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Power ballads - which do you like and dislike

91 replies

WildRosie · 02/02/2023 18:50

Like: We've Got Tonight by Bob Seger
All I Have by Beth Nielsen Chapman
I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner

Dislike: I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith
Wind Of Change by Scorpions

I'm not a big fan of this musical genre, I admit. That's probably why my list is so small. I especially think it's weird hearing rock and metal bands doing them. It's like Foster and Allen singing Highway To Hell.

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Ryder68 · 02/02/2023 21:29

Power of love FGTH, and what's that one by thingy, you know, a small town girl and a train to anywhere. THAT one.

CoffeeRightNow · 02/02/2023 21:30

Hate the Meatloaf one. You know the one. Arghhhhhhhhh!

Love a good Whitney or Mariah ballad. Any of them!

Hatersgonnatake · 02/02/2023 21:32

Alexander O'Neal- If you were here tonight...

PerkingFaintly · 02/02/2023 21:35

Tilllly · 02/02/2023 21:20

Seen this...?
You'll enjoy, I promise 😁

GrinGrinGrin

elp30 · 02/02/2023 21:36

Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home"

2023username02 · 02/02/2023 21:37

As soon as I read your thread title ‘still loving you’ by Scorpions came to my mind immediately

I shed so many years listening to that song in the 80s…

Gonksmum · 02/02/2023 21:38

I'm not sure if Gloria by Laura Brannigan counts as a PB but it does start quietish and build up in volume. Great to sing along to (loudly, of course). I also love Helen Reddy's version of I Don't Know How to Love Him for the same reason. Lovely crescendo in that one.

SarahJinx · 02/02/2023 21:40

Is More than words one? God I love that song

ShillyShallySherbet · 02/02/2023 21:41

Listen to your heart - Roxette
Alone - Heart

elp30 · 02/02/2023 21:41

Actually, my favorite is Def Leppard's "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" and it goes seamlessly into "Switch 625" so they balance the soppiness.

AnotherNameChangeYes · 02/02/2023 21:48

‘Don’t Want to Miss A Thing’ by Aerosmith is probably one of my most hated songs.

I remember going to watch the film and thinking WTAF is this song? It’s terrible! I have to turn the radio over if it comes on.

jennywasafriendofmrbrightside · 02/02/2023 21:58

Kayleigh by Marillion

Every rose has its Thorn - Poison

Poison - Alice Cooper

Mummysgogetter · 02/02/2023 22:04

I hate “love is all around” wet wet wet

is that a power ballad? Not sure 🤔 but detest it anyway

love “is this love” Whitesnake

FatOaf · 02/02/2023 22:04

Dislike: most

Like:
Soul's on Fire - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Just Like I've Never Been Gone - Robert Plant

Mummysgogetter · 02/02/2023 22:08

TheresOnlyOneWayOfLife · 02/02/2023 20:59

Love Walked In - Thunder

Quite partial to a Chicago ballad

ohhhh yes 🙌 you reminded me - absolutely LOVE “Glory of Love”, Peter Cetera 💯

Mummysgogetter · 02/02/2023 22:11

GargleGargoyle · 02/02/2023 21:08

Tempo building ballad..

“Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica 💯

PerkingFaintly · 02/02/2023 22:20

Emotional hard rock/heavy metal with slow tempo & dramatic sung vocals, did you say?
Eye of the Tiger.

longtompot · 02/02/2023 22:37

I agree with a lot already mentioned, both good and bad, and will add

Patience by GnR

longtompot · 02/02/2023 22:38

Mummysgogetter · 02/02/2023 22:11

“Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica 💯

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Oh yes, so good🤘

RiderOfTheBlue · 02/02/2023 22:41

Love...
Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Alone - Heart
Africa - Toto

And many others. Can't think of any that I hate at the moment.

DecommissionedVag · 02/02/2023 22:57

I love Missing you by John Waite. Don't think I've seen it mentioned yet. It reminds me of my first love when I hear it.

KohlaParasaurus · 02/02/2023 23:12

I love them all, even the ones I think I hate. The older power ballads bring back memories of long car journeys with my pre-teen children back at the turn of the millennium when my first marriage broke down.

UselessExLondoner · 02/02/2023 23:22

Love-
When love and hate collide by Def Leppard

msssm · 02/02/2023 23:24

Ozzy Osborne & Lita Ford - Close my Eyes Forever. Tuneeeeeee
Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got
ZZ Top - Rough Boy
Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror
Poison - Life Goes On
White Lion - Wait
Rolling Stones - Angie
Aerosmith - What it Takes

I'll stop now 😂 Celine Dion has made the only bad ballads I've ever heard

Mookie81 · 02/02/2023 23:44

Absolutely love Rock of Ages, they use so many of the named tunes!