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Favourite power ballad?

sean [Edit] [Delete] 50 replies 13:15 December 30th, 2012

I'm heading to Ultimate Power tomorrow night for NYE, and fancied giving myself a dry-run. What are some of your favourites?

p.s. we're giving away, amongst other things, tickets to the sold out NYE party over here http://drownedinsound.com/news/4145831-epic-win--12-days-of-dismas-giveaways

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Whitesnake - Is This Love

pichaelmarker | 30 Dec '12, 13:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

sunstroke_house this'd this
Cars - Drive

If that counts as a power ballad.

sizeofanocean | 30 Dec '12, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply

Loui_Tacceh this'd this
does more than a feeling count

no of course it doesnt

why cant this be love by van halen

TheKennedyCurse | 30 Dec '12, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
Keep on loving you

REO Speedwagon

Sarlacc | 30 Dec '12, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Evan Dando...
  
  ...does a great cover of this.
  
  sunstroke_house @Sarlacc | 30 Dec '12, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
does purple rain count

because if it does, it's definitely that

anal_schwarzenegger | 30 Dec '12, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply

thetaxidriver, fuckyeahdubstep, _TheBeautifulOnes_, and JaguarPirate this'd this
Komar & Melamid and Dave Soldier - The Most Wanted Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McIfIx29tSg

yoooooou're my faaaaaaantasyyyyyyyy

the most unwanted song is of course one of the greatest things ever recorded but baby (baby baby baaaaby) steps eh

Loui_Tacceh | 30 Dec '12, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
here I go again on my oooowwwwWWN ....

MrBones | 30 Dec '12, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kiss From A Rose of course!

mug_mug_mug | 30 Dec '12, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lucien and SarcasticFringehead this'd this
also : Harvey Milk's version of the Peter Criss (of Kiss ) song Easy Thing is good

http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Harvey+Milk+Easy+Thing

anal_schwarzenegger | 30 Dec '12, 16:20 | X | ^ This | Reply

mug_mug_mug this'd this
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell

MrSteveBob | 30 Dec '12, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- long version
  
  mug_mug_mug @MrSteveBob | 30 Dec '12, 16:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Still isn't long enough
    
    MrSteveBob @mug_mug_mug | 30 Dec '12, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    mug_mug_mug and stanstubbs this'd this
The bodyform advert

Just play it continuously for 4 minutes.

Alone by Heart is a close second

bj72 | 30 Dec '12, 17:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love

extended version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91rOqxoPdsc

Body_In_The_Thames | 30 Dec '12, 17:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
'Is This Love' is ace.

The video always helps me make my mind up too.

'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' by Starship would be a contender.

Erm, I actually really like this stuff as my mum had cassette after cassette of this kind of music on in the kitchen all the time when I was growing up and it was background music at every working men's club and smoke filled pub in my early youth. God, the memories.

Been listening to Phil Collins' 'Separate Lives' (ft, Marilyn Martin) a bit recently. It's not a power ballad in the strictest sense but there you go.

Always guaranteed to get me belting out the chorus with a look on my face, I hope emanates sincerity and pained anguish - but in reality, probably just makes me look like I'm forcing a challenging fart out.

Violator | 30 Dec '12, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I briefly thought you meant the PJ Harvey song.
  
  I was a bit confused, given it's a good song rather than a power ballad.
  
  TheoGB @Violator | 2 Jan '13, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Skid Row - I Remember You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4Bb1xQHXw

SurfsUp | 30 Dec '12, 18:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Haha! Yes!
  
  or Bon Jovi - I'll be There For You
  
  ('when you breathe, I want to be the air for you')
  
  El_Goodo @SurfsUp | 31 Dec '12, 10:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Phill Collins - Against All Odds?

Its quite boombastic

furio | 30 Dec '12, 18:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hungry Eyes

Broken Wings

in_limbo | 30 Dec '12, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
come sail away

cat_race | 31 Dec '12, 09:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Broken Wings is the right answer.

Ichor | 31 Dec '12, 09:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- how come people so often say there is a right answer when it's just everyone's favourite?
  
  it's weird
  
  cat_race @Ichor | 31 Dec '12, 09:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It's a joke that assumes the person writing has the best taste therefore everyone should listen, Mr c_r.
    
    Ichor @cat_race | 31 Dec '12, 14:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - oh no, i would have no idea who has the best taste
      
      cat_race @Ichor | 31 Dec '12, 14:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hard Habit To Break - Chicago

Alone - Heart

Teepee_uk | 31 Dec '12, 10:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Boys Of Summer

steinbolt | 31 Dec '12, 10:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

SarcasticFringehead this'd this
- Not a power ballad imo
  
  Best song in this thread though...
  
  pichaelmarker @steinbolt | 31 Dec '12, 13:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Better than Purple Rain?
    
    You're off your chump.
    
    TheoGB @pichaelmarker | 2 Jan '13, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Total Eclipse of the Heart

definitely

silver-crescent | 31 Dec '12, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
I actually dj at a monthlypower ballad night

and this is the song that always gets the most requests

MrSteveBob | 31 Dec '12, 14:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i love that song
  
  cat_race @MrSteveBob | 31 Dec '12, 14:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  furio and LOLpop this'd this
fix?

cat_race | 31 Dec '12, 14:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
John Farnham - You're The Voice

TheGrudge | 1 Jan '13, 10:53 | X | ^ This | Reply

film_maker this'd this
- so much this
  
  film_maker @TheGrudge | 2 Jan '13, 13:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
St Elmo's Fire.

A brilliant song.

BMS1 | 1 Jan '13, 11:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
I want to know what love is by foreigner

Actually quite like a good power ballad.

ripper | 1 Jan '13, 11:45 | X | ^ This | Reply

MarwoodW this'd this
Black Velvet

...if you please.

bokonon | 2 Jan '13, 09:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
I think you'll find...

...it's 'Show Me Heaven' by Maria McKee. No?

CousinCalledKevin | 2 Jan '13, 11:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Alice Cooper - Poison

sadballadman | 2 Jan '13, 12:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Heart - Alone

epic, especially when she does that little screech / squeal near the end.

colonelbingobongo | 2 Jan '13, 12:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It is a great song
  
  TheGrudge @colonelbingobongo | 2 Jan '13, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thunder - Love Walked In

sparkysdream | 2 Jan '13, 13:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
surely

Nilsson's Without You should be in here

the original power ballad (if you don't count You Lost That Loving Feeling)

Body_In_The_Thames | 2 Jan '13, 13:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight

Cutting Crew. I used to have an amazing triple cd set of this kind of stuff years ago.

marko23 | 2 Jan '13, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply

pichaelmarker this'd this
Not my favourite, but I've always loved

The Hooters - Satellite

TheGrudge | 2 Jan '13, 16:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
the bryan adams dirge in robin hood?

(not that i like it, just awfully difficult to forget).

favourite one, if only for the teen snog memories, would likely be chicago's 'if you leave me now'.

riverlodge | 2 Jan '13, 16:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Total Eclipse Of The Heart

obviously

capt_oats | 3 Jan '13, 18:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Girl on the Moon - Foreigner

Followed closely by Kansas' Dust In The Wind

Stone_Wick | 3 Jan '13, 18:35 | X | ^ This | Reply

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