# Most underrated power ballad of the 80's. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206 "2010-06-23T03:47:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/21 "2010-06-24T20:15:30Z")
The album (Pump) was released in 1989, but \*What It Takes \*was [released to radio as a single in 1990](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_It_Takes_(song)). ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/22 "2010-06-24T20:34:06Z")
Yes, but the song was recorded and released on album in 1989. Hence, it’s part of Aerosmith’s '80s _oeuvre_. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/23 "2010-06-25T23:26:57Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > [“Love Song”, by Tesla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2q_-xN2N54) > > (And I left out a _ton_ of contenders.) Tesla has probably got the ugliest lead singer of the 80’s though. Don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/24 "2010-06-25T23:49:03Z")
I third Skid Row’s “I Remember You.” Genuinely good song. Also: [Heart - Alone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxfdDrKO8uM) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/25 "2010-06-26T00:18:39Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Dear Og, you guys are trotting out some horrid glurge. Most of these deserve to be immolated in their own Aqua Net. 😉 In fairness, finding the “best power ballad” is perhaps the most difficult challenge since the infamous Iron Chef episode “Battle: Smegma.” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/26 "2010-06-26T02:41:18Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > [Though](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i28UEoLXVFQ)[these](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OiMboi7wgE) [are](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukmobha2krY) [all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivFYVAntpw0) [good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cCVmMLFI2U), there can be only one: > > [“Love Song”, by Tesla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2q_-xN2N54) > > (And I left out a _ton_ of contenders.) I was coming in to post [Paradise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrpgshMwFVQ) by Tesla. Well, that and [She’s Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYvH7fQaAU) by Steelheart (although I think that may have been early 90s). ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/27 "2010-06-26T03:02:40Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > For a moment I thought the artist was The Pussycat Dolls. This definitely caught my attention, and not in a good way. 🙂 I thought the artist was **House of Pain**. I couldn’t imagine the _Jump Around_ rappers doing a power ballad. All power ballads suck ass, just for the record. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/28 "2010-06-26T03:35:37Z")
This isn’t so much “underrated” as “unremembered,” but I always had a soft spot for Kingdom Come’s [“What Love Can Be.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqmsZqez7s) > [@Cubsfan](#): > > Tesla has probably got the ugliest lead singer of the 80’s though. Don’t they? Sorry, but that honor belongs to [Ric Ocasek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ric-Ocasek.jpg) of The Cars. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206/29 "2010-06-26T04:19:44Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > This isn’t so much “underrated” as “unremembered,” but I always had a soft spot for Kingdom Come’s [“What Love Can Be.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqmsZqez7s) Youtube link to song in question: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DgqmsZqez7s/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/DgqmsZqez7s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Since they’re pretty much a 1-hit wonder that I haven’t heard on the radio in 20 years, I think this is a good candidate. Good song, if you like the power ballad. Unremembered isn’t far off underrated. I’ve been listening to “Something to Believe in” and “Every Rose Has it’s Thorn”, by Poison, quite a bit since Bret Micheal’s recent health issues made me think of them. Never liked Poison when they were popular, but I guess I’m getting older and relating more to the power ballad than when I was young. I don’t think they qualify as ‘underrated’, but if folks can throw out Aerosmith hits, I can mention these. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-power-ballad-of-the-80s/544206.md?page=1)