The Power Ballad. [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

Hottub

05-21-2009, 03:39 PM

You can love 'em. You can hate 'em.
But you cannot deny that it is a great formula. In the late 80's to early 90's you could not find a rock album without one. All catchy with great hooks.

Let me put on my asbestos suit, then post this link.

Enjoy.

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hammersavage

05-21-2009, 03:41 PM

When the children cry, let em know we tried.

west milly Tom

05-21-2009, 03:46 PM

Mr. Big - To Be With You

Un-beatable

mikeyboy

05-21-2009, 03:51 PM

But you cannot deny that it is a great formula.

I can and I will.

Hottub

05-21-2009, 04:00 PM

I can and I will.

Loosen the tie and unclench.

west milly Tom

05-21-2009, 04:02 PM

Loosen the tie and unclench.

His throat has clearly grown over the tie.

TheMojoPin

05-21-2009, 04:06 PM

Loosen the tie and unclench.

Irony.

silks

05-21-2009, 04:07 PM

I'm not trying to fake it
And I ain't the one to blame
No, there's no one home
In my house of pain...

Faster Pussycat

Hottub

05-21-2009, 04:10 PM

Hold on. Hold on tight.
I'll make everything alright.
Wake up. Don't go to sleep.
I pray the lord your soul to keep.

GreatAmericanZero

05-21-2009, 04:10 PM

wow, i was just watching "If I could close my eyes forever" video on youtube. weird

Death Metal Moe

05-21-2009, 04:12 PM

Mama I'm Comin' Hooooooooooooooooooooooome!

Gvac

05-21-2009, 04:12 PM

The power ballad gave me douche chills 20 years ago and continues to do so to this day.

Absolutely awful.

biozombie

05-21-2009, 04:14 PM

The power ballad gave me douche chills 20 years ago and continues to do so to this day.

Absolutely awful.

That's a truthbomb.

mikeyboy

05-21-2009, 04:14 PM

The power ballad gave me douche chills 20 years ago and continues to do so to this day.

Absolutely awful.

indeed

Death Metal Moe

05-21-2009, 04:16 PM

The power ballad gave me douche chills 20 years ago and continues to do so to this day.

Absolutely awful.

Oh you know you were sittin' in some bar after some floosie walked out on ya, then Poison comes on and you reflect as you adjust your Cavariccis.

Death Metal Moe

05-21-2009, 04:17 PM

indeed

STOP THAT!

Gvac

05-21-2009, 04:19 PM

Oh you know you were sittin' in some bar after some floosie walked out on ya, then Poison comes on and you reflect as you adjust your Cavariccis.

I don't know what Cavariccis are.

west milly Tom

05-21-2009, 04:19 PM

Do be do be do do do oh Do be do be do do do oh
I used to be...

No more i love you's changes are shifting Outside the words

Death Metal Moe

05-21-2009, 04:22 PM

I don't know what Cavariccis are.

You can't deny your past forever Gregory.

Hottub

05-21-2009, 04:22 PM

The power ballad gave me douche chills 20 years ago and continues to do so to this day.

Absolutely awful.

indeed

Get out of my thread!

Don't know what you got, 'til it's gone.

Death Metal Moe

05-21-2009, 04:24 PM

I saw red, when I opened up the door.

Death Metal Moe

05-21-2009, 04:25 PM

west milly Tom

05-21-2009, 04:25 PM

I saw red, when I opened up the door.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Gvac

05-21-2009, 05:17 PM

You can't deny your past forever Gregory.

I just googled them.

I honestly had no idea what they were.

Never wore 'em, never heard of 'em.

Never wore capezio shoes or parachute pants either.

ScottFromGA

05-21-2009, 05:20 PM

Can you take me high enough?

Hottub

05-21-2009, 05:22 PM

Can you take me high enough?

HA!
Those damn yankees!!:lol:

Tall_James

05-21-2009, 05:22 PM

How can "Power Pop" be so incredibly awesome while "Power Ballads" are so horrifically bad?

Hottub

05-21-2009, 05:23 PM

Tall James...

Fucko!!!

mikeyboy

05-21-2009, 05:24 PM

I just googled them.

I honestly had no idea what they were.

Never wore 'em, never heard of 'em.

Never wore capezio shoes or parachute pants either.

Mullet or no mullet?

Tall_James

05-21-2009, 05:27 PM

Tall James...

Fucko!!!

Please - don't get me started. My five year old demands that I play the "Hair Nation" channel in the car when I drive him to pre-school.

I don't particularly care for it but I do crank it up to 8 when I enter the pre-school parking lot just to horrify the soccer moms.

Hottub

05-21-2009, 05:29 PM

HAHA!!
That's my boys favorite too.
We usually go to 11 when driving to Little League and getting the War Face on!!

Don't hate. Appreciate.

Gvac

05-21-2009, 05:35 PM

Mullet or no mullet?

I had an AWESOME mullet.

Tall_James

05-21-2009, 05:36 PM

We're not so different. Last night my daughter and I were listening to "Kamakiriad" while watching the sun set and she said it was the perfect music to listen to for that.

Tall_James

05-21-2009, 05:36 PM

I had an AWESOME mullet.

Then why did you hide it under that AWESOME hat?

mikeyboy

05-21-2009, 05:39 PM

Then why did you hide it under that AWESOME hat?

Psh. That's the beauty of the mullet. It just spills out of the back of a hat.

ecobag2

05-21-2009, 05:41 PM

Mr Bigg

what's that one?

Forget...

Lots of teased hair in a black and white video.

Tall_James

05-21-2009, 05:46 PM

Psh. That's the beauty of the mullet. It just spills out of the back of a hat.

Perhaps it was his mullet that stole his hat.

Gvac

05-21-2009, 06:14 PM

Every time I visit my mom I BEG her to take down the photo of me sporting a mullet, a denim jacket, and my Stratocaster. It was a promo photo taken by a professional photographer for a band I was in over 20 years ago and I cringe every time I see it.

She always tells me she loves that picture.

Crazy old broad.

Tall_James

05-21-2009, 06:39 PM

hedges

05-21-2009, 06:43 PM

I had a mullet twenty years ago not because I was into hair bands, but because it just seemed right at the time I guess. In fact I did not like these bands at all back then. But as I put in a thread not too long ago I've been listening to Hair Nation lately, and am suprisingly enjoying it. Most of the power ballads I can do without, though.

mikeyboy

05-21-2009, 06:55 PM

I was at my parents' house a few weeks ago and found this id badge from when I used to volunteer at the local hospital. In it I'm sporting a mini-mullet. I never had a full-on mullet. Not for lack of trying though. Anytime I would grow my hair long it would start to annoy me after a while, and I would cut it off. My how times change.

~Katja~

05-21-2009, 06:57 PM

Death Metal Moe

05-21-2009, 06:58 PM

Runaway train never comin' back...

jessicaduh

05-22-2009, 05:24 AM

Mr Bigg

what's that one?

Forget...

Lots of teased hair in a black and white video.

to be with you.

fezident

05-22-2009, 04:27 PM

I hate big 80ies power ballads.
... unless they're written & produced by Mutt Lange. Then, and only then, do I f'ing love 'em.

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GreatAmericanZero

05-22-2009, 04:42 PM

Jughead

05-22-2009, 04:47 PM

It was called a shag hair cut youngsters!!!!...Turn the page ...I sang 1 million times...:smile:

CruelCircus

05-23-2009, 03:19 AM

Mr. Big - To Be With You

Un-beatable

That's not a power ballad. Neither is "More Than Words."
They're acoustic, by definition, no power.

I'm on my way- home, sweet home.

fezident

05-23-2009, 05:56 AM

MOTORIN'.
http://www.b1604.com/images/storyheadlines/MOTORIN.jpg

landarch

05-23-2009, 06:34 AM

Mr. Big - To Be With You

Un-beatable

First time I had sex that song was playing.

Dougie Brootal

05-23-2009, 10:25 AM

First time I had sex that song was playing.

you forgot to mention that this was last week. :tongue:

Dude!

05-23-2009, 10:28 AM

you forgot to mention that this was last week. :tongue:

and with a tranny

jessicaduh

05-23-2009, 10:35 AM

i can't help but love this to this day. actually, i still listen to this whole cd from time to time when i want to wax nostalgic...guilty pleasure.

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ecobag2

06-01-2009, 08:00 PM

to be with you.

ahh yes.

played many a drunken morning in college.

Hottub

08-22-2009, 08:39 PM

Hottub

08-22-2009, 08:52 PM

epo

08-22-2009, 08:53 PM

You can love 'em. You can hate 'em.
But you cannot deny that it is a great formula.

I deny. Always have, always will.

Hottub

08-22-2009, 08:59 PM

hedges

08-22-2009, 09:01 PM

hedges

08-22-2009, 09:05 PM

Hottub

08-22-2009, 09:10 PM

Hottub

08-22-2009, 09:22 PM

Stuft

08-22-2009, 09:24 PM

Hottub

08-22-2009, 09:47 PM

Gvac

08-22-2009, 09:50 PM

I guess I can kind of understand you feeling nostalgic when you hear these songs, but there's NO WAY you could possibly think they're "good music", is there Tub?

Please say you know this is crap.

hedges

08-22-2009, 10:02 PM

Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue

Hottub

08-22-2009, 10:16 PM

Hottub

08-22-2009, 10:53 PM

I guess I can kind of understand you feeling nostalgic when you hear these songs, but there's NO WAY you could possibly think they're "good music", is there Tub?

Please say you know this is crap.

Goddammit, Gvac!
You know my musical base is as good, if not better than yours. We are the same age. We both grew up in the same place. Brought up on PLJ and NEW. We also both dug a bit deeper to find the roots of what we listened to. Hell. I brough Zeppelin back to St. Louis, MO.
I think the difference may be that I unclenched a bit after school and before a real life.
Hell, I was at Studio One almost every Friday night. (mostly free from SOU)
I loved the Power Hour on U-68. I was watching the HeadBangers Ball with goddam Adam Curry. I was on the cusp of this movement. I enjoyed the hell out of it, and still do.
Punk bored me, Earl had played the shit out of every record I already owned. (but A.J. is ok with that)
I needed something new and alive. I was doing SOU during it's prime. Before Nirvana. Ahead of the curve in that genre. I've mentioned it before, I was reviewing metal records for 2 magazines before Seattle even hit.

I'm not even going to say give it a chance, because you have obviously poo pood it, and it is dead to you. Your loss.

In closing;
I SWEAR to the Metal Child,
If you do not make time for an evening with me before any changes may occur in your life, I will hunt you down and...
probably do nothing.:smile:

I'll close with this. If you don't like it, TOUGH SHIT!!

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hedges

08-22-2009, 11:18 PM

What's SOU Hottub?

Hottub

08-22-2009, 11:45 PM

WSOU. Seton Hall's Pirate Radio! (http://www.wsou.net/radiostream.cfm)

Not what it was in it's Glory Day's. (stupid Jesuit University) but still a good source for what is hard. Both local and national.

One day I shall tell you guys of my various trips to SOU and the UNBELIEVABLE bands they had in that shitty studio! I'm talking stadium acts, on there way to the Meadowlands.

hedges

08-22-2009, 11:50 PM

A.J.

08-23-2009, 08:54 AM

Punk bored me, Earl had played the shit out of every record I already owned. (but A.J. is ok with that)

Huh?

For the most part, I hated hair bands and power ballads. The exception was White Lion. My first girlfriend played their album and I thought Vito Bratta was a very good guitarist. I'm sorry, but I love the melodies in this song:

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Gvac

08-23-2009, 08:56 AM

Goddammit, Gvac!
You know my musical base is as good, if not better than yours. We are the same age. We both grew up in the same place. Brought up on PLJ and NEW. We also both dug a bit deeper to find the roots of what we listened to. Hell. I brough Zeppelin back to St. Louis, MO.
I think the difference may be that I unclenched a bit after school and before a real life.
Hell, I was at Studio One almost every Friday night. (mostly free from SOU)
I loved the Power Hour on U-68. I was watching the HeadBangers Ball with goddam Adam Curry. I was on the cusp of this movement. I enjoyed the hell out of it, and still do.
Punk bored me, Earl had played the shit out of every record I already owned. (but A.J. is ok with that)
I needed something new and alive. I was doing SOU during it's prime. Before Nirvana. Ahead of the curve in that genre. I've mentioned it before, I was reviewing metal records for 2 magazines before Seattle even hit.

I'm not even going to say give it a chance, because you have obviously poo pood it, and it is dead to you. Your loss.

None of this explains why you like terrible "music."

It's thin, soulless, and without any merit whatsoever.

You can't even say "It has a good beat and I can dance to it" like a well crafted pop tune.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Gvac

08-23-2009, 08:57 AM

Huh?

For the most part, I hated hair bands and power ballads. The exception was White Lion. My first girlfriend played their album and I thought Vito Bratta was a very good guitarist. I'm sorry but, I love the melodies in this song:

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Hand in your Stones card and burn your guitars.

You're dead to me.

A.J.

08-23-2009, 09:04 AM

Hand in your Stones card and burn your guitars.

You're dead to me.

We're all of us allowed a guilty pleasure or two.

Gvac

08-23-2009, 09:07 AM

We're all of us allowed a guilty pleasure or two.

Agreed. But hair metal?

I'd rather hear you say ABBA or The Village People.

They're a little less cheesy.

A.J.

08-23-2009, 09:08 AM

Please leave your hatred of cheese out of this!

hanso

08-23-2009, 10:53 AM

Stankfoot

08-23-2009, 12:47 PM

You guys realize the bands added the power ballads to their albums so that chicks would come to their shows, right?

hedges

08-23-2009, 05:12 PM

I like a few power ballads, not all the ones I posted earlier. Carrie by Europe is absolutely terrible. I don't own any power ballads. I just hear them on the radio every once in a while.
The bands are all pretty cheesy during that time period. But it wasn't impossible for a good song to come out every now and then, in my opinion.

red_red_red

08-23-2009, 07:07 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRDS9AwDF6g

Magic Power....Triumph

Ronnie B loves them

hedges

08-24-2009, 11:42 PM

This is a definite power ballad:

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hanso

09-12-2009, 10:56 PM

Hottub

05-24-2010, 04:08 PM

She tries so hard to make our house a home.
Leave it to me to fuck it up!!

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2583/imag0018u.jpg

Hottub

05-24-2010, 04:13 PM