THE FIRST POWER BALLAD

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Permalink Reply by Drew_Bourben on November 4, 2008 at 12:11am

i had no idea the Crue actually 'claimed' the t5itle of the '1sr' power ballad...? WHAT A COMPLETE & TOTAL LOAD OF UTTER FUCKING BOLLOCKS...!!!!!!! WHO THA FUCK THEY KIDD'N ???? I wont even grace their comment with a response...lmfao.......thanx for the heads-up on that but dude,i needed a good belly laugh....lol \MM/

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Permalink Reply by HellsWheels PRANKSTER ON WHEELS on November 4, 2008 at 3:34am

I'd have to say "Changes" by Black Sabbath in 1972 would be the first ballad

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Permalink Reply by HERBROCKS on November 4, 2008 at 5:52am

A "power ballad" starts soft/slow and ends fast/heavy, a song like BETH or CHANGES is just a ballad, as are most of the ones listed.

Perhaps not the first, but the most copied is LED ZEP's STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.

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Permalink Reply by phoenixheart on November 4, 2008 at 6:41am

See Herb, that was the first one that came to mind, Stairway is The quintessential power ballad..I think it could very well be the first...

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Permalink Reply by Carlo on November 4, 2008 at 8:26am

I agree. Stairway to Heaven is the first song that came to play in the head, when you think about the the first power ballad..Led show everyone how to do it!

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Permalink Reply by HERBROCKS on November 4, 2008 at 6:44am

Certainly the biggest one :)

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Permalink Reply by Leyser on November 4, 2008 at 7:11am

Aerosmith 's Dream On, 1973, Led's Stairways 1971...Alice's How u gonna see me now, 1978

"Love, Reign o'er Me" by the Who in 1973 also came to my mind…

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Permalink Reply by phoenixheart on November 4, 2008 at 9:00am

ohh, I didn't think of Dream On but I think that still goes with the ballad type, idk, ? hmmm but Stairway is still first, year wise...

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Permalink Reply by buzzy mitchell on November 4, 2008 at 8:59am

Nazereth- Love Hurts not sure of the year of release but I'm sure it was before the Crue. I would have to agree that Stairway to Heaven was the first true power ballad

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Stevens on March 8, 2009 at 9:19pm

Love Hurts was performed by the Everly Brothers in 1960, don't think their original version counts as an early power-ballad though ;)-

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Permalink Reply by CRUE-REGIO on November 4, 2008 at 9:07am

¿RATT, You´re in love?..................................that´s not a ballad at all.

¿Motley says?...........they don´t say, critics say, people interviewed at documentals say, not the boys, at least i haven´t heard them.

And what those people say is that it was the first power ballad that inspired other bands to release a power ballad as a single with a video and all......and to be the second single and establish that as a rule (almost) and lots of bands actually did that procedure..........they will release a rocker single and then a ballad that was the formula that Motley established.
And yes.....they were the first to do this.

¿Dokken? In my dreams, that´s not a ballad either, that´s a slow song.
A ballad would be "So tired" Ozzy.

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Permalink Reply by phoenixheart on November 4, 2008 at 9:28am

I see where your going and I think that you could be correct....hmmm, think about Mtv started in 84 I believe, and then if it wasn't Crue who would it have been? Video and single wise?

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