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Death by Power Ballad: John Elefante, “O Come All Ye Faithful”
Ex-Kansas vocalist John Elefante offers his cover of "O Come All Ye Faithful," and Popdose's Death by Power Ballad is there to praise it, in the spirit of the holidays
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Journey, “Why Can’t This Night Go On Forever”
You blame it on Facebook. Had you not bowed to the entreaties of your more connected co-workers, you wouldn’t have seen her name, read her profile, or seen she now lives two towns over
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again”
We’re gathered together today at the Popdose dinner table to fill ourselves with the bounty of goodness from local farms and our communal garden out back (and, later, we shall light up and pass
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: ZZ Top, “Rough Boy”
What happens when three hairy Texans get sensitive? "Rough Boy." It may not have lived up to its title in any way, but Rob Smith has a soft spot for ZZ Top's contribution to
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Bonnie Tyler, “Lovers Again”
Back in her late-70s, “It’s a Heartache” period, gravelly voiced Bonnie Tyler was viewed chiefly as Rod Stewart with a vagina (a designation many have claimed simply describes Stewart himself). When that dubious crown
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Bon Jovi, “Silent Night”
Had Bon Jovi been killed in a horrific, fiery airplane crash in 1985, we would remember them much differently than we do today. Had they experienced a painful, flesh-melting demise prior to recording 1986’s
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Foreigner, “Out of the Blue”
“It’s always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you.” — Rob Sheffield (Love Is a Mix Tape) I dislike Rob Sheffield for many reasons—his
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Boston, “Hollyann”
Sixties nostalgia is a curious thing—make-a one man weep, make another man sing. Tom Scholz—the guitarist/mastermind/evil genius behind Seventies arena rock behemoth Boston—is one of those people for whom the Sixties never quite ended.
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Winger, “Headed for a Heartbreak”
Everything you’re about to read is apocryphal. No proof exists that anything that follows is true. But I heard it from someone, who heard it from someone, who likely heard it from yet another
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Jim Peterik, “Above the Storm”
This is the final entry in our DbPB salute to Jim Peterik, and it is, I admit, an odd choice for a conclusion. “Above the Storm” is not Peterik’s best ballad; truth be told,
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