WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.180 What do you do when you have too many songs but 00:00:02.180 --> 00:00:04.799 not enough room on your tape? Make Volume 2! 00:00:05.099 --> 00:00:08.279 Hey everybody, Sean Faust here. I'm back with 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:10.839 Brian Colburn on My Weekly Mixtape for Power 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:13.419 Ballads Volume 2. What do you think about that? 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.379 Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:30.300 takes the classic mixtape approach to building 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:32.859 a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:35.640 Joining me tonight as guest curator for the second 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:38.579 time is my good friend and fellow musician, Sean 00:00:38.579 --> 00:00:42.179 Faust. Welcome back to the show, man. I am psyched 00:00:42.179 --> 00:00:48.140 to be here once again, volume dos. Yes, tonight 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:51.380 is a first at my weekly mixtape as it is the 00:00:51.380 --> 00:00:55.520 first ever volume two episode of the show based 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.880 on the amazing feedback we received on episode 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:03.719 16, Power Ballads, volume one. It will now be 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.219 forever referred to as because I don't volume 00:01:06.219 --> 00:01:09.159 one every episode. However, once there becomes 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.659 a volume two, it becomes a de facto volume one. 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.500 If you did not know that. Since this is the first 00:01:16.500 --> 00:01:19.299 ever Volume 2 episode, I wanted to point out 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:23.379 that tonight, no songs from Volume 1 can be used 00:01:23.379 --> 00:01:27.739 a second time. But to add a twist to the discussion, 00:01:28.099 --> 00:01:32.219 both Sean and I can each use one of the artists 00:01:32.219 --> 00:01:35.780 or bands from Volume 1, as long as it's a different 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:39.920 song than the one that we discussed in that first 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:43.349 episode. Now, if you haven't heard Volume 1 yet, 00:01:43.430 --> 00:01:46.849 again, it's Episode 16, and one would say that 00:01:46.849 --> 00:01:50.090 it's the perfect companion to this episode. And 00:01:50.090 --> 00:01:52.030 the reason I mention this is because if you're 00:01:52.030 --> 00:01:55.069 a newer listener to the show, you might be wondering 00:01:55.069 --> 00:01:58.569 throughout this episode why we're talking about 00:01:58.569 --> 00:02:02.659 power ballads but not mentioning blank. Well, 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:04.900 the easy answer is we may have already talked 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:07.260 about it in volume one. So you'll have to go 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:10.520 back and listen to that episode to find out if 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.379 that's indeed the case. Because instead of me 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:16.699 recapping volume one and ruining the episode 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:19.800 for those of you who haven't heard it yet, I'll 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:22.560 just say that this is your official volume one 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.919 spoiler alert. As even though we won't go out 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.620 of our way to spoil anything from volume one, 00:02:28.740 --> 00:02:31.620 there's a good chance it could come up in conversation 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:35.479 naturally. So like a good movie fan that never 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:38.900 spoils the movie for somebody, this is your official 00:02:38.900 --> 00:02:42.319 spoiler alert. Proceed with caution. You have 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:44.979 to wait until volume three for us to talk about 00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:50.879 the forever sky. Oh, that's a spoiler. Now, Sean, 00:02:51.060 --> 00:02:53.080 I don't know about you, but after our volume 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.939 one recording, I found myself saying, how the 00:02:55.939 --> 00:02:58.560 hell did this song not make it or that song or 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:00.979 we miss talking about this band and how the hell 00:03:00.979 --> 00:03:03.919 did we forget this? So for me, my bank of songs 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:06.400 has been ready to go since we hit stop on volume 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.539 one. So putting together a list tonight was easy, 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:12.300 except for the fact that in the months between 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:15.180 these two episodes, I have said, oh, I forgot 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:17.360 about this power about it and even added to that 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.969 list, making it. even longer. How was it on your 00:03:20.969 --> 00:03:24.870 end? I essentially did the same because like 00:03:24.870 --> 00:03:27.870 I said off air, I went and I looked up the top 00:03:27.870 --> 00:03:29.969 100 power ballads, which you shouldn't do if 00:03:29.969 --> 00:03:32.090 you're going to listen to these because you want 00:03:32.090 --> 00:03:33.750 to be surprised. You want to know where we're 00:03:33.750 --> 00:03:36.469 coming from and who makes those lists anyway? 00:03:36.569 --> 00:03:39.349 Who are they and what makes what they say right? 00:03:39.810 --> 00:03:42.830 Nothing. So I'm looking at my list here and I've 00:03:42.830 --> 00:03:45.430 got like a solid list, but I looked at that top 00:03:45.430 --> 00:03:48.159 100 list. I was like, Oh, wow. Yeah, I could 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:49.939 add. Oh, I could add this. Oh, I could add that. 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.379 And I'm still looking at like a really, really 00:03:52.379 --> 00:03:55.439 long list of just what I started. I think the 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:57.860 moment we hit stop last time. Well, let's get 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:00.300 down to business tonight. As I mentioned, Sean 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:03.479 and I will be curating volume two. of the Ultimate 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.219 Power Ballads mixtape, and we'll once again use 00:04:06.219 --> 00:04:08.840 the old cassette deck approach. Sean, as the 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.240 guest curator, will begin side A with his first 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.759 song choice, and then I'll add a song that I 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.759 feel best follows up his choice. We'll then flip 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:19.300 -flop choosing songs until we've mapped out 10 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:22.389 songs for side A. We'll then give our mixtape 00:04:22.389 --> 00:04:24.990 a proverbial flip and we'll map out side B. Only 00:04:24.990 --> 00:04:27.889 this time, I'll kick the side off with Sean choosing 00:04:27.889 --> 00:04:30.829 second. Our overall goal for this episode is 00:04:30.829 --> 00:04:34.310 to continue crafting the best Power Ballads mixtape 00:04:34.310 --> 00:04:37.670 possible through this new batch of 20 songs. 00:04:37.930 --> 00:04:40.209 At the end of the show, you can take our conversation 00:04:40.209 --> 00:04:43.209 to the next level by visiting the Power Ballads 00:04:43.209 --> 00:04:46.769 Volume 2 page at myweeklymixtape .com to give 00:04:46.769 --> 00:04:49.829 our final mixtape a listen via the embedded playlist. 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:52.560 Finally, if you like what you're hearing on My 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:54.500 Weekly Mixtape, you can help me out by either 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:57.000 telling a friend about the show, leaving the 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.139 show a five -star review wherever you're tuning 00:04:59.139 --> 00:05:02.420 in, or becoming a Patreon mixtaper at patreon 00:05:02.420 --> 00:05:07.019 .com forward slash myweeklymixtape. And a few 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:09.240 of our Patreon mixtapers chimed in with songs 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:11.680 they'd like to hear in Volume 2, and I want to 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.290 give a shout out to some of those now. Ben from 00:05:14.290 --> 00:05:17.009 the Too Vague podcast, who guested on episode 00:05:17.009 --> 00:05:20.629 31, New Wave Classics chimed in with Def Leppard's 00:05:20.629 --> 00:05:23.529 Bringin' On The Heartbreak. Cactus Pete chimed 00:05:23.529 --> 00:05:25.430 in with Steel Hearts' I'll Never Let You Go. 00:05:25.810 --> 00:05:28.529 And Seeker chimed in with both Queensryche's 00:05:28.529 --> 00:05:31.589 Silent Lucidity, along with the Colts' Eddie 00:05:31.589 --> 00:05:34.870 Chow Baby. So with that, Sean, I'm officially 00:05:34.870 --> 00:05:37.589 pressing the record button on volume two, and 00:05:37.589 --> 00:05:40.610 I'm passing the mic over to you. What power ballad 00:05:40.610 --> 00:05:43.810 are you raising your lighter? to start off tonight. 00:05:45.029 --> 00:05:49.889 Well, my friend, if you and your good listeners, 00:05:49.949 --> 00:05:52.970 especially your excellent Patreon listeners, 00:05:53.389 --> 00:05:57.230 might recall from Volume 1, I almost changed 00:05:57.230 --> 00:06:02.189 my final song. But I didn't. I didn't at all. 00:06:02.649 --> 00:06:06.509 So I closed it off with Peter Cetera's Glory 00:06:06.509 --> 00:06:08.889 of Love, but all of a sudden I was thinking about 00:06:08.889 --> 00:06:11.910 turning my hat backwards and... being a completely 00:06:11.910 --> 00:06:14.870 different guy. And you gave me the option to 00:06:14.870 --> 00:06:16.529 choose. And I was like, no, I'm going to stick 00:06:16.529 --> 00:06:21.089 with this. So volume one ended with Peter Cetera's 00:06:21.089 --> 00:06:23.810 Glory of Love. And volume two is going to begin 00:06:23.810 --> 00:06:27.410 with Meet Me Halfway by Kenny Loggins, one of 00:06:27.410 --> 00:06:29.750 the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in my 00:06:29.750 --> 00:06:33.850 life. Could not agree more. Love the song. When 00:06:33.850 --> 00:06:36.209 you watch a movie like over the top, you don't 00:06:36.209 --> 00:06:39.629 expect there to be this really ridiculously emotional 00:06:39.629 --> 00:06:43.569 power ballad in it. And for some reason, Kenny 00:06:43.569 --> 00:06:45.910 Loggins just knocked this one out of the park. 00:06:45.949 --> 00:06:50.050 And between meet me halfway and nobody's fool, 00:06:50.189 --> 00:06:52.389 which was the theme song to Caddyshack to his 00:06:52.389 --> 00:06:54.709 back to Avalon album was loaded with soundtrack 00:06:54.709 --> 00:06:59.040 hits. This one, I mean. It screams power ballad. 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.319 But when you watch and you go back and you watch 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:03.639 Over the Top again, you're not expecting that 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.620 big momentous power ballad in that movie. So 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:09.740 that one was unexpected, but I absolutely love 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:13.860 the tune. Right on. Coming out of that, I think 00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:16.120 I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to take 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:20.980 three parts Journey, one part Styx, and one part 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:24.029 John Waite and throw it into a blender. And I 00:07:24.029 --> 00:07:27.769 am going to get 1989's super group, bad English. 00:07:28.310 --> 00:07:32.990 And when I see you smile, one of the most played 00:07:32.990 --> 00:07:37.629 power ballads on radio and on MTV all throughout 00:07:37.629 --> 00:07:41.569 1989, you could not escape the song. And this 00:07:41.569 --> 00:07:43.750 is where I go down a little bit of a slippery 00:07:43.750 --> 00:07:46.470 slope because I want to say it's their only massive 00:07:46.470 --> 00:07:50.290 hit, even though price of love was a top 10 hit 00:07:50.290 --> 00:07:53.850 for them. They also had possession, which. almost 00:07:53.850 --> 00:07:56.889 cracked the top 20. And then Forget Me Not and 00:07:56.889 --> 00:07:58.790 Heaven is a Four Letter Word cracked the top 00:07:58.790 --> 00:08:01.829 100. So there were definitely songs by them out 00:08:01.829 --> 00:08:04.449 there. However, When I See You Smile is really 00:08:04.449 --> 00:08:06.370 the one that people take away when they first 00:08:06.370 --> 00:08:08.569 hear the name Bad English. And then obviously 00:08:08.569 --> 00:08:11.129 after their second album failed to move the needle, 00:08:11.290 --> 00:08:13.709 everybody went back to their respective groups 00:08:13.709 --> 00:08:16.629 and the rest is history. But they really knocked 00:08:16.629 --> 00:08:19.430 it out of the park with this. It was ready -made. 00:08:20.029 --> 00:08:22.610 for radio and ready -made for top 40, and that's 00:08:22.610 --> 00:08:25.069 exactly what it was. So following up, Meet Me 00:08:25.069 --> 00:08:28.149 Halfway, When I See You Smile by Bad English. 00:08:28.730 --> 00:08:32.710 That's a really, really cool choice. I didn't 00:08:32.710 --> 00:08:35.669 see that one coming. I saw it on the list, and 00:08:35.669 --> 00:08:38.490 I was like, yeah, I wouldn't choose that, but 00:08:38.490 --> 00:08:41.210 that's a damn good song. I bet you Brian's going 00:08:41.210 --> 00:08:43.549 to choose it. And look at this. Lo and behold, 00:08:43.830 --> 00:08:46.879 I'm correct. Well, coming out of Meet Me Halfway, 00:08:46.940 --> 00:08:49.379 I didn't feel like I could go heavy into the 00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:51.840 hair bands yet. I felt like we had to kind of 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.879 ease because you can't go from Kenny Loggins 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.940 to, let's say, looking back at our volume one 00:08:57.940 --> 00:09:00.639 episode, for example, something heavier like 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:02.740 a Warrant or a Skid Row. I felt like that would 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:05.200 have been a massive jump. So I feel like I'm 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.519 kind of leaning into the Kenny Loggins, almost 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:12.129 pop power ballad side of things. And then kind 00:09:12.129 --> 00:09:14.590 of giving you something where with the Journey 00:09:14.590 --> 00:09:16.389 and Styx connection, you might be able to bring 00:09:16.389 --> 00:09:18.190 it a little bit more to the rock side of things. 00:09:18.669 --> 00:09:21.610 You know, I could go to the rock side of things 00:09:21.610 --> 00:09:25.570 with my next choice, or I could stay in that 00:09:25.570 --> 00:09:29.149 pop vein. And I'm trying to think what I want 00:09:29.149 --> 00:09:31.169 to do, because if I stay in that pop vein, I've 00:09:31.169 --> 00:09:34.909 got a couple choices. But if I bring it to the 00:09:34.909 --> 00:09:37.610 rock using the band members that you've just 00:09:37.610 --> 00:09:40.419 mentioned. I've got an interesting decision to 00:09:40.419 --> 00:09:42.279 make, but for track three, I'm not going to take 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:45.220 too much time. I'm going to lay a whisper on 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:47.799 your pillow, and I'm going to go with Roxette's 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:51.659 It Must Have Been Love. Perfect, beautiful, and 00:09:51.659 --> 00:09:53.419 it looks like I'm sticking with the movie theme 00:09:53.419 --> 00:09:57.080 too. You certainly are going with Pretty Woman 00:09:57.080 --> 00:10:02.299 here. That one is such a beautiful ballad. Her 00:10:02.299 --> 00:10:07.019 voice in it is soaring. It is anthemic. It is 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:09.679 gorgeous. I don't know what other words to describe. 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:12.840 It is a perfect power ballad. Although leaning 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.299 onto the pop side of things. Yeah. I am going 00:10:16.299 --> 00:10:19.100 to go out of the movie realm here and bring us 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:21.139 into the rock side, but I'm going to do something. 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:26.179 Yeah. Shocking, right? Anywho, I am going to 00:10:26.179 --> 00:10:28.500 do something that ties it together with it must 00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:31.379 have been love because it must have been love 00:10:31.379 --> 00:10:35.299 is a beautiful song. So I'm going to lean into 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:36.940 the rock side, but I'm going to go with the song 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:42.250 that. is also equally just as beautiful to me 00:10:42.250 --> 00:10:45.730 it's one of the most gorgeous acoustic guitar 00:10:45.730 --> 00:10:49.389 riffs i've ever heard and it's played by the 00:10:49.389 --> 00:10:54.570 one zach wilde for ozzy osbourne's 1991 album 00:10:54.570 --> 00:10:57.850 no more tears and i'm going with mama i'm coming 00:10:57.850 --> 00:11:01.070 home the first time i heard that acoustic guitar 00:11:01.710 --> 00:11:03.929 The hair on my arm stood up and I fell in love 00:11:03.929 --> 00:11:06.950 with the tune. And Ozzy's had some decent power 00:11:06.950 --> 00:11:09.070 ballads. Goodbye to Romance is another great 00:11:09.070 --> 00:11:11.509 one that I could have used here. But Goodbye 00:11:11.509 --> 00:11:14.690 to Romance is a little bit bigger of a jump coming 00:11:14.690 --> 00:11:16.389 from It Must Have Been Love. And I think leaning 00:11:16.389 --> 00:11:21.309 into the beauty of It Must Have Been Love, Mama 00:11:21.309 --> 00:11:23.909 on Coming Home kind of continues with that feel. 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.740 It's almost a lullaby on guitar when you listen 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:34.360 to it. It's just so perfect. That riff, the first 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.879 time I heard it, I'm like, I want to play acoustic 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:38.919 guitar. And that is kind of one of the songs 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.519 that drove me into wanting to learn how to play 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:44.399 acoustic guitar because it just, it blew my mind. 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:47.120 And it was one of the first songs I tried to 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:49.860 figure out as I was a bass player trying to kind 00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:54.039 of move my way onto guitar as well. Well then, 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.980 my friend, we're going to keep it in this realm 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:59.220 because you mentioned Zach Wild. So Zach Wild 00:11:59.220 --> 00:12:02.120 right now is currently on tour with Pantera. 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:04.440 So I think my choice is to go nowhere else but 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.440 with Pantera's fucking hostile. What do you say, 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:14.049 kids? What a pivot. I love it. I can't wait to 00:12:14.049 --> 00:12:21.269 hear. One, two, three, four. To see, to breathe 00:12:21.269 --> 00:12:26.269 cannot be taught. In turn, you're making us. 00:12:28.809 --> 00:12:32.309 Okay, so let me get serious. I just couldn't 00:12:32.309 --> 00:12:37.830 resist. I love it. I absolutely love it. And 00:12:37.830 --> 00:12:39.950 we should probably give the listeners a second 00:12:39.950 --> 00:12:41.850 to come back down to earth after that one, Sean. 00:12:42.529 --> 00:12:44.970 Actually, I think the only Pantera tune could 00:12:44.970 --> 00:12:46.990 be Cemetery Gates, but I'm not going Pantera 00:12:46.990 --> 00:12:50.970 anyway. Of course. So I just, for some reason, 00:12:51.110 --> 00:13:01.190 just jumped. All right. Lemon face. All right. 00:13:01.970 --> 00:13:04.830 Now you scared me because when you said, you 00:13:04.830 --> 00:13:06.789 know, you're sticking with this most beautiful, 00:13:07.750 --> 00:13:10.230 of this most beautiful vibe, like it must have 00:13:10.230 --> 00:13:12.649 been love. You scared me for a moment because 00:13:12.649 --> 00:13:14.690 I thought you were going to steal something from 00:13:14.690 --> 00:13:17.250 me that not a lot of people think of, and it's 00:13:17.250 --> 00:13:18.990 sad that people don't talk about it anymore. 00:13:19.289 --> 00:13:21.389 And it's not a song from a movie, but it opened 00:13:21.389 --> 00:13:23.149 up a movie that was a big, fat piece of crap, 00:13:23.309 --> 00:13:26.830 so we won't mention it. But you did take Mama, 00:13:26.889 --> 00:13:29.429 I'm Coming Home from me, but you left me with 00:13:29.429 --> 00:13:32.090 one of the most beautiful power ballads of all 00:13:32.090 --> 00:13:36.840 time from, I think, 1989, maybe 90 or 91. But 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:38.980 it starts with some whistling and some clean 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:41.899 chorus guitar. And that would be Wind of Change 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:47.350 by the Scorpions. Ooh, good one. You could have 00:13:47.350 --> 00:13:49.389 gone with two songs from that album because I 00:13:49.389 --> 00:13:52.049 had two songs on my list. I had Wind of Change 00:13:52.049 --> 00:13:55.230 and Send Me an Angel, which is one that my father 00:13:55.230 --> 00:13:57.629 absolutely loves that tune. Nobody talks about 00:13:57.629 --> 00:13:59.990 that one, and it comes on the radio so randomly, 00:14:00.190 --> 00:14:03.190 and you're like, my God, my God, I know I love 00:14:03.190 --> 00:14:05.070 Wind of Change, but I never talk about this song, 00:14:05.129 --> 00:14:06.690 and you're right, but I'm sticking with Wind 00:14:06.690 --> 00:14:09.649 of Change. It's a great tune. I remember that 00:14:09.649 --> 00:14:13.299 video being just... On MTV, like every other 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:15.440 video, they're like, and here's Poison and Wind 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:17.860 of Change and then Warrant and Wind of Change 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:24.379 and Aerosmith and Wind of Change. Well, coming 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:28.039 out of that, I think I'm going to go with a band 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:33.559 that rose to fame from the ashes of the Vinnie 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.789 Vinson invasion. Oh. And we're going to go with 00:14:37.789 --> 00:14:41.230 Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum, who played together 00:14:41.230 --> 00:14:44.450 in Vinnie Vincent Invasion, started Slaughter, 00:14:44.509 --> 00:14:48.049 and then just knocked it out of the park with 00:14:48.049 --> 00:14:50.909 Fly to the Angels. I could go with either version 00:14:50.909 --> 00:14:53.929 because the heavy version is great. And if you 00:14:53.929 --> 00:14:56.090 own the CD back then, they would throw bonus 00:14:56.090 --> 00:14:58.889 tracks on at the end. And Fly to the Angels has 00:14:58.889 --> 00:15:00.750 a gorgeous acoustic version. But I'm going to 00:15:00.750 --> 00:15:03.690 go with the original off 1990's Stick It To Ya. 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:06.840 fly to the angels which is also a tip of the 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:10.639 hat and a nod to send me an angel from scorpions 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:20.539 nice call my friend dude do you have esp i swear 00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:22.220 to god i'm sitting there thinking when i when 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:24.879 i mentioned bonus tracks i mean we talked about 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.740 it on volume one again spoiler alert about songs 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:30.299 you'd put at the end of the side winging it used 00:15:30.299 --> 00:15:34.740 to be one of those I would love to put that at 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:36.779 like the end of like it would be a hip hop mix 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:38.440 and all of a sudden at the end it would just 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:49.659 be. And then when they bust out the kazoos or 00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:51.399 whatever that sound is where they're making it 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:57.940 out of the side of their mouth. You know, you 00:15:57.940 --> 00:16:02.250 say the word kazoo. And it leads me. To my next 00:16:02.250 --> 00:16:05.250 track, Coming Out of Slaughter's Fly to the Angels. 00:16:05.830 --> 00:16:09.590 Now, this band is known for their really, really, 00:16:09.610 --> 00:16:12.830 really big power ballad from 1992's The Lizard 00:16:12.830 --> 00:16:16.610 album. But I'm going to go with Saigon Kick's 00:16:16.610 --> 00:16:21.509 first album and the song Come Take Me Now. This 00:16:21.509 --> 00:16:26.830 is harmony out of the wazoo. And it's just, for 00:16:26.830 --> 00:16:28.669 me, it's probably my favorite of their power 00:16:28.669 --> 00:16:32.320 ballads. You absolutely scooped me on the band. 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:36.399 I had Love Is On The Way on my list. When I think 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:39.500 about beautiful acoustic guitar work like Mama 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:42.980 I'm Coming Home, I would have to, if I was making 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:46.600 a mixtape, back up Mama I'm Coming Home with 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:48.740 Love Is On The Way. Because again, that acoustic 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:53.100 guitar work is so gorgeous and so ethereal. And 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:55.840 then those harmonies. They just grab you. But 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:59.559 that one was so popular on radio. I love the 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:01.279 fact that you're digging a little deeper with 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.559 this one. So definitely a hat tip on this pick. 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:07.680 I am a huge fan of Jason Beeler's guitar playing. 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:11.019 I'm also a huge fan of that band's harmonic structure, 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:14.500 whether it's musical or vocal. I was on stage 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:16.500 with them once, and I did play Kazoo with a bunch 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:19.900 of other drunk folks on their song, My Life. 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.079 And right after My Life, they did play Your Choice, 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:25.700 which is not on this list, I'm sorry to say. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:30.420 But I love Jason Bieler's playing on this or 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:35.259 on Love is on the Way. Because his phrasing is 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:37.380 great. He's just got this very ethereal presence 00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:41.480 to his guitar tone and playing. That's a perfect 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:44.680 word to sum that one up. And the thing that you 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.259 liked about Saigon Kick was the vocal harmonies. 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:51.720 So what I'm going to do is do the absolute reverse 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.960 of that and follow this up with a power ballad 00:17:54.960 --> 00:18:00.019 that is known for its vocals. That doesn't need 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:02.920 harmonies because the lead singer's vocals command 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:08.940 the song and anything else, even trying to harmonize 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:13.339 or become a part of it, would take away from 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:17.099 the song. And that would be Miljenko Matijevic's 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:22.000 stratospheric vocals on 1990s I'll Never Let 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:25.160 You Go by Steelheart. Shout out again to Cactus 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.579 Pete who chimed in for this one. We are talking 00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:30.900 a song that gives Brad Delp's high note at the 00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:33.440 end of Boston's More Than a Feeling a run for 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:36.440 its money. This dude could sing the phone book. 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:40.450 He sang. lead vocals on the Rockstar soundtrack 00:18:40.450 --> 00:18:42.609 movie. That's where a lot of people might be 00:18:42.609 --> 00:18:45.369 more familiar with Steelheart. If they saw that 00:18:45.369 --> 00:18:48.230 with Marky Mark, Marky Mark was actually lip 00:18:48.230 --> 00:18:50.950 syncing Miljanko Matejevic's vocals on We All 00:18:50.950 --> 00:18:54.750 Die Young. But this is a band that I am shocked 00:18:54.750 --> 00:18:57.829 never really followed up this hit because this 00:18:57.829 --> 00:19:00.849 was everywhere and it's such a fantastic song. 00:19:00.950 --> 00:19:03.730 And if you're not familiar with it, most people 00:19:03.730 --> 00:19:06.049 refer to the song for some strange reason as 00:19:06.049 --> 00:19:10.400 Angel Eyes. But that's confusing because you 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:15.079 have Angel Eyes by Jeff Healy band. Yeah. And 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:18.400 then you have Angel by Aerosmith and Send Me 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:21.500 an Angel by Scorpions and Fly to the Angels. 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:24.099 But anyway, I digress. I'll never let you go 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:27.519 from Steelheart. So now we're going into that 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:34.940 zone, that zone where this was a popular song, 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:39.269 but the band. wasn't that popular. And I hate 00:19:39.269 --> 00:19:41.930 saying it, like Steelheart was awesome. That 00:19:41.930 --> 00:19:44.250 entire album was awesome. I remember Everybody 00:19:44.250 --> 00:19:47.289 Loves Eileen is another one that just had amazing 00:19:47.289 --> 00:19:50.589 everything to it. And I think that was the other 00:19:50.589 --> 00:19:52.470 single now that I think about it. But that whole 00:19:52.470 --> 00:19:55.170 album was great. But wow. So if we're going to 00:19:55.170 --> 00:19:58.549 go into this realm, you mentioned Bad English 00:19:58.549 --> 00:20:01.950 earlier with some members of Journey. I'd like 00:20:01.950 --> 00:20:04.829 to talk about another band with Neil Sean of 00:20:04.829 --> 00:20:10.089 Journey. Called Hardline. Ooh. And this power 00:20:10.089 --> 00:20:13.029 ballad. Wow, that's weird. This one's in a movie 00:20:13.029 --> 00:20:15.529 too. I swear to God, I'm not going with a movie 00:20:15.529 --> 00:20:19.269 theme. But this was in Rapid Fire with Brandon 00:20:19.269 --> 00:20:22.170 Lee and Powers Booth. And I can't remember who 00:20:22.170 --> 00:20:25.289 else was in it. But the song is called Can't 00:20:25.289 --> 00:20:28.069 Find My Way. And yet another one of those huge 00:20:28.069 --> 00:20:33.210 choruses. It's got this big hook to it with the 00:20:33.210 --> 00:20:37.299 harmonies once again. that just wow like i can't 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:39.180 stop just thinking about that chorus now and 00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:41.819 it's like they hit some notes on that too so 00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:46.559 can't find my way by hardline and check out rapid 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:48.519 fire i mean what the hell i'm mentioning movies 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:51.779 at this point love the song that's a great that's 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:54.720 a nice deep pick even for neil shawn because 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:57.299 that's not a band that people automatically think 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:59.240 of when they think of him and it's a shame because 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:02.579 that's a great album But following up that anthemic 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:05.799 chorus to close out Side A, I'm going to go with 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:09.799 one of the most anthemic power ballad choruses 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:16.240 of all time by a singer who sang this chorus 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:21.880 essentially on his deathbed and knocked this 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:28.690 chorus out of the park in one take. Basically, 00:21:28.690 --> 00:21:31.809 the story has it that he was struggling with 00:21:31.809 --> 00:21:36.970 some of the vocals for 1991's Innuendo. And Brian 00:21:36.970 --> 00:21:40.809 May was concerned if he would be able to execute 00:21:40.809 --> 00:21:44.029 this song vocally. And they were discussing it 00:21:44.029 --> 00:21:46.690 in the control room. And Freddie Mercury looked 00:21:46.690 --> 00:21:48.869 at him, took a shot of vodka and said, I'll effing 00:21:48.869 --> 00:21:51.250 do it, darling. And he walked into the studio 00:21:51.250 --> 00:21:55.309 and belted out this masterpiece, The Show Must 00:21:55.309 --> 00:22:02.230 Go On. The typical power ballad, maybe not, but 00:22:02.230 --> 00:22:05.029 it's so anthemic and so powerful and the story 00:22:05.029 --> 00:22:11.130 behind it grabs you. You cannot deny the heartache 00:22:11.130 --> 00:22:13.470 and the power and kind of the closing of the 00:22:13.470 --> 00:22:15.789 chapter of this song, which I think is just a 00:22:15.789 --> 00:22:18.670 perfect side closer. So from 1991's Innuendo, 00:22:18.829 --> 00:22:22.589 the last song on a Queen Studio album while Freddie 00:22:22.589 --> 00:22:25.490 Mercury was on this earth, the show must go on. 00:22:26.309 --> 00:22:28.349 That's amazing that you went with this to close 00:22:28.349 --> 00:22:30.509 out a side and not close out the entire volume 00:22:30.509 --> 00:22:34.690 because this is a really good ending. But for 00:22:34.690 --> 00:22:37.009 a side, man, I completely I'm into it, man. I 00:22:37.009 --> 00:22:39.289 love this song. I love Queen. Well, you have 00:22:39.289 --> 00:22:41.829 the final pick of the night. I was going to go 00:22:41.829 --> 00:22:44.950 with this song. So you totally stole it from 00:22:44.950 --> 00:22:47.970 me, son of a gun. But that's all right. I think 00:22:47.970 --> 00:22:51.240 I know what I've got. Well, there you have it, 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:56.180 folks. Side A of our Power Ballads Volume 2 mixtape, 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:58.400 which kicked off with Kenny Loggins' Meet Me 00:22:58.400 --> 00:23:02.180 Halfway, Bad English, When I See You Smile, Roxette, 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.920 It Must Have Been Love, Ozzy Osbourne's Mama, 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:09.000 I'm Comin' Home, Scorpion's Wind of Change, Slaughter's 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:12.380 Fly to the Angels, Saigon Kicks, Come Take Me 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:15.740 Now, Steel Hearts, I'll Never Let You Go, Hard 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:19.299 Lines, Can't Find My Way, and Queen's The show 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:22.839 must go on. Head over to myweeklymixtape .com 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:25.359 to hear all the songs we've discussed in this 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:28.660 mix through the playlist embedded on the episode 00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:31.599 page. Now, Sean, before we kick things off with 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:34.799 Side B, you've recently started a new campaign 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:37.940 based around your song Gen Asylum, which I'm 00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:40.859 going to play a little clip of now. No time for 00:23:40.859 --> 00:24:09.059 news, no time for time, just a critic. Press. 00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:13.400 Who is that? Vicki Vale. Vicki Vale. I like. 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:17.180 Batman. So, Sean, why don't you tell people a 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:19.019 little bit about this campaign and how they can 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:21.559 take a part of it? Well, here's the thing, folks. 00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:27.160 I love cats. And I also love caretakers of cats. 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:29.779 And a lot of you good folks that care for cats 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:32.579 do so out of your own pocket, which can get really 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.380 expensive, especially when it comes to stuff 00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:37.420 like TNR. Trap new to release for those of you 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:40.789 not in the know. So what I'm trying to do is 00:24:40.789 --> 00:24:45.190 I would love for one million sales of my song 00:24:45.190 --> 00:24:48.589 Gin Asylum so I can have a nice financial cushion. 00:24:48.950 --> 00:24:53.029 So should a shelter be in need of, say, a new 00:24:53.029 --> 00:24:56.329 washing machine or just a neighbor that I know 00:24:56.329 --> 00:24:59.549 that takes care of cats and needs food, I can 00:24:59.549 --> 00:25:01.769 just say, hey, here's some money. This isn't 00:25:01.769 --> 00:25:03.410 going to make me a millionaire. It's not going 00:25:03.410 --> 00:25:05.450 to give me accolades, but it's going to give 00:25:05.450 --> 00:25:08.210 me a nice little financial cushion to just say, 00:25:08.589 --> 00:25:13.009 Yes, to anything cat or dog or any kind of furry 00:25:13.009 --> 00:25:15.690 friend animal related that somebody might need 00:25:15.690 --> 00:25:18.089 help with. And for the listeners, what I'll do 00:25:18.089 --> 00:25:20.869 is post a link to where you can find Sean's music 00:25:20.869 --> 00:25:24.029 on the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com where 00:25:24.029 --> 00:25:26.690 you can pick up a copy of Gen Asylum for a buck. 00:25:26.849 --> 00:25:30.069 And everybody has a dollar. It's only one dollar. 00:25:30.130 --> 00:25:32.450 How much money did you spend on coffee last week? 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:34.880 You have a dollar, trust me. Hey, look at the 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:37.259 inflation on gas, and you just drove across the 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:40.160 country to go see fish seven times at MSG. You 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:43.440 have a dollar. I went to see fish at MSG. They 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:45.220 did bathtub gin. I was kind of hoping they would 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:47.700 do bathtub gin asylum. That would have been interesting. 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:51.599 Yeah, that would have. Fish, get on it. So please, 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:54.859 my song, Gin Asylum, only $1, and you're just 00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:57.960 helping out the lives of those who care for cats, 00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:01.480 and you're helping out cats and other pets as 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:04.339 well. I love the fact that you're taking a already 00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:06.980 great song and putting it towards a fantastic 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:10.700 cause as a pet owner myself. So I thank you for 00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:14.180 doing that. And flipping the side over to side 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:19.160 B, I get to kick things off. And man, I don't 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:21.160 know where I want to start with this. This is 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:23.819 actually really tough. This is why you should 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:26.420 have ended side two is show. Let's go on. You're 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:28.960 right. But I think I know what I'm going to do. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:31.549 I'm going to go with one that. is a little bit 00:26:31.549 --> 00:26:34.269 of a left field power ballad because the band 00:26:34.269 --> 00:26:39.710 is not anyway consistent with hair metal or any 00:26:39.710 --> 00:26:43.309 of that. They're just a rock band, but this song 00:26:43.309 --> 00:26:46.890 is another level as far as I'm concerned. I've 00:26:46.890 --> 00:26:49.690 covered it for years and I know as much as I 00:26:49.690 --> 00:26:52.890 love performing it, I just feel in my heart I'm 00:26:52.890 --> 00:26:55.710 not doing it the justice it deserves because 00:26:55.710 --> 00:26:59.269 nobody commands the vocals of Never Tear Us Apart. 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:04.099 like Michael Hutchins of in excess and absolutely 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:10.880 powerful, amazing tune that just grabs your heartstrings. 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:14.259 It's just such a wonderful song. And I feel like 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:16.740 it's a perfect way to kick off side B with a 00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:21.759 level of emotion that can follow up. The show 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:25.140 must go on coming out of side a, so in excess, 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:28.799 never tear us apart. Man, you just also raised 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:32.559 the level of class on this tape by a million 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:36.059 fold with that song. That's a really tough one 00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:39.259 to follow up, man. It's a one -of -a -kind track. 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:41.839 I truly believe. I know a lot of people think 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.940 about Need You Tonight and all of their other 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:48.799 hits, but to me, this was In Excess' finest hour, 00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:52.059 even though it's a three -minute song. My favorite 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.740 thing since you said Need You Tonight, I just 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:56.000 got to point out, back in the day when MTV played 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.940 videos, Sometimes Need You Tonight and Mediate 00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:01.180 would be shown together. Yes. Because if you 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:04.480 listen to the album, they flow together. And 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.960 Mediate is actually my all -time favorite NXS 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:10.200 tune, but never tear us apart. My friend, the 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:14.079 class, the level of class here, I'm having a 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:17.339 tough time choosing now. But what I'm going to 00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:19.839 do is I'm going to keep that level of class, 00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:23.319 put a little sass and survivor into that. Not 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:26.769 the band Survivor, but a survivor that, Well, 00:28:26.809 --> 00:28:30.509 sadly, we just lost her recently. And God darn 00:28:30.509 --> 00:28:32.650 it, I'm going to go with another song from a 00:28:32.650 --> 00:28:38.650 movie. Out of the runes, I'm going to go with 00:28:38.650 --> 00:28:42.009 just Auntie Anthony, who you know better as Tina 00:28:42.009 --> 00:28:45.210 Turner, and her song, We Don't Need Another Hero, 00:28:45.410 --> 00:28:48.809 which does fall into the power ballad category. 00:28:49.450 --> 00:28:51.829 And not only does it fall into the power ballad 00:28:51.829 --> 00:28:55.970 category, I needed to stick with the class of... 00:28:56.089 --> 00:28:59.750 never tear us apart, but still get a little more 00:28:59.750 --> 00:29:01.970 oomph to that. And where you usually don't think 00:29:01.970 --> 00:29:05.410 of Tina Turner as power ballads, We Don't Need 00:29:05.410 --> 00:29:09.089 Another Hero fits the mold and breaks it just 00:29:09.089 --> 00:29:13.549 a bit. That's a great one. I love her vocals 00:29:13.549 --> 00:29:16.230 on that song. I almost was curious when you were 00:29:16.230 --> 00:29:18.490 leaning into it, I was wondering if you were 00:29:18.490 --> 00:29:20.150 going to go with What's Love Got To Do With It, 00:29:20.210 --> 00:29:23.309 but that to me is a little more mid -tempo. But 00:29:23.309 --> 00:29:26.119 as soon as you... Said movie, I'm like, ah, I 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:28.420 know what he's doing here. And I think I'm going 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:31.619 to see your movie and raise you a movie. What? 00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:34.940 Yes. I don't have many movie references, but 00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.440 I do have this one. Yeah, I know. That's why 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:39.240 I'm shocked. And I'm going to go back to 1987. 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:42.019 And I'm going to go with a little movie known 00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:45.599 as Mannequin. And the song, Nothing's Gonna Stop 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:50.839 Us Now by Starship. I don't care what anybody 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:54.619 has to say about this song. When this comes on 00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:57.759 in our car, I turn it up as loud as possible, 00:29:57.819 --> 00:30:00.680 and I try to sing along as loud as I can to my 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:05.759 wife and kids' chagrin. But I absolutely love 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:08.039 this song. There's just something that is so 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:12.019 perfect about it. Not that Madigan was a special 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:14.559 movie in any way, shape, or form, but the song 00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:17.519 has held up, and I still love hearing it every 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:19.779 single time it comes on. So nothing's going to 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:22.599 stop us now from Starship. Well, you can't be 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:24.640 too hard on Mannequin. I mean, there were enough 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.740 unanswered questions that there was a sequel. 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:29.759 That there was. Hollywood was the only one that 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:32.940 came back. And Bernie was in it, too. Bernie 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:35.559 was the bad guy with that really, really long 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:37.759 nose hair. Why are we talking about this? We're 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:40.200 going to talk about music. And you're going to 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:43.180 come out as Starship. Nothing's going to stop 00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:46.240 us. Nothing's going to stop us. What a great 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:51.710 tune, dude. What a really great tune. Wow. Well, 00:30:51.750 --> 00:30:54.329 it looks like... Am I going to be the guy that 00:30:54.329 --> 00:30:57.809 throws a monkey at the wrench? No. No. I'm going 00:30:57.809 --> 00:31:03.289 to stick with these big female vocals, and I'm 00:31:03.289 --> 00:31:07.230 going to go with probably one of their most famous 00:31:07.230 --> 00:31:11.250 ballads, and that would be... If I were to say 00:31:11.250 --> 00:31:14.369 to you, close your eyes, give me your hand, darling, 00:31:14.549 --> 00:31:17.930 do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? 00:31:18.029 --> 00:31:20.329 Do you feel the same? Or am I only dreaming? 00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:26.299 Or is this burning an eternal flame? Say my name, 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:28.200 sun shines through the rain. That's my Shatner 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:32.259 version. Life, so lonely, can only ease the pain. 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:36.099 I'm going to go with Eternal Flame by The Bangles 00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:39.240 in case any of that before did not give it away. 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:44.180 I absolutely adore that song. The piano in the 00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:46.099 beginning is just so beautiful. The keyboard, 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:49.960 whatever, is just so perfect. It's so simple. 00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:54.660 And it just pulls you in as the song continues 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:58.200 to build and Susanna Hoff's vocals on that. Oh 00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:03.359 my God. Oh my God. The only thing about the song 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:06.180 that recently has given it a little bit of a 00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:09.380 tinge for me because I wasn't a fan of the scene 00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:12.920 was in the last season of how I met your mother. 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.380 They use eternal flame in one of the scenes that 00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:19.700 the character floats away in the sky. And it's 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:23.470 just, not the best scene in an otherwise brilliant 00:32:23.470 --> 00:32:26.329 show. And I, the first time I watched that scene, 00:32:26.410 --> 00:32:28.029 I'm like, Oh God, please don't ruin this song 00:32:28.029 --> 00:32:29.990 for me. Please don't ruin this. And then the 00:32:29.990 --> 00:32:32.289 scene ended. And I'm like, I can never watch 00:32:32.289 --> 00:32:34.970 the scene ever again. So anytime that episode 00:32:34.970 --> 00:32:37.130 comes on, when that scene, I walked out of the 00:32:37.130 --> 00:32:39.109 room. I just, it's like, I don't want to see 00:32:39.109 --> 00:32:41.670 it a second time because it didn't ruin the song 00:32:41.670 --> 00:32:43.950 for me yet, but I'm afraid if I see it again, 00:32:44.109 --> 00:32:47.619 it might, but I absolutely love the tune. But 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:50.140 following that up, I'm going to do what you did 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:55.460 with Hardline and go with a deeper cut. And it's 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:59.680 by a band that I feel is criminally underrated. 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.900 It's leaning more towards the rock side of things 00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:05.940 again. And this is a power ballad from them. 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.940 And when I say the band name, I know the song 00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:10.240 everyone's going to think of. And I'm going to 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:13.700 go with Kicks. But I'm not going to go with Don't 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:15.940 Close Your Eyes. As much as I love that song. 00:33:16.490 --> 00:33:23.130 It's a really dark, heavy song that I think lyrically 00:33:23.130 --> 00:33:26.250 would bring this playlist down a little bit. 00:33:26.529 --> 00:33:29.430 So I'm going to go with a song that I actually 00:33:29.430 --> 00:33:33.730 like, maybe even a little bit more off of 1991's 00:33:33.730 --> 00:33:36.410 Hotwire. And I'm going to go with their power 00:33:36.410 --> 00:33:40.470 ballad, Tear Down the Walls. Wow, dude. Nice. 00:33:40.769 --> 00:33:44.130 Yeah, that song, his vocals on it are absolutely 00:33:44.130 --> 00:33:49.380 amazing. It's just so big and so bold and the 00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:52.960 vocals are so perfect. And this is a very, very, 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:56.380 very underrated power ballad that I think more 00:33:56.380 --> 00:34:00.539 people need to know about. Now, man, coming out 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:03.240 of that, that's going to be tough. But you also 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:06.920 you're giving me some leeway here where I'm going 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:09.019 to stay on the deeper side. Now, everybody knows 00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:11.699 the name. When I say this name, everybody's going 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:15.789 to think. of race cars on a track, or they're 00:34:15.789 --> 00:34:18.170 going to think about boogieing. But I'm going 00:34:18.170 --> 00:34:20.989 to go to one of my favorite songs of all time, 00:34:21.130 --> 00:34:23.610 up there with the Rainbow Connection by Kermit 00:34:23.610 --> 00:34:26.110 the Frog and Paul Williams. I'm going to go with 00:34:26.110 --> 00:34:28.769 a song from his third album, Flying in a Blue 00:34:28.769 --> 00:34:30.949 Dream. I'm going to go with a song called I Believe 00:34:30.949 --> 00:34:36.510 by Joe Satriani. A gorgeous, gorgeous power ballad 00:34:36.510 --> 00:34:39.289 that really just hits me in the feels every single 00:34:39.289 --> 00:34:42.570 time I hear it. And one might think when they 00:34:42.570 --> 00:34:44.690 hear Joe Satriani that we're talking about an 00:34:44.690 --> 00:34:48.210 instrumental in this song, when in fact, this 00:34:48.210 --> 00:34:51.730 is one of the rare instances where Satriani is 00:34:51.730 --> 00:34:54.110 actually behind a microphone as well. Yeah, I 00:34:54.110 --> 00:34:55.769 mean, that was the album. The big single from 00:34:55.769 --> 00:34:59.510 that album was Big Bad Moon. And he sang a couple 00:34:59.510 --> 00:35:01.510 other tunes on it, and he hasn't sang on an album 00:35:01.510 --> 00:35:05.829 since. Right. A lot of people didn't like that. 00:35:05.949 --> 00:35:07.630 I thought it was fine. I thought he did all right. 00:35:08.670 --> 00:35:11.269 There's an emotion to what he's singing and how 00:35:11.269 --> 00:35:13.809 he's singing on that song. Actually, every song 00:35:13.809 --> 00:35:17.489 I kind of like. The vocals are more of a character 00:35:17.489 --> 00:35:19.969 than just some guy singing songs. And I really 00:35:19.969 --> 00:35:22.710 appreciate that about that album. Well, I am 00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:26.170 going to follow it up. We are now at song seven 00:35:26.170 --> 00:35:30.590 on side B. And we haven't repeated a band from 00:35:30.590 --> 00:35:34.010 volume one yet. And I think I'm going to break 00:35:34.010 --> 00:35:39.039 that trend now. Because like Mama, I'm Coming 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:42.900 Home, this is one of my favorite acoustic openings 00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:46.460 of all time. And one of the first songs I learned 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:49.420 how to play on acoustic guitar alongside of that 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:52.739 Mama, I'm Coming Home riff. And it's a song that 00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:58.320 I am sure being a fan of this criminally underrated 00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:00.880 band, as soon as I say the band name, I know 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:02.659 Sean's going to know what song I'm talking about. 00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:06.570 But we are going to go with Tesla. And I am going 00:36:06.570 --> 00:36:10.789 to go off of 1989's The Great Radio Controversy, 00:36:10.789 --> 00:36:13.929 one of my favorite acoustic intros of all time, 00:36:13.969 --> 00:36:16.809 along with Mama, I'm Coming Home. I'm going with 00:36:16.809 --> 00:36:20.329 the big hit for them, Love Song. Yeah. It is. 00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:23.800 So powerful. The opening is so gorgeous. I also 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:26.420 love the version on five man acoustical jam where 00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:29.199 they break the acoustical jam aspect and then 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:31.500 kick the electric guitar. And at the end, the 00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:33.639 first time I heard that, I'm like, yes, like, 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:36.099 cause you don't expect it. Magic. Yeah, no, I'm 00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:38.420 with you on that. And when you watch that video 00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:40.980 too, you just, just, you see the energy coming 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:44.440 off of Frank Cannon. Yeah. And I love the song. 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:46.559 I am going to go with the original 89 version 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:49.360 from the great radio controversy. I feel like. 00:36:49.849 --> 00:36:52.309 coming out of a song like kicks tear down the 00:36:52.309 --> 00:36:55.070 walls and satriani i wanted to go with that big 00:36:55.070 --> 00:36:59.550 well -known power ballad and tesla fits the bill 00:36:59.550 --> 00:37:02.769 here so first repeat from volume one only on 00:37:02.769 --> 00:37:06.849 volume one spoiler alert it was sean's pick and 00:37:06.849 --> 00:37:09.170 what you give and he scooped me on tesla so i 00:37:09.170 --> 00:37:12.329 finally got a chance to put love song into this 00:37:12.329 --> 00:37:16.230 fold well as you know tesla is one of my all 00:37:16.230 --> 00:37:19.679 -time favorite bands So as much as I was telling 00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:22.579 myself I wasn't going to repeat a band, even 00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:25.739 though I could, you scooped me. I was going to 00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:27.719 take Love Song and I was going to end it with 00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:31.079 this because you scooped Show Must Go On from 00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:34.199 me. Oh, man, I scooped you twice. You got me 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:36.860 twice tonight, brother. You got me twice tonight. 00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.940 But what you did was set me up for a song that 00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:41.539 I like. I can't believe I left this off of Volume 00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:43.760 1 myself because it's one of the first ballads 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:47.699 I was ever really, really into. Coming out of 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:51.440 Love Song, from that G chord to the D chord to 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:54.619 the G chord to the D chord, you can just go seamlessly 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:56.139 into this. If you're playing live, you go back 00:37:56.139 --> 00:38:01.019 to the G to a C, back to the G, and then do this. 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:08.960 And you can start playing The Ballad of Jane 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:14.699 by LA Guns from their 1989. masterpiece by the 00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:16.880 way cocked and loaded name a bad tune on that 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:20.320 album huh i'm waiting i'm waiting you can't right 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:23.320 you can't and you scooped me right back because 00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:27.039 the ballad of jane was on my list and i was considering 00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:31.860 using that as my track nine because it all seems 00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:34.760 funny kind of like a dream things ain't always 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:38.260 what they seem oh what a fantastic tune saw them 00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:43.280 live in the early 2000s with poison rat and Slaughter. 00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:46.760 Great show, great lineup. Got to see the Ballad 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:49.980 of Jane, Fly to the Angels. Rat really doesn't 00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:53.179 have a power ballad, so regardless. And then 00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:57.840 obviously Poison's slew of them. But for my last 00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:59.579 song of the night, I want to go with something 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:03.579 that is a power ballad masterpiece by somebody 00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:06.659 who's not always associated with power ballads. 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:10.139 However, one thing that this person is associated 00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:14.300 with is being one of the most talented artists 00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:18.639 and musicians and songwriters of all time. And 00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:22.539 once again, it's from a movie. And the movie 00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:26.960 is named after this song. And the movie came 00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:31.099 out in 1984. And we are talking about Prince 00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:36.260 Purple Rain. Did I scoop you a third time for 00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:42.829 the last song of the night? My God. I was going 00:39:42.829 --> 00:39:48.170 to close it with this. Hey, look, we haven't 00:39:48.170 --> 00:39:50.050 talked about Sister Christian yet. Maybe you 00:39:50.050 --> 00:39:51.570 could throw that in there. That's a pretty big 00:39:51.570 --> 00:39:54.849 tune, too. But I'm sorry. I scooped you three 00:39:54.849 --> 00:39:57.610 times tonight with closing song. Funny enough, 00:39:57.630 --> 00:40:00.050 you didn't. But I wanted to put on the act. Oh, 00:40:00.210 --> 00:40:04.349 damn. But I never meant to cause you any sorrow. 00:40:04.630 --> 00:40:07.289 Dude, the guitar solo at the end of this song 00:40:07.289 --> 00:40:09.980 is just. And I mean. When you think about the 00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:12.739 Super Bowl performance, I saw Tom Petty, my favorite 00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:15.679 artist of all time, perform live at the Super 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:19.480 Bowl in 2008. And I still say, man, I would have 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:22.239 loved to see Prince perform Purple Rain in the 00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:25.679 rain. God time that thing out, man. That just 00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:29.519 could not ask for a better, bigger, larger than 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:32.440 life moment. And that song is just perfection. 00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:38.590 One million percent perfection. What a choice, 00:40:38.630 --> 00:40:41.230 bro. That whole album is perfect. Oh, God, yeah. 00:40:41.349 --> 00:40:44.329 I mean, there's really no Darling Nikki, When 00:40:44.329 --> 00:40:47.550 Doves Cry. Which is my favorite Prince tune. 00:40:48.230 --> 00:40:52.369 Prince is not synonymous with power ballads, 00:40:52.409 --> 00:40:57.050 but I feel like Purple Rain defined what a power 00:40:57.050 --> 00:41:00.769 ballad is because it's just one of those songs 00:41:00.769 --> 00:41:07.380 that eclipses genres. I mean, is it an R &B song? 00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:11.940 Is it a rock song? Is it a pop song? Yes. Yes. 00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:15.800 Yes. Is it a power ballad? Yes. And it does them 00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:19.199 all perfectly. So, yeah. Prince, Purple Rain, 00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:22.380 track nine. I mean, there's really no other way 00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:25.199 to define Prince than to say he sounds like Prince. 00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:29.219 He's Prince. And there's nobody else like Prince, 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:32.119 and there never will be, which is a good thing. 00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:34.019 I mean, maybe somebody can take that influence 00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:36.699 and go further. Childish Gambino did it with 00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:39.940 This Is America. That screams I grew up listening 00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:43.679 to Prince. Yeah. So to come out of this, to close 00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:48.019 out Volume 2 and set up a potential Volume 3, 00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:51.659 I have to sift through this list. And all I can 00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:56.639 think about, once again, the word boogie. The 00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:58.900 word boogie is just, it's there in my head. It 00:41:58.900 --> 00:42:00.519 was there with Satriani because everybody thinks 00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:02.920 of Satch Boogie. But now with this song, I'm 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:07.389 thinking boogie. I'm thinking a potential thievery 00:42:07.389 --> 00:42:11.250 in a film called Boogie Nights. And I'm thinking 00:42:11.250 --> 00:42:17.329 of the great Alfred Molina and his mixtape. And 00:42:17.329 --> 00:42:20.110 Sister Christian comes on. And they're having 00:42:20.110 --> 00:42:22.449 this great, wonderful conversation during it. 00:42:22.510 --> 00:42:24.289 And all of a sudden it gets to that buildup and 00:42:24.289 --> 00:42:26.710 he tells everybody to shut up. And he just goes 00:42:26.710 --> 00:42:29.489 in that dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, da, da, 00:42:29.610 --> 00:42:33.320 da. I mean, how could I not end this? With the 00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:35.440 show must go on by Queen. But since you scooped 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:42.239 that from me, I'm going to end this with just 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:44.960 one of the ultimate power ballads, Sister Christian 00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:48.880 by Night Ranger. Well, you definitely scooped 00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:50.719 me on it. And I was sitting here saying, how 00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:55.960 did we get through two 20 song power ballad mixtapes 00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:58.460 without talking about Night Ranger? Thank God. 00:42:59.309 --> 00:43:01.150 We finally got that in there because I think 00:43:01.150 --> 00:43:02.909 people would have been coming for us at that 00:43:02.909 --> 00:43:05.889 point. And now Patreon mixtaper David Owens, 00:43:05.909 --> 00:43:08.570 who chimed in with Sister Christian for the volume 00:43:08.570 --> 00:43:11.190 one episode, finally gets his redemption here 00:43:11.190 --> 00:43:14.809 on volume two. But even with all of that, there 00:43:14.809 --> 00:43:18.050 are still a lot of bands we have yet to talk 00:43:18.050 --> 00:43:22.250 about. And I still have at least, let's see, 00:43:22.449 --> 00:43:26.570 two dozen songs sitting in my list that we haven't 00:43:26.570 --> 00:43:30.409 touched. It's ridiculous. But there you have 00:43:30.409 --> 00:43:33.750 it, folks. Side B of our Power Ballads Volume 00:43:33.750 --> 00:43:37.130 2 playlist, which kicked off with In Excess, 00:43:37.190 --> 00:43:40.550 Never Tear Us Apart, Tina Turner's We Don't Need 00:43:40.550 --> 00:43:43.409 Another Hero, Starship, Nothing's Gonna Stop 00:43:43.409 --> 00:43:47.409 Us Now, The Bangles, Eternal Flame, Kicks, Tear 00:43:47.409 --> 00:43:51.449 Down the Walls, Joe Satriani, I Believe, Tesla, 00:43:51.670 --> 00:43:55.670 Love Song, L .A. Guns, The Ballad of Jane, Prince, 00:43:55.889 --> 00:43:59.360 Purple Rain. and Night Ranger, Sister Christian. 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:02.420 And remember, visit the Power Ballads Volume 00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:05.980 2 page at myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the 00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:09.059 songs we've discussed in this mix through the 00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:13.159 playlist embedded on the episode page. Now also, 00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:16.099 as an addendum to this episode, I want to hear 00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:18.920 from you, the mixtapers, the listeners, which 00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:23.539 volume of our Power Ballads mixtapes do you prefer? 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:27.639 Volume 1 or Volume 2? Hit me up on social media, 00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:30.760 send me a message at myweeklymixtape at gmail 00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:34.739 .com, and let me know which volume you prefer 00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:40.219 and why. Hey, Brian. Yes, sir. Hey, Brian. Yes, 00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:43.059 sir. You know what else would be great? If we 00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:47.599 ended this with NFB a second time? You scooped 00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:54.119 me again. Should I get you a tissue? Yeah. You 00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:55.969 know what else I think, Brian? You know what 00:44:55.969 --> 00:44:57.789 I think would be really great for your listeners 00:44:57.789 --> 00:45:00.710 to do that aren't already doing it? I mentioned 00:45:00.710 --> 00:45:03.269 it before. How much coffee can you possibly drink? 00:45:03.349 --> 00:45:05.289 How much money can you spend on coffee? Become 00:45:05.289 --> 00:45:09.150 a Patreon listener of My Weekly Mixtape. Show 00:45:09.150 --> 00:45:12.309 support. You got to keep these things going with 00:45:12.309 --> 00:45:15.489 your love and your support and by joining My 00:45:15.489 --> 00:45:18.610 Weekly Mixtape's Patreon. I appreciate that, 00:45:18.710 --> 00:45:21.579 Sean. And obviously... You have a lot that's 00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:23.420 out there that I would like people to check out 00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:26.159 and support as well. What does the rest of 2023 00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:29.059 have in store for you? Any new music? Any new 00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:31.559 shows on the horizon? And how can people get 00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:35.599 in touch with you? I am always thinking of working 00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:38.300 on new music. And then when I sit down to do 00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:41.320 it, I just think about it some more and I go 00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:44.980 about my day. So there are some ideas happening. 00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:49.099 There's some stuff on the horizon. I just don't 00:45:49.099 --> 00:45:52.250 know when. But you never know with me, do you? 00:45:52.449 --> 00:45:55.869 But you can always find me. Go to Linktree, Sean 00:45:55.869 --> 00:45:58.630 Faust Music. That'll take you to my Facebook, 00:45:58.949 --> 00:46:02.610 my Twitter X thing, whatever it's called, my 00:46:02.610 --> 00:46:05.690 Insta place. You can email me, seanfaustmusic 00:46:05.690 --> 00:46:10.070 .com. It's all there. Just say hi, buy a song, 00:46:10.210 --> 00:46:12.869 help some cats. I mean, and if you have a Spotify 00:46:12.869 --> 00:46:15.710 playlist, add Gen Asylum to it because those 00:46:15.710 --> 00:46:18.809 plays do help. If I get a million plays on Spotify, 00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:21.579 I'll get a nice big check for 50 cents. So please 00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:24.559 be a huge part in helping me out with that. If 00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:27.860 you would be so kind. Well, Sean, always a blast. 00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:29.880 Always a pleasure to talk music with you. Thank 00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:32.639 you for almost 30 years of friendship. And I 00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:34.440 appreciate you joining me again on my weekly 00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:36.880 mixtape. Dude, thanks so much for having me again. 00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:38.559 I can't believe you're actually going to tolerate 00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:41.519 me a third time when we do volume three. I can't 00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:44.420 wait. And remember, Mixtapers, you can find My 00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:47.079 Weekly Mixtape on all the social media haunts 00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:51.000 at My Weekly Mixtape. You can also head to MyWeeklyMixtape 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:53.719 .com to check out the full catalog of My Weekly 00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:56.199 Mixtape episodes. And finally, if you like what 00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:58.260 you're hearing on the show, you can help me out 00:46:58.260 --> 00:47:00.699 by either telling a friend about the show, leaving 00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:02.719 the show a five -star review wherever you're 00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:05.639 tuning in, or like Sean said, becoming a Patreon 00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:09.139 Mixtaper at Patreon .com forward slash My Weekly 00:47:09.139 --> 00:47:11.539 Mixtape. That's all for this week. Thanks again 00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:14.099 for listening. Until next time, enjoy the tunes.