thomasgaffney wrote:so sorry wrote:I can't believe that REO is losing this battle.
Fuckin' Journey Rules.
Hi inFidelity kicks Escape's ass.

Buster may be right.

thomasgaffney wrote:so sorry wrote:I can't believe that REO is losing this battle.
Fuckin' Journey Rules.
The Vicar wrote:Man, I thought REO would keep it a bit closer than that.
DinoDeLaurentiis wrote:Yes, but that's a not really a the power ballad, eh? Power ballads, they inna'volve a the man professing his a longing for a the woman, no? Not a some self-inna'dulgent progressive rock crappa about a some putz onna the goddamn boat, eh?
DinoDeLaurentiis wrote:Forget a the goddamn Queensryche, eh?
It's alla 'bout a the goddamn Kiss anna "Beth", no?
Retardo_Montalban wrote:DinoDeLaurentiis wrote:Yes, but that's a not really a the power ballad, eh? Power ballads, they inna'volve a the man professing his a longing for a the woman, no? Not a some self-inna'dulgent progressive rock crappa about a some putz onna the goddamn boat, eh?
Why's it got to be about a man and a woman?
burlivesleftnut wrote:DinoDeLaurenti is wrote:Forget a the goddamn Queensryche, eh?
It's alla 'bout a the goddamn Kiss anna "Beth", no?
That song is horrible dude. Kiss is horrible. Just HORRIBLE.
The Vicar wrote:burlivesleftnut wrote:DinoDe Laurenti is wrote:Forget a the goddamn Queensryche, eh?
It's alla 'bout a the goddamn Kiss anna "Beth", no?
That song is horrible dude. Kiss is horrible. Just HORRIBLE.
Word squared.
burlivesleftnut wrote:DinoDeLaurenti is wrote:Forget a the goddamn Queensryche, eh?
It's alla 'bout a the goddamn Kiss anna "Beth", no?
That song is horrible dude. Kiss is horrible. Just HORRIBLE.
burlivesleftnut wrote:Carry On is definitely not a ballad. Next someone's going to suggest Stairway to Heaven or Sail Away. Dorks.
burlivesleftnut wrote:So you just decided to post that even though you agree with me anyway? TELL HELL WITH YOUR PENTAMETERS AND ROMANTICISMS.
I may be wrong, but I thought we were here to rock!
Zarles wrote:Can we move on to the next round now?
minstrel wrote:I think one of the most excruciating power ballads is Love Hurts, by Nazareth. Their singer is utterly vomit-wrenching. Unlistenable.
DennisMM wrote:"Beth" is a ballad but not a power ballad. All of the instrumentation and the mix are low-key. It has no "bigness" to it. Which probably explains why so many Kiss Army brats hated it.
burlivesleftnut wrote:We should make these songs available for download during the contest.
buster00 wrote:DennisMM wrote:"Beth" is a ballad but not a power ballad. All of the instrumentation and the mix are low-key. It has no "bigness" to it. Which probably explains why so many Kiss Army brats hated it.
On the other hand, Kiss was a big, power group. That's gotta count for points on the Power Ballad Scale.
Much like "Patience" by Guns n' Roses.
burlivesleftnut wrote:buster00 wrote:DennisMM wrote:"Beth" is a ballad but not a power ballad. All of the instrumentation and the mix are low-key. It has no "bigness" to it. Which probably explains why so many Kiss Army brats hated it.
On the other hand, Kiss was a big, power group. That's gotta count for points on the Power Ballad Scale.
Much like "Patience" by Guns n' Roses.
Buster is right. For a long time, I also harbored the ignorance that "power" ballads needed to have big sweeping power chords for it to deserve their name. Similarly, I thought they had to follow the start small, go big, back to small some more, and then just biggin it up for the next 5 minutes throughline, but in truth, a power ballad is merely a ballad (by pop music standards Retardo), which means it's a love song, a song of heart ache or a song of longing, but sung by a band traditionally seen as being harder rocking. By your standards, Dennis, "Open Arms" wouldn't be a power ballad because it contains a relatively low tempo throughout, but the fact is, "Open Arms" is almost a DEFINITIVE Power Ballad.
burlivesleftnut wrote:I was, uh... agreeing with you. Note:BurlIvesLeftNut wrote:Buster is right.
burlivesleftnut wrote:By your standards, Dennis, "Open Arms" wouldn't be a power ballad because it contains a relatively low tempo throughout, but the fact is, "Open Arms" is almost a DEFINITIVE Power Ballad.
burlivesleftnut wrote:True story though (I am about to go all Dennis on your ass!)
Cha-Ka Khan wrote:I had my first real kiss to "Keep On Lovin' You." It was at my 8th-Grade Night Dance, and this chick named Ruth, who had liked me since 6th-grade, but I kept putting off, asked me to dance. Ruth had "developed" early... in 5th grade she was a 36B, and her Amazon-like size scared me off, seeing as how she was taller than I was.
But now, it was 8th grade, and I was finally taller than she was. As we were dancing, she kept telling me how much she had always liked me, and as Kevin Cronin belted out "Baby I'm gonna keeeeeeep on lovin' yoooouuuuu! 'Cos it's the only thing I wanna doooooooo!!" she looked up into my eyes and said "Kiss me."
This was it! This was my moment! So I did what any other red-blooded 13-year-old boy would do and I jammed my tongue down her thoat, trying my best to suck out her adenoids, uvula, tonsils... the works. A la francais!
So romantic.
burlivesleftnut wrote:True story though (I am about to go all Dennis on your ass!), I wasn't able to listen to Don't Stop Believin' for nearly a decade because it dredged up all these old memories of living with my first step-dad, who was an evil old drunk devil. But then I got over it... cause that's what people who watch The Legend of Billy Jean do... they fight and they don't worry about fighting because we're invincible and shit.
Now I love Don't Stop Believin'. Still takes me back to those dark dark days though.
DennisMM wrote:Any song with a tempo above middle is not a ballad, IMO. So "Come Sail Away" definitely does not qualify.
Zarles wrote:Def Leppard - Photograph?
burlivesleftnut wrote:Sorry Zarles, the song was recorded before Rick Allen lost his Arm. Photograph is definitely not a power ballad.
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