What's the best 1980's Power Ballad?

If you post an entry, make sure it conforms to that decade and either of these definitions:

ballad  /ˈbæləd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [bal-uhd] Show IPA Pronunciation

Noun

1. any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.

2. a sentimental or romantic popular song.

For example, "Every Rose has its Thorn"? Ballad.

Motley Crue's "Girls, Girls, Girls"? No. A popular song, yes, but it doesn't meet the romantic or sentimental requirement.


I'll start off with a couple:

Skid Row - "18 and Life" (1989)

YouTube - 18 and life - skid row


Guns N Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine" - (1987)

YouTube - Guns.N.Roses-Sweet Child O'Mine

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The album was released late 1979.
Let's hope it qualifies as "a ballad"

YouTube - Krokus - Streamer

Every rose has it's thorn of course. Beth is another great one.

I was going with "more than words", but that was 1990...
So, I have to go with this one


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpMt_YqVbhw

This song doesn't really come to mind when you think of the "power ballad" genre... the production is quite different. But I'm tossing it in because it's from 1989 and it's a sentimental track "about a girl."

I think you are stretching on the Nirvana thing. If it did come out in the 80's it was 88 or 89.

How about Home Sweet Home from the Crue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BBlWxkwJtU

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Originally Posted by singlewedge

I think you are stretching on the Nirvana thing. If it did come out in the 80's it was 88 or 89.

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It's off their first album, Bleach - released in 1989 on Sub Pop records. I was hesitant to post it only because those guys were the ones to destroy hair metal's reign over the airwaves. Also, the song doesn't have supressed power chords that hang for 20 seconds as a guy in lipstick sings incredibly high notes... but it's still a sentimental song about a girl (as the name implies), written and released in the 80s. And it's a great song, so...

Do you want the perfect example? A song that has great chord changes, an awesome solo and was written by a group of guys that were drunk and high nearly 100% of the time during this period in their career, instead of applying eye makeup and hairspray like Poison would've been? (In fact, Slash was heavily dosed on heroin during this shoot, and he doesn't remember any of it. The shots of him on the bed have him legitimately nodding out.) Here we go:

YouTube - GUNS N ROSES 'PATIENCE' UPLOAD IN HIGH QUALITY (NOT FULL VERSION)

I like this one from REO Speedwagon Keep on Loving you

This is my first time posting; so, I hope I got this correct.

YouTube - Reo Speedwagon-Keep on loving you-LIVE