]

A "power ballad", by definition, sucks. They all suck-didily-uck.

[lawgirl]

OMG I hate all of this music except journey- but darned if it doesn't bring back some serious memories.

[Clemenza]

"Silent Lucidity" is NOT a power ballad!

Where is "Lady" or "Suite Madame Blue" by Styx?

[trisham]

The power ballad is the worst creation of man. Ever.

[RockinRight]

Warrant's "I Saw Red" deserves a place on this list, as well.

[rintense]

Alone by Heart is ten times better than These Dreams.

[XEHRpa]

Scorps "Still Loving You" should be better than #22.

And while Aerosmith made #2, it should have been with "Dream On." Maybe that doesn't qualify as a power ballad...

[Mr. Mojo]

I'm not a fan of the "power ballad" (to put it mildly), but if I had to pick one it'd be "Love to Love" by UFO (the live version on the 1979 album Strangers in the Night).

[dfwgator]

"Blood and Roses" - The Smithereens