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Death by Power Ballad
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“Death by Power Ballad” explores Extreme’s “More Than Words.”
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Chickenfoot writes a mature rock song about adult relationships. Imagine that …
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Survivor’s “Ever Since the World Began”: The Ultimate Wedding Anthem? Rob Smith discusses in “Death by Power Ballad.”
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This week’s “Death by Power Ballad” pays tribute to ex-Warrant front man Jani Lane and his greatest power ballad, “Heaven.”
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You realize you’re in love, and the song that’s playing is Kenny Loggins’ “Meet Me Half Way.” Rob Smith explores in “Death by Power Ballad.”
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In this week’s installment of “Death by Power Ballad,” Rob Smith takes on Razor & Tie, the Kidz Bop franchise, and that media whore/singer, Bret Michaels.
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When Scottish cock rockers Nazareth slowed things down to play “Love Hurts,” the whole world slowed with them. Rob Smith pays tribute in this week’s Death by Power Ballad.
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Death by Power Ballad returns, with Rob Smith discussing Sammy Hagar’s book, unheralded albums, and terrific power ballad “Halfway to Memphis.”
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Rob Smith discusses war, faith, and music in the new “Death by Power Ballad” entry, on Styx’s “Show Me the Way.”
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Rob Smith finds a new power ballad masterpiece from Cathy Richardson and the Macrodots, in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad.”
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John Waite gives us another classic piece of heartbreak poetry with “If You Ever Get Lonely,” causing Rob Smith to swoon in his latest “Death by Power Ballad” column.
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Rob Smith’s “Death by Power Ballad” focuses on the late, great Steve Clark, and Def Leppard’s “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak.”
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Rob Smith enjoyz the swingin’, pullin’, and lovin’ (a whole lotta it) in Slade’s great powur ballud “My Oh My,” in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad.”
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Is Steve Perry a dick, or just a great singer? Rob Smith kicks off another year of Death by Power Ballad by examining Perry’s “Running Alone.”
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In his last Death by Power Ballad column for 2010, Rob Smith finds a serious message of empowerment in KISS’ “Reason to Live.”
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Rob Smith gives thanks for his friends, readers, and Foreigner’s “Waiting for a Girl Like You.”
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Rob Smith celebrates the voice of Freddie Mercury in a “Death by Power Ballad” salute to “The Show Must Go On.”
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Jeff Scott Soto is one of the great long-time underdogs of AOR. Rob Smith advocates for his immediate ascension to superstardom, in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad.”
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David Coverdale and Whitesnake delivered a poetic kill shot to the heart with 1990’s “Now You’re Gone.” Rob Smith discusses the bloody artifact in Popdose’s “Death by Power Ballad.”
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Rob Smith ruminates on memories, old friends, and Dennis DeYoung’s “Desert Moon,” in the latest Death by Power Ballad column, only at Popdose.
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Rob Smith reflects on the meaning of 9/11 and muses on Everclear’s “The New York Times” in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” only at Popdose.
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How could Mickey Thomas get away with adultery? Quite slickly, apparently, as Popdose’s Rob Smith explores in his Death by Power Ballad column on Jefferson Starship’s “No Way Out.”
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Why was REO Speedwagon’s classic “Keep On Loving You” a hit? Rob Smith explores the topic in his latest Death by Power Ballad column, only at Popdose.
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Rob Smith attempts to stop time with Rush, in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” at Popdose.com
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Singer Ann Wilson powered Heart’s power ballad “Alone.” Rob Smith pays tribute to the song and the voice in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, at Popdose.com.
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In this week’s Death by Power Ballad, Rob Smith explores the Aristotelian undertones at play in Kenny Loggins’ “Forever,” only at Popdose.
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Rob Smith explores regret, redemption and “closure” in the form of Night Ranger’s “Goodbye,” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad only at Popdose.com.
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Rob Smith revisits Kansas’ “All I Wanted” and singer Steve Walsh’s toned pecs in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” only at Popdose.
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Rob Smith gets back into the “Dave vs. Sammy” argument in this week’s Death by Power Ballad column on Van Halen’s “Love Walks In,” on on Popdose.com.
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