The No. 1 hit from their blockbuster album of 1981 was inspired by a deeply-personal real-life experience.

Power ballads might just be the perfect type of songs to listen to if you want a hefty dose of anthemic, emotional lyrics, with enough rock elements to jam out to. In 1981, power ballads were all the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a power ballad, in its purest, most intensity-drenched form? Hyper-emotional? Agonising? Loud? Quiet? In-between? In short ...

Music in the 1980s was distinct. While artists today seem to borrow from the gamut of music history, musicians in the ’80s were doing their own thing, carving out a unique sound that couldn’t be ...