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re: Best 80’s Power Ballad

Posted on 8/8/18 at 12:04 pm to
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 8/8/18 at 12:04 pm to
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Warrant - I Saw Red
Yep. Deserves way more exposure than it got.
Posted by Crimson1st
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2010
21152 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:28 pm to
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Call To The Heart



quote:

Am I the only one who liked these guys? (don't answer that)



You rang? LOL! One of my favs!
Posted by Crimson1st
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2010
21152 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:33 pm to
Ok, this might technically be a song from 1990 BUT this is my fav song of all time and this band was criminally under-rated but House of Lords, Remember My Name, good lawd James Christian's pipes were off the chain and in this song you can just listen in awe of the notes he hits effortlessly...enjoy!

LINK

Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
70098 posts
Posted on 6/22/19 at 7:47 pm to
Bumping this during a journey down the youtube rabbit hole. I was never a fan of Van Hagar back in the day, but my god, Dreams, When It's Love, and Love Walks In are ridic.
Posted by BR Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2004
4760 posts
Posted on 6/22/19 at 9:07 pm to
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Kix - Don’t Close Your Eyes


This song was written as a response to another song in this thread. They heard the Lita-Ozzy song and wanted to put out a song to balance out what they thought was a pro-suicide message in “Close my eyes forever.”
Posted by lpgreat1
Monroe, LA
Member since Nov 2007
1552 posts
Posted on 6/22/19 at 9:14 pm to
Damn Yankees - Come Again
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
10035 posts
Posted on 6/22/19 at 10:56 pm to
So many great ones but I have to go with the one that started it all. REO Speedwagon- Keep on Loving You.

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This post was edited on 6/23/19 at 9:38 am
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 6/23/19 at 12:02 am to
Rachel Sweet's version of Shadows of the Night.
Posted by Del Devereaux
West Hollywood, CA
Member since Dec 2011
873 posts
Posted on 6/23/19 at 12:08 am to
Every song mentioned on this thread is fantabulous. It’s also supremely cool that you guys have revived the thread. As for those songs that actually were released in the early 90’s they’re great too and forget about the fact they’re not technically ‘80’s songs. Same genre, and I would consider them 80’s all day long.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
85526 posts
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:27 am to
REO Speedwagon - I can’t fight this feeling anymore
Posted by Warheel
Member since Aug 2011
2305 posts
Posted on 6/23/19 at 9:22 am to
This was one of my faves back in the day:

Little America - Walk on Fire
Posted by wartiger2004
9X National Champions WDE RIP CK
Member since Aug 2011
20253 posts
Posted on 6/23/19 at 9:58 am to
KISS. Who wants to be lonely and Tears are falling.
Posted by GeauxDJ74
Richmond, TX
Member since Jun 2014
835 posts
Posted on 6/23/19 at 10:18 am to
Ah the slow dances...

Warrant- Heaven
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
18126 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:16 pm to
Mr. Big - To Be with You
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
L.A. Guns - Ballad of Jane

I think LA Guns is in Huntsville in a few weeks. Very underrated band who just couldn't survive the Seattle/grunge phase.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
22077 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 6:34 pm to
The only 80’s power ballad I care about.

Guns N’ Roses - Patience
Posted by Tiger 79
The Original Tiger 79
Member since Nov 2007
38912 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 10:10 pm to
Home Sweet Home

Motley Crue
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
19800 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 11:15 pm to
Tesla -Love Song

Not my fav of the 80's, but I linked it because there were some fine bishes in the crowd. Album was released in 1989, so it barely makes it

Tesla - Love Song - Youtube

Posted by tigers0615
Member since Feb 2019
395 posts
Posted on 6/25/19 at 6:58 am to
The Stroke- Billy Squier
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19633 posts
Posted on 6/25/19 at 9:38 am to
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quote:
I never could understand why “I Won’t Forget You” was never a big hit like “ Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. I always thought it was a much better song. Never was a big fan of “Thorn”.
They're both great, but IWFY is the greatest The video is great too. I listen to it at least 10 times per week.





Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
38476 posts
Posted on 6/25/19 at 12:01 pm to
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Two pages and no mention of Cinderella's "Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)"? That was a straight panty-dropper in the second half of 1988.


Tom Kiefer was/is a talent that is highly underappreciated .

Also The Cult's "Edie"
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