GO AHEAD AND call “Close My Eyes Forever” a power ballad. Singer/guitarist Lita Ford won’t mind. In fact, she enthusiastically embraces the term. “I don’t know why power ballads have such a bad rap,” she says. “I think they’re badass. And ‘Close My Eyes Forever’ is as badass as it gets.”
Ford’s dark and dramatic duet with Ozzy Osbourne was a career high — chart-wise, that is — for both artists, hitting number eight on the Hot 100
