Guest Flyboy Report post Posted March 3, 2002 In your opinion, what would you say the best ballad is? Male, female, band... whatever. Mine would be... "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses or "Heaven Can Wait" by Michael Jackson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted March 4, 2002 I'll go with favorite "power ballad", since those are the most fun: "18 & Life" by Skid Row "Estranged" by Guns N' Roses Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DokDoyle Report post Posted March 4, 2002 Mr. Big- "to Be with you" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted March 4, 2002 Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the_metal_maniac Report post Posted March 4, 2002 Would Rime of the Ancient Mariner really be considered a true ballad? It doesn't do the tradition ballad "Start slow, build up, then slow down again" bit. It just doesn't sound like a ballad to me. I dunno, but for some reason, none of Maiden's songs sound like ballads to me. Maybe I'm just crazy... Anyway, I'd nominate Metallica's "Fade to Black" and Blackfoot's "Diary of a Working Man". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hardyz1 Report post Posted March 4, 2002 Aerosmith: "Angel" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anorak Report post Posted March 4, 2002 REM: Everybody Hurts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted March 4, 2002 >It doesn't do the tradition ballad "Start slow, build up, then slow down again" bit. It just doesn't sound like a ballad to me. Yes, but then again XTC's "The Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead" sounds nothing like a ballad either. Anyway, here are some of my faves: Cheesy power ballads: "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" - Poison, "Wanted: Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi Cheesy, period, ballad: "Heaven" - Bryan Adams Anthemesque ballads: "Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zepplin, "November Rain" - Guns 'n' Roses Overall - I'm not even sure that this is a ballad - my favourite is "All I Want Is You" by U2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DokDoyle Report post Posted March 4, 2002 ***Yes, but then again XTC's "The Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead" sounds nothing like a ballad either** I thought this was the crash test dummies that did that song? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zack Malibu Report post Posted March 4, 2002 "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" by Def Leppard "Forever" by Kiss Just two of my personal favorites. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted March 5, 2002 Just because a song has the word "ballad" in its title doesn't mean it's a ballad. Rob Zombie's "The Ballad Of Resurrection Joe And Rosa Whore" isn't a ballad by any stretch. My favorites would have to be: Pantera - "Cemetery Gates" Pantera - "Hollow" Nevermore - "Dreaming Neon Black" Nevermore - "Believe In Nothing" (HIGHLY recommended) Helloween - "Time" Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Tuesday's Gone" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted March 5, 2002 I thought a ballad is a story inside a song. But then It can have the slow, fast, slow thingy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Madmartigan21 Report post Posted March 5, 2002 I thought a ballad is a story inside a song. But then It can have the slow, fast, slow thingy... Yeah, technically speaking a ballad is any song that tells a story. So Rhime of the Ancient Mariner definitely qualifies in that respect. But I think the most common interpretation is a slow, whiney, love song regardless of whether or not it actually has a story. My favorites using the second definition would be: "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" by Poison "I Remember You" Skid Row Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest skyhigh Report post Posted March 5, 2002 I'd have to go with "Footsteps" and "Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam or "Colorblind" by Counting Crows. All very moving songs. Maybe even "Tears in heaven" by Eric Clapton thrown in for good measure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheyCallMeMark Report post Posted March 5, 2002 "Ringo" - Lorne Green "16 Tons" - Tennesse Ernie Ford "Big Bad John" - Jimmy Dean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest goodhelmet Report post Posted March 5, 2002 (my God man, Lorne Green? Where's Faron Young?) I'd have to go with Dan Fogelberg's "Longer" or Air Supply's "All Out of Love" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest imajackoff? Report post Posted March 5, 2002 GnR Patience Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted March 5, 2002 ***Yes, but then again XTC's "The Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead" sounds nothing like a ballad either** I thought this was the crash test dummies that did that song? CTD did a cover of the XTC song for Dumb and Dumber. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ManTroniX Report post Posted March 6, 2002 Alternative/Rock: "Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog Rhythm and Blues: ...tough call - "Overjoyed" by Stevie Wonder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye Report post Posted March 6, 2002 I have several favorite ballads. A few of them would be Don't Care About You"-by Fear "I Sold Your Dog To a Chinese Restaurant"-by Anal Cunt "Dig Up Her Bones"-by The Misfits "Invert The Virgin"-by Goatwhore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted March 6, 2002 According to Websters Dictionary: ballad [bä-läd'] noun a narrative poem or song. anonymous, with simple words, short stanzas, and a refrain; a slow, sentimental, "popular" song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pochorenella Report post Posted March 6, 2002 Among Rock band/power ballad some that haven't been named: Kiss' "Beth" and "Forever", Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home", Def Leppard "Hysteria", Cinderella "Nobody's Fool" and "Don't Know What you Got...". Then again, I'm mostly Old School on Hard Rock, and of course, Kiss will always rule with me. In the Pop category, I've always liked REO Speedwagon "Keep on Loving You" and Foreigner "Waiting for a Girls Like You" and "I Want To Know What Love Is". But there's no doubt in my mind that the greatest ballad ever would have to be The Police's "Every Breath You Take". No, scratch that. It's the GREATEST SONG EVER. Peace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted March 7, 2002 Saturday Night is a sweet Misfits ballad. Other than that it would probably be Well I Wonder by the Smiths for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ])r. ])eath Report post Posted March 7, 2002 "The Ballad of Baba O' Reiley" by The Who. It has to be a ballad, because it's in the damn name. Who doesn't mark out for teenage wasteland? If you're going by the philosophy that a ballad is "A song that tells a story." I gotta go with "Shooting Star" by Bad Company. Johnny died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sassquatch Report post Posted March 7, 2002 I HATE Motley Crue but there are a FEW songs I like from them... "Home Sweet Home (91)" is a good one. Great intro. And I'm going to also say that Pantera's "Hollow" is another good ballad song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Loss4Words Report post Posted March 7, 2002 I'd say "All I Want Is You" by U2. And don't laugh, but one of my all-time favorite songs is Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted March 7, 2002 Pixies - "Wave of Mutilation" Clinic - "Distortions" Led Zep - "Stairway to Heaven" and I agree with whoever said "Baba O'Reilly" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Metallica Report post Posted March 17, 2002 Heaven Can Wait - Meatloaf Nothing Else Matters - Metallica For Crying Out Loud - Meatloaf November Rain - GnR Fields Of Gold - Sting Tuesday's Gone - Metallica/Lynard Skynard - both versions kick ass. Low Man's Lyric - Metallica King of Pain - Police I Stopped To Fill My Car Up - Stereophonics Fade To Black - Metallica One - Metallica Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anteater Report post Posted March 20, 2002 I think everyone has the greatest American Songwriter. Bob Dylan (and you can't even argue that) And out of his rather large selection of work, I think Shelter from the Storm is definitely one of his finest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest goodhelmet Report post Posted March 20, 2002 If I were going to listen to a Dylan ballad it would have to be "Lay Lady Lay" or "It Ain't Me Babe" I was just thinking of a really beautiful song that makes me feel real melancholy: Led Zeppelin- ten Years Gone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
