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Subject kinda says it all... nothing from Journey, Toto, Chicago etc. that fit that 80s band/melodic rock mold to a T... mine:

Don Henley - Heart Of The Matter
Don Henley - Last Worthless Evening
Don Henley - Taking You Home
Don Henley - For My Wedding
Don Henley - End of the Innocence
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - My Eyes Adored You
The Raspberries - I Can Remember
Eagles - I Can't Tell You Why
Dan Fogelberg - Same Auld Lang Syne
Burton Cummings - Stand Tall
Burton Cummings - You Saved My Soul
Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?
America - Daisy Jane
Graham Nash - I'll Be There For You
Robert Lamm - When The Rain Becomes

Just a few that come to mind... Henley really is a master of this type of song, especially on his solo outings.

Cold day in July - Dixie Chicks
Fly - Dixie Chicks
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
Make a memory - Bon Jovi

"I Can't Make You Love Me" Bonnie Raitt
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
"The Cross" Prince
"You Mean Everything To Me" Shawn Mullins
"Woman In Chains" Tears for Fears

The Ballad Of John and Yoko....

Ehwmatt wrote:Burton Cummings - Stand Tall

That's such a GREAT song!

Dan Fogelberg - Same Auld Lang Syne

Love this one!


Also...

Taxi - Harry Chapin
Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Shannon - Henry Gross
I'm Not In Love - 10cc
Baby Come Back - Player
'39 - Queen

And something not 70's......

Nora - Blessid Union of Souls

heres a couple-

Jim Croce - Operator (thats not the way I feel
Jim Croce - I got a name
Alice Cooper - only women bleed
alice cooper - you and me
alice cooper - how you gonna see me know
alice cooper - im going home
alice cooper - it s me
alice cooper - every woman has a name
alice cooper - took it like a women
alice cooper - killed by love
alice cooper - salvation
van morrison - queen of the slipstream
van morison - orangefield
van morrison - sense of wonder
van morrison - in the garden
billy joel - scenes from an italian restaurante
billy joel -summer highland falls
billy joel - ive loved these days
billy joel - captain jack

My Love- Paul McCartney
More Than Words- Extreme
That's Where It's At- Sam Cooke
Oh My Love- John Lennon

The Last Song - Elton John
Candle in the Wind - Elton John
Imagine - John Lennon
Alone Again - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi (Is that considered a power ballad? It was from the '90s.)

Here I go...

Don't Stop Believing
Open Arms
Mother Father
Faithfully
Endless Summer Nights
If she would have been Faithfull
You're the Inspiration


Oh, nevermind...Those are ALL power ballads!

Question - Old 97's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEwFik6ObJs

Duncan Sheik - For You

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

Life In The Bloodstream - The Guess Who
Takes a Fool To Love a Fool - The Guess Who
Wildflower - Skylark
Baby It's You - Smith
Carried Away - Crosby Stills & Nash
Bad Timing - Blue Rodeo
Another World - Soul Sirkus

Triple S wrote:Bad Timing - Blue Rodeo

Another great tune. Not into a lot of their stuff, but just love that one.

A time and place - Mike and the Mechanics
Crazy - Poco
Suddenly - Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton John
Lady- Little River Band
Sara Smile - Hall & Oates
Longer - Dan Folgelberg
December Snow - The Moody Blues
(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away - Andy Gibb

Deb wrote:

Triple S wrote:Bad Timing - Blue Rodeo

Another great tune. Not into a lot of their stuff, but just love that one.

Ya, for some reason I think I'm a really good singer when I sing along to that one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5I242rof2o

Mute Math - It's OK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEHdPPTGt8

AlteredDNA wrote:Mute Math - It's OK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEHdPPTGt8

Mute Math did a remake (more like a completely new version) of the Transformers theme song a couple of years ago. I wanted that song to make it into the movie sooooo bad, but it never happened. I've find the youtube clip to throw on here, but I can't access it from work. Very cool song!

G.I.Jim wrote:

AlteredDNA wrote:Mute Math - It's OK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEHdPPTGt8

Mute Math did a remake (more like a completely new version) of the Transformers theme song a couple of years ago. I wanted that song to make it into the movie sooooo bad, but it never happened. I've find the youtube clip to throw on here, but I can't access it from work. Very cool song!

Here it is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W_3gVsO98 (not a power ballad)

Is Waiting For A Girl Like you a power ballad?

Sarah wrote:Is Waiting For A Girl Like you a power ballad?

I would say yes, absolutely!

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald-Gordon Lightfoot
American Pie-Don McLean
Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning-Alan Jackson
Call Me-Dennis DeYoung

"Drive" - The Cars
"Me and Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul
"Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:heres a couple-

Jim Croce - Operator (thats not the way I feel
Jim Croce - I got a name
Alice Cooper - only women bleed
alice cooper - you and me
alice cooper - how you gonna see me know
alice cooper - im going home
alice cooper - it s me
alice cooper - every woman has a name
alice cooper - took it like a women
alice cooper - killed by love
alice cooper - salvation
van morrison - queen of the slipstream
van morison - orangefield
van morrison - sense of wonder
van morrison - in the garden
billy joel - scenes from an italian restaurante
billy joel -summer highland falls
billy joel - ive loved these days
billy joel - captain jack

Only Women Bleed and How You Gonna See Me now were co-written by a friend of mine, Dick Wagner. Another favorite of mine he wrote is called "Remember the Child".

Two immediately popped to mind, and they are not what you'd expect -- Petra's "Not Of This World" and "Graverobber" -- two of the most beautiful acoustic guitar ballads I've ever heard. Also, just about everything from Don Dokken's Solitary -- no joke.

Jeremey wrote:"I Can't Make You Love Me" Bonnie Raitt
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
"The Cross" Prince
"You Mean Everything To Me" Shawn Mullins
"Woman In Chains" Tears for Fears

"Everywhere I Go" - Shawn Mullins--I love Shawn Mullins... Thanks for reminding me, Jeremey.

RossValoryRocks wrote:

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:heres a couple-

Jim Croce - Operator (thats not the way I feel
Jim Croce - I got a name
Alice Cooper - only women bleed
alice cooper - you and me
alice cooper - how you gonna see me know
alice cooper - im going home
alice cooper - it s me
alice cooper - every woman has a name
alice cooper - took it like a women
alice cooper - killed by love
alice cooper - salvation
van morrison - queen of the slipstream
van morison - orangefield
van morrison - sense of wonder
van morrison - in the garden
billy joel - scenes from an italian restaurante
billy joel -summer highland falls
billy joel - ive loved these days
billy joel - captain jack

Only Women Bleed and How You Gonna See Me now were co-written by a friend of mine, Dick Wagner. Another favorite of mine he wrote is called "Remember the Child".

Its cool that you're a friend of Dick Wagner- hell of a good writer

Can't Help Falling in Love- The King. And no, not Cartman's version either. Stop typing that shit out. I know what you are all thinking before you do it

Cat Stevens- Wild World
Fleetwood Mac- Storms (from Tusk)

In order for me to answer this question, I'll need an operational definition of 'Power Ballad', please.....

StocktontoMalone wrote:In order for me to answer this question, I'll need an operational definition of 'Power Ballad', please.....

Any slow song that requires electricity to listen to.