March 3, 2008

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:37 am

RIP Jeff Healey.

QotD: What was your favorite 80's power ballad?

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:07 pm

I'm not breaking any new ground here:

Red Rain / Don't Give Up / In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:19 pm

That's too bad about Jeff Healey. He was pretty young.

Roll Call: Working, and then band practice. No shows until Thursday, but it's gonna get busy around St. Patrick's, so I'm resting up while I can.

QotD: Right here.

drë · Post by **drë** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:51 pm

I believe today’s question, is going to give people a migraine headache, as they 80s were practically a HUGE POWER BALLAD!

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:53 pm

QotD: I think this counts: "Foolish Heart" by Steve Perry. It came on the radio late one night somewhere between Chattanooga and Oak Ridge TN, as I was driving back to the hotel (business trip) after visiting some friends, and it was just the right song at the right moment...

DRC: dentist appointment this morning; no major repairs necessary, but they did take my blood pressure and suggest that I need to go see my doctor and get back on the BP medicine... afternoon, over at my mom's and then taking HER to a doctor's appointment. Evening: Two-hour season finale of the Sarah Connor Chronicles. All I'm sayin' is they better not kill off Cameron...

Charles (KA)

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:34 pm

king_arthur wrote:...

Heya, btw... I'll be in the Phoenix area for Memorial Day weekend. I have a very good friend who is now living in Gilbert. I'm not necessarily talking about an intrusive day or anything...but maybe lunch? Just throwin' that out there.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:16 pm

hmm, that's a shame about Jeff Healey. The same cancer that took his eyes, finally takes his life. R.I.P.

QOTD: My life revolved around punk in the 80's with very vague memories of power ballads. Yeah, I've heard them all, but can't remember any inparticular that I care about.
So with todays news of the passing of Jeff Healey, I'll go with the first song that I ever heard by him that prompted me to buy his CD.
The Jeff Healey Band - Angel Eyes
Looking like a wuss warning: Damn I just got all emotional watching this vid.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:30 pm

I wasn't a Jeff Healey fan, but that's sad.

QOTD - I'm not a big power ballad fan, and probably favor ones from the 70's more, but I never hated Still Loving You by Scorpions. Klaus Meine is one of my favorite rock screamers, though, so I cut him a little slack.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:54 pm

I'm not sure what an 80s power ballad is, but I'll take a whack at it. Tell me if I'm just confused - Phil Collins - I wish it would rain down

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:36 pm

I know we have a few Christian music fans around here... Larry Norman, who many credited with being the first Christian rocker, passed away on Feb. 24th. He had been in bad health for many years and it finally did him in. Details at larrynorman.com.

Chris, I pm'd you about a memorial day get together.

Charles (KA)

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:15 pm

@ Jeff Healy

qotd: Right here

[edit] dammit! Technically, this would be a 1979 power ballad, but fuck it)

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:51 pm

I have never heard of Jeff Healy
I do not like any power ballads

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:02 pm

Märk wrote:
qotd: Right here

[edit] dammit! Technically, this would be a 1979 power ballad, but fuck it)

Ha, that was my first thought. Not that song in particular, but cheap trick. But I wasn't sure about the 80's power ballad thing. I also liked Queensryche

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:52 pm

I say the first person who mentions "More Than Words" by Extreme wins a prize*

*And that prize is colon cancer.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:27 pm

Heaven.

Purple Rain.

Something to believe in.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:43 pm

Reïst wrote:I'm not sure what an 80s power ballad is, but I'll take a whack at it. Tell me if I'm just confused - Phil Collins - I wish it would rain down

You're confused. A 'power ballad' was when a rock/metal band did a sappy, usually acoustic song (or starting acoustic and building up into poofy-haired, posing, rawk and roll glory)

The whole genre was rather nauseating. A good example- Poison's Every Rose (Has its Thorn). Don't look this song up if you've never heard it, some things are better left unheard. You *will* vomit, I guarantee it.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:09 pm

Märk wrote:
Reïst wrote:I'm not sure what an 80s power ballad is, but I'll take a whack at it. Tell me if I'm just confused - Phil Collins - I wish it would rain down
You're confused. A 'power ballad' was when a rock/metal band did a sappy, usually acoustic song (or starting acoustic and building up into poofy-haired, posing, rawk and roll glory)

The whole genre was rather nauseating. A good example- Poison's Every Rose (Has its Thorn). Don't look this song up if you've never heard it, some things are better left unheard. You *will* vomit, I guarantee it.

I was obviously confused, too, so I respectfully remove myself from this conversation. Generally a good idea these days anyway.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:40 am

Wow, Jeff Healy - 41. Wow.

I recall seeing him on "Night Music" hosted by David Sanborn back in the late 80s or early 90s and being blown away. The way he could bend a string by yanking on it like that was unreal. Amazingly expressive.

Wow.

Post by **Spud** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:43 am

Power Ballad? No, not that I can recall.

Anyway, the local NPR station never called me back about following up on the Mr. Potato Head collection, so I though I might as well post the original call-in session:

http://www.mightyoctothorpe.com/music/p ... lector.mp3

SPUD

Smalltown Mike · Post by **Smalltown Mike** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:16 am

This is See the Light live on TV. Pretty mind-blowing, esp. the ending.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:28 am

Märk wrote:I say the first person who mentions "More Than Words" by Extreme wins a prize*

*And that prize is colon cancer.

Well its a good thing that the song does not qualify as a power ballad. Its simply an acoustic ballad. Geez, get your 80's power ballad history into check mister.

<font size="1" color="gray"> I have always HATED that (don't say love, just have sex with me) song.</font>

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:29 am

Smalltown Mike wrote:This is See the Light live on TV. Pretty mind-blowing, esp. the ending.

My GOD! That is fucking awesome! A good example of what Ross just said with the string bending. Watching how he uses his thumb is wild.