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	Blue Monster: Power Ballad, Defined
		The power ballad is a relatively new musical form instigated by the release of the song “Beth” by Kiss in 1976.
		A Power Ballad has to come from a hard rockin’ band, a group whose core identify is deeply imbued with both the attitude and sound of straight-ahead metal-leaning rock.
		These are commonly found in power ballads as components that nicely complement the required elements, but they are not found in all power ballads, nor is their presence sufficient to establish power balladhood.
	monster-blue.blogspot.com /2006/11/power-ballads-defined.html (1589 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Ballad
		Ballads should not be confused with the ballade, a 14th and 15th century French verse form.
		Ballads have also been imitated in modern poetryâ” most notably by the Canadian ballads of Robert W. Service, in Kipling's "Road to Mandalay,"?title=and in "Casey at the Bat."?title="The Ballad of the Bread-man"?title=is Charles Causley's re-telling of the story of the birth of Jesus.
		Border ballads are a subgenre of folk ballads collected in the area along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those concerned with border reivers and outlaws, or with historical events in the Borders.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Ballad (879 words)

	Power ballad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Power ballads originated in the 1970s with Power pop band the Raspberries and arena rock bands like Styx, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Journey and heavy metal pioneers the Scorpions.
		Generally, a power (or rock) ballad is considered suitable for slow dancing because of its slow beat.
		In the fall of 2002, her power ballad "Beautiful" was released during the holiday season and became her biggest hit to date.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Power_ballad (1123 words)

	Ballad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ballads are most often folk poetry in a musical format, passed along orally from generation to generation, set to conventional tunes and usually sung by a solo voice, the hearers joining in the refrain.
		A ballad is sung to a modal melody.
		Broadsheet ballads (also known as broadside ballads or flletter ballads), cheaply printed and often topical, humorous, even subversive, were hawked in English streets from the 16th century; the legends of Robin Hood and the pranks of Puck were disseminated through broadsheet ballads.
	www.clipart.teleactivities.com /poetry/ballad.html (1177 words)

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		To me, the power ballad is sacred and VH1- has now tainted this beautiful form of songwriting with its countdown.
		The power ballad drums are nowhere to be found.
		Maybe they should have given their definition of a power ballad at the beginning of the show to end any confusion.
	dangerkittie0.tripod.com /powerballads.html (550 words)

	Monster Ballads (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The charm of the metal ballad: hearing bad boys reveal depths of emotion not always apparent in, say, "Cherry Pie" or "Up All Night." For the so-called "hair bands" of the '80s, ballads were a way to fatten the bank account while improving the depth (and quality) of the groupies backstage.
		Power ballads go awry not when they are overly emotional, but when they are phony.
		There are a lot of tacky power ballads, but it's a real trick to do a boring one.
	www.jonreed.net.cnchost.com /sys-tmpl/monsterballads (3132 words)

	The Paragraph Farmer: Because a power ballad is not a hymn
		The Paragraph Farmer: Because a power ballad is not a hymn
		And there you have the problem put in yet another way: when power ballads intrude on the liturgy of heaven (which is what the Mass is), then what Esolen calls "the necessary hypocrisy of small talk" is wrongly raised to the status of a liturgical act.
		Power ballad and praise band mediocrity is sometimes justified on the grounds that people need to be met "where they are" with lyrics to which they can relate.
	paragraphfarmer.blogspot.com /2007/06/because-power-ballad-is-not-hymn.html (3054 words)

	How the power ballad destroyed metal music in the late 80s - Helium
		The power ballad, created so well, in that it offered some sense and meaning, some soul and purpose, amongst all the high energy madness and noise, ended up turning on that which had created it, and it feasted.
		The bands and their producers focused too greatly on that which was making them rich and famous, namely the power ballad, and forgot that which had helped create the power ballad and had made it so brilliant; the 80's metal thrash and anger music that built up to these power ballads.
		The "power ballad" and "Metal" are diametrical opposites, as impossible to reconcile as Gary Charone and Van Halen an...
	www.helium.com /items/519748-power-ballad-missed-about (830 words)

	RA: Resident Advisor - London Elektricity - Playing Power Ballads in the Hospital - Feature / Interview (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Power Ballads" just came to me as a good title for the new album, I like to associate the phrase with soppy rock.
		I like to think there is a different connotation with power ballads - I like the idea of using the word 'ballad' there's nothing more opposing to a ballad than drum & bass.
		I did the previous album, whereas Power Ballads was co-written with Leanne — we had a carefully planned schedule where she would come to my house on Monday and Tuesday and we spent 2 days a week writing songs.
	www.residentadvisor.net /feature_view.asp?ID=679 (975 words)

	News- More Than Words
		Power ballads show a band's sensitive side; that life on the road can be tough on a relationship, as can stayin' late at the studio ("Just a few more hours, and I'll be right home to you...").
		For all their bad press, power ballads actually are our friends, because they are a good bellwether of things to come.
		Surely power ballads could never emerge from a form based upon the rocky marriage of hip-hop and grindcore.
	www.eastbayexpress.com /issues/2002-03-27/planet_full.html (759 words)

	Power: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		"Power" was a minor hit and the simple chorus is effective.
		The album bears virtually no resemblance to the old Kansas style; in fact, it's more hard rock and pop than prog-rock, and the tough-yet-sleek opener "Silhouettes in Disguise" immediately announces the change to listeners.
		Power probably surprised longtime Kansas fans with its musical shift, but the addition of Morse gave the band an interesting -- if ultimately short-lived -- new direction.
	www.music.com /release/power/1 (302 words)

	Ballad Music on Media Positive Radio
		In general, a ballad is a poem or narrative story (often based on true events or experiences) put to song in a third-person perspective.
		Ballads may be sung on several topics including stories of heroism, romance, politics or even satire.
		There are varying styles of ballads, comprised of humorous broadsheet or flletter ballads; murder ballads based on crimes; border ballads based on historical battle events; literary ballads, often used in theater; ballad opera; Jazz ballad and the power ballad (which often refers to love rock songs).
	www.mediapositiveradio.com /genres/dir/ballad (169 words)

	Power Ballads - Why? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yeah, but Jennifer Rush's "The Power Of Love" is only the second worst/best POL (and the Frankie one has as much in common with Celine as Jen's does).
		A power ballad is defined in my mind as a ballad, but with rock-style production, whether that is metal, or gated-reverb style "huge" drums, and usually with an overblown solo somewhere.
		The thing is, any power ballad could technically have been a gorgeous song if produced and arranged in a decent way, and maybe with the odd solo lopped off here and there, but obviously in the mid-eighties this was not the thing to do.
	ilx.wh3rd.net /thread.php?msgid=1343478 (973 words)

	Majestic Rock Records Showcase. Highlighting the best new melodic releases available.
		QUOTE : “Power Quest are not only the best band in the UK at the moment but could knock just about any of Europe’s so called heavyweights off their thrones with considerable ease...
		I think you should have worked that out by now.” Power Metal UK “Power Quest show they can and are willing to make more progress with each and every album much more consistency can be found in the song writing department.
		Power Quest, if you have never heard anything by them play classic power metal but with a healthy dose of progressive music and even AOR at times.
	www.melodicrock.com /showcase/powerquest-magicneverdies.html (719 words)

	Nouveau Rock Ballads: Craftsmanship and Keeping it Real
		In the 1970s, several of the first wave of hard rock and proto-metal bands came out with “power ballads” as a way to pay tribute to and capitalize on the primal connection with sweet, romantic melody held by even their roughest, most hard rocking audience members.
		Queen's “Bohemian Rhapsody” is considered by some to be a power ballad, but I consider it a ridiculously amazing, operatic tour-de-force, way too baroque and ambitiously complex to qualify in the genre.
		The best nouveau rock ballad, however, has to be Metallica's “Nothing Else Matters.” It is as monstrously authoritative, powerful and classic a power ballad as the group's “Enter Sandman” is a straight-ahead hard rock hit.
	www.thesimon.com /magazine/articles/the_best_and_worst_thing/01448_nouveau_rock_ballads_craftsmanship_keeping_real.html (2306 words)

	REO Speedwagon: The Ballads - All CDs $5.99 and Free Shipping at yourmusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Along with Journey, REO Speedwagon was one of the first groups to develop the power ballad -- the distinctive blend of anthemic melodies, slow tempos, big guitars and big hooks.
		They had their biggest hits with power ballads, so it makes sense that Epic would assemble a collection, appropriately titled "Ballads", that contains all of them on one disc.
		Still, that doesn't make "Ballads" a weak listen, since the second-tier material here is among REO's best and helps elevate this collection to one of their most enjoyable albums.
	www.yourmusic.com /browse/album/32315.html (254 words)

	Ballad Collection
		The ballad "The King" showed the hint of their power and improvement that would later made the band famous.
		The patented big power ballad "Angel" was release in 1987 after the rehab.
		This mourning ballad about the survival story of Veitnam war veteran nicknamed Rooster (Contrell's father) was the highlight of the album.
	www.iloveballad.com /balladlist.htm (1459 words)

	Dissecting The DNA of The Power Ballad With Guitar Rock Power Ballads - Guitar Rock: Power Ballads - Epinions.com
		Power ballads were always something that I tried to avoid.
		While I might sound like I completely abhor power ballads, there is a part of me that likes them – but only the true tracks – not the ones that were contrived and created to pluck at heartstrings and whose sole intent was to sell records.
		No anthology of power ballads would be complete without the token John Waite track Missing You, a some that I have on no less than ten ‘greatest hits’ or ‘best of’ releases.
	www.epinions.com /content_104452558468 (1766 words)

	Power Me, Ballad Me: The Power Ballad Timeline (Metro Times Detroit)
		Such was the raucous majesty of the power ballad, which in its classic form could inspire more fear and surprise than the Spanish Inquisition crouching in your cupboard.
		First man out Terry Luttrell keeps the band from reaching their power ballad potential with songs like “Prison Women,” “Dead At Last” and the almost Styxian “Anti-Establishment Man,” which whines about “spending all that money on a stupid war in Vietnam.” Mr.
		Worst offender has to be Celine Dion, who actually injects the word “power” into every ballad, inspiring fear in the manner that only an overly emotive nuclear reactor might.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=4998 (1556 words)

	The Hair Hole Top 10 most influential Hair Metal albums
		Poison not only made their songs even catchier, they produced the power ballad to end all power ballads -- "Every Rose has its Thorn".
		really did give the power ballad the status it would hold ever after -- as the icon of what hair metal is about.
		The archetypal power ballad from the archetypal glam band.
	www.angelfire.com /80s/hairhole/influence.html (995 words)

	Ballads by Reo Speedwagon (lyrics & reviews)
		If you want the best Power Ballads from the band that invented the power ballad this is it.
		While many hard-core REO Speedwagon fans may be more into the band's "rockers", the Power Ballad is one of the biggest contributions to the rock scene that REO Speedwagon have made.
		Although REO Spedwagon was never able to recapture their glory days as a rock group, the music will always be savored for years to come, and power balladeers in the making.
	www.19.5degs.com /album/ballads/15540 (595 words)

	How the power ballad destroyed metal music in the late '80s - Music Genres, Trends & Scenes - Helium
		The power ballad of the 80's is one of the most controversial topics among true audiophiles.
		The power ballad became a staple in the music industry during the late 1980s; it seemed that every metal band in the business was now cranking out at least one ballad per album in order to show their so-called range of tal...
		The rise of the power ballad in the 1970's ultimately won out over heavy metal or thrash bands by the end of the 1980's, but it took a battle of the titans and a self-destructive detonations worthy of an Iron Maiden concer...
	www.helium.com /knowledge/73246?page=2 (1023 words)

	Power Ballads \| Guitar Columns @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
		Power ballads are simple and sweet, and any nimrod (no offence to professional writers) can write one.
		Now the guitar solo in a power ballad is usually a little different than a high-energy song type of solo.
		Broken by Seether featuring Amy Lee is a great power ballad to me and yeah I guess that Bon Jovi were the kings of power ballad.
	www.ultimate-guitar.com /columns/general_music/power_ballads.html (2560 words)

	Ballad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ballad is an ongoing comic updated on Tuesdays, mostly.
		A form of verse to be sung or recited and characterized by its presentation of a dramatic or exciting EPISODE in simple narrative form.
		Gum mere describes the ballad as "a poem meant for singing...
	hober.com /ballad.html (518 words)

	Top Ten Power Ballads - Staff Top 10 - Stylus Magazine
		The band tried to make nice to their forebears with their all-ballad album Unplugged in New York, but the damage was done.
		Lodged in the carnivalia of their 2004 debut The Man in the Blue Turban With a Face is this tinkling snowglobe.
		Ah, proof that you needn’t have ever rocked to produce a power ballad.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-power-ballads.htm (1113 words)

	The Glory of Love - Revisiting the Power Ballad
		The essence of the power ballad can be summed up in one statement: âEven bad boys get the blues.â Groups like Styx and Journey had been doing their versions of the ballad for years, but their takes lacked a certain bite, a result of their drug free/committed-to-a-relationship images.
		A true power ballad must be the flip side of a very raucous coin.
		The song delves into the longing to return home from the road, a theme which pops up on many power ballad classics of the time, even those whose creators had just released their debut album and could not possibly know the pain of extended touring.
	www.nadamucho.com /features/unsorted/the_glory_of_love_-_revisiting_the_power_ballad.html (1363 words)

	Dream Ballads
		I'm a sucker for power ballads and when this new release from Lion Music arrived it was straight onto the death deck where it has remainded ever since.
		Hard rocks youngest pioneers Winterlong give us the Queensryhe inspired power ballad 'Driven By Insanity' which is amazing and then we hear Alex Masi with his classical piece 'Siciliano In C Minor' which is breathtaking.
		The great thing about 'Dream Ballads' if say compared to the MTM ballads series is that the album in itself is very good and each song sounds different and keeps you interested to the end, each song is beautifully performed highly memorable and not watered down dross, this is one compilation not to be missed.
	www.lionmusic.com /Reviews/reviewsDreamBallads.htm (1492 words)

	Power Ballads! - The Next Level Forum
		Edguy are a heavy metal (neo-classical power metal to be exact) from Germany that have 7 albums already under their belt and their oldest member is only 26.
		The name may seem strange for a metal band (it was the name of the bandmember's school teacher, one called Edgar, they called him 'Edguy' to make fun of him) and may seem off-putting but I think its better than calling themselves 'mystical dragon' or some other cliched name.
		November Rain is the KING of power ballads.
	www.the-nextlevel.com /board/showthread.php?t=28178 (647 words)

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