Best Power Ballads
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lazyitus

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19,931 posts

296 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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I vote Sinead O'Conner - Nothing compares 2 U

and Whitesnake - Here I go again

:lick: Good Music.

andy mac

73,668 posts

285 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Yeah.. Sinead is one of the greatest powerful soppy songs out there. very good! I like 'who wants to live forever' by Queen as well... very melodic, and powerful!

Incorrigible

13,668 posts

291 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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A bit of advice

Get your ears tested

zippee

14,128 posts

264 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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I thought Whitesnake before I even opened the thread.
Good taste there young man!

not sure abour Sinead though

800

1,973 posts

266 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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I trust you refer to the original UK version from 'Saints and Sinners', not the US '1987' remix.

lottie

701 posts

255 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Not sure if it classes as a power ballad but Mark Knopflers "Going Home". Top tune!

singlecoil

35,831 posts

276 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Seventeen again, Eurythmics

whoateallthepies

4,292 posts

264 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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I would have to put forward The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics

lazyitus

Original Poster:

19,931 posts

296 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Incorrigible said:
A bit of advice

Get your ears tested


WHAT ?

T5-R

434 posts

256 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Power Ballad = The name given to a certain genre of songs that were frequently included on heavy metal albums in the 1980s.

(excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_ballad)



Therefore: Still Loving You - by The Scorpions

Power ballad extrordinaire

>> Edited by T5-R on Friday 26th August 17:01

groucho

12,134 posts

276 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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I quite like that "The power of love" performed by some bird in the eighties. Crikey, what's her name?
There again, I like most tunes from the eighties.

MarkBarton

428 posts

293 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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groucho said:
I quite like that "The power of love" performed by some bird in the eighties. Crikey, what's her name?
There again, I like most tunes from the eighties.


Jennifer Rush, I think. Good track that.

groucho

12,134 posts

276 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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MarkBarton said:

groucho said:
I quite like that "The power of love" performed by some bird in the eighties. Crikey, what's her name?
There again, I like most tunes from the eighties.



Jennifer Rush, I think. Good track that.


That's the fella.

mastiff

2,515 posts

271 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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groucho said:
I quite like that "The power of love" performed by some bird in the eighties. Crikey, what's her name?
There again, I like most tunes from the eighties.


Jennifer Rush and Frankie goes to Hollywood. Written by a one eyed printer in Cobham, believe it or not.

I have a real soft spot for Beautiful by Christina Aguliera(sp?)

Saw the video when "tired and emotional" one night and it's stuck with me since.

justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

272 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Guns N' Roses - Patience

anonymous-user

84 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now.
Heart - Alone / These Dreams
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again / Is This Love
Marillion - Kayleigh

Ferg

15,242 posts

287 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Power Ballad (n.) Rock song written and performed by rock bands who've either lost their way or never found it in the first place.(Normally accompanied by big hair)

see also wuss-rock n.


IMO obviously

staceyb

7,107 posts

254 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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Nothing else matters - metallica

AlexH

2,505 posts

314 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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staceyb said:
Nothing else matters - metallica


Good call!

anonymous-user

84 months

Friday 26th August 2005
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power ballards is a bit of an oxymoron really isnt it? like metro racing!