Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
When I first got exposed to MTV it was quite an experience. My parents never had cable so the first and for a while only time I got to catch it was at my grandparents. I fell in love with so many bands while seeing video after video and once I started I was the guy who could tell you every single a band/artist had because MTV actually played the singles or videos period at the time and it was a great learning experience for someone who'd fallen in love with music and didn't have a source until then. I remember though how sexual EVERY Video was then so I had it on while my parents/grandparents were congregating in the other room so I didn't get any looks or comments of the "garbage" I was watching! Anyway my first exposure was to the glam/80's metal bands of the day and I still power ballads to this day! Here is my list of ones I grew up with, loved and still love to this day! I will only include bands that I loved when they were actually out and will count only the ones from bands that were started pre-grunge! Also I will only include one song per band so this doesn't turn into a greatest hits by a band thread!
#20
Billy Idol-Cradle of Love
Maybe this isn't technically a power "ballad" (which is the reason I excluded Winger "Can't Get Enuff" as well and the reason it's so low on the list) but it sneaks in for me! First of all it's about love (sexy raunchy love ) which is about as close as Billy Idol gets to me outside of "Eyes Without a Face" which I wasn't exposed to in my young viewing. I love this song from Billy and the video is HOT!!!!!!!! I think Billy jumped the shark after this point BUT I really dug this one! I thought Billy Idol was so frickin' cool after seeing this!