Old school love ballads

[Skyesthelimit1212]

This morning on the radio I heard Never Say Goodbye and I hadn't heard that song in years, it prompted me to think of all the awesome hair band love ballads from when I was kid.  

This is my list in no particular order and songs that I haven't heard in quite sometime.  I'm sure there are more, but I'd have to do a complete search.  What are yours.....

Bon Jovi - Never Say Goodbye 
Def Leppard - Love Bites
White Lion - When The Children Cry
Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got 
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Firehouse - When I Look into Your Eyes
Tesla - Love Song
Damn Yankees - High Enough
Ozzy and Lita - Close My Eyes Forever
Winger - Miles Away
Alias - More Than Words Can Say

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All of those take me back to high school dances! <3

Skid Row "I Remember You"
Wham "Careless Whisper"
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time"

[Skyesthelimit1212]

Jun 3, 2016 8:55:41 GMT -5 @psugrad said:

All of those take me back to high school dances! <3

Skid Row "I Remember You"
Wham "Careless Whisper"
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time"

OMG, all the 8th grade end of year parties in the homeroom. Girls on side, boys on other, and no one wanting to slow dance because well embarrassment, lol.  

[mrsukyankee]

Melt with You - Modern English
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Every Breath You Take - Police
Alone - Heart
I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

And my personal favourite from my senior year:
I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew (not for dancing but spoke to me as I truly wanted to fall in love so badly)

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Jun 8, 2016 20:36:39 GMT -5 tillie said:

Wow, I loved those songs, and would add Faithfully from Journey

Funny note: my brother and SIL are huge 80s hair band fans. In February they went on a "Monsters of Rock" cruise. Skid Row, Tesla, Queensryke and Stevie Vai were some of the groups on the cruise. They had a blast.

There is an 80s cruise through Carnival (I think) that has a trip planned in February. I would LOVE to go on that.

[Skyesthelimit1212]

Jun 9, 2016 11:27:46 GMT -5 @psugrad said:

Jun 8, 2016 20:36:39 GMT -5 tillie said:

Wow, I loved those songs, and would add Faithfully from Journey

Funny note: my brother and SIL are huge 80s hair band fans. In February they went on a "Monsters of Rock" cruise. Skid Row, Tesla, Queensryke and Stevie Vai were some of the groups on the cruise. They had a blast.

There is an 80s cruise through Carnival (I think) that has a trip planned in February. I would LOVE to go on that.

OMG, that would be fucking awesome!  We'd all be old, and in bed by 8pm, but it would rock.  LMAO

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I misspoke, it's Celebrity, not Carnival:

www.the80scruise.com/lineup/

Tiffany! Survivor! Howard Jones!

I would no doubt be in bed early - day drinking and all. But I would make a huge effort to stay up past 10PM.

[Pom]

This post is so timely. H and I happened to listen to the song "Save Your Love" by Great White the other night and we were laughing about all the forgotten Hair Ballads. I listen more to songs from the 70's (thanks Sirius), but I confess I have Duran, Duran in my CD player in my car right no. "Hold Back the Rain" seems an appropriate jam at the moment.

[TBM]

You guys are obviously younger than I am. lol

[Wallflower]

"Follow me, Follow You" by Genesis.

[frannyr]

Our prom song was Bon Jovi "I'll Be There for You"

[Skyesthelimit1212]

Jun 9, 2016 18:13:06 GMT -5 frannyr said:

Our prom song was Bon Jovi "I'll Be There for You"

If I remember correctly mine was End of the Road. Lol

[frannyr]

Don't forget the Motley Crue ballads - "Without You" and "Home Sweet Home".

This is my genre. I think I saw every single hair band there was between 1987-1993.

Here's more:
I'll Never Let You Go - Steelheart
More than Words - Extreme
Forever - Kiss
I'll See You in my Dreams - Giant

[jillboston]

I'm older than you ladies- but Truly by Lionel Richie was "our" song for my first love and I.
REO Speedwagon and Journey -knew all the words to their albums that came out in 1982- I was 16 when they were released

[pinkdutchtulips]

my jr prom theme song was Faithfully by Journey .... we caught up to the times bc when the next year's senior ball came around it was ALL about Save the Best for Last by Vanessa Williams

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Oh man, good memories!!

November Rain - GNR (I still listen to this regularly)

Is This Love - Whitesnake

Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison

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Jun 9, 2016 11:27:46 GMT -5 @psugrad said:

Jun 8, 2016 20:36:39 GMT -5 tillie said:

Wow, I loved those songs, and would add Faithfully from Journey

Funny note: my brother and SIL are huge 80s hair band fans. In February they went on a "Monsters of Rock" cruise. Skid Row, Tesla, Queensryke and Stevie Vai were some of the groups on the cruise. They had a blast.

There is an 80s cruise through Carnival (I think) that has a trip planned in February. I would LOVE to go on that.

It's a Celebrity cruise.  DH and I are considering going.


www.the80scruise.com/

ETA:  I see someone has already posted the link

[Linie]

I'm listening to old music right now.

Foreigner - Waiting for a girl like you is playing.

I've also had :

F.R. David - Words
Chicago - If you leave me now


I saw a really good Irish movie last week : Sing Street

It's about a couple of boys in the '80s setting up a band to impress a girl. The music is incredible! Some songs have been written for the movie, but all the other usual suspects are there: Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, The Cure, ...

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Well, now I have to make a playlist. THANKS A LOT.