I’m thinking of putting a CD together of over-the-top rock ballads. And when I say over-the-top I mean the whole shebang. Think Styx if you have to.
To get a basic gist of what I’m thinking of Meatloaf’s “I Would Do Anything for Love” is almost the centerpiece of the album.
Music I’m looking for is something you would be embarassed to listen to, but still have a tough time resisting the hysterical emotion.
Help me out! Please?
“Nobody’s Fool” by Cinderella
“Every Rose Has Its Thorn” by Poison
“Bed of Roses” by Bon Jovi
“Home Sweet Home” by Motley Crue
“Burning Heart” by Vandenburg (?)
Hey, I like Styx! They get made fun of a lot, but they’re a technically excellent and fun band. “Mr. Roboto” is a must-have, but I also recommend “Come Sail Away,” “Renegade,” or “Blue Collar Man.”
And I like Meat Loaf too, but I’d sooner choose “Bat Out of Hell” and “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” from his first “Bat Out of Hell” album than “I Would Do Anything For Love.”
“Eye Of the Tiger” by Survivor. Gotta have it!
“Carry On Wayward Son” by Kansas is a good one.
“You Got the Touch” and “Dare” by Stan Bush. If you don’t know this singer or these songs and you like this whole genre of rock, you have to seek them out. Both are on the Transformers: The Movie soundtrack, and you can’t live without them.
Would you count “Estranged,” “November Rain,” and “Sweet Child O’Mine” by Guns ‘n’ Roses as overwrought rock ballads?
I would.
I think just about any of Journey’s ballads would knock Meatloaf out of first place.
Any collection of overwrought rock ballads would have to include Sister Christian .
Meatloaf AND Jim Steinman are pretty tough to beat.
Bonnie Tyler: “Total Eclipse of the Hear”
Boston: “More Than a Feeling”
Heart: Mistral Wind.
Gotta have the REO Speedwagon. Pretty much anything, but especially Can’t Fight this Feeling.
Here’s an oldie: Stairway to Heaven
Another great Cinderella song – Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone.
Freebird?
Yeah, in general Jim Steinman is tough to beat. He also wrote Total Eclipse for Tyler, didn’t he?
A couple more of his winners can be found on the Streets of Fire soundtrack, Tonight is What it Means to be Young and Nowhere Fast*.
Done by, IIRC, Fire, Inc.
Cheap Trick - The Flame
More Than Words by Extreme
Silent Lucidity by Queensryche. Truly overwrought.
Aerosmith - Angel. The guitar players hated it and fought against its release.
Dear LORD! Are you planning to torture terrorists, or something?? Well, if it’s in the interest of National Security, I’m happy to add my own suggestions:
REO Speedwagon - “Keep on Loving You”
Journey - “Open Arms”, “Faithfully”
Night Ranger - “Sentimental Street”
Kix - “Don’t Close Your Eyes”
Warrant - “Heaven”
Bad English - “When I See You Smile”
Tears for Fears - “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (not a love ballad but good for torturing terrorists anyway)
Boston - “Amanda”
Europe - “Carrie”
Smashing Pumpkins - “Tonight, Tonight”
Def Leppard - “Love Bites”, “Miss You In A Heartbeat”, “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad”, “Two Steps Behind”, and if I think of any more my brain will pop…
How about that instrumental thing from Top Gun? I can’t remember the name of it, but it’s on the soundtrack.
“Angel”-Jeff Healey Band
“Love Song”-Tesla
Anthrax’s NFB.