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djchopdogfresh
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nothing beats "I Remember You". Skid Row is the only band where I believe a power ballad is their best song!

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Cinderella's "Nobody's Fool" is actually a power ballad. A damn good one too!

"I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve Priest

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This has got to be the best one : Sweet Child O'Mine : Guns N Roses

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If you like it, Bobby, it's okay with me
<3 Cindy

"I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve Priest

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I'll go with ones not mentioned unless I overlooked it. Cinderella's "Don't know what you got, till its gone" and Vixen's "Living on the edge of a broken heart"

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"
Cinderella's "Nobody's Fool" is actually a power ballad. A damn good one too!"- Syndrome477

i don't consider that a ballad, patience, don't cry, or november rain, those are ballads.

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I don't use the term power ballad, a ballad is a ballad to me, and there are many underrated ones. my favorite one is:

Return To Serenity--Testament

Great underrated ballads:
You See Me Crying and Home Tonight--Aerosmith
Closer To My Heart and I Want To Love You Tonight--Ratt
Existence Is Punishment and Time Heals Nothing--Crowbar
Ride On--AC/DC (Their only Ballad)

My Favorite Well-Known Ballads
Only Women Bleed
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
(The Song I Wrote I Consider A Cross Between These Two Ballads)
and last but not least:
(The Best Motley Crue Ballad To Me)
You're All I Need

I'm the guy on the right in the picture, 100% pure grade-a kick-ass 80's rocker, this is what it's all about!!

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isn't a ballad supposed to be a song that tells a story anyway?

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There are a few standouts...nothing b grade though. Its gotta be something really special for me to qualify it. These spring to mind:

Before the Dawn - Judas Priest
Dokken - Will the Sun Rise
Queensryche - I will Remember
One In a Million - Guns and Roses
Steelheart - Angel Eyes
Twisted Sister - The Price
White Lion - Wait
Whitesnake - Crying in the Rain

The Scorpions have usually one noteable one on every record.

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I still think the best "power" ballad I've heard is by Kiss. "Beth".

"I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve Priest

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SteelHeart, Shes Gone.

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Stanley
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There is a difference between 'Power' ballad and an ordinary 'ballad'.
Without gettin into too much technicality, a power ballad is still big on certain sections with electric guitar, a definitive solo guitar and reasonably 'heavy' sounding chorus with big vocal arrangement - hence the term 'Power'

Some of the choices peole have mentioned don't qualify as 'Power Ballads'

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Outstanding clarification Stanley.

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Here's some that haven't been mentioned yet.

Alice Cooper - Love's a Loaded Gun
Stryper - Honestly
Babylon A.D. - Desperate
Every Mother's Nightmare - Love Can Make You Blind
Bon Jovi - I'll Be There for You
Dokken - Alone Again, Heaven Sent
Firehouse - When I Look into Your Eyes, I Live My Life for You
Kiss - Everytime I Look at You
Winger - Headed for a Heartbreak, Miles Away

There's so many good ones out there, think we can name them all?

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"Outstanding clarification Stanley."
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Stanley isn't a Glam Expert for nothing.

Your knowledge is pretty fucking awesome as well.

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Winger "Headed For a Heartbreak"

I'm SO not a ballad person, but I think this song is like "wow".

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Before the Dawn - Judas Priest

- RichieWristrokkit

Gawd, I love this song. I told those close to me if they don't play this at my funeral, I am mean enough to come back and haunt them.

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There's so many. The 80's was full of power ballads. It was great. I could name a ton off the top of my head. For a small start that doesn't even scratch the surface...

Home Sweet Home - Crue
I remember You - Skid ROw
Wait - White Lion
What Love Can Be - Kingdom Come
Still Loving You - Scorpions
Alone Again - Dokken
Every rose - Poison

& so on...

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Omg I soo agree with you, KoryClarke1991!! You're All I Need is my favvvvvorite! LOL I think I want it to be my wedding song.. Or his funeral song. Lol Lets hope not.
And I obsessed with Everytime I Look At You for months!!!

You're All I Need- Crue
Everytime I Look at You- KISS
On With the Show- Crue
Iris- Goo Goo Dolls (is this condered one?).. I know it's not 80s
Glycerin- Bush

That's just a few. I loovvee Ballads!

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bad english - when i see you smile
damn yankees - high enough
dokken - alone again
motley crue - without you
skid row - i remember you
scorpions - send me an angel
whitesnake - is this love?
white lion - when the children cry

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This power ballad from 2007 is the best i've heard in a LONG time.

Allen Lande : Master of Sorrow

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Great song. Sounds like it was plucked straight from 1989
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Mine is Save all your love by Great White its kinda sad but even tho its about cheating mentally its still a great song <3.

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wow lots of good ones on here.a few i always loved.
kix-dont close your eyes.
vinny vincent invasion-love kills.
bang tango-just for you.
kingdom come-loving you.

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Something to believe in - POISON
Promise the moon - DANGEROUS TOYS

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i dont know if you guys have herd it but i love the song love is on the way buy saigon kick...it reminds of of the good old days even tho its really soft

" into the flood again same old trip it was back then "

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I'D DIE FOR YOU......BONJOVI
AND THENS THERE'S MEATLOAFS BAT OUT HELL CD(the first one)JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE THING IS A POWER BALLAD

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There are tons...
"I Remember You" - Skid Row
"Home Sweet Home" - Motley Crue
"Something To Believe In" - Poison
"Dont Close Your Eyes" - KIX
"Beth" - KISS
...and the Winger ballad thats not 'Heartbreak'

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Syndrome477
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"Power ballads I like (Just a few..... picking one I just cannot do):
Damn Yankees "High Enough"
- LadyPeterbilt
I play that over and over

"I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve Priest

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Without You is my favourite, although Every Rose... comes pretty close. Also, Priest have heaps of amazing ones, Before the Dawn is a great example. Wasting Love by Iron Maiden is a bit of a fav too...

I seriously need to hear some Warrant, I loved I Saw Red as a young teen but haven't heard it in years.

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"bad english - when i see you smile"
- MickAnarchy

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Rock & roll over babe

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