Originally Posted by rayc
Perhaps a consensus on what constitutes a "power ballad" would help.

Key point. Apparently some folks don't know what I meant or what the term means.

Bon Jovi "I'll Be There For You"
Meatloaf "I Would Do Anything For Love", "I'd Lie For You And That's The Truth", and usually 2 per album because that's what Steinman wrote for him.
Def Leppard "Love Bites"

I didn't say "ballads." I said "ROCK ballads." Rock bands doing ballads, not Andrew Lloyd Webber scores of Broadway musicals.

Consider when Meatloaf did the Jim Steinman penned "Read 'Em And Weep." Before Barry Manilow's sequins laden "Vegas-ed" version turned into a total wuss-fest. Meatloaf's original had testosterone. Manilow's cover had estrogen.

That's what the post was about. Driving, distorted guitars and loud drums.