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Guilty Pleasures: Overblown Rock Ballads & Anthems

sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
edited August 2007 in Other Music
I was inspired to start this thread this morning after hearing "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" by Sir Elton on the radio coming into work. I just HAD to sit in the parking lot until that damn song was over. I'll be humming it all day.

You're a bluebird on a telegraph line, I hope you're happy now... :D

What are some other favorite overblown, melodramatic rock ballads & anthems? The Who has a bushel of 'em. And I think our own PJ might qualify for one or two as well.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Every Rose has it's Thorn.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    i think i should have put this in the "other music" forum??
    "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

    "Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

    "i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
    ~ed, 8/7
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Skid Row- I Remember you
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,178
    Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Journey - Greatest Hits

    Such a talented band
    Such cheesy songs as well, but I still like them and they made some great wedding tunes
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    A lot of the songs off the Guitar Hero games.
    I share a cigarette with negativity.
  • geishagrrlgeishagrrl Posts: 130
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Journey - Greatest Hits

    Such a talented band
    Such cheesy songs as well, but I still like them and they made some great wedding tunes
    Hell yeah! It's all about Faithfully and Open Arms! Damn I love those songs.

    I also love ABBA. I'm not sure if Fernando fits this category. My husband hates it when I tell people I like ABBA.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    geishagrrl wrote:
    I also love ABBA. I'm not sure if Fernando fits this category. My husband hates it when I tell people I like ABBA.

    My wife is off seeing Mama Mia! tonight, I've resolved myself to her continued love of ABBA.

    I'd add:

    Freebird - Skynrd
    Surrender - Cheap Trick (don't know if this one qualifies)
    In the Ghetto - Elvis

    And Neil Diamond certainly would qualify, although it may not be 'rock'...
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    markymark550 wrote:
    Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
    YES!
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • NCBRINCBRI Posts: 1,902
    I must admit that when I hear "Lick it Up" by Kiss on the radio everything must stop and everyone around must commence to rocking out.
    Brian
  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    Asia - Heat of the Moment
    Extreme - Decedant Dance
    Journey - Dont Stop Believein
    Europe - Final Countdown
    Skid Row - 18 & Life
    Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
    EDIT: Kiss - Crazy Nights

    Also the Poison and Whitesnake one's that were mentioned by other.

    P.S. Motely Crue are shit.
  • eclecticeclectic Posts: 244
    Miss a Thing - Aerosmith .An incredibly cheesy song from an even cheesier movie, but it is still shit hot!
    'All the rusted signs,we ignore throughout our lives,
    Choosing the shiny ones instead'

    Reading 06 - Torino 06 - Wembley 07
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    chris01 wrote:
    Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock

    Hell yes! :D
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    chris01 wrote:
    P.S. Motely Crue are shit.

    You have got to be joking
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    Nazareth's Love Hurts is painfully cheesy.
    As well as any scorpion song that has ever been aired on radio.
  • DCGARDENDCGARDEN Posts: 515
    Don't know what you got, till it's gone - Cinderella
    I'll keep taking punches
    Untill their will grows tired
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Wanted Dead or Alive

    Awesome solo in that one.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Oh God, so many.

    Cinderella - Heartbreak Station
    Bonnie Tyle - Total Eclipse of the Heart
    T'Pau - China In Your Hand
    Journey - Any Way You Want It
    Skid Row - I Remember You/Youth Gone Wild
    Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
    Meatloaf - anything he's ever done.;)
    Aerosmith - Angel

    And many, many, many more. Parties are always a fit of cheese and bombast.:D
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    chris01 wrote:
    Asia - Heat of the Moment
    Extreme - Decedant Dance
    Journey - Dont Stop Believein
    Europe - Final Countdown
    Skid Row - 18 & Life
    Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
    EDIT: Kiss - Crazy Nights

    Also the Poison and Whitesnake one's that were mentioned by other.

    P.S. Motely Crue are shit.
    Two things agree with in this here post........Asia rocks.....and Moldy Crud are shit. :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • upina2001upina2001 Indiana Posts: 764
    Reo Speedwagon-cant Fight This Feeling & Keep On Loving You

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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Enuff Z'nuff - Fly High Michelle

    The video is sublime.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Thunder Dirty Love
    Journeys entire catalogue of wonderful cheese
    Boston:More Than a Feeling
    Poison:Every Rose Has Its Thorn
    Reo Speedwagon:Keep on Loving You


    Goodness I better go have a shower.Feeling a bit dirty after these revelations :0
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,178
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    YES!
    I was just listening to that on the way back from my lunch break :)
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,178
    chris01 wrote:
    Extreme - Decedant Dance
    definitely yes for anything by Extreme
  • CaterinaACaterinaA Posts: 572
    DCGARDEN wrote:
    Don't know what you got, till it's gone - Cinderella

    Totally agree and I'll add:

    Coming Home - Cinderella
    Love Song - Tesla
  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    upina2001 wrote:
    Reo Speedwagon-cant Fight This Feeling & Keep On Loving You

    Cant believe i forgot the REO!

    Cant remember the name of it but the first song on that album is awesome. :)
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    DCGARDEN wrote:
    Don't know what you got, till it's gone - Cinderella
    the cheesiest song of all time, hands down.
    and my god, that guy's voice is horrible :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
    Spread Your Wings - Queen

    Even great bands fell victim to it.
    “One good thing about music,
    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
    ~ Bob Marley
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    surferdude wrote:
    Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
    Spread Your Wings - Queen

    Even great bands fell victim to it.
    what are you talking about? all of Queen's ballads were overblown... as well as the songs that weren't ballads.

    also, comfortably numb is so not the right kind of song for this thread. far too credible.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • righteousbaberighteousbabe Posts: 662
    November Rain-Guns and Roses
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