Simon Frith, the British sociomusicologist and former rock critic, has written that the power ballads of the '80s were also inspired by soul. Other early rock ballads include Aerosmith's 'Dream On' and 'Freebird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Music journalist Charles Aaron has said that the first rock ballad may be 'Stairway to Heaven,' which was released in 1971. A typical rock song, with its electric guitars, bass, drums, and intense vocals, becomes a power ballad when it gets all sentimental and gooey about love, or sadness, or any other big emotion. Rock ballads and power ballads are the same thing. More than other songs, a ballad's emotion is super pumped-up, maybe a little exaggerated, but the result is that you feel satisfied, like the song was therapeutic. Who knows, it may end up on the list! A ballad is a song that tells a story about an emotional situation. I hope you like this list, and feel free to leave me a comment or a suggestion about a song I missed. Although it was hard to decide which songs to include and what order to list them in, I have compiled my favorite songs here, limiting myself to the 100 songs I love the most. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.' Welcome to my video list of top 100 rock ballads of the '80s and '90s. As Sammy Hagar (of Van Halen) said, 'there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Back then, they sure knew how to write and sing slow love songs and power ballads. There's nothing like a rock ballad from the '80s and '90s.

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