Power Ballads Rule!! m/
As a young girl growing up, my taste in music was tame, to say the least. I liked pop, top 40 and bubble gum music. But as my teenage years progressed, I discovered something that reached into my soul and made me feel, REALLY FEEL, my music…….power ballads. I found them to be my perfect entrance into a harder and edgier sound. Lyrically they were touching and beautiful yet the power behind them just got to me. And so with that, I am presenting my tribute to the power ballad. I hope everyone comments with some of their favorites, too. m/
This song was one of the first that started my love for them.
Ballads are those things that put a “dent” in what I expected from hair metal groups when they were alive and strong.
I do believe that “Home Sweet Home” and “November Rain” would be considered the 2 most popular so you did a good job posting them as examples.
“Is This Love” is not really a ballad, but really just a love song.
I think the purpose of Ballads was to reinforce the female fan base of hair metal bands.
Females were the foundation of HAIR metal (as a fanbase) IMHO, and the males although loving those strong drums (its what I played drums to) and those inventive guitar solos, would end up steering slightly more towards HEAVY metal.
One of my personal favorite ballads is:
let me think of something ghey/glam….I’ll get right back on this one.
Howdy M&M, How are you today? I am still trying to figure out the genre. I strongly like Guns & Roses and Metallica, but have never thought of them as Hair bands. My brother-in-law loved the hair band genre, so I am a little exposed to it, but not much. Would Mettalica’s whiskey in the jar count as a power ballad? I am listening to the vids over coffee, a pleasant way to start a morning. 🙂
I do love the ballads. Thanks so much for sharing these.
*2 Kudos*
:love: , as usual, Moonlight.