Power Ballads/Songs from the 70’s/80’s ..
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Topic: Power Ballads/Songs from the 70’s/80’s ..
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Subject: Power Ballads/Songs from the 70’s/80’s ..
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:12am
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What's YOUR favourite song from the 70's/80's?
I'm a HUGE fan of older music but I'm really bad with names of songs/artists. Add your fave to the list...I'll start off with a few Mr Big - To Be With You Bonnie Tyler- Total Eclipse of the heart Roxette - Listen to your heart ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:15am
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Were you watching TV2, the infomercial..? Lol I want to buy the collection they sell for my mum..
Mr Big - To Be With You Bonnie Tyler- Total Eclipse of the heart Roxette - Listen to your heart Def Leppard - Sugar ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:16am
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Lmao - i dont even know if that song is from the 70s/80s ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:17am
Lol yeah I was watching TV2 Kandice ...got me thinking. I  all the music my parents played when I was younger...------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:18am
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Yeah me and DF were sitting her going man these songs are actually good.. Cant remeber the names of any of them now! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:20am
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I actually think the music back then is far more superior in comparison to some of the crap nowadays. ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:26am
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I agree Steph. Im a rock n roll girl and love all the songs from the 50's to the 70's ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 12:08pm
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me too kels ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 1:07pm
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we're halfway there....
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO living on a prayer!!!! 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 1:09pm
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Definantly Livin on a Prayer here too!! Love it, love it, LOVE IT! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 1:16pm
Huge Bon Jovi fan here too!  Livin on A Prayer
Whitesnake, Def leppard, Poison, Mr Big (was on year 10 camp when this song was popular - we used to sit round the campfire singing it!  )
Does anyone remember Warrant - She's my cherry pie...my twin sis and I went and saw them in concert in Sydney when we were 15, thought we were so COOL!! I was a teenager in the late eighties/early nineties ------------- Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 2:03pm
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Ahhh...good old 80's music..
Alone - Heart These Dreams - Heart Heaven - Bryan Adams Waiting for a girl like you - Foreigner Always Something there to remind me - Naked Eyes Nick Kershaw, Starship, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, the list goes on..... |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 2:27pm
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"Heaven" was the song DH and I had our first dance to at our wedding....
That song from top gun that I can never remember!!!! Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi... Jon Bon Jovi for that matter - you remember before he cut his hair and they were all guns and roses like. Guns and Roses - November Rain Aerosmith - Janies Got a Gun Actually I think I maybe moving into early ninties now. Does anyone remember Richard Marx, i had the biggest crush on him. -------------   
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 4:00pm
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Yes, I so remember Richard Marx!
Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams here..."how am I supposed to live without you, now that I've been loving you so looooong?" Oh and we used to do aerobics during PE to Roxette when I was in Std 3/4 ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 4:24pm
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There are so many....i remember a few songs i loved from primary school through to intermediate
Aero Smith & Run MC - Walk this way Kool and the Gang - Kung Fu Fighting Mel and Kim - Respectable Tiffany - I think we're alone now Bangles - Eternal Flame -------------  
Lycan and Peyton = Moon and back!! |
Posted By: MorgansMum
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 4:28pm
We had Heaven as our wedding song as well in 2003 goes to show its timeless. ------------- Morgan, Libby http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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melnel wrote:Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 5:40pm
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The Bangles, man I forgot about them...
This thread has brought back some memories.... DH is a red head and we were watching stars in their eyes and he asked who he should be and i said Rick Astley... he wasnt impressed. Who did sign, sealed, delivered??? Was it Terence Trent Darby.... Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy (this is what DH wanted me to walk down the aisle to )-------------
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:00pm
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"I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime Played it till my fingers bled Was the Summer of '69!!!!"  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:01pm
You know that's Michael Bolton right? I bet you loved that fuzzy mullet 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:04pm
Surely you were thinking more along the lines of....*ahem* 'We used to walk down by the river She loved to watch the sun go down We used to walk down by the river And dream a way out of this town" ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:09pm
Yeah Paws, that's more like Richard Marx :) I love that song Hazard and of course right here waiting. Never loved his hair though 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:10pm
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Pepsi - and Bryan Adams was soo much cooler than Michael Bolton, how could I mix them up????
LMAO Paws - they used to play that song at New World when I worked there, by the end of a 9 hour shift they would have played it about 6 times ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:11pm
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Hehehe yeah....that hair, still I had a crush at the time!
Ohhh almost forgot! "Oh Mickey you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind hey Mickey!!!" ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:14pm
"How YOU doin' Emma?!"
Hehe...well, apparently Nicollette Sheridan doesn't think he's too bad
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:14pm
Shame on you!! How could you micx them up? I though you confused him with Richard Marx not my still beloved Bryan Adams! (yup still a fan - not quite so hard core but still a fan!! Almost touched him at a concert by the way, high point of my life!) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:18pm
| Yeah, Bryan Adams is eternally cool. And he looks pretty much the same now as he did back then. |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:19pm
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With the same sexy husky voice. Damn he needs to come for a concert!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:26pm
haha for years i thought it was " i had my first real sex dream " I saw Power Ballads on c4 top 40 one night, what was there? *thinks* November rain Total eclipse of the heart I would do anything for love (Meatloaf) A Bryan Adams song,....not Heaven , erm.....argh! its right there! i dont think its been mentioned yet |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:27pm
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:50pm
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Did Bryan Adams do "I said I loved you but I lied"? or was that good ole singing poodle boy as well?
I wouldn't consider November Rain a power ballad tho, to me it's more rock. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:51pm
Yep that was Michael Bolton too..tehehe.. |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:54pm
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Was it the theme song from the 3 musketeers that he did Sting (oh the POLICE, roxanne.....) and someone other guy I cant remember
I would put November Rain as a Power Ballad, its no way rock the usual gunners stuff IMO. -------------
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:55pm
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All for love. Ooh look at me...miss expert!
ETA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XHnKSfjTs&feature=related - Youtube Linky to All for Love |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 6:59pm
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Dammit, 0 from 2!
As for G n R, they are odd coz they have two completely different sets of songs, there's the ballady ones like Nov Rain, Knockin on Heavens Door, Sweet Child O Mine, Civil War etc. and then there's the hard out stuff like Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 7:03pm
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Or the Bryan Adams song could be Everything I Do.....from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.
Cuts Like a Kife Run to You Somebody Into the Fire Can't Stop This Thing we Started Trying to think of ones that were actually released not just on the albums but still anthems like Kids Wanna Rock or She's Only Happy When She's Dancing. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 7:04pm
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All for love now THAT is an awesome power ballad!!!!! Who was the other guy????
Whitney Houston, now she may crazy but she did have some good songs. Do you wanna dance? -------------
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 7:27pm
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It was Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 7:58pm
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ahhh Steph you always make me feel sooo old Those are the songs from my teenage years.
I loved "Summer of 69" thats the year I was born hehe. But was more into Britsh Scar music once I hit my teens UB40 The Kinks The Specials The Buzcocks And LOVED "My Sharona" by the Knack (wonder why) Then there was also the Violent Femes ":Blister in the sun" played at every surfie party I went too. NZ Bands Th'Dudes were so cool. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 8:23pm
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I love them, GnR are up there along with Def Leppard, White Snake, Bon Jovi and the rest (too lazy to type them all out). I loved the C4 Power Ballards You choose 40. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 10:52pm
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It may have been "everything i do " by bryan adams actually...wonder if i could look it up on a c4 website or something-its bugging me now !
yeah ,i know emma ,to me November Rain is a rock song too....i find it really sexy when Slash (?) gets up cool as anything on the piano and plays the hell out of his guitar...with his smoke in his mouth and his hat over his eyes Haha (dont tell anyone !) |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 10:56pm
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nope, darn it only had a few, must have been the last ten , Bryan Adams wasnt there
what about Bohemian Rhapsody?...nah thats more rock i guess |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 11:25am
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Oh, Guns and Roses - totally loved them!!
"I used to love her, oooooooooh yeah, but I had to kill her" Lol, shocking lyrics, but we used to always have garage parties when I was at school, and some one always pulled out the guitar and we'd have a big sing-up! Yay for small town NZ in the 80's/90's! Richard Marx, Mr Big, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper..... I also loved Talking Heads - my favourite song ever was "And She Was" Yay for old music! |
Posted By: almostthere
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 3:35pm
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OMG i love love love all this music~!!!
We walked down the aisle to everything i do by bryan adams... Love eric clapton, phil collins, bryan adams, G n R, bon jovi, heart,.. Man!!! love all of it!!! Music today? Crap if you ask me! ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2128f6"> 
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