80's Power Ballads

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

No power ballad collection can be complete without including "Wind of Change" by teutonic metal gods The Scorpions.

A terrid, terrid record!

 

[thestraightman]

A terrid, terrid record!

Your just jealous 'cos you can't whistle like that

 

[Juice Terry]

A terrid, terrid record!

Tongue firmly in cheek

Actually "We'll Burn the Sky" is probably their best.

 

[rubbershoes]

Up where we belong by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Tongue firmly in cheek

I suppose have a vague soft spot for it because it was one of the 11,747 records that Bryan bleeding Adams kept off number one...which reminds me, it was '91.

And has anyone noticed how people who can't remember its name always refer to it as 'the Gorky Park one'...?

 

[Gouge Away]

Show Me Heaven- Maria McKee

Drive- The Cars

THe first is great for belting out in the car.

 

[D'wards]

No power ballad collection can be complete without including "Wind of Change" by teutonic metal gods The Scorpions.

When this came out i was a 6th form student working at Sainsbury's part time - all the full time men would go bout their shelf-stacking whilst whistling this - happy days!!

 

[Giles]

Asia - Heat of The Moment.

Was that 80s?

Giles..

 

[AverageJoe]

The Final Countdown - Europe
Night Train - Cinderella

And although not a Power Ballad, if you want something that sounds just *fab* in the car, get hold of New Thing by Enuff Znuff - possibly the best 80's Metal record evah!

Or, um, Crazy Crazy Nights or God Gave Rock and Roll to You by Kiss

 

[LDR]

Just some of my personal favourites:

Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
To Be With You - Mr. Big
Wanted, Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Angel - Aerosmith
Broken Wings - Mr. Mister

 

[KeyboardJockey]

T'Pau - China In Your Hand

Ooooh I love th at song but then I also had a Carol Decker crush for a while.

 

[thestraightman]

Now its time for change

skid row

 

[AverageJoe]

Extreme...