Author Topic: Best ballads of rock? (Read 1697 times)

Curval · « **Reply #15 on:** June 02, 2003, 03:53:57 PM »

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Originally posted by Pongo
Gordon lightfoot is folk.

Can't be...I like Gordon Lightfoot.

Pongo · « **Reply #16 on:** June 02, 2003, 03:55:41 PM »

you better come to grips with that..

Skuzzy · « **Reply #17 on:** June 02, 2003, 03:57:53 PM »

I like his music too Curval,...but he is more folk than anything else.

Nash · « **Reply #18 on:** June 02, 2003, 04:09:05 PM »

DarkglamJG52 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 02, 2003, 04:11:02 PM »

Any scorpions fan here?

SunKing · « **Reply #20 on:** June 02, 2003, 04:50:42 PM »

Edie (Ciao Baby) -The Cult

Makofan · « **Reply #21 on:** June 03, 2003, 07:33:56 AM »

There's also Love Hurts by Nazareth, maybe the original rock power ballad, Still Loving You by the Scorpions, Bringing on the Heartache by Def Leppard - wow, so many hair bands to choose from!

I kind of like Heaven Can Wait by Meat Loaf

GrimCO · « **Reply #22 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:34:23 AM »

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Originally posted by DarkglamJG52
Any scorpions fan here?

Best rock ballad for me is "Still Loving You" by the Scorpions... Talk about a singer with a powerful voice... Klaus Meine is incredible.

"Winds of Change" by the Scorpions being a close second. Anyone who has seen the video and keeps a dry eye has no heart.

Funny I'm somewhat of a metal head, but I have to admit, I love Gordon Lightfoot. Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald is one of those songs that raises the hair on the back of your neck. It's haunting...

GrimCO · « **Reply #23 on:** June 03, 2003, 03:57:06 PM »

Oh, I forgot...

Hate to admit it, but I agree with MT... Goin to California is the best Led Zeppelin song

midnight Target · « **Reply #24 on:** June 03, 2003, 06:40:42 PM »

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Originally posted by GrimCO
Oh, I forgot...

Hate to admit it, but I agree with MT... Goin to California is the best Led Zeppelin song

Sorry, best ballad maybe, but "Ramble On" gets my vote as best song by LZ.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #25 on:** June 03, 2003, 07:10:57 PM »

No contest - Winds of Change - Scorpians.

Sandman · « **Reply #26 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:43:52 PM »

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

I thought that this distinction belonged to Aerosmith... Dream On.

Octavius · « **Reply #27 on:** June 03, 2003, 09:35:40 PM »

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

What exactly qualifies a song as a ballad?

Octavius · « **Reply #28 on:** June 03, 2003, 09:36:36 PM »

nevermind:

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Main Entry: bal·lad
Pronunciation: 'ba-l&d
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English balade ballade, song, from Middle French, from Old Provençal balada dance, song sung while dancing, from balar to dance, from Late Latin ballare
Date: 14th century
1 a : a narrative composition in rhythmic verse suitable for singing b : an art song accompanying a traditional ballad
2 : a simple song : AIR
3 : a popular song; especially : a slow romantic or sentimental song

Airscrew · « **Reply #29 on:** June 03, 2003, 09:48:46 PM »

One of the best

Holiday - Scorpions

starts slow, quietly, then rips it out, then ends quietly

Played it to death from 1979 to 1980 when the tape finally got ate up. Then got the album, and finally the cd