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VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads
VH1 ^ | 1/2006 | Staff

Posted on 01/12/2006 11:42:13 AM PST by 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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: eightiesrock; yikes
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To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; StarCMC; Diva Betsy Ross; laurenmarlowe; EsmeraldaA; bentfeather

I vote for a "Power Ballads" night in the Canteen! All in favor? : )


141 posted on 01/12/2006 12:24:24 PM PST by TheBigB (Someone's always playing corporation games...who cares, they're always changing corporation names)
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To: PaulaB
Waving
142 posted on 01/12/2006 12:24:44 PM PST by EX52D (Happy New Year Freepers!)
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To: MotleyGirl70

I like it alot too. If you want to get depressed about lost love, listen to the Stone's Memory Motel from 1976's Black and Blue album!!


143 posted on 01/12/2006 12:24:59 PM PST by pissant
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To: garyhope
Actually all of these "power ballads" were just written by guys to get into women's pants.

That's probably why most of them got into bands in the first place.

144 posted on 01/12/2006 12:25:01 PM PST by retrokitten
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To: PaulaB
I am guessing sweetie most of us on this thread are between

30-40?

I can't help it...I grew up saving every dollar I made for a concert to these bands and a T-shirt

37 here. I remember "camping out" in front of the mall all night waiting in line for concert tickets. Partying, underage drinking and bong hits always ensued and the cops pretty much left everyone alone. Often camping out for the tickets could be more fun than the concert itself! A $20 bill paid for a 12 pack of beer, the concert ticket and then breakfast at McDonald's later that morning.

What kids miss out on these days!

145 posted on 01/12/2006 12:25:08 PM PST by Drew68
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To: RockinRight
You have good parents

My youngest loves The Fixx


LOL.....
146 posted on 01/12/2006 12:25:19 PM PST by PaulaB (She turns herself round..And she smiles and she says..'This is it'..'That's the end of the joke')
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To: MotleyGirl70

I saw them in 2000...and they STILL rocked!

Did you know CC's a Republican?

So is Meat Loaf, since someone brought him up.


147 posted on 01/12/2006 12:25:25 PM PST by RockinRight ("It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc" - Coulter)
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To: garyhope

I think you nailed the reason perfectly!


148 posted on 01/12/2006 12:25:36 PM PST by pissant
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To: MotleyGirl70

The Rolling Stones "Wild Horses" is one my favorite songs in general. It's just one of those songs that's hard to explain to others why you like it so much :)

It's hard to see the Stones as anything other than a parody of themselves these days, but when the history of this era is written I think it will be said that Mick Jagger knew how to sing a song. Besides being a very good blues singer, he had the ability to put himself in a character while singing and this emotion/feeling call it what you will translated very well through the recording process. The whole phenomenon might be roughly equated to what an opera singer does, not in a technical voice sense but in a sense where there is a sort of a coming together of both acting and singing in a way that gets under the skin of the listener.

No question you hear this in Wild Horses as well as many other of their better songs.


149 posted on 01/12/2006 12:25:47 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: TheBigB

I!


150 posted on 01/12/2006 12:25:51 PM PST by RockinRight ("It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc" - Coulter)
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To: Drew68
Me too...me too

Whatever happened to those days?

**good times**
151 posted on 01/12/2006 12:26:19 PM PST by PaulaB (She turns herself round..And she smiles and she says..'This is it'..'That's the end of the joke')
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To: yall
Eddie Money
Take Me Home Tonite. 2 Tix to Paradise
152 posted on 01/12/2006 12:26:19 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: laney

Who was it?


153 posted on 01/12/2006 12:26:28 PM PST by pissant
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To: MotleyGirl70

Bret Michaels is one of the few singers from that era that has managed to not ruin his voice and still sounds as crisp and clear as he did in '88.


154 posted on 01/12/2006 12:26:50 PM PST by RockinRight ("It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc" - Coulter)
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To: PaulaB
My youngest loves The Fixx

"One Thing Leads To Another" !! LOL! :)

155 posted on 01/12/2006 12:27:20 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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To: stainlessbanner
Eddie Money Take Me Home Tonite. 2 Tix to Paradise

Oh he!! yeah! Eddie rocked!

156 posted on 01/12/2006 12:27:39 PM PST by TheBigB (Someone's always playing corporation games...who cares, they're always changing corporation names)
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To: pissant

This is sad,
Half of them I don't recognize,
and those that I do I don't like....

Wait,
maybe that as good thing!


157 posted on 01/12/2006 12:27:40 PM PST by najida (Armadillos dug 2 dozen holes in my yard last night-- in an attempt to break my ankles this morning.)
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To: EX52D

Hey sweetness..what ya got going on today?


158 posted on 01/12/2006 12:27:46 PM PST by PaulaB (She turns herself round..And she smiles and she says..'This is it'..'That's the end of the joke')
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To: pissant

lol- what a list!

Where's 'Fly to the Angels' by Slaughter?

Or 'Feel it Again' by Homeymoon Suite?

Those songs on that list lick the wank.


159 posted on 01/12/2006 12:27:53 PM PST by ovrtaxt (I looked for common sense with a telescope. All I could see was the moon of Uranus.)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Some of the more recent Stones stuff is still damn good.


160 posted on 01/12/2006 12:27:55 PM PST by pissant
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