I am a full on child of the 80s. That means a few things.
First, I am old as Fuck.
Second, I remember a time when rap didn't exist, it sucked.
Third, I LOVE THE shit OUT OF SOME POWER BALLADS.
Now I am not talking about the run of the mill industry churned out sap-fests that ended up destroying a genre of music, that up until record execs figured out the formula, was pretty fucking fun. This means I am not talking about your White Lions, Wingers, or Warrants. I am talking honest to goodness POWER fucking BALLADS.
The first power ballad that caught my attention was probably the Def Leppard song Bringing On The Heartbreak, a slow but heavy churner of a song that found its way into heavy rotation in...
