Best Power Ballads

[Raymond Duck]

Just saw there was a poll, doh.

[aRdja]

I do like Harry Nilsson‘s og version, but Mariah absolutely killed it here...

[aRdja]

This is also a belter. Best Bond theme by a mile.

 

 

[redinblack62]

1 hour ago, aRdja said:

This is also a belter. Best Bond theme by a mile.

 

 

Radiohead do a great version of this as well, believe it or not....

[Mook]

1 hour ago, aRdja said:

I do like Harry Nilsson‘s og version, but Mariah absolutely killed it here...

Nilsson's version wasn't the original...

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

Mook knows.

[aRdja]

12 hours ago, Mook said:

Nilsson's version wasn't the original...

 

 

Didn’t know that.
 

Having listened to the og. Here’s my ranking in order of preference.

1. Mariah

2. Harry Nilsson

3. Air Supply

4. Badfinger

[aRdja]

This is also one of the very best, far as power ballads go.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

You ok aRdja? 

[Trumo]

I prefer the version by Randy Watson and Sexual Chocolate.

 

EDIT: aRdja, you'd better not be thinking of posting any Celine Dion shite as well. The finger is hovering over the neg button.

[aRdja]

13 hours ago, Trumo said:

I prefer the version by Randy Watson and Sexual Chocolate.

 

EDIT: aRdja, you'd better not be thinking of posting any Celine Dion shite as well. The finger is hovering over the neg button.

I hate Celine Dion... but surely you can’t go on to the power ballad territory without at least acknowledging Whitney or Mariah. That’d be silly. I mean that Whiney song is miles better than half of the options. 

[KMD7]

58 minutes ago, aRdja said:

I hate Celine Dion... but surely you can’t go on to the power ballad territory without at least acknowledging Whitney or Mariah. That’d be silly. I mean that Whiney song is miles better than half of the options. 

The original was miles better aRdja. 

 

 

[aRdja]

Just now, KMD7 said:

The original was miles better aRdja. 

 

 

Fuck I didn’t know it was a cover, again...

[KMD7]

Just now, aRdja said:

Fuck I didn’t know it was a cover, again...

Get on it. Can't beat a bit of George

[Tony Moanero]

3 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

The original was miles better aRdja. 

 

 

It is but Houston did have a boss voice.

[KMD7]

Just now, Tony Moanero said:

It is but Houston did have a boss voice.

No arguments there Tone. Her voice deserved to leave behind a much better body of work though

[Tony Moanero]

11 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

No arguments there Tone. Her voice deserved to leave behind a much better body of work though

Yeah, that’s true. There aren’t many Whitney Houston songs that I really, really like. Love this one, though.

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

On 23/08/2014 at 04:04, Mook said:

Journey were pish.

 

 

Aynsley Dunbar on drums

[aRdja]

 

[aRdja]

24 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Yeah, that’s true. There aren’t many Whitney Houston songs that I really, really like. Love this one, though.

 

 

 

I Wanna Dance with Somebody is an out and out hit... a foolproof ‘floor-filler’ if I’ve ever seen one... won’t post the video because it’s not a power ballad. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

From the choices provided I went for Skid Row.

 

Hundreds of power ballads I love, you can't beat going for a long walk and listening to your play list and a power ballad comes on, puts a spring in your step. 

 

Five that spring to mind that I've listened to of late.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[aRdja]

A belter.

 

 

[easytoslip]

None for me but Feels Like The First Time is OK, though I heard it first by Thunderboots, so nostalgia and all that. 

[Trumo]

2 hours ago, aRdja said:

A belter.

 

Nope. I fucking hate her nails-on-a blackboard 100-fags-a-day gravel-gargling voice.

[easytoslip]

I Wanna know What Love Is, does my head in.