As a very young Gen X-er, (Xennial? 🙄) I have a soft spot for "Hair Ballads" or whatever you wanna call the sappy output of otherwise hard-rockin’ bands of the late 80s and early 90s.

I’ve been working on a playlist, but for reasons I can’t quite pin down, there’s some bands/songs that just don’t quite fit in my mental model of hair balladeers.

- Journey - Faithfully

- Def Leppard - Love Bites

- Guns n’ Roses - November Rain

- Aerosmith - Crazy

Did all those bands have long hair and generally "hard rock" catalogs of music? Yes.

So why do I feel weird putting "Love Bites" or "November Rain" on a playlist alongside "Fly to the Angels" and "When I See You Smile" ?

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