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Title: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Ozle on March 14, 2015, 08:32:19 am
Go....
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: jsh357 on March 14, 2015, 09:26:37 am
I'm never entirely sure what qualifies.  Probably The Replacements - Unsatisfied
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Ozle on March 14, 2015, 09:52:21 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4j1LtCdww
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: WanderingWinder on March 17, 2015, 05:58:24 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Duck

closest thing I could find to being a cross between a mallard and an 80s power ballad
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: eHalcyon on March 17, 2015, 06:10:05 pm
I'm not familiar with many Ballards, let alone powerful ones from the 80s.  Taking a very quick look at the Wikipedia list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_%28surname%29), I think Samuel James Ballard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_James_Ballard) might be a good pick.  As a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy he was probably powerful.  He was active in the 1780s and it looks like he had several notable military achievements during his service at that time.
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Kirian on March 17, 2015, 11:20:50 pm
These guys probably weren't around in the 80s, but if you want modern power ballards, you likely can't go wrong with Ballard Power Systems (http://www.ballard.com/).
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Kirian on March 17, 2015, 11:25:03 pm
...ahem.  On topic, though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2r2nDhTzO4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE

(OK, the latter is technically 90s)

Edit:  Somehow I had never heard Alice Cooper's Poison before.  That is a most interesting and elegant set of chord progressions.
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: jonts26 on March 17, 2015, 11:56:03 pm
There is only one correct answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Galzria on March 18, 2015, 12:28:04 am
Man... I couldn't even pick out a top 10, much less a top 5 or even a "best"...

I mean, I've always been partial to Meatloaf and "I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that)"... but can you argue with a Poison pick? Queen? REO Speedwagon? Whitesnake? Styx?

I mean, the list, it just goes on and on...
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Galzria on March 18, 2015, 12:42:24 am
Although I suppose Meatloaf's best is actually early 90's. Still... So Damn good.
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: blueblimp on March 18, 2015, 01:08:02 am
These guys probably weren't around in the 80s, but if you want modern power ballards, you likely can't go wrong with Ballard Power Systems (http://www.ballard.com/).
http://www.ballard.com/about-ballard/ (http://www.ballard.com/about-ballard/)
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Ballard Power Systems, Inc. was founded in 1979, under the name "Ballard Research Inc.", to conduct research and development on high-energy lithium batteries.
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Ozle on March 18, 2015, 03:53:55 am
Man... I couldn't even pick out a top 10, much less a top 5 or even a "best"...

I mean, I've always been partial to Meatloaf and "I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that)"... but can you argue with a Poison pick? Queen? REO Speedwagon? Whitesnake? Styx?

I mean, the list, it just goes on and on...

No, you HAVE to pick one!.
Do it
DO IT NOW!!!!
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Burning Skull on March 18, 2015, 09:38:20 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O317T6Zlno
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Galzria on March 18, 2015, 12:15:04 pm
Man... I couldn't even pick out a top 10, much less a top 5 or even a "best"...

I mean, I've always been partial to Meatloaf and "I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that)"... but can you argue with a Poison pick? Queen? REO Speedwagon? Whitesnake? Styx?

I mean, the list, it just goes on and on...

No, you HAVE to pick one!.
Do it
DO IT NOW!!!!

Oh fine!

http://video.naij.com/view=6qgucczw
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Kuildeous on March 18, 2015, 12:19:39 pm
I always liked how "Sister Christian" begins and ends real slow. That is fine hump-shaped song right there.

I can't really think of Queen doing power ballads. "Who Wants to Live Forever" does swell magnificently, though I do get tired of that song after about 45 seconds.

And, well, "Total Eclipse of the Heart." It redefines bombastic.
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Ozle on March 18, 2015, 07:12:00 pm
Man... I couldn't even pick out a top 10, much less a top 5 or even a "best"...

I mean, I've always been partial to Meatloaf and "I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that)"... but can you argue with a Poison pick? Queen? REO Speedwagon? Whitesnake? Styx?

I mean, the list, it just goes on and on...

No, you HAVE to pick one!.
Do it
DO IT NOW!!!!

Oh fine!

http://video.naij.com/view=6qgucczw

There, I hope you feel a bit better now

Although well done for being the only person to find a site that doesn't let you embed videos in forum posts automatically!
Title: Re: Best 80's Power Ballard?
Post by: Jack Rudd on March 21, 2015, 08:11:38 pm
https://youtu.be/PcfLoyxJTro