The winner of the best Power Ballad is......

[RomanyRoots]

Ok, putting together a playlist of Power ballads.
What is your favourite of all time. It can be from a film or not, it doesn't matter.

I"ve started with my favourite, really cliche but:

I don't want to miss a thing/ Aerosmith/ Armagedon.

Assuming it qualifies as a power ballad, try the relatively unknown Nowhere Fast. It’s a Jim Steinman extravaganza.

@WarmthAndDepth I was coming on to ask exactly the same qu about Summer of 69! Also love your username - does it originate from a phrase that starts with “I’d call him a...”?!

I love this thread! So many already mentioned but please can I add:

Carrie - Europe
Suddenly - Angry Anderson
Dream on - Aerosmith

November Rain by Pistols and Pansies all day long....

Or

Kyrie Eleison....can't remember who, blow it! Going to google now!

Mr Mister

No, there's certainly no hard and fast definition. Like I said, you get a lot of crossover, (look at Michael Bolton! Not exactly a rocker, but he could certainly belt out a power ballad). I think that the concept of the power ballad is generally accepted to have originated in the world of rock though.

Mr mister. Yes I am here for all your dodgy 80s music needs.

I think I agree with WellGosh's scientific definitions.

She missed out hairspray and dry ice though. All true power ballads must have an abundance of hairspray and dry ice and it must be evident even over the radio.

Totals eclipse of the heart. I’m drunk right now while my daughter sleeps!!

I am now saving this thread and going to check my current Power Ballad playlist for all those that are missing.
Thanks all

And tight leather trews.

I loathe power ballads. HTH

@Jsmith you’re right, I got carried away.

Suddenly - Angry Anderson
My Immortal - Evanescense
Faithfully - Journey

How could I have forgotten the dry ice......Whitesnake were the kings of dry ice - you could barely see the band sometimes. And, oh yes, David Coverdale in his leather pants was truly a sight to behold :-))

Also, although not a pre requisite, a lot of power ballads make no sense. Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel? Wtf does that even mean?

The more preposterous the better.

Roachford - Cuddly Toy

Black Velvet

It's a great shame that Bat Out Of Hell the Musical has closed in London - that show was stuffed with power ballads. Bloody fantastic it was too - hope they revive it some day.

Kyrie Eleison(sp) means Lord have Mercy(I think) in , in Christian liturgy.

Used to amuse me, as it was a phrase, used every week at Church. .

Mr Big - to be with you

Yeah, that's what I mean. Lord have mercy down the road that I must travel.

WellGoshdarnit

many thanks, I had noticed some were not directly Power Ballads ito genre, but i thought we could use the term loosely as in powerful lyrics/music or both.
There are so many powerful songs.

Can’t brli no one’s mentioned Brothers in Arms

Believe even