VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads

VH1 ^ | 1/2006 | Staff

[pissant]

25. Close My Eyes Forever-- Lita Ford

24. When It's Love-- Van Halen

23. It's Been Awhile-- Staind

22. Still Loving You-- Scorpions

21. Silent Lucidity-- Queensryche

20. Love Song-- Tesla

19. Only God Knows Why-- Kid Rock

18. Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)-- Cinderella

17. These Dreams-- Heart

16. How You Remind Me-- Nickelback

15. I Remember You-- Skid Row

14. Keep On Loving You-- REO Speedwagon

13. Again-- Lenny Kravitz

12. Home Sweet Home-- Mötley Crüe

11. Nothing Else Matters-- Metallica

10. Is This Love-- Whitesnake

9. Sister Christian-- Night Ranger

8. Love Bites-- Def Leppard

7. Every Rose Has Its Thorn-- Poison

6. November Rain-- Guns N' Roses

5. I'll Be There For You-- Bon Jovi

4. With Arms Wide Open-- Creed

3. Beth-- Kiss

2. I Don't Want To Miss a Thing-- Aerosmith

1. Open Arms-- Journey

[RockinRight]

Amazing song. Skid Row's second album, Slave to the Grind was far superior to their debut and is in my opinion one of the BEST hair-metal albums of all time...and even stands up well against "real" metal like Pantera and such. They opened for Pantera in '91 in fact and they were NOT one-upped by Pantera at all. They knew how to rock, until Sebastian Bach had to start acting like a d*ck...

[BigSkyFreeper]

14 House of Pain | Faster Pussycat
15 Miles Away | Winger

Couple of good tunes. Say what ya like about Winger, but they had some good stuff, and well, I'm not saying that because I know Kip Winger personally (he was born in Bozeman, Montana). :)

[Mr. Jeeves]

Well, my 80's hair is visible on my profile page - but I was a Metallica/Slayer/Exodus/Megadeth guy back then, and so would have spat on most of these hair bands with their leopard-skin pants and their wuss music...LOL! I did like George Lynch, Reb Beach, and Warren DeMartini though - guitarists who were way, way, way too good for the bands they were in. ;)

[Auntbee]

Every time I hear that song I sing "broken arms". And I smile every time. :)

[laney]

*wink*
Good One!

[pissant]

A kindred soul. LOL. We are outgunned here!

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL!! Nope!! But I know a lady who I call the General of the KISS Army.

[TheBigB]

[RockinRight]

Don's a good singer, but his talent as a singer is not as abundant as George's talent as a guitarist. Don's got the typical "lead singer" disease that makes the lead singer turn into an a$$hole.

[pissant]

ROFLMAO. And you've thanked him ever since!!

[RockinRight]

Cherry Pie... :-D

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Lady in Red
Is Dancing with me
I forgot the rest of the words
But they suck as bad as these

[WhiteGuy]

I think they are thinking that power ballads mean heavy metal/hard rock bands taking a stab at slow, dirge like love songs.

Oh,

Yeah, I think you're right.

I was listening to The Ramones in the 80's anyway.

[TheBigB]

I saw KISS down in Huntsville, AL in the late 80s with Winger and Slaughter. My ears were ringing for a week. ; )

[pissant]

I have NO clue what that is! LOL

[RockinRight]

That's what I said!

That's another hidden gem...it's a great song that was a hit in it's day (I think it was top ten) but never gets played much anymore.

[PaulaB]

I am guessing sweetie most of us on this thread are between

30-40?

I can't help it...I grew up saving every dollar I made for a concert to these bands and a T-shirt


;P

[TheBigB]

Rock on!

(Oops, wrong thread!) : )

[stainlessbanner]

Did you see Stuart at the Winger show!?

[drjimmy]

"Two out of Three Ain't Bad" by Mr. Loaf should be on this list.