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john wayne
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Yes I know the power ballad ruined heavy metal, much to my chagrin.
My favorite band, AC/DC stayed loyal to the heavy metal genre, but many metal groups went for the money and recorded.... the power ballad.
A loose definition would be a heavy metal, or I will accept hair metal band, that recorded a love song with an electric guitar solo in the middle. Now this song had one purpose, to draw women to heavy metal, and to prove that metal performers had a sensitive side. The debate rages as to who is directly responsible to this dark blotch on humanity. Some say Home Sweet Home was first. Other's say Van Halen's jump, complete with synthesizer, was the trend setter.

My vote:
Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue

Others that were popular:
Still of the Night - White Snake
Every Rose - Poison


Please post your favorite, or just one you remember being popular.

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james Gang

pink floyd

Deep Purple

Uriah Heap

Black Sabbath

Savoy Brown

Spooky Tooth

Allman Brothers

Cocker

Joplin

Doors

all of these did Your so called power ballads


csny

more??..these were the some of the ones that started it...

could probably go back further

elvis

jerry lee

box tops

temps

shirells

more..???

maybe these were the forrunners of that crappy heavy metal...dont know..I'm prolly way off base..
I'm sure you had something else in mind..huh?

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Whitesnake's "Still of the Night"

not a great band but a great song

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oops that's not a ballad
sorry wrong number

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Well I'm not sure Jordan if we are connecting here because some of your groups I've not heard of.

But let me give you an example.
Let's take a song like Elvis's "I can't help Falling in love with you"

It would be like Black Sabbath performing that song, but putting a big guitar solo in the middle, maybe like the solo in Iron Man or
Paranoid.

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I'd say James Gang "Walk Away" in there, for sure...

Yardbyrds laid the groundwork, the "New Yardbyrds" set the standard...

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zackly...cept maybe it wouldnt be sabbath doin elvis' song,cuz that would be a cover..

it would be elvis (a rock n roller) doin a ballad,,,with some screamin guitar solo in the middle

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Tex..youre an old man!!

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Guys.... I must confess, don't know one James Gang song off the top of my head.

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"Layla" from Eric Clapton both the song and the story behind it has got to be the coolest power ballad

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quote:
Originally posted by jordanreed:
Tex..youre an old man!!

you have no idea...

I remember when Roy Bean first showed up down here...

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'All The Young Dudes' by Mott The Hoople is a good one.

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quote:
Originally posted by Gordon Bennett:
'All The Young Dudes' by Mott The Hoople is a good one.

you just gave me goose bumps, Gordon...

you're a man after my own heart..

That song has got to be one of my all time favorites...

Bought the album when it first came out and was hooked on "Mott"...


come to think of it...Wasnt David Bowie playin sax on that?..I'll have to check..

not that one..but i think he played sax on "all the way to Memphis"...I'll let you know later...if youre interested...that kind of stuff is what i love to find out

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These young fellers do not have a clue as to what real "Rock and Roll" was live..

Music today comes out of a can...yuck, no class.

Animals
House of the rising sun...

Door's
Come baby light my fire
The End

Crosby Stills and Nash
Live 1969 can't remember to much about that one, think I was in Hawaii at Diamond Head Crater for the concert..LOL

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yup...aint it the truth..


house of the rising sun was a great way to learn how to jam...

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Hey jordon, do you refrain from laughter when ya see all these wanna bee Harley bikers?

Damn man, where are the Hard Tails? running these guys riding Harleys in white shorts and pretty little shirts off the road!! LMAO

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support 81 dusty. btw, 38 special and yes had some good stuff. even great white imho. jordan provided an excellent list also.

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quote:
Originally posted by john wayne:
Guys.... I must confess, don't know one James Gang song off the top of my head.

Their "heyday" was when they had a guitarist you may know from other work....

http://www.classicbands.com/jamesgang.html

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"Animals
House of the rising sun...

Door's
Come baby light my fire
The End

'All The Young Dudes' by Mott The Hoople is a good one."

Great stuff one and all

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War- Fits many posts.
Edwin Starr-Temptations

You've Lost that Lovin'Fellin'
Righteous Brothers

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Guns N Roses - Sweet Child of Mine

Whitesnake - Is this love

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Rock Power Ballad groups.

Journey

Reo Speedwagon

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quote:
Originally posted by MagicK:
Rock Power Ballad groups.

Journey

Reo Speedwagon

Yep, as far as pop power ballad groups go, REO couldn't be beat in their heyday. "Roll With The Changes" might be the ultimate ballad.
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quote:
Originally posted by T e x:
quote:
Originally posted by john wayne:
Guys.... I must confess, don't know one James Gang song off the top of my head.

Their "heyday" was when they had a guitarist you may know from other work....

http://www.classicbands.com/jamesgang.html

Joe Walsh. One of my all time favorites. Ever hear "The Confessor" he did on a solo album? Talk about a speaker blower, that's it.
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Back in the day? Had a hot-rod 1/2 ton chevy with Quad 8-track! wooo-hooo.... Seems like I wore out "Rocky Mountain Way"

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This is a little off topic but i heard the group the Strokes sing a song and their lead singer sounded a lot like Jim Morrison.
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That's one of the great ones...

It's so sad what has happened to music. The lyrics are crap; the recordings are computerized loops, designed to end up as background music for a Volkswagen ad. Every vocalist is autotuned, every groove quantized, every singer apparently from the same annoying Whitney Houston vocal school. The new "artists" are chosen for sex appeal over talent.

A real artist like Neil Young wouldn't have a chance if he were starting out today.

Also, remember what buying a record used to feel like? Peeling the shrink wrap off, putting the stylus on it for the first time, cranking it up...

Bliss.


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quote:
Originally posted by Gordon Bennett:
'All The Young Dudes' by Mott The Hoople is a good one.

you just gave me goose bumps, Gordon...

you're a man after my own heart..

That song has got to be one of my all time favorites...

Bought the album when it first came out and was hooked on "Mott"...


come to think of it...Wasnt David Bowie playin sax on that?..I'll have to check..

not that one..but i think he played sax on "all the way to Memphis"...I'll let you know later...if youre interested...that kind of stuff is what i love to find out



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If success had anything to do with looks in the 60's can you imagine where Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan would have been.
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Exactly. Art and music have parted ways now.

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can't believe nobody posted Judas Priest for power...

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bout ten years ago I played sax on a local album...
I played a solo that i thought was a little flat..

I wanted to do it again, but the engineer said it was fine cuz he could adjust the pitch to make it perfect,,,

its a little sad really...

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Rod Stewart was on Larry King a while back. He stated, matter-of-factly that with today's technology anyone can be a singer. It's true. Ever heard Pink or Janet Jackson sing without an Antares (realtime pitch corrector) on their vocal feed? They can't sing in tune at all!

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ya know..i gotta say that i just found my old Mott the hoople album and Andy Mackay played sax,not David Bowie...Damn!! wrong again..

but while looking ,i found --Cream.. "wheels of Fire"

nother good one

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Ooooh yeah. Nice!

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quote:
Originally posted by Gordon Bennett:
Rod Stewart was on Larry King a while back. He stated, matter-of-factly that with today's technology anyone can be a singer. It's true. Ever heard Pink or Janet Jackson sing without an Antares (realtime pitch corrector) on their vocal feed? They can't sing in tune at all!

ya...how bout Ashley fricken Simpson?

what a joke!!

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