Today’s Power Ballad was chosen in honor of Matt Nathanson, whose new record, Some Mad Hope, was released this week. Don’t understand what Matt Nathanson has to do with power…
Power Ballads
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Jeff Giles
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I never got this band. Still don’t. I mean, hey, taste is subjective and everything, but I don’t know how anyone can listen to Tom Keifer’s singing and not feel…
Jeff Giles
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Guest Power Balladologist: Jeff Vrabel Let it never be said that Warrant didn’t know their way around a metaphor: The cover of their sophomore release Cherry Pie featured a raspberry-lipped…
Jeff Giles
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I had always planned on covering this song, but then David made the following side-splitting comment a few days ago, in reference to Def Leppard’s “Love Bites”: Love this song….
Jeff Giles
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For a brief period in the ’80s, it was acceptable for a man to wear a headband and red leather pants. This was thanks to Loverboy, the Canadian hardish-rockish band…
Jeff Giles
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There’s plenty of debate as to the “original” power ballad Á¢€” this Wikipedia entry even traces it back to a Carpenters song! Á¢€” but when it comes to the ultimate…
Jeff Giles
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For a time, the power ballad was so prevalent that you almost couldn’t be a rock band and get away without recording one. Even the grizzled ass-kickers in ZZ Top…
Jeff Giles
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Yesterday’s Power Balladeers were roped into recording material by outside writers, and their career suffered accordingly. At the other end of the spectrum sat the post-rehab Aerosmith, gleefully lapping up…
Jeff Giles
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I’m sure that, once upon a time, bands recorded power ballads for, um, artistic reasons. Falling in and out of love can make a man do strange things, like recording…
Jeff Giles
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The masses have spoken, and I have listened. Lo and behold, fuckers Á¢€” every (week)day this month, I’ll be “treating” you to a power ballad! (For more on why I’m…
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