"Badge from Cream borders on power ballad." Yes,they were the first hard rock band and you are one of the few that get power ballad/rock. Did you know Ginger Baker (drummer) had 2 base drums to get that sound.
"The true first power ballad is Nights in White Satan....a great song"
I disagree. That was a beautifully written slow ballad with a big orchestral arrangement, but not a power ballad.
I liked REO for the melodic rock. They weren't power ballads so much, but nice flowing RnR.
"In the Air Tonight" was its own original sound, with Phil's original heavy drums entering later in the song. I'll give you that one as a power ballad.
"Sister Christian" made me want to puke every time played. Definitely not a power ballad.
Many of your others I haven't heard, so they may or may not apply in this category. Also, "Dream On" by Aerosmith was an early power ballad. Like them or not, that song qualifies.
The entire internet disagrees with you on Sister Christian but of you could be right
You failed to notice I mentioned it due to the Wonderland movie, I’m a. little. old to consider Night Ranger an important band chronologically
It’s not a song I ever bought but it did become catchy in my memory after that disturbing movie as one of the few lighter moments kind of the way Stuck in the Middle did after Resevoir Dogs ..another grotesque movie
you claim REO commercial pap isn’t a power ballad that is just nonsensical....they owned power ballad s in the early to mid 80s and I’d say Arrowsmith did later ...as for the band I liked them for Golden Country and Riding the Storm Out albums early 70s ....Golden Country although a political screed qualifies for pre power ballad ...you can hear where the vocalist Cronin wanted to go....1972...I saw them twice thst earl era to watch Gary Richrath play guitar...and in small venues on d in a gym on a campus
As for Steven Tyler watch this
I’ll be honest it’s never been my thing much that Northeast sound but I did admire Perry’s guitar
If you’ve never heard of poison or motley crüe or queensryche or pantera or Metallica or Cheap Trick or Guns and Roses or Cinderella or Meat Loaf power ballad attempts then you need to bone up
My post was simply about power ballads that to me weren’t walllowing in blatant commercial pap
Power ballads could and did ruin many a good rock bands authenticity and for me listenabilty but they did appeal to the dilettante and junior high school girls
All the hair bands did power ballads and aside from three of them I ignored them for it...those songs were horrible
Like Grateful Dead doing disco...trust me they did try