Thursday, February 25, 2010

The Power Ballad and You



This is definitely stretching it a bit, but I'm sick of the big loom lingering over all of us with the recent lull. There's nothing we can do about it so let's have a little fun.

What 80s power ballad fits your current state of mind? They're all about angst, waiting and fighting the odds - if it's true that misery loves company, the lyrics to these ballads may actually cheer us up! If you feel like joining in, post a few lyrics to your ballad.

No, this doesn't mean I'm content with the lull. I'm just ready for a non-thinking distraction that will hopefully generate some good replies that we can all laugh at with each other. Okay ladies, bring on your best 80s big-hair ballad...

P.S. If you're playing and didn't grow up in the 80s, please note that 'girl' in any ballad is equivalent to what we are all missing and looming over.

P.P.S. Whoever has the best ballad at the end (determined by other readers) will get a little tee for your kiddie with your band's logo on it. (I make them and have a closet full that need to be cleared out before our kiddie arrives)

Ours would be GnR's Patience...

(1..2...1,2,3,4)
Shed a tear 'cause I'm missing you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt you're in my heart now
Said woman take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said sugar make it slow
And we'll come together fine
All we need is just a little patience (inhale)
Patience...Ooh, oh, yeah

11 comments:

  1. Good idea!! Love this.
    Okay, I am not sure if mine counts as a power ballad but it is definitely 80s and fits my frame of mind.Here it goes:
    In the burning heart
    Just about to burst
    There's a quest for answers
    An unquenchable thirst
    In the darkest night
    Rising like a spire
    In the burning heart
    The unmistakable fire
    In the burning heart

    This makes me laugh!! And yes I listen to the Rocky soundtrack. :) Can't wait to see what others come up with!

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  2. I love the picture of the lighter, LOL! OK, I've got one...

    Alone by Heart

    I hear the ticking of the clock
    I'm lying here the room's pitch dark
    I wonder where you are tonight
    No answer on the telephone
    And the night goes by so very slow
    Oh I hope that it won't end though
    Alone

    Till now I always got by on my own
    I never really cared until I met you
    And now it chills me to the bone
    How do I get you alone
    How do I get you alone

    You don't know how long I have wanted
    to touch your lips and hold you tight, oh
    You don't know how long I have waited
    and I was going to tell you tonight
    But the secret is still my own
    and my love for you is still unknown
    Alone

    Till now I always got by on my own
    I never really cared until I met you
    And now it chills me to the bone
    How do I get you alone
    How do I get you alone

    How do I get you alone
    How do I get you alone

    Alone, alone

    Oh, great, I can just tell that this song is going to be stuck in my head all day now!

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  3. Love this idea...I have been so down lately...only being at 4 months...
    But I love Music....and this cheered me up just thinking about those 80's hair bands.
    I have two....please don't disqualify me :)

    Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home"

    You know I'm a dreamer
    But my heart's of gold
    I had to run away high
    So I wouldn't come home low

    Just when things went right
    Doesn't mean they were always wrong
    Just take this song and you'll never feel
    Left all alone

    Take me to your heart
    Feel me in your bones
    Just one more night
    And I'm comin' off this
    Long & winding road

    I'm on my way
    I'm on my way
    Home sweet home
    Tonight, tonight
    I'm on my way
    I'm on my way
    Home sweet home

    (and of course you need to scream the 2nd "I'm on my way!!!!)


    White Snake "Here I Go Again"

    I don't know where I'm going
    But, I sure know where I've been
    Hanging on the promises
    In songs of yesterday
    An' I've made up my mind
    I ain't wasting no more time
    But, here I go again
    Here I go again
    Tho' I keep searching for an answer
    I never seem to find what I'm looking for
    Oh Lord, I pray
    You give me strength to carry on
    Cos I know what it means
    To walk along the lonely street of dreams
    An' here I go again on my own
    Goin' down the only road I've ever known
    Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
    An' I've made up my mind
    I ain't wasting no more time
    I'm just another heart in need of rescue
    Waiting on love's sweet charity
    An' I'm gonna hold on
    For the rest of my days
    Cos I know what it means
    To walk along the lonely street of dreams


    Thanks for the uplift!!

    Brenda

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  4. Well, it's not lull related. I just got three of my six travel shots yesterday, and I'm in pain, so mine's:
    Shot through the heart (or arm)
    And you're to blame...

    I hope that doesn't make me sound like I think they aren't worth it. I know they are.

    Totally unrelated, my kids got a Happy Meal toy yesterday that says "Africa!" when you shake him. I'm taking it as a sign that referrals are coming!

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  5. I love this!!!! Here's mine, Journey "Open Arms!!!" I love Journey and this adoption sure has been a journey....Here's the lyrics

    Lying beside you, here in the dark
    Feeling your heart beat with mind
    Softly you whisper, you're so sincere
    How could our live be so blind
    We sailed on together
    We drifted apart
    And here you are by my side

    So now I come to you, with open arms
    Nothing to hide, believe what I say
    So here I am with open arms
    Hoping you'll see what your love means to me
    Open arms

    Living without you, living alone
    This empty house seems so cold
    Wanting to hold you, wanting you near
    How much I wanted you home

    But now that you've come back
    Turned night into day
    I need you to stay.

    (chorus)

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  6. awesome! i don't have one for me...yet. but this is for all of you that are waiting patiently (or even notsopatiently) at the top of the wait list. :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

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  7. i'm LOVING the creative mix of song selections! You guys are giving me the LOLs with each post - and has everyone pasted Heather's link? It's Europe's The Final Countdown - very fitting.
    Keep 'em coming!

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  8. This is such a great idea. Here is mine:

    RIGHT HERE WAITING (Richard Marx)

    Oceans apart day after day
    And I slowly go insane
    I hear your voice on the line
    But it doesn't stop the pain

    If I see you next to never
    How can we say forever

    Wherever you go
    Whatever you do
    I will be right here waiting for you
    Whatever it takes
    Or how my heart breaks
    I will be right here waiting for you

    I took for granted, all the times
    That I though would last somehow
    I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
    But I can't get near you now

    Oh, can't you see it baby
    You've got me goin' CrAzY

    Wherever you go
    Whatever you do
    I will be right here waiting for you
    Whatever it takes
    Or how my heart breaks
    I will be right here waiting for you

    I wonder how we can survive
    This romance
    But in the end if I'm with you
    I'll take the chance

    Oh, can't you see it baby
    You've got me goin' cRaZy

    Wherever you go
    Whatever you do
    I will be right here waiting for you
    Whatever it takes
    Or how my heart breaks
    I will be right here waiting for you

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  9. Maybe singing crazy 80's rock songs is working!!!!! Schmidts got their referral!!!
    Keep Rockin' =)

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  10. Hysterical idea!! I love it! Mine is Metallica "Nothing Else Matters" It's '91, I know, but it's the closest to the 80's I could come up with. Plus I love this song!!

    So close, no matter how far
    Couldn't be much more from the heart
    Forever trusting who we are
    and nothing else matters

    Never opened myself this way
    Life is ours, we live it our way
    All these words I don't just say
    and nothing else matters

    Trust I seek and I find in you
    Every day for us something new
    Open mind for a different view
    and nothing else matters

    never cared for what they do
    never cared for what they know
    but I know

    So close, no matter how far
    Couldn't be much more from the heart
    Forever trusting who we are
    and nothing else matters

    never cared for what they do
    never cared for what they know
    but I know

    Never opened myself this way
    Life is ours, we live it our way
    All these words I don't just say

    Trust I seek and I find in you
    Every day for us, something new
    Open mind for a different view
    and nothing else matters

    never cared for what they say
    never cared for games they play
    never cared for what they do
    never cared for what they know
    and I know

    So close, no matter how far
    Couldn't be much more from the heart
    Forever trusting who we are
    No, nothing else matters

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  11. Oh my word, did that Richard Marx song ever take me back! Going to be stuck in my head all. night. long.

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