Author Topic: hard rock / metal ballads (Read 42299 times)

Sailor Charon · « **Reply #45 on:** November 16, 2007, 08:52:26 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

power ballads are amazing. EDIT: apart from bat out of hell, i hate that.

If we're talking Meatloaf...
Two out of Three Ain't Bad
Heaven Can Wait

But I can't stand Paradise by the Dashboard Light...

maverickf1jockey · « **Reply #46 on:** November 16, 2007, 08:57:01 PM »

Quote from: ilyti

Ahh man. It has one of Petrucci's best solos ever. :(

Yeah, I agree on that. But the song as a whole isn't as complete as TSCO. As Dream Theater ballads go it isn't the worst one though.

Ratrod · « **Reply #47 on:** November 17, 2007, 01:28:35 PM »

Here's another one. It's so good it's wrong or so wrong it's good.

'More Than Words' Extreme.

Jonesy76 · « **Reply #48 on:** November 17, 2007, 01:37:22 PM »

That is an awesome song.
Any man who has not played 'More Than Words' on an acoustic guitar to woo a lady obviously has no sense of exploiting his guitar talents :roll:

Kepu · « **Reply #49 on:** November 17, 2007, 01:44:06 PM »

err.... I doubt not many of you have heard it but

Bathory - Ring Of Gold

then
Rainbow - Rainbow Eyes
Place Of Skulls - The Black Is Never Far
Savatage - Sleep
Pain Of Salvation - Undertow
Opeth - To Bid You Farewell
Nightingale - Alonely and To My Inspiration
Blind Guardian - Harvest Of Sorrow

and as far as that 80's stuff is concerned
Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got (Till it's gone) is untouchable imo

jt · « **Reply #50 on:** November 17, 2007, 04:01:58 PM »

:D The problem with ballards is they just became so predictable particuly in the mid 80`s. Every Metal band had to release a ballard it was just so boring & cheese making ! This is when you get "Every Rose Has its Thorn" & every other cheese making song you can think of. Aerosmith are by far the worst offenders.

More Than Words - Extreme simply the best ballard written in the last 20 yrs. A truely great song.

try & get " The Last Rose Of Summer" by Judas Priest off of the Sin After Sin Album. again Leppards "Bringin` On The Heartbreak" is a great tune as well.

Or Whitesnakes "`Aint Gonna Cry No More " or even `Aint No Love In The Heart Of The City"

:D 8)

Philly Q · « **Reply #51 on:** November 17, 2007, 04:32:52 PM »

Quote from: ilyti

Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune

Quote from: Kepu

Rainbow - Rainbow Eyes

+1 to both of those for certain, and lots of other things already mentioned.

White Lion - When The Children Cry (although I haven't heard it for the best part of 20 years, so sorry if it's a cheesefest :oops: )

King's X - Goldilox

UFO - Love To Love

Scorpions - We'll Burn The Sky, In Trance, Born To Touch Your Feelings, Always Somewhere... actually there are far too many awesome Scorpions ballads to list, they're the kings!

and...

Pride And Glory - Fadin' Away (that actually does choke me up every time I listen to it, for some reason

. Proves that Zakk isn't just a beery hellraiser, too)

_tom_ · « **Reply #52 on:** November 17, 2007, 04:36:05 PM »

Quote from: indysmith

these songs are all so, soooo bad. just terrible

Even Cemetary Gates? :(

dave_mc · « **Reply #53 on:** November 17, 2007, 04:39:11 PM »

Quote from: blue

some things are so terrible they're awful, some things are so terrible they're good! it's personal judgement.

i think a lot of us here were into the eighties/ early nineties rock bands when every album had at least one overblown ballad. some of them, like the album version of November Rain (the old acoustic demo is much better) are so overblown they're just cr@p! and if, say the Spice Girls had done Every Rose Has It's Thorn we'd have hated it! but this was the music of our youth, and that makes it exempt from any taste or judgement we've developed since! :)

agreed.

dave_mc · « **Reply #54 on:** November 17, 2007, 04:40:20 PM »

Quote from: ilyti

Agreed on all those. Respect, brother.

I'd like to add:
WHITESNAKE
-Here I Go Again
-The Deeper the Love
-Is This Love?
-Crying in the Rain
-Now You're Gone
-Sailing Ships (one of my favourite songs ever)

Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune

Mr Big - Just Take My Heart, Nothing But Love

Alice Cooper - Might Aswell Be on Mars, Only My Heart Talkin' (this man really is underrated as a songwriter)

Firehouse - Love of a Lifetime

Dream Theater - Another Day

:drink:

blue · « **Reply #55 on:** November 17, 2007, 04:46:53 PM »

best tearjerker i've listened to recently;

Roxx Gang; Red Rose

love that song!

edited for typo

waves · « **Reply #56 on:** November 17, 2007, 05:13:03 PM »

Quote from: noodleplugerine

In my time of Need by Opeth.

+1

And also one of Symphony X's ballads... maybe Paradise Lost or one of their many others. Romeo and Allen, what a combo! Amazing live i must add. :)

ilÿti · « **Reply #57 on:** November 17, 2007, 05:17:16 PM »

Quote from: Kepu

Bathory - Ring Of Gold

I was contemplating whether or not to include that, but decided not to since it's really more folk than rock/metal ballad. Great song indeed though.

dave_mc · « **Reply #58 on:** November 18, 2007, 04:40:45 PM »

yarg i forgot bon jovi.

maverickf1jockey · « **Reply #59 on:** November 18, 2007, 04:46:40 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

yarg i forgot bon jovi.

Please continue to do so.

Author Topic: hard rock / metal ballads (Read 42299 times)

Sailor Charon