Author Topic: Best ballads of rock? (Read 1702 times)

RightF00T · « **Reply #30 on:** June 03, 2003, 09:49:41 PM »

The Best Of Times- STYX

loser · « **Reply #31 on:** June 03, 2003, 11:46:41 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Octavius
This one isnt the best, but I always liked "High Enough" by the Damn Yankees.

What exactly qualifies a song as a ballad?

A ballad is a lyrical story. Therefore 90% of the songs mentioned above dont qualify.

GrimCO · « **Reply #32 on:** June 04, 2003, 12:23:35 AM »

I think the Scorpions have it so far

Pongo · « **Reply #33 on:** June 04, 2003, 12:28:09 AM »

Summer of 69. Bryan Adams.

Dago · « **Reply #34 on:** June 04, 2003, 12:36:53 AM »

I always kinda liked "Faithfully" by Journey.

dago

Curval · « **Reply #35 on:** June 04, 2003, 07:34:41 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by Pongo
Summer of 69. Bryan Adams.

Not a ballad.

Eagler · « **Reply #36 on:** June 04, 2003, 07:51:36 AM »

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Seagull - Bad Company
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues

best video:
Girls, Girls Girls Motley Crue

XNachoX · « **Reply #37 on:** June 19, 2003, 02:54:58 AM »

Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence
__________________

Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
In the end Iliad
4,/JG 53

bounder · « **Reply #38 on:** June 19, 2003, 03:49:52 AM »

Quote

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
Spreading wisdom and cash around
Fed the starving and housed the poor
Showed the vatican what gold's for

But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
Oh my!

Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all
Emptied churches and shopping malls
Where he spoke, it would raise the roof
Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth

But he made too many enemies...

Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
Governments who would slur his name
Plots and sex scandals failed outright
Peter merely said
Any kind of love is alright

But he made too many enemies...

Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
Had him nailed to a chunk of wood
He died grinning on live TV
Hanging there he looked a lot like you
And an awful lot like me!

But he made too many enemies...

Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin
Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead
Oh my oh my oh!
Doesn't it make you want to cry oh?

Nash · « **Reply #39 on:** June 19, 2003, 05:28:14 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by Makofan
There's also Love Hurts by Nazareth, maybe the original rock power ballad,

Can it count as "the original rock power ballad" if it's neither original nor a rock power ballad?

(country song written by Boudleaux Bryant... First performed and made famous as a duet by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris.)

fffreeze220 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 19, 2003, 05:31:49 AM »

Nothing else matters - Metallica

There is no better than that. #1

Duedel · « **Reply #41 on:** June 19, 2003, 05:56:53 AM »

Bela Lugosi's dead - Bauhaus (but i guess its neither a ballad nor rock

)

fffreeze220 · « **Reply #42 on:** June 19, 2003, 07:12:11 AM »

Schwarz Braun ist die Haselnuss - Heino

Monk · « **Reply #43 on:** June 19, 2003, 08:00:54 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by fffreeze220
Schwarz Braun ist die Haselnuss - Heino

thats sick!!

devious · « **Reply #44 on:** June 19, 2003, 08:48:13 AM »

"Ballad of Jimi Hendrix" by S.O.D.

The complete words for those who don`t know it:

You`re dead.

"Reign in blood" by Slayer.