Rob Smith looks back with longing at Aerosmith’s “What It Takes,” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, only on Popdose.com.
Death by Power Ballad
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Rob Smith explores the meaning, emotion, and grammar of The Darkness’ “Love Is Only a Feeling,” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, only at Popdose.com!
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Rob Smith recalls the first time he heard Journey’s Arnel Pineda sing “Open Arms” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, only at Popdose.com.
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We in the States have grown accustomed to the idea that Robbie Williams can be safely ignored, but in his latest Death by Power Ballad, Rob Smith shows us the error of our ways.
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Rob Smith talks gibberish, nonsense, and Bad English in the new “Death by Power Ballad,” only at Popdose.com.
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Rob Smith explores the great Queen ballad “Sail Away Sweet Sister” in the latest installment of Popdose’s Death by Power Ballad.
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Rob Smith ponders the connection between reality TV and Alias’ classic power ballad “More than Words Can Say” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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 the artform of the power ballad.
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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)….
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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…
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“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…
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Sixties nostalgia is a curious thingÁ¢€”make-a one man weep, make another man sing. Tom ScholzÁ¢€”the guitarist/mastermind/evil genius behind Seventies arena rock behemoth BostonÁ¢€”is one of those people for whom the…
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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…
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Our DbPB salute to Jim Peterik will conclude in two weeks. We interrupt that series to mark the recent passing of one of the cornerstones of modern melodic rock, bassist…
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If a new Survivor track is attached to a greatest hits compilation in the ’90s, will anyone hear it? Read this week’s Death by Power Ballad and find out.
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The next few DbPB installments will feature the work of a man who, to these ears, has contributed as much as if not more than any other artist to the…
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Before there was an Arnel Pineda (Steve Perry soundalike, currently fronting Journey), or a Benoit David (Jon Anderson soundalike, currently fronting Yes), or even a Chris Chan (Barry Manilow impersonator,…
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Wouldn’t it be cool to be Cheap TrickÁ¢€â„¢s Robin Á¢€Å“The VoiceÁ¢€ Zander?Á‚ I mean, the guy’s, like, 85 years old and looks the same as he did on the cover…
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One of my favorite things about joining the Popdose brother/sisterhood is the fact that I have found a group of people whose taste in music is as broad and, on…
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Kevin DuBrow‘s cocaine-assisted demise in 2007 denied the world additional work from one of the great philosophical minds in hard rock. Not really, but has there ever been another frontman…
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Maybe eight or ten years ago, if you’d wanted to make some pretty decent money on a minimal investment, all you had to do was find a CD copy of…
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Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The…
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Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The…
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