Who started the trend for glam bands doing power ballads?

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

I like Price of Love better than When I See You Smile That bassline going down & that keyboard melody.... so awesome!

 

[spawn]

What about Silent Night?

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Not the Bon Jovi one haha.

But the Bon Jovi one is awesome too However I'm not a fan of Silent Night. I like most of the song but I hate the chorus and the horrible swelling keyboard thing.

 

[spawn]

But its so overwrought and the video is so glam!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

But the chorus is so bad!

Gimme "Only Lonely" and "The Hardest Part Is The Night" anyday. The two most underrated Jovi songs ever

 

[spawn]

Its like a B movie! The worse it is, the better it is!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Maybe the video clip. But the song is bad!

 

[spawn]

80S VIDEO CLIPS!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Wait till you see Y&T's video clips. OH MY GOD.

 

[spawn]

I want to see the Vinnie Vincent one

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

BEST '80s CLIP EVER!

You know how over the top and outrageously '80s the album is? Well the video just multiplies that by 100!

 

[mattt]

Bad English was another , admittily after Crue. Journey, Stxy, REO Speedwagon started it all I reckon..............

oh well off the watch the footy show and catch up on the cricket in Sri Lanka ..

NITE NITE

how could i forget Bad English

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

You didn't really forget, they were just way after the power ballad thing was already huge

 

[TinMan666]

NIGHT RANGER DAMMIT

except that they weren't really glam.

Anyway "sister christian" was THE power ballad of the 80s.

 

[BlindGuardianKill]

Bad English featured power ballad gurus in John Waite from The Babys, solo, Ricky Phillips also from The Babys ( no slouches when it came to ballads ) and then
Jonathan Cain (also Babys - then Journey) and Neal Schon (Journey/Santana), D.Castronovo on drums made for a huge band.

Now Journey - theres a band that made the power ballad their trademark. With Steve Perry up front they would have to be the ultimate soft rock band - Open Arms, Faithfully,etc They mastered their style. Escape and Frontiers are amazing albums on a whole.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

The album they did a couple of years ago with the new singer was great... What was it called? The one that has Signs Of Life on it... Arrival?

 

[TinMan666]

holy shit if someone doesn't say something about nightranger soon I'm gonna run through here with a katana and cut you all down like peasant dogs!

 

[Goreripper]

Hey Trent, have you been to this site:

http://www.sleazeroxx.com? I found it by mistake when I was looking for something about the Candy Harlots.

 

[Goreripper]

Night Ranger! Brad Gillis toured with Ozzy after Randy died. Shit hot guitar player.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Night Ranger! I have their first album... Not fantastic but good eunff to make me wanna get other albums to hear as well.

Yep I love that site Brian!