What happened to power ballads?

“All the Man That I Need” gives me chills to this day.

And the live performances were even better

what happened to long songs? Nowadays everything is 2.5-3.5 minutes... so short that you just get into the bop and it's over. Whitney could hold a note longer than songs are these days

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Hard to sing a power ballad when you sing like you just woke up from a coma & still might return there any second

Not too much on Lana Del Rey

Adult Contemporary Music does not exist any longer.

Barely anyone had the range now and the audiences bmp meter is set at mid tempo 😭

These were the days.

I know he’s talking about the 80s but still feels relevant to the conversation.