I Just Died In Your Car Tonight, It Must Have Been Something You Said

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Today for your delec-tick-tion we have Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems In The World...Ever! Whether you own a driving licence or not, we've all been passengers in a car at some point and therefore may pass comment on the following hits! To make things more interesting, canon rules apply - THIRTEEN ticks only. VROOM!

[Poll #1047473]

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Man it was a wrench un-ticking Starship.

Anyway - this is a very strange compilation - about 50/50 split between actual 'driving music' (ie Dadrock as it is Dads Who Be Doing The Driving) and power ballads. I mean, that Foreigner song is amazing but why is it on here and not eg Chris Rea's 'Road To Hell'? Surely the latter is a mandatory inclusion on All Driving Albums Ever?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking the same thing: power ballads != driving music. And The Cars' Drive is neither, despite the name.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Driving music = owt bombastic. Which makes the inclusion of Merith less puzzling nad the inclusion of Sinead v. perplexing.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Also, what is that bluddy Meredith Brooks song doing here? Has it escaped from a neighbouring POWER OF A WOMAN compilation or summat?

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

So bizarre. I guess Joan Osborne and Paula Cole turned them down.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I am about three over, but I'm only human, of flesh and blood I'm made, etc.

Also Bonnie FTW!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Indeed - however I think Holding Out For A Hero would have been a better 'driving' choice?

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

Putting I Drove All Night and Drive on a driving rock compilation is just lazy! Especially when it's missing a few driving rock CLASSICS.

I never realised Because The Night was anything to do with Patti Smith. Goodness. Unless I'm missing something.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Also they could have put REM's Drive and... hold on, no matter how many songs called driving we can think of, there's probably a compilation not unlike this that includes them.

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Who is Pat Benatar? The name rings a bell.

Re: ?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD!! come on!

Re: ?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Love is a Battlefield lady. Dates probably dried up after that one.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

a) do you own this?
b) can you bring it along saturday? :-D

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Alas no, on both counts :(

Worthy inclusions:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(ie that cover both power balladry and appropriate driving music)

Both Meatloafs
Poison
Huey L & The Ns
Blinda
Heart
Forrigner

[cis.livejournal.com]

No Tom Petty, no credibility

[cis.livejournal.com]

also haha watching TV's Supernatural has ingrained it in my head that, as well as open-road open-top california pop-rock, the other most appropriate kind of driving music is AC/DC.

Other great driving music = Eurobeat! but possibly only if you want to go REALLY FAST. Also, oddly enough, Boredoms' 'Seadrum'.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I had a really tough time getting it to 13.

I ticked Nickeback cause I was scared nobody else would and I thought it deserved at least one tick. The Roxette choice should have been "Listen to Yr Heart" or "Fading Like a Flower", but this one is tickworthy anyways. Had to untick Billy Idol at the last second :(.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I have a tiny little soft rock hole in my heart (and iPod) and Nickelback fill it perfectly. That Hero Spiderman song is atrocious though.

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I found this incredibly hard - first run through I had about 27 ticks, and I was being restrained. Of all those tracks there's only about four proper duffers and a ton of bona-fide genius. It's amazing how this selection closely resembles that of the forthcoming Singstar Rock Ballads which I cannot wait to get my hands on.

The omission is Tom Petty's American Girl, though that's significantly more upbeat than most of the stuff here I suppose.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

haha, yes i was on a similar level of tickage, not sure about this changing the rules malarkey, compilations should be "which of these are any good at all?" :)

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, power ballad compilations are always disappointing--I could put together a fantastic one, but most commercial comps are limited to a budget which means they can't get, say, "Wind of Change" AND "Patience," both of which would be required for any authoritative Power Ballads comp.

I had no problem getting to 13! Yall crazy. Ones I feel strongly about:

Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Mr. Big - To Be With You
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
The Bangles - Eternal Flame
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

That Mr. Big song in particular is great!

o hai lil sista, waht is ur supermans

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Eyes Without A Face is so awesome

Re: o hai lil sista, waht is ur supermans

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Yes!

out on the road today i saw a dead head sticker on a cadillac

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

No 'Boys Of Summer' = uncredible dumbasses at the compilation 'wheel'

Re: out on the road today i saw a dead head sticker on a cadillac

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Double yes!

HUH?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott - Hero
The Babys - Isn't It Time
Bad English - When I See You Smile

is Eric Carmen - All By Myself a cover??

Re: HUH?

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Chad Kroeger is that awwwwful power ballad from Spiderman. Dear god it's rubbish.

Baby's are 70s britrock

Bad English is an 80s hair metal band. This was their big monster balld. It's awful.

"All By Myself" is originally by Eric Carmen, tho Celine Dion does the most famous version.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I own this CD, and although I've not listened to it for many years, I still hold a soft spot in my heart for it. Particular big shouts out to Roxette, Foreigner, Mr. Mister, Alannah Myles, Mr. Big.

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

This is very American. Where is TOMROBINSONBAND?

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Also, although there's some overlap, this might be a good compilation for a future poll (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Rock-Ballads-World-Ever-Vol-1/dp/tracks/B0000074VT/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/026-1890394-6494847#disc_1). I own that one too!

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Oh crap, I think I ticked about 800. *goes to correct*

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Also, I my brother has this and I need to go and find it now. I had forgotten that 'Alone' by Heart is the greatest song ever written.