What's the earliest power ballad you remember?

[Since 78]

Does this one count??

Released in 1977 - Meatloaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2G-DKOGFbc

I would vote yes.

[portland]

Does this one count??

Released in 1977 - Meatloaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2G-DKOGFbc

I would vote yes.

This one too

For Crying Out Loud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHPetLms4ZU


I loved Bat out of Hell.....

[Triple S]

Skylark - Wildflower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q
They were pretty damn good. Too bad they didn't last long. I love, love the guitar!

Dude, That's a GREAT song. Love it! Pay no attention to the Naysayers!

It is! And JSS does a killer version of this.

[portland]

Skylark - Wildflower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q
They were pretty damn good. Too bad they didn't last long. I love, love the guitar!

Dude, That's a GREAT song. Love it! Pay no attention to the Naysayers!

It is! And JSS does a killer version of this.

I love the song.....but I don't get the power ballad.....it's a ballad.....I would love to see the JSS version..I bet
he does a fabulous job as he has the bluesy groove thing going on.

[Since 78]

Skylark - Wildflower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q
They were pretty damn good. Too bad they didn't last long. I love, love the guitar!

Dude, That's a GREAT song. Love it! Pay no attention to the Naysayers!

It is! And JSS does a killer version of this.

Really? I would like to hear it also.

[Don]

Skylark - Wildflower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q
They were pretty damn good. Too bad they didn't last long. I love, love the guitar!

Dude, That's a GREAT song. Love it! Pay no attention to the Naysayers!

It is! And JSS does a killer version of this.

I love the song.....but I don't get the power ballad.....it's a ballad.....I would love to see the JSS version..I bet
he does a fabulous job as he has the bluesy groove thing going on.

Color Me Badd does a cover of the song also. A pop ballad more akin to Open Arms, not a real power ballad per say.

[Deb]

April Wine had some great slow dance (ballads) songs!

You Won't Dance With Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS267XXV1Jc

Just Between You and Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafnAiYDpXM

Rock and Roll Is a Viscious Game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEgOh_RvX5w

[mrsromek]

Open Arms-Journey

I still remember hearing that on WLS AM 7 whatever they were in the early 80's. First rock tune? Crazy Train. I was an MTV junkie and that video was on all the time!!

[Deb]

Skylark - Wildflower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q
They were pretty damn good. Too bad they didn't last long. I love, love the guitar!

Dude, That's a GREAT song. Love it! Pay no attention to the Naysayers!

It is! And JSS does a killer version of this.

Really? I would like to hear it also.

Porty and 78, check your pm's.

[portland]

Skylark - Wildflower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q
They were pretty damn good. Too bad they didn't last long. I love, love the guitar!

Dude, That's a GREAT song. Love it! Pay no attention to the Naysayers!

It is! And JSS does a killer version of this.

Really? I would like to hear it also.

Porty and 78, check your pm's.

DEB.....you rock and well check your PM!!!


WOW JSS that was as good as I thought it would be!!! Thanks!

[Triple S]

OK - well the criteria is earliest I remember - here we go, 1968:

Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On. Go Carmine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsi_8eOIV68

[squirt1]

Moon Beam- Since you mentioned 3 Dog Night,I would have to add One & Easy to be hard with Chuch Negron singing. Deano am I still your fave Repub ,as you called me? I would love to see a 3rd party. Maybe the voters are ready now.

[Rockindeano]

Moon Beam- Since you mentioned 3 Dog Night,I would have to add One & Easy to be hard with Chuch Negron singing. Deano am I still your fave Repub ,as you called me? I would love to see a 3rd party. Maybe the voters are ready now.

Squirt, I don't hate republicans, I only really dislike about 40 million of them(I like you though you old bag ). However, you better start worrying about only having one party left. I can see the Tea Baggers messing this up for the GOP. Come November, I can see those idiots splitting the vote and giving the Dems more seats than they should get.. The way it stands now, the GOP will pick up quite a few, quite common in off years for the party out of power, but I am telling you, this Obama win Sunday could mean two things- It can mean a really big hit against the Dems or, and this is very possible- the Health Care Law may give the Dems a fucking legacy. The GOP will pick up seats in the mid terms sure...but come 2012, another Obama win, and a big pick up of seats for the Dems, sets up an added incremental improvement in the second term, a term that will hold huge political capital for the president,and a real chance to get a lot of stuff done. If this health care law works, and I believe it will, more and more health reform will be added to it, hopefully the public option at some point, and the GOP will be so irrelevant, it won't even be funny. Nowhere in this historic bill/law, is there a republican name.....nor was there a single republican thought, or idea, or suggestion. TNC has it right as usual, however, I would like to see a bit more enthusiasm out of him..this bill doesn't go far enough but the basics and the foundation is there, and more and more improvements like the public option can be incrementally added to it, I suspect when this bill goes into effect, and people see what it does and who it helps, the Dems will get a real chance to move some more historic movements getting through the Congress and onto the president's desk, and no, this law will not be repealed nor will any of the Obama agenda.

I still love ya Squirty. Send me a fuckin' Reds shirt, XXL. Thanks. I love the Red Legs! Did I tell you I once got a BJ in Riverfront Stadium, back in 1984, against the Dodgers by a complete Cincinnati stranger. Yup, My grandma and I took a 18,000 mile train journey across the country, watching Reds baseball in Cincy, Milwaukee, Philly, NY, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. It was awesome and I was 18 years old, and my grandma basically came along to loan me money and buy me beer! She would go to sleep in the hotel about 8, and I was out the door, embarking on a trim hunt like no other. Scored a New Orleans girl that still to this day makes the hairs on the my balls under my tool tickle something fierce. Tall brunette, firm eye level boobies, long legs with fishnet stockings on and come fuck me heels..Goddammit, take me back in time good lord! I will never forget that. Getting random sex in ballparks, under freeways in Kansas City, on the train headed to Seattle, and in the bathroom at a motel 6 in Fulton, Kentucky, across the great Ohio River with the Cincinnati skyline peeping through the louvers at 515 AM. Those were the best days of my life- Bryan Adams, and me, 1984.

[LtVanish]

Might not be the earliest, but Freddy Curci and Sheriff's, ' When I'm With You' slays both those lame-ass posers.....

I was forced to slow dance for the first time to that song.

[steveo777]

Moon Beam- Since you mentioned 3 Dog Night,I would have to add One & Easy to be hard with Chuch Negron singing. Deano am I still your fave Repub ,as you called me? I would love to see a 3rd party. Maybe the voters are ready now.

Squirt, I don't hate republicans, I only really dislike about 40 million of them(I like you though you old bag ). However, you better start worrying about only having one party left. I can see the Tea Baggers messing this up for the GOP. Come November, I can see those idiots splitting the vote and giving the Dems more seats than they should get.. The way it stands now, the GOP will pick up quite a few, quite common in off years for the party out of power, but I am telling you, this Obama win Sunday could mean two things- It can mean a really big hit against the Dems or, and this is very possible- the Health Care Law may give the Dems a fucking legacy. The GOP will pick up seats in the mid terms sure...but come 2012, another Obama win, and a big pick up of seats for the Dems, sets up an added incremental improvement in the second term, a term that will hold huge political capital for the president,and a real chance to get a lot of stuff done. If this health care law works, and I believe it will, more and more health reform will be added to it, hopefully the public option at some point, and the GOP will be so irrelevant, it won't even be funny. Nowhere in this historic bill/law, is there a republican name.....nor was there a single republican thought, or idea, or suggestion. TNC has it right as usual, however, I would like to see a bit more enthusiasm out of him..this bill doesn't go far enough but the basics and the foundation is there, and more and more improvements like the public option can be incrementally added to it, I suspect when this bill goes into effect, and people see what it does and who it helps, the Dems will get a real chance to move some more historic movements getting through the Congress and onto the president's desk, and no, this law will not be repealed nor will any of the Obama agenda.

I still love ya Squirty. Send me a fuckin' Reds shirt, XXL. Thanks. I love the Red Legs! Did I tell you I once got a BJ in Riverfront Stadium, back in 1984, against the Dodgers by a complete Cincinnati stranger. Yup, My grandma and I took a 18,000 mile train journey across the country, watching Reds baseball in Cincy, Milwaukee, Philly, NY, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. It was awesome and I was 18 years old, and my grandma basically came along to loan me money and buy me beer! She would go to sleep in the hotel about 8, and I was out the door, embarking on a trim hunt like no other. Scored a New Orleans girl that still to this day makes the hairs on the my balls under my tool tickle something fierce. Tall brunette, firm eye level boobies, long legs with fishnet stockings on and come fuck me heels..Goddammit, take me back in time good lord! I will never forget that. Getting random sex in ballparks, under freeways in Kansas City, on the train headed to Seattle, and in the bathroom at a motel 6 in Fulton, Kentucky, across the great Ohio River with the Cincinnati skyline peeping through the louvers at 515 AM. Those were the best days of my life- Bryan Adams, and me, 1984.

What in the fuck was that diatribe all about?
Cliff notes, people....use 'em!

[Michigan Girl]

Moon Beam- Since you mentioned 3 Dog Night,I would have to add One & Easy to be hard with Chuch Negron singing. Deano am I still your fave Repub ,as you called me? I would love to see a 3rd party. Maybe the voters are ready now.

Squirt, I don't hate republicans, I only really dislike about 40 million of them(I like you though you old bag ). However, you better start worrying about only having one party left. I can see the Tea Baggers messing this up for the GOP. Come November, I can see those idiots splitting the vote and giving the Dems more seats than they should get.. The way it stands now, the GOP will pick up quite a few, quite common in off years for the party out of power, but I am telling you, this Obama win Sunday could mean two things- It can mean a really big hit against the Dems or, and this is very possible- the Health Care Law may give the Dems a fucking legacy. The GOP will pick up seats in the mid terms sure...but come 2012, another Obama win, and a big pick up of seats for the Dems, sets up an added incremental improvement in the second term, a term that will hold huge political capital for the president,and a real chance to get a lot of stuff done. If this health care law works, and I believe it will, more and more health reform will be added to it, hopefully the public option at some point, and the GOP will be so irrelevant, it won't even be funny. Nowhere in this historic bill/law, is there a republican name.....nor was there a single republican thought, or idea, or suggestion. TNC has it right as usual, however, I would like to see a bit more enthusiasm out of him..this bill doesn't go far enough but the basics and the foundation is there, and more and more improvements like the public option can be incrementally added to it, I suspect when this bill goes into effect, and people see what it does and who it helps, the Dems will get a real chance to move some more historic movements getting through the Congress and onto the president's desk, and no, this law will not be repealed nor will any of the Obama agenda.

I still love ya Squirty. Send me a fuckin' Reds shirt, XXL. Thanks. I love the Red Legs! Did I tell you I once got a BJ in Riverfront Stadium, back in 1984, against the Dodgers by a complete Cincinnati stranger. Yup, My grandma and I took a 18,000 mile train journey across the country, watching Reds baseball in Cincy, Milwaukee, Philly, NY, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. It was awesome and I was 18 years old, and my grandma basically came along to loan me money and buy me beer! She would go to sleep in the hotel about 8, and I was out the door, embarking on a trim hunt like no other. Scored a New Orleans girl that still to this day makes the hairs on the my balls under my tool tickle something fierce. Tall brunette, firm eye level boobies, long legs with fishnet stockings on and come fuck me heels..Goddammit, take me back in time good lord! I will never forget that. Getting random sex in ballparks, under freeways in Kansas City, on the train headed to Seattle, and in the bathroom at a motel 6 in Fulton, Kentucky, across the great Ohio River with the Cincinnati skyline peeping through the louvers at 515 AM. Those were the best days of my life- Bryan Adams, and me, 1984.

What in the fuck was that diatribe all about?
Cliff notes, people....use 'em!

You should get someone who knows how to read to recite it to you ...it's hysterical!!

[rockinfayrose]

Does this one count??

Released in 1977 - Meatloaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2G-DKOGFbc

I would vote yes.

This one too

For Crying Out Loud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHPetLms4ZU


I loved Bat out of Hell.....

100% YES

[squirt1]

You mean Riverfront stadium got torn down because of all the gyrations you caused ? I am so proud you called me an old bag instead of hag ! Your opinions of Reds pitching ? I want to see the Cuban kid that throws 100-105 mph. I like to watch Arroyo and Homer Bailey. Before you know it here comes the Bengals. Do you think they will ever sign Terrell Owens? Chad wants him. Carson Palmer was asked if he could play with a difficult receiver. He said that he thought he had more experience with that than any QB in the NFL. You know he was talking about our dancer Chad Ocho plus Chad has a new reality show. So, that tells me he is thinking maybe 2 more yrs in the NFL. What do you think if Chris Henry didn't break his arm about the 10-6 record ?

[steveo777]

Moon Beam- Since you mentioned 3 Dog Night,I would have to add One & Easy to be hard with Chuch Negron singing. Deano am I still your fave Repub ,as you called me? I would love to see a 3rd party. Maybe the voters are ready now.

Squirt, I don't hate republicans, I only really dislike about 40 million of them(I like you though you old bag ). However, you better start worrying about only having one party left. I can see the Tea Baggers messing this up for the GOP. Come November, I can see those idiots splitting the vote and giving the Dems more seats than they should get.. The way it stands now, the GOP will pick up quite a few, quite common in off years for the party out of power, but I am telling you, this Obama win Sunday could mean two things- It can mean a really big hit against the Dems or, and this is very possible- the Health Care Law may give the Dems a fucking legacy. The GOP will pick up seats in the mid terms sure...but come 2012, another Obama win, and a big pick up of seats for the Dems, sets up an added incremental improvement in the second term, a term that will hold huge political capital for the president,and a real chance to get a lot of stuff done. If this health care law works, and I believe it will, more and more health reform will be added to it, hopefully the public option at some point, and the GOP will be so irrelevant, it won't even be funny. Nowhere in this historic bill/law, is there a republican name.....nor was there a single republican thought, or idea, or suggestion. TNC has it right as usual, however, I would like to see a bit more enthusiasm out of him..this bill doesn't go far enough but the basics and the foundation is there, and more and more improvements like the public option can be incrementally added to it, I suspect when this bill goes into effect, and people see what it does and who it helps, the Dems will get a real chance to move some more historic movements getting through the Congress and onto the president's desk, and no, this law will not be repealed nor will any of the Obama agenda.

I still love ya Squirty. Send me a fuckin' Reds shirt, XXL. Thanks. I love the Red Legs! Did I tell you I once got a BJ in Riverfront Stadium, back in 1984, against the Dodgers by a complete Cincinnati stranger. Yup, My grandma and I took a 18,000 mile train journey across the country, watching Reds baseball in Cincy, Milwaukee, Philly, NY, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. It was awesome and I was 18 years old, and my grandma basically came along to loan me money and buy me beer! She would go to sleep in the hotel about 8, and I was out the door, embarking on a trim hunt like no other. Scored a New Orleans girl that still to this day makes the hairs on the my balls under my tool tickle something fierce. Tall brunette, firm eye level boobies, long legs with fishnet stockings on and come fuck me heels..Goddammit, take me back in time good lord! I will never forget that. Getting random sex in ballparks, under freeways in Kansas City, on the train headed to Seattle, and in the bathroom at a motel 6 in Fulton, Kentucky, across the great Ohio River with the Cincinnati skyline peeping through the louvers at 515 AM. Those were the best days of my life- Bryan Adams, and me, 1984.

What in the fuck was that diatribe all about?
Cliff notes, people....use 'em!

You should get someone who knows how to read to recite it to you ...it's hysterical!!

Maybe my damn eyes are too tired for it right now. I'll check it out later.

[Rockindeano]

You mean Riverfront stadium got torn down because of all the gyrations you caused ? I am so proud you called me an old bag instead of hag ! Your opinions of Reds pitching ? I want to see the Cuban kid that throws 100-105 mph. I like to watch Arroyo and Homer Bailey. Before you know it here comes the Bengals. Do you think they will ever sign Terrell Owens? Chad wants him. Carson Palmer was asked if he could play with a difficult receiver. He said that he thought he had more experience with that than any QB in the NFL. You know he was talking about our dancer Chad Ocho plus Chad has a new reality show. So, that tells me he is thinking maybe 2 more yrs in the NFL. What do you think if Chris Henry didn't break his arm about the 10-6 record ?

Sign Terrel Owens, TWO? Hell No. Guy is a cancer, always has been and always will be. Plus, he just isn't that good.

This guy is a stud: Aroldis Chapman. He has hit 105 MPH six times this year (MLB Spring Training) Squirt(that name has sexual innuendo written all over it ), but they need to make him pitch, not just throw. These hitters can hit 100 mph gas. The future looks bright for the Reds.

Remember the Cincinnati Stingers? I was a huge fan of that team. They played in the WHL when Gretzky was an Edmonton oiler and there were two leagues, the NHL and the WHL. Remember that Squirty?

[mikemarrs]

open arms back when it first came out.the song that got me into this band back in 1982.used to love it before it got played to death.first i taped it off the radio then i went out and got my first cassette 'escape'.probably my favorite album of all time.i think home sweet home by motley crue was when the hair band power ballad really started to pick up steam.after that it seemed like van halen,aerosmith,def leppard,etc. all started doing them.

[Don]

No power but I remember Beth got quite a bit of airplay as a rock ballad.

[Rockindeano]

No power but I remember Beth got quite a bit of airplay as a rock ballad.

Very true Lee Philips.

How about the Pina Colada Song.

[stevew2]

No power but I remember Beth got quite a bit of airplay as a rock ballad.

God dont say Airplay

[S2M]

One of my faves....

Climax Blues Band- I Love You [/list]

[StevePerryHair]

One of my faves....

Climax Blues Band- I Love You [/list]

That song always takes me back to vacation road trip memories when I was young and gives me that nostalgia feeling. My dad always had the radio going and that's one of those they played a lot. What year was that?

[Vladan]

I beleive Journey invented the first true power ballad "Open Arms". .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tf2mHea2fg - See that? That's power kid...

[portland]

I beleive Journey invented the first true power ballad "Open Arms". .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tf2mHea2fg - See that? That's power kid...

Did you not get the "memo" that Open Arms is not....I believe the words were "crunchy enough"?

[Vladan]

I beleive Journey invented the first true power ballad "Open Arms". .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tf2mHea2fg - See that? That's power kid...

Did you not get the "memo" that Open Arms is not....I believe the words were "crunchy enough"?

Yeah and apparantly Opens Arms sux right? funny that, just thought i'd mention its Journey's single most successfull song in the charts back in their glory days, forget Don't Stop Beleivin'. If DSB was actually bigger in 81 when it really matterd, I'd might say otherwise. And if you watch the VH1 Behind the Music Journey episode, there are professional music historians talking about the fact how Journey invented the power ballad!

[Rockindeano]

I beleive Journey invented the first true power ballad "Open Arms". .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tf2mHea2fg - See that? That's power kid...

Did you not get the "memo" that Open Arms is not....I believe the words were "crunchy enough"?

Yeah and apparantly Opens Arms sux right? funny that, just thought i'd mention its Journey's single most successfull song in the charts back in their glory days, forget Don't Stop Beleivin'. If DSB was actually bigger in 81 when it really matterd, I'd might say otherwise. And if you watch the VH1 Behind the Music Journey episode, there are professional music historians talking about the fact how Journey invented the power ballad!

They didn't invent it Vladan, they made it popular and they were good at it. Two completely different things here.