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40 GREATEST POWER BALLADS By Geoff Barton What is a power ballad? In its purest, most simplistic sense it's a ballad with power. You'd have thought compiling a list of the Top 40 power ballads of all time would've been easy. If only. By the end of a marathon judging session the assembled Classic Rock scribes were tearing their hair out. Thankfully, there was plenty to go around—we'd all had 1980s poodle perms especially for the occasion. The atmosphere got more heated than our curlers. Eventually we boiled down the essential qualities of a power blad into five key categories. THE SURGE (also known as THE CRUNCH). Does the song ebb and flow gently, and then suddenly—when you least expect it—erupt with the gush of a tsunami? THE SOAR. Does the song fly like an eagle, or does it ponce about like a penguin? SINCERITY. Is the song gut-wrenching? Tear-drenched? Hyper-emotional? Agonising? In short: does it come from the (ideally shattered) heart? FLUFFINESS. An essential counter-balance to the surge and the soar. Finally, THE CHEESE. This relates to over-the-top lyrics sung in a pleading, often tormented, manner. It could apply to couplets such as "l'm gonna keep on lovin' Let us know what you think of our selection. If you reckon we've made any glaring omissions, please tell us. In the meantime, grab hold of that lighter and hold it proudly aloft. Hang on to your handkerchiefs, we're going in... – – – – 39. ERIC CARMEN: "All By Myself" Sweeping and orchestral, what this lacks in oomph it more than makes up for with Carmen's mega-melancholic vocals. Based on a piece by Russian composer Serge Rachmaninoff. Not a lot of people know that. Choice lyric: "I think of all the friends I've known Classic Rock / August 2005
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