(Finished April 7th, 2018) The Best Power Ballads of the 80s Era 1977-1992, Part 2

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Slaughter "Fly To The Angels":

Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home":

Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

LA Guns "The Ballad of Jayne":

Night Ranger "Sister Christian":

Def Leppard "Love Bites":

Whitesnake "Is This Love":

Whitesnake "Ain't No Love In The Heart of The City":

Heart "Alone":

Guns N' Roses "November Rain":



Van Halen "Love Walked In":

Styx "Babe":

Styx "Haven't We Been Here Before":

Steve Perry "Oh Sherrie":

Blue Oyster Cult "Burnin' For You":



Scorpions "Still Loving You":



Then a great collection of ballads from Meat Loaf:

"You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)":



"Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are":

"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)":



"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad":

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(Finished April 8th, 2018) The Best Power Ballads of the 80s Era 1977-1992, Part 1

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Updates: my next Greatest 80's era Band is #18, The Cars. I've listened to and ranked their 40ish songs that will be on their countdown blogs. I'll be posting those countdown blogs soon, I just wanted to write a slightly different blog tonight.

Also 50 years ago the greatest rock band of all-time started their career. Coming up in honor of each year of their existence, I'll be doing a Top 50 Led Zeppelin countdown blog.

Possibly tomorrow I'll be counting down the top several songs from the week of October 13, 1987. Like any other 80s countdown, there are several classics included.

I'm almost 100% sure that I've posted a similar power ballads blog before, but that's okay. I'd like to thank the music site liketotally80s.com for the thought to write this blog. I've quickly realized this will be two blogs.

My definition of a power ballad is a rock tinged ballad, for instance all the songs below. However great ballads that are pop based weren't considered. Peter Cetera's "Glory Of Love" is possibly my favorite 80's ballad, but it's not rock based. Another song that wasn't considered, though amazing, is Bryan Adams' "Heaven". Typically what I mean by a power ballad is a ballad made by a hair metal band.

Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead Or Alive":

140,000, 000 views can't be wrong. "I'll Be There For You":



"Bed of Roses":



Can you see why they called it hair metal, although I never considered Bon Jovi a hair metal band. "Never Say Goodbye":



Jon Bon Jovi "Blaze of Glory":



18 million views can't be wrong, Poison's "Every Rose Has It's Thorn":

Def Leppard "Bringin' On The Heartache":

Queensryche "Silent Lucidity":

Cinderella "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)":

Cinderella "Nobody's Fool":

Warrant "Heaven":

Warrant "I Saw Red":

97,000,000 views can't be wrong. Skid Row "I Remember You":

Skid Row "Wasted Time":

Europe "Carrie":

Heart "What About Love":

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(Finished April 5th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #19 Lionel Richie Part 4: #10 to #1

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Honestly I could have put these 10 amazing songs in almost any order and felt good about it.

10) "Night Train (Smooth Alligator)":

Lionel's suspect dance moves doesn't help this song one bit. 9) "Dancing On The Ceiling":

8) "Ballerina Girl":



7) "You Are":

6) "All Night Long (All Night)":

5) "Endless Love" (featuring Diana Ross):



4) "Stuck On You":

 This is just an amazing song. 3) "Say You Say Me":

2) "Hello":

1) "Running With The Night":

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(Finished April 5th, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #19 Lionel Richie Part 3: #19 to #11

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I rated Lionel Richie's Top 12 songs at 5 stars, which is my highest rating for a song. I have to work through all those songs and put them in order. When I do that I'll finish this blog. Until then, keep on enjoying the music. Now I've finished the blog, but those Top 12 songs were extremely difficult to put in order.

19) "Tell Me":

18) "My Love":



17) "Can't Slow Down":



16) "Love Will Conquer All";



15) "Tonight Will Be Alright":



14) "My Destiny":



13) "Penny Lover":

12) "Deep River Woman" (featuring Alabama):

11) "Truly":

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(Finished June 14th, 2018) Some of the Best Songs With Numbers In The Title, Part 1

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The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":

Stevie Nicks "Edge of Seventeen":

Chicago "25 or 6 to 4":

The Doors "Love Me Two Times":

No I don't try to include this song in every single blog, it just seems that way. Paul Hardcastle "19":

U2 "One":

Metallica "One":

The Doors "Five To One":

Tommy Tutone "867-5309 (Jenny)":

Green Day "21 Guns":

Spin Doctors "Two Princes":

"December '63 (Oh What A Night)":

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(Finished February 24th, 2019) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #19 Lionel Richie Part 2: #27 to #20

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27) "You Mean More To Me":

26) "The Only One":

25) "Do It To Me":

24) "Sela":

23) "Serves You Right":

22) "Love, Oh Love":

21) "Round and Round":

20) "Don't Stop":

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(Finished April 1st, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #20 Sinead O'Connor Part 5 #10-#1

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10) "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got":

9) "Jackie":

8) "Jerusalem":

7) "Troy":

6) "Black Boys On Mopeds":

5) "I Want Your Hands On Me" (featuring MC Lyte):

4) "The Emperor's New Clothes":

3) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

2) "Mandinka":

1) "Nothing Compares 2U":

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