Best ballads

Power Ballads? Oh, man, I've got a million favorites, lol...let me see if I can think of the top 5...

5. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
4. Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
3. I Remember You - Skid Row
2. I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes) - Steelheart
1. I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi

That's my top 5, but the order is debatable...and it was hard to limit myself to only one Bon Jovi song, lol, but I managed it.

Angel Eyes by Steelheart
Ballad of Jayne by LA Guns
NFB by Anthrax
Because The Night by Springsteen, Pattie Smith or 10,000 Maniacs isn't really a ballad, but it deserves mention too for simply being an amazing song.

More than words-The Extremes (I think that's the name of the band)

close, Extreme

Storybook Love by Mark Knofler
Beth by KISS
Honestly by Stryper
Patience by Guns 'n Roses
Goodbye by Bride

MikeK said:

Angel Eyes by Steelheart

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Right on! Man, I used to love that song...

Anyway, my picks are:

* Miss You In A Heartbeat - Def Leppard
* Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone) - Cinderella
* Walk Away - Dokken
* Remember My Name - House of Lords
* Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
* Love Is On the Way - Saigon Kick
* Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix
* Love Song - Tesla
* I Remember You - Skid Row

Ah, the late '80s...

Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
If You're Not the One - Daniel Bedingfield
Last Request - Paolo Nutini
Cancer - My Chemical Romance (not really a ballad but whatever xDD)

Can't think of a fifth one.

Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
When Love and Hate Collide - Def Leppard
I Saw Red - Warrant
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Carrie - Europe

5. "When I See You Smile"-Bad English
4. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"-Bryan Adams
3. "Always"-Bon Jovi
2. "Open Arms"-Journey
1. "Iris"-Goo Goo Dolls

I can't make a list of top five, but I will say "Livin on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. It never fails to get people singing along, sometimes obnoxiously, especially at weddings. Lots of fun.

anything by Bon Jovi if it's acoustic and so i have to pick " Wanted Dead or Alive"

Darn...I forgot one of my favorite songs ever, "Angel" by Aerosmith...

5. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"-Bryan Adams
4. "Always"-Bon Jovi
3. "Angel"-Aerosmith
2. "Open Arms"-Journey
1. "Iris"-Goo Goo Dolls

ilikefun said:

Give your list of the top 5 power ballads of all time.


4. "When the Children Cry" -- White Lion

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I LOVE that song! I'm so lgad (glad, too) that you put that one on the list. The Queensryche, too!

I'd probably add the Scorp's "Wind of Change" ("Send Me An Angel'"s amazing, too), Aerosmith's "Angel," Firehouse's "Love of a Lifetime" (not b/c I love it, but b/c it's just such a staple for this kinda thing), Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love is," The Bangle's "Eternal Flame" & the neverending Meatloaf's (lololol) "I Would Do Anything for Love."

I know that's not five. I just can't count.

"Hay Unos Ojos", or anything by Ana Gabriel. I can only stand ballads in spanish. And sung by her. The rest is rubbish.

antiarte said:

"Hay Unos Ojos", or anything by Ana Gabriel. I can only stand ballads in spanish. And sung by her. The rest is rubbish.

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Sounds like it's downloadin' time again...I need a faster connection though.

How about "Imaginame Sin Ti" though?

white dove said:

Sounds like it's downloadin' time again...I need a faster connection though.

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Not illegal downloading, I hope! The CIA will hunt you down!

How about "Imaginame Sin Ti" though?

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That the Jaci Velasquez song? She's hot. Her songs not so hot. Get "Luna", "Solo Amigos", but "La Reina" and "Hay Unos Ojos" are by far the best. But anything that woman sings is gold. It's what we used to listen to at work during lunch while playing pool and macking game at the waitress. Good times. And Mana. I bet you know about them.

Oh man....this is tough!!

I cant just choose 5...more like 5x5 for me!

1)Def Leppard
"When Love and Hate Collides" , "Miss You in a Heartbeat" "Love Bites" "Too Late"

2)Van Halen.
"Dreams", "Love Comes Walking In", "Why Cant This Be Love."

3)Journey
"Faithfully"

4)Bryan Adams
"Everything I do, I do it for you."

5) Foreignor
"I Want to Know What Love Is" & "I've Been Waiting, (For a Girl Like You)"

6) Firehouse
"Love of a Lifetime"

7) Scorpians
"Send Me An Angel"

8)Bon Jovi
"Living on a Prayer"

antiarte said:

Not illegal downloading, I hope! The CIA will hunt you down!

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Mmeh. That's just an old-wives' tale....Just like smoking cigarettes can cause cancer, beer kills brain cells, buy one get one free, eating McDonald's three times a day is bad for you, "you'll shoot your eye out" as well as other helpful little diddlies like that.

But yes, dad. Legal's the way to go.

That the Jaci Velasquez song? She's hot. Her songs not so hot. Get "Luna", "Solo Amigos", but "La Reina" and "Hay Unos Ojos" are by far the best. But anything that woman sings is gold. It's what we used to listen to at work during lunch while playing pool and macking game at the waitress. Good times. And Mana. I bet you know about them.

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Not the one I was talking about, but...I'm impressed you like Jaci. She's beautiful, isn't she? Only artist who sounds angelic in both English and Spanish.

I was thinking of a male artist though. His name is eluding me right now. For some reason Luis Miguel is popping in my head.....

but he should pop right back out cuz he's not the one.

Yeah this is hard.

Kix - "Don't Close Your Eyes"
Faster Pussycat - "House Of Pain"
Def Leppard - "Hysteria" and "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
Skid Row - "18 And Life"

I've also noticed that, on the recent side of things, the Eighteen Visions (yeah, I know) song "Broken Hearted" has a very 80s power ballad-ish vibe to it.

white dove said:

But yes, dad. Legal's the way to go.

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All my younger brothers yell me this..I think I'm getting old.

I was thinking of a male artist though. His name is eluding me right now.

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I know who you're talking about. I can't remember his name neither. But Jaci also performs that song...in English only, I think.