Glide Magazine.com 10 Favorite Power Ballads GNR #2 & #5

[Axlative]

WTF? People seem to have quite different concepts of what a power ballad is....

Not like I claim to know anything, but I've always thought like this:


Ballad = a soft, tender, slow tempo song

Power Ballad = Ballad + a rougher edge ("a rock-ish ballad", more uptempo, etc. )


That being said, I've always considered Don't Cry one, but hardly any other GNR tune. NR & Estranged are too epic to fit into that category although the music fits the description.

[King Axl]

If they were gonna put November Rain and Patience on there at all, they may as well have put them #1 & #2.. Every Rose Has Its Thorn deserves to be there, probably one of the only songs I really liked from them

Not to get off the topic of GN'R, but I always thought Poison's "Something To Believe In" was truly great. That band deserved a fucking Grammy nomination for that song, but didn't get it. Of course, there were a number of GN'R songs/ albums that deserved Grammy nods as well......

[sahasastar]

Not GN'R but Axl's best mate and the most under-rated power ballad, if not song of all time.

Forking brilliant.... I've never met one person, man or woman who hasn't listened to it and been blown away.
Although it doesn't have cheesy lyrics. It is just pure emotion.

SKID ROW - Wasted Time.

If you haven't heard it get a copy from someone immediately.

[paddio]

Take the Poison song out and it is a pretty good list

[chriskon72]

Not GN'R but Axl's best mate and the most under-rated power ballad, if not song of all time.

Forking brilliant.... I've never met one person, man or woman who hasn't listened to it and been blown away.
Although it doesn't have cheesy lyrics. It is just pure emotion.

SKID ROW - Wasted Time.

If you haven't heard it get a copy from someone immediately.

Agree 100%... wasted time sends shivers down my spine, truely one of the best tunes. 

This list is ok I like most of the songs (although Night Ranger are not my cup of tea) but there are many, many great songs over looked just for example:

Ozzy... how many great ballads does this guy have? not one made the list. Goodbye to Romance for me was one of the first "power ballads" just a great song, Mama I'm Coming home, Road to Nowhere, See you on the otherside.

How 'bout Nazareth Love Hurts I'm honest enough to say I don't love it but undeniable it is a good song and has a huge audience that love it (my buddies loved it back in the day)

Aerosmith too but now I'm going on too long.

NR blows all this stuff out of the water. no doubt