Donovan Banks wrote:
Nice topic! I guess we'll need to see some examples?
May the Scale-iest entry win... ?
Some examples (some of them are early 90's, but they still sound 80's...)
Guns 'n Roses - November Rain, Don't Cry, Patience (acoustic but still a power-ballad to me))
Poison - Every Rose has it's Thorn
Bon Jovi - Never say goodbye, Wanted dead or alive
Scorpions - Winds of change
Marillion - Kayleigh
That should give you some ideas.