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...atthe time, I think it was rum, and all of a suddenI hear `Is there a harmonica player out there?'And I come running over the monitors, jump up onstage, grab the wireless mike and I just startedwailing. I remember the whole crowd moving in, Ifelt like Jon Bon Jovi or something...
...first power ballads to make it big in the '80s were hits like "Faithfully" (1983) by the five-man band Journey. But the genre didn't gain mass-market success until the mid-'80s. In 1985, REO Speedwagon recorded the classic "Can't Fight This Feeling." In 1986, Bon Jovi--with their big hair, rugged but soft looks and ordinary-guy sensibility--hit No. 1 with "Livin' on a Prayer." And a year later, Starship hit the top of the charts with the melodic "Nothing's Gonna Stop...
...hands Cheap Trick came out with "The Flame," which soared to No. 1; Chicago topped the charts with "Look Away" and Bon Jovi was back with assertive hits like "I'll Be There for You." Meanwhile, Guns N' Roses added some sin to the power ballad with the more violent "Sweet Child O' Mine" though keeping the music loud and clear. In 1989, Bad English, led by a former Journey member, gave us the masterful "When I See You Smile," and Roxette released the shallow yet potent "Listen to Your Heart...
...more relevant. But at the same time, arena rock had held out the possibility of transcendence--of rising above confusion and bleakness to a more emotionally simple plane. Its disappearance was thus as much a loss for us as for the working-class men who identified with Jon Bon Jovi...
...older bands did manage to outlive the alternative craze. Aerosmith's "Crazy," "Cryin''' and "Amazing" (1993) may be more remembered for featuring Alicia Silverstone in their videos, but these hits also kept the power ballad alive in the '90s. The soaring melody and shamelessly hackneyed lyrics of Bon Jovi's 1994 hit "Always" made it one of the most perfect power ballads ever. And in 1995, Van Halen chipped in with the confident "Can't Stop Lovin' You." Still, with Steven Tyler headed for membership in the American Association of Retired Persons and with Jon Bon Jovi headed nowhere, given...