Clench your fist! Beat your chest! Which of these? Is the best?

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

[Poll #787814]

Comments

i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

but billy i's EYES W/O FACE is not a power ballad

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Likewise REM's indie anthem has NO PLACE HERE.

(I still voted for it)

I am disgusted with myself...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

...for using the word 'constructed' instead of 'erected'. Carry on talking amongst yourselves.

ALL GOOD

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

all good.

Do You Have To Wear A Disguise

[koganbot]

I will befriend anyone who votes for "Love Hurts."

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

nazareth are awesome but much less known in the uk than the us i suspect

Re: Do You Have To Wear A Disguise

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Hello, friend!

Really, almost all of these are good to classic. I blanked poor M. Lee Aday just to be contrary, perhaps, but I shudder at the thought of him releasing ANOTHER album.

Prophets without honor

[koganbot]

That of course is because they're from the U.K., no doubt!

Livin' On A Prayer

[koganbot]

I voted for Belinda Carlisle but I will be very unhappy if she wins, especially since the song is a rip of the much better "Livin' On A Prayer."

Celine My Heart

[koganbot]

Celine Dion has covered two of these, very well ("All By Myself" and "Drove All Night").

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

this poll would be better if you could vote for meat loaf in all three sections

[koganbot]

Or shun Meat Loaf in all three sections.

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

only about 4 of these songs are actually power ballads!

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Eyes Without A Face' is fab tho. I had to ask what it was in The PAKENHAM ARMS a few months back.

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

ACTUALLY OTM!

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

An actual power ballad must have:

a) big thuddy drums
b) a squealy guitar solo
c) actually, nothing else matters as long as a) and b) are present

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention this is from THE BEST POWER BALLADS IN THE WORLD... EVER!

So, erm, proven by science or something.

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[sbp.livejournal.com]

And white swirly curtains in the video! It's true! CF the T'Pau video.

Re: Livin' On A Prayer

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Heresy!

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

Everyone stop LYING TO YOURSELVES and tick Nickelback already...

[maura.livejournal.com]

i could make a better power ballad triple cd than this with my ears plugged and my nose clipped

i mean 'bitch'?!?!?!

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

I know! It's sad.

I would love to see your power ballads tracklist.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

This is a fantastic compilation! I ticked 23/39.

Matt, next time remember to include Favourite/Worst texty boxes! Then I could denote my love for FOREIGNER formally! And my hate for Chad K, of course (bizarrely I don't mind the Nickelback song so much as Chad on his own, though it isn't worth a tick).

FOREIGNER > BONNIE TYLER >>> Everything else >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chad K

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

No November Rain, no credibility.

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Tis as much a sign of power balladry as Running Person Carrying Suitcase is a sign of balearic trance.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I know - this is my first poll and I tried but cocked it up. I was also going to ask 'which of these would make the best bosh remix'. (The answer is Belinda, probably).

Why are Starship languishing on just 12 votes?

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Sinead O'Connor should not be on here.

Poison should be winning this easily.

I voted for 17 songs.

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

didn't you do a few other polls before this? that 'best rock album ever' one for example? or was that Tom?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Cyndi Lauper's 'I Drove All Night' is so much better than Roy Orbison's version. I don't think the song suits The Big O at all and never understood why it was released (it was quite a while after he died).

Re: i voted for him bcz i always do and always will...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

That was my poll, but Tom actually coded it.

Re: Livin' On A Prayer

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

If you've ever heard Orbital play live, when they do Halcyon, half way through they layer the two songs over the top of each other and the similarity is undeniable. I may have a live track if you want to hear it

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I wish you had done the best box, every time I scrolled down I kept seeing a new BEST THING. It's between Bonnie, Foreigner or BIG PHIL.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

missing you by John Waite is far and away the best song on this and is a proper Power Ballad too. DO YOU SEE, he says he isn't missing her, BUT REALLY HE IS, ie if it had jangly gtrs behind it, this would be indiest song ever TOO!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

in the video when he sings the chorus he is surrounded by people in huge Jimmy Hill masks stroking their chins.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

and then a white owl pops up looking mightily bemused.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i DEMAND you create this image NOW.

NO CELINE NO CREDIBILITY

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'It's All Coming Back To Me Now' was co-written with Jim Steinman and out Meat Loafs Meat Loaf by a VERY LONG WAY. It is eight minutes long and quite, quite epic.

Re: Livin' On A Prayer

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

The last time they played Glastonbury, they did Bad Name, plus Heaven Is A Place On Earth, then through in I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE.

They are all the same song.

Re: Livin' On A Prayer

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember that. There's clearly no such thing as a new idea when it comes to soft rock

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

cf "Not in Love"

DISGRACEFUL

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

Alone should be way higher

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

QUITE. but due to lack of chest thumpery not in love (great as it is) doesn't really count as Power Ballad...

Re: NO CELINE NO CREDIBILITY

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

um, isn't this also the first single off of BOOH III?

Re: DISGRACEFUL

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i agree. also i wonder who will be the first to crack and tick hero...

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I am quite happy with the current score, with a number of truly great tunes (and Simply Minds ERROR ERROR ERROR) holding their heads high, and still Bonnie comfortably in the lead.

Total Eclipse actually came up in conversation at the wedding I was at last weekend, someone mentioned that there is a Steinman-produced Tyler/Loaf album, power duet after power duet unto infinity. Does anyone know any more? jel_bugle, I'm looking at you.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

In other news, Bonnie is now leading the NOW! 1 poll (started November 14th 2005) as well, instead of the Humang League.

The poptimists front page must be updated!

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

There is "Heaven and Hell" - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000007232/sr=1-2/qid=1155055111/ref=sr_1_2/026-1837900-7766855?ie=UTF8&s=music

Not actual duets, but a kinda cash in! Though as all the Amazon reviews say it'd be great if they dueted, and that is very true. We can only live in hope!

Re: DISGRACEFUL

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Alone p3wns most of the songs on this compilation, it's a travesty.