Here are 5 of my faves (in no particular order):

Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
Never Say Goodbye - Bon Jovi
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella

I'm sure I'll think of more later. :cool:

Oh, goody! I was so into the 'hair bands'!!!

"I Won't Forget You"--Poison
"Something to Believe In"--Poison
"Still Loving You"--Scorpions
"Nobody's Fool"--Cinderella
"Don't Know What You Got(Til It's Gone)"--Cinderella
"Fly to the Angels"--Slaughter
"Fly High Michelle"--Enuff Z'nuff
"Love Song"--Tesla
"Love is on the Way"--Saigon Kick
"Wait"--White Lion
"Is This Love"--Whitesnake
"The Deeper the Love"--Whitesnake
"Love of a Lifetime"--Firehouse
"Headed for a Heartbreak"--Winger
"Save Your Love"--Great White
"To Be With You"--Mr. Big

I'm not sure if some of these can be defined as 'power ballads', but they were definitely slower than what the bands usually played.

Love Bites-Def Leppard
Hysteria-Def Leppard
Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad-Def Leppard
Sweet Child 'O Mine-Guns N' Roses
Patience-Guns N' Roses
November Rain-Guns N' Roses
Don' Cry-Guns N' Roses
Dreams-Van Halen
Why Can't This Be Love-Van Halen
Love Walks In-Van Halen
When It's Love-Van Halen
Angel-Aerosmith
What it Takes-Aerosmith
Home Sweet Home-Motley Crue
I' ll Be There For You-Bon Jovi

Open Arms - Journey
Send Her My Love - Journey
Who's Cryin Now - Journey
Faithfully - Journey
Patiently - Journey
When You Love A Women - Journey
When I See You Smile - Bad English
Love is A 4 Letter Word - Bad English
These Dreams - Heart
When Its Love - Van Halen
Woman - John Lennon
I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders
More Than Words - Extreme

Honorable mentions from the '70's:
Beth-KISS
Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
Somebody to Love - Queen

When the Children Cry - White Lion
Heaven Isn't Too Far Away - Warrant
18 & Life - Skid Row

Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi
Always - Bon Jovi
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Against All Odds - Phil Collins

Sara- Starship

Careless Whisper- Wham

"Love is on the Way"--Saigon Kick

"Is This Love"--Whitesnake

"Love of a Lifetime"--Firehouse

"To Be With You"--Mr. Big


Those.

Technically a power ballad was a slow or soft song by a so-called "hair metal" band that showed the band's sensitive side (to impress the chicks) while featuring a ripping guitar solo to show their heavy side (to impress the dudes).

Good examples:

Alone Again--Dokken
Headed For a Heartbreak--Winger
Sometimes She Cries--Warrant
Still Loving You--The Scorpions
Ballad of Jayne--L.A. Guns
Don't Close Your Eyes-- Kix
Close My Eyes Forever--Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
Silent Lucidity--Queensryche
Something to Believe In--Poison

Technically a power ballad was a slow or soft song by a so-called "hair metal" band that showed the band's sensitive side (to impress the chicks) while featuring a ripping guitar solo to show their heavy side (to impress the dudes).

Good examples:

Alone Again--Dokken
Headed For a Heartbreak--Winger
Sometimes She Cries--Warrant
Still Loving You--The Scorpions
Ballad of Jayne--L.A. Guns
Don't Close Your Eyes-- Kix
Close My Eyes Forever--Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
Silent Lucidity--Queensryche
Something to Believe In--Poison

Thank you, Cap'n!! I really didn't have the heart to point out that "I Will Always Love You" and "Careless Whisper" weren't power ballads.

Thank you, Cap'n!! I really didn't have the heart to point out that "I Will Always Love You" and "Careless Whisper" weren't power ballads.Yep, they were ballads, but not power ballads.

'House of Pain' by Faster Pussycat is another good one. :cool:

Thank you, Cap'n!! I really didn't have the heart to point out that "I Will Always Love You" and "Careless Whisper" weren't power ballads.


Well being restricted to the 80s and early 90s only there's not a lot of REALLY good ones to choose from like there would have been in the 70s and 80s. (Actually 90% of the garbage released in the last 15 years is mostly crap)!

Ya got that right!!!

Here are some I like

Sister Christian - Night Ranger
Wait - Night Lion
Is this love - Whitesnake
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Have you ever needed someone so bad - Def Leppard
Open Arms - Journey
Send her my love - Journey
Whos Crying Now - Journey
Faithfully - Journey
These Dreams - Heart
Against all Odds - Phil Collins

High Enough - Damn Yankees
When You Close Your Eyes - Night Ranger
The Deeper the Love - Whitesnake
Heaven - Warrant
Is This Love - Whitesnake
Save Your Love - Great White
Carrie - Europe
Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison
Still Loving You - Scorpions
Too Late For Love - Def Leppard
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella

Wow I forgot about that song!!!! (Heaven by warrant)

Is that the one that goes "Heaven is a four letter word........one touch is never enough........"

Carrie - Europe
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
Don't Know What You Got, Till It's Gone - Cinderella
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Wind Of Change - Scorpions
Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad - Def Leppard
Love Bites - Def Leppard

Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
Don't Know What You Got Til It's Gone - Cinderella
Dead Man's Road - Cinderella
Night Songs - Cinderella

(can you tell I'm a Cinderella fan?) :lol:

Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Lady - Styx
Save Your Love - Great White
Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix
Unforgiven - Metallica
Turn the Page - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Alone Again - Dokken
Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
When the Children Cry - White Lion
Love is a Killer - Vixen
Cryin' - Vixen
Close My Eyes Forever - Ozzy Osbourne/Lita Ford
Mama I'm Comin' Home - Ozzy Osbourne

More Than Words To Say--Alias
The Search Is Over--Survivor