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Best of these 80's hair metal/heavy metal ballads: Dmbrocker edition!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 6:58 am
by dmbrocker
My turn, DDM! Of course, I intentionally left out those already mentioned in his threads. I had to leave out a few good ones, so maybe those will come on the next poll...
Re: Best of these 80's hair metal/heavy metal ballads: Dmbrocker edition!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:05 am
by DonJuanDeMarco
Def Leppard Love Bites because it reminds me of the time I was 10 years old and my 16 year old babysitter let me touch her boobs!
Re: Best of these 80's hair metal/heavy metal ballads: Dmbrocker edition!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:06 am
by Mister Freeze
I don't know. Almost all these bands have better power ballads in their catalog.
"Love Bites" is a classic. Mutt Lange perfection. I've come to appreciate "Heading for a Heartbreak" more over time. It's a little unconventional for a "hair band." I'm going to vote for "Anytime," since that one deserved more attention. MSG is a bad name for a band. Makes me think of Madison Square Garden. Or Chinese food.
Re: Best of these 80's hair metal/heavy metal ballads: Dmbrocker edition!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:09 am
by Mister Freeze
DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:05 am
Def Leppard Love Bites because it reminds me of the time I was 10 years old and my 16 year old babysitter let me touch her boobs!
Just touch and see.
Re: Best of these 80's hair metal/heavy metal ballads: Dmbrocker edition!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:15 am
by Love_Industry
Mister Freeze wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:06 am I'm going to vote for "Anytime," since that one deserved more attention. MSG is a bad name for a band. Makes me think of Madison Square Garden. Or Chinese food.
This. Guess with two egos like McAuley and Schenker you couldn't call the band anything else.
Re: Best of these 80's hair metal/heavy metal ballads: Dmbrocker edition!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:38 am
by GoodJudge
I've never enjoyed FP's music. Poison's was simultaneously the high point of hair metal and the joke that marked its decline. I'll never forget Kerrang!'s review of Fly To The Angels: "shit sandwich". Leppard is a classic but like a lot of that album it's at least a minute too long and eventually gets boring. EZN might be a stupidly-named / -dressed band but they got it just right on 2 songs, one of which is Michelle. Never heard the rest.
Re: Best of these 80's hair metal/heavy metal ballads: Dmbrocker edition!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:34 pm
by pieceofme
Kix. Great song.
Love bites is also a well crafted and very good song. Little burnt out on that whole Hysteria album though.
Never card for Heaven that much. Warrant have about half a dozen ballads better than this one.
Same situation with Every rose and poison.