Best Power Ballads thread

[FuzzFace]

What is everyone's favourite power ballads?

Here are my Top 3.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKLTtVqQpE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-JpBjLXVkI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6TtwR2Dbjg

[AndyR]

I heard this song on a country radio show quite sometime before the film Armageddon came out.

The band I was in even considered getting hold of a copy to cover it. We were on our way to a gig when we heard it.

It was a girl singing, it was FABULOUS, a most amazing song... hats off to Diane Warren, what a songwriter (look her up, she wrote everything you've ever heard of )

Alas I can't find the version that sold me on the song, or even remember who it was, so here's the big version


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE

[AndyR]

Actually, now you got me started on Aerosmith...

From 1975... WOW, one of my all time favourite songs.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RldHoxQR5s

And then from Pump in 1989, written with Desmond Childs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQwtu9UWrQ

I saw them do it live back god knows when, and Tyler does the first verse and build acappella and then the band kicks in and "oh my goodness"

Edit: WOWOWW! here's the gig!! The most amazing gig I ever saw... (Really low quality - it is an audience member in 1999)

This is near the end of the gig, What it takes starts around 12.30 on this clip (part 7), and then goes on into the next edit (part 8 )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcTMY5L9D2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Zmqhb47Fc

[ODH]

Possibly the greatest music video to boot...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo

[AndyR]

^ Oh yes, the missus would be agreeing about Total Eclipse. (I won't show it to her cos she'd want me to post some sort of T'Pau thing too... can't really bring myself to... I'll leave it to some who's more of a fan than I am )

[64Guitars]

A few of my favourites.

The Pretenders - "I'll Stand By You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoZKgyM98aM

Maria McKee - "Show Me Heaven" (from the Tom Cruise film "Days of Thunder")


Shakespears Sister - "Stay"


Concrete Blonde - "Joey"

[Mike_S]

Def Leppard...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6Ss_4LO0c

[Mike_S]

Empty rooms...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3dapDTDJzk

[SteveB]

Guess this counts(?)
Anyhow, I always turn the radio up a touch when someone plays it. 




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AJ4mRPX1SQ

[bruno]

Generally don't like power ballads - however ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWTD7Y24oY8