In the later 19th century it took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and the term is now often used as synonymous with any love song, particularly the pop or rock power ballad.

To emphasize the emotional aspect of a power ballad, crowds customarily hold up lit lighter s.

Simon Frith identifies the origins of the power ballad in the emotional singing of soul artists, particularly Ray Charles and the adaptation of this style by figures such as Eric Burdon, Tom Jones and Joe Cocker to produce slow tempo songs often building to a loud and emotive chorus backed by drums, electric guitars and sometimes choirs.

He argues that the power ballad broke into the mainstream of American consciousness in 1976 as FM radio gave a new lease of life to earlier songs like Led Zeppelin's " Stairway to Heaven " ( 1971 ), Aerosmith's " Dream On " ( 1973 ), and Lynyrd Skynyrd's " Free Bird " ( 1974 ).

In the CBBC children's television show Horrible Histories, Richard III ( played by Jim Howick ) sings a power ballad in which he attempts to restore his reputation: "... Never had a hump and my arm was alright, never took the crown with illegal power.

" We Are the Champions " is a power ballad written by Freddie Mercury and recorded and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1977 album News of the World.

On the strength of these releases and constant playing in local clubs and schools, the band established a fan base in the Chicago area, but was unable to break into the mainstream until an earlier song, the power ballad " Lady " ( from Styx II ), began to earn some radio time, first on WLS in Chicago and then nationwide.

Kilroy went Platinum in 1983, boasting two Top Ten hits, the synthesizer-based " Mr. Roboto " (# 3 U. S .) and power ballad " Don't Let It End.

was a bright and raunchy series of party anthems such as the single " Shut Up, Make Love " and power ballad " Be the One ", containing few traces of the seriousness of Native Tongue.

Another reason for the decline in popularity of the style may have been the changing popularity of the power ballad.

It featured two of the band's most highly acclaimed songs, the power ballad " Forever Free " and a cover of The Who's " The Real Me ".

In October 1988, the power ballad " Love Bites " became Def Leppard's first ( and only ) number one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and in January 1989, the band scored another US Top 5 hit with " Armageddon It ".

The compilation included a new track, the power ballad " When Love & Hate Collide ", which became their biggest ever hit in the UK, hitting No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

The album spawned two minor hits with the power ballad " If You Want My Love " and the innuendo-laced rocker " She's Tight.

The power ballad " My Oh My " was released in November 1983, where it slowly climbed the charts and by December Slade found themselves competing for the Christmas number one spot.

One single from the album, " My Oh My " followed a power ballad sound, whilst the next single, " Run Runaway " was reminiscent of a Scottish jig.

The music videos for " Free ", " Calling on You ", and the power ballad " Honestly " all spent many weeks on Music Television's Top 10, and " Free " was in the No. 1 position for 12 weeks ( 60 days ), May 4-July 24, 1987.

Their second single / video for the power ballad " What Love Can Be " received much airplay on US radio and MTV.

The power ballad " Carrie ", which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, " Cherokee " and a re-recorded " Rock the Night " were other hits from the album.

San Rafael High School served as the setting for the video of the 1984 power ballad " Sister Christian " by Night Ranger.

Ham is often credited as being one of the earliest purveyors of the power pop genre, but his most widespread effect in popular music is the ballad " Without You ," written with Badfinger bandmate Tom Evans ( who also committed suicide by hanging himself eight years later ).

Opening the contest was Kelly with a power ballad called " Better Be Good to Me ".

On January 5, 2011, he was featured on NBC's Jimmy Fallon Show in a live performance and a subsequent video of " We Are The Ducks ", a power ballad written for University of Oregon Ducks, set to play in the BCS national championship game Monday, January 10, 2011.

X Japan's music developed in the wake of American and British glam and heavy metal music and is characterized by driving power metal compositions with symphonic elements ( e. g. " Kurenai ", " Silent Jealousy ") and emotional ballads ( e. g. " Endless Rain ", " Forever Love ").

Equipment described in the game is similar to guns and the power loader from the movie Aliens and a buggy from Silent Running, for example.

Their ruler, the Silent King, took the offer and later realized that his people had lost their souls in the process-becoming the ever-living Necrons, and after the War in Heaven, the Silent King got revenge on the C ' Tan by shattering their forms into hundreds of pieces, shattering and weakening their power.

In the ultimate happy ending, Sharon marries the handsome, cocky young Woody Mahoney ; and Woody's mute sister, " Susan the Silent ", acquires the power of speech and falls in love with Og, who decides that being human is not so bad after all.

In addition to these improvements, another breakthrough in the Lancer lineup was the Silent Shaft Technology, which was actually two counterbalancing shafts that rotated in opposite directions, cancelling the power pulses inherent in an inline 4-cylinder engine.

The performance of In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 was cancelled on December 2 due to a power cut, and was moved the Friday of the 5th, with Claudio as the support to make up for the delay.

Albedo (), or reflection coefficient, derived from Latin albedo " whiteness " ( or reflected sunlight ), in turn from albus " white ", is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface.

The goal was to demonstrate the superior power of " free labor ", whereby a common farm boy could work his way to the top by his own efforts.

In order to help reestablish his name and improve the image of his business from the earlier controversies associated with the dangerous explosives, Nobel had also considered naming the highly powerful substance " Nobel's Safety Powder ", but settled with Dynamite instead, referring to the Greek word for ' power '.

Schweitzer found many New Testament references to apparently show that 1st-century Christians believed literally in the imminent fulfillment of the promise of the World's ending, within the lifetime of Jesus's original followers, He noted that in the gospel of Mark, Jesus speaks of a " tribulation ", with his coming in the clouds with great power and glory " ( St Mark ), and states when it will happen: " This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled " ( St Matthew, 24: 34 ) ( or, " have taken place " ( Luke 21: 32 )): " All these things shall come upon this generation " ( Matthew 23: 36 ).

A person is merged with the God or ultimate power when he discharges only & only good Karmas in last birth and the same is called as " Moksha " or " Nirvana ", which is the ultimate goal of a true Hindu.

" Grace ", however, to John Newton had a clearer meaning, as he used the word to represent God or the power of God.

Sargon of Akkad ( Sharru-kin = " legitimate king ", possibly a title he took on gaining power ; 24th century BC ) defeated and captured Lugal-Zage-Si in the Battle of Uruk and conquered his empire.

By " necessary connection ", Hume means the power or force which necessarily ties one idea to another.

Well-funded groups like Canada's Ballard Power Systems are also working to develop a " regenerative fuel cell ", a device that can generate hydrogen and oxygen when power is available, and combine these efficiently when power is needed.

Successful teams often combine both styles, with a speedy runner or two complementing hitters with power, such as the 2005 White Sox, who despite playing " small ball ", still hit 200 home runs that season.

Typically, the tallest members of a team will play " center ", " power forward " or " small forward " positions, while shorter players or those who possess the best ball handling skills and speed play " point guard " or " shooting guard ".

Stenton regarded it as one of the " small class of books which transcend all but the most fundamental conditions of time and place ", and regarded its quality as dependent on Bede's " astonishing power of co-ordinating the fragments of information which came to him through tradition, the relation of friends, or documentary evidence ...

In contrast with " binary prefix ", this usage is referred to as a " decimal prefix ", as 1000 is a power of 10.

Chapters 24 – 34, while too complex to characterize easily, are primarily concerned with prophecies of a " Messiah ", a person anointed or given power by God, and of the Messiah's kingdom, where justice and righteousness will reign.

The Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941 allowed the Croatian radical right Ustaše to come into power, forming the " Independent State of Croatia ", led by Ante Pavelić, who assumed the role of Poglavnik (" Head-man ") Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske (" Leader of the Independent State of Croatia ").

But only when a more centralized English monarchy emerged following the Norman invasion, and when the kings of England attempted to assert power over the land and its peoples, did the modern concept emerge, namely of a crime not only as an offence against the " individual ", but also as a wrong against the " State ".

While all Catholics must therefore hold that " the infliction of capital punishment is not contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church, and the power of the State to visit upon culprits the penalty of death derives much authority from revelation and from the writings of theologians ", the matter of " the advisability of exercising that power is, of course, an affair to be determined upon other and various considerations.

When prophets and general authorities of the church speak as " moved upon by the Holy Ghost ", it " shall be scripture, shall be the will of the Lord, shall be the mind of the Lord, shall be the word of the Lord, shall be the voice of the Lord, and the power of God unto salvation.

Kekulé, A. S. Couper, A. M. Butlerov, and Hermann Kolbe, building on the theory of radicals, developed the theory of valency, originally called " combining power ", in which compounds were joined owing to an attraction of positive and negative poles.

Anecdotally termed the " digit trunk ", they were named after electrical power buses, or busbars.

According to Hugh S. Pyper, the biblical " founding myths of the Exodus and the exile, read as stories in which a nation is forged by maintaining its ideological and racial purity in the face of an oppressive great power ", entered " the rhetoric of nationalism throughout European history ", especially in Protestant countries and smaller nations.