Classic Rock's 40 Greatest Power Ballads

[Spiff]

Yeah, this is a couple of months old. Like, you know, whatever.

Discuss.

1. Aerosmith, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
2. Poison, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
3. Journey, "Open Arms"
4. Guns N' Roses, "November Rain"
5. Meat Loaf, "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
6. Heart, "Alone"
7. Whitesnake, "Is This Love"8. REO Speedwagon, "Can't Fight This Feeling"9. Def Leppard, "Love Bites"
10. Bon Jovi, "Never Say Goodbye"
11. Ozzy Osbourne, "Goodbye to Romance"
12. Night Ranger, "Sister Christian"
13. Scorpions, "Winds of Change"
14. Velvet Revolver, "Fall to Pieces"
15. Asia, "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes"
16. Foreigner, "I Want to Know What Love Is"
17. Motley Crue, "Home Sweet Home"
18. Mr Mister, "Broken Wings"
19. Bad English, "When I See You Smile"
20. Peter Cetera, "Glory of Love"
21. Skid Row, "I Remember You"
22. Kiss, "Reason to Live"
23. Cher, "I Found Someone"
24. Cheap Trick, "The Flame"
25. Slaughter, "Fly to the Angels"
26. Styx, "Lady"
27. Toto, "I Won't Hold You Back"
28. Europe, "Carrie"
29. Thunder, "Love Walked In"
30. Warrant, "Heaven"
31. Cinderella, "Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)"
32. Quarterflash, "Harden My Heart"
33. The Darkness, "Love Is Only a Feeling"
34. Alias, "More Than Words Can Say"
35. Winger, "Miles Away"
36. Queensryche, "Silent Lucidity"
37. Boston, "Amanda"
38. Bryan Adams, "Heaven"
39. Eric Carmen, "All By Myself"
40. Badfinger, "Without You"

 

[Winmar]

That looks pretty good actually. Good to see they've got Skid Row in there.

 

[Goreripper]

"Home Sweet Home" should be higher on the list.

 

[The Amazer]

Good list, but the order is all wrong.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

39. Eric Carmen, "All By Myself"

I read that as Eric Cartman.

 

[Southy]

I don't wanna miss a thing is absolute arse, it fucking sucks

 

[Shannow]

lyv tyler is freakin' HOT

 

[dreamwatch]

1. Aerosmith, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

4. Guns N' Roses, "November Rain"
QUOTE]

Total and utter wank, particularly GNR. The rest of the list is pretty good, I agree that it's in the wrong order though. Thunder should have been higher.

 

[Moon Childagain]

Aerosmith really bug me with their "formula" ballads...

I think Waiting For a Girl Like You is a better Foreigner song..... oh many times I have dreamed of a beautiful man singing to me like that....*thumping heart*

 

[Cyclonus]

Number 16 should be Number 1.

 

[TinMan666]

Cher, "I Found Someone"

that's a power ballad?

most of the list is pretty ok though, i guess.

Nightranger should have been higher tho y0.

 

[Spiff]

They explained why they went with the Cher song (mag's downstairs so I can't tell you what they say exactly) as well as why they ignored Extreme's "More Than Words" - because it's a ballad, but with no power.

 

[Winmar]

Number 16 should be Number 1.

I dunno, I've always thought that song was pretty gay. The number one they picked though is itself pretty gay.

 

[Goreripper]

"Total Eclipse of the Heart"

 

[Winmar]

That song makes me want to kill myself.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

I reckon that's a pretty good list!

1. Aerosmith, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
2. Poison, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
3. Journey, "Open Arms"
4. Guns N' Roses, "November Rain"
7. Whitesnake, "Is This Love"
9. Def Leppard, "Love Bites"
10. Bon Jovi, "Never Say Goodbye"
11. Ozzy Osbourne, "Goodbye to Romance"
12. Night Ranger, "Sister Christian"
13. Scorpions, "Winds of Change"
16. Foreigner, "I Want to Know What Love Is"
17. Motley Crue, "Home Sweet Home"
19. Bad English, "When I See You Smile"
21. Skid Row, "I Remember You"
22. Kiss, "Reason to Live"
25. Slaughter, "Fly to the Angels"
30. Warrant, "Heaven"
31. Cinderella, "Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)"
35. Winger, "Miles Away"

All killer choices, and I'm SO happy that "Reason To Live" was the KISS song of choice!

 

[Kem]

Every Rose Has Its Thorn has to be number 1

 

[Keeper of the Seven Cheese]

Lol, I bet Bret Michaels thinks so too.

 

[The Amazer]

All Poison ballads are unreal.

Something to Believe In also has the funniest edit out of every film clip ever.

Oh and...

I won't forget you babeehh
I WONT FORGET YOUUUUUUUUUUUU

Love that song.

But I guess ERHIT is their definitive ballad and I agree that it should be higher than the number one.

 

[Bucko]

This should be in there : Close my Eyes forever : Lita Ford & Ozzy