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DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« on: July 25, 2011, 08:57:25 AM »
As per thread title, show me what you've got!

I'm a sucker for a good ballad (cheesy or not) , but my collection is seriously lacking.

Here are some of my favourites to use as a reference:

DT - Disappear, Hollow Years, Vacant
Queensryche - Anybody Listening? , Someone Else? , Silent Lucidity (QR is my favourite band for ballads)
PT - Collapse the Light into Earth (unsure if considered), Lazarus, Lips of Ashes
Pink Floyd - Hey You, Comfortably Numb, The Great Gig In The Sky
A7X - I Won't See You Tonight Pt. 1 , Strength of the World
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2011, 09:01:51 AM »
Metallica - Fade to Black, Welcome Home, One (if these count)
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2011, 09:02:03 AM »
This, because of chicken's lack of a Monday dose of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zWsHK3cUO0

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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2011, 09:34:34 AM »
Judas Priest- Night Comes Down
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2011, 09:45:32 AM »
Lita Ford and Ozzy win the thread.
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2011, 09:52:29 AM »
Marillion - Neverland (!!!), You're Gone, Script For A Jester's Tear, Kayleigh, Sugar Mice (!!), Beyond You, Real Tears For Sale
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« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2011, 09:53:13 AM »
Ozzy - Goodbye To Romance
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2011, 10:01:26 AM »
Quote from: YtseBitsySpider on July 25, 2011, 09:45:32 AM
Lita Ford and Ozzy win the thread.
This by miles. I wanted to post it. ;)
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2011, 12:06:41 PM »
Wish You Were Here
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2011, 12:23:40 PM »
If straight up awesome ballad is what you're looking for, look no further than "Wasted Time" by the Eagles. I LOVE this song.
If you want something along the lines of the style of music you have listed, I'd suggest:

"Love Hurts" - Nazareth
"I Remember You" - Skid Row
"Who Wants to Live Forever" - Queen
"Sister Christian" - Night Ranger
"High Hopes"- Pink Floyd
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2011, 12:25:43 PM »
I mention In The Middle Of A Heartbeat by Helloween; it is a really awesome, if very 80s-ish ballad from the 90s. 
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2011, 01:08:44 PM »
Quote from: MasterShakezula on July 25, 2011, 12:25:43 PM
I mention In The Middle Of A Heartbeat by Helloween; it is a really awesome, if very 80s-ish ballad from the 90s. 
:angel:    :metal yeah, all almost all Helloween ballads have that good 80's feel, don't You think? A Tale That Wasn't Right, Your Time, Forever And One, even Light The Universe are so great!
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2011, 01:21:01 PM »
Quote from: The Silent Cody on July 25, 2011, 10:01:26 AM
Quote from: YtseBitsySpider on July 25, 2011, 09:45:32 AM
Lita Ford and Ozzy win the thread.
This by miles. I wanted to post it. ;)

I thought he was joking. Awful song.

I love a cheesy 80s style power ballad.

Joe Satriani- Crying, The Forgotten Part II

Alice Cooper- You And Me, I Never Cry, Only Women Bleed, How You Gonna See Me, The Quiet Room, Millie And Billie, Only My Heart Talkin', Love's A Loaded Gun, Burnin' Our Bed.

Aerosmith- Janie's Got A Gun, The Other Side, Cryin', Crazy.

Tyketto- Standing Alone

Giant- I Can't Let Go, I'll See You In My Dreams

Danger Danger- fugitive,

Gotthard- Falling, The Call,

Firehouse- Love Of A Lifetime,

Pink Cream 69- That Was Yesterday,

Extreme- More Than Words, Seven Sundays, Tragic Comic

Queen, Jealousy, Lily Of The Valley, Dear Friends, You Take My Breath Away, Who Wants To Live Forever, TATDOOL, Show Must Go On.

Meat Loaf- Two Out Of Three, Read 'em And Weep, Objects In The Rear View Mirror, Left In The Dark (though Steinman's version is better)

and lots of Bon Jovi songs.

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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2011, 01:21:56 PM »
A selection from a mix tape my bf made me

Billy Joel - Just the way you are, Always a Woman
Elton John - Your song
The Divine Comedy - Perfect love song
Ben Folds - The luckiest
Ben Harper - By my side
Dylan and the Rusty Zippers - In the Moonlight (fans of Modern Family will agree to this!)
Journey - Faithfully, Open Arms
Extreme - More than words
Kiss - Forever
REO Speedwagon - Keep on loving you
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« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2011, 01:35:55 PM »
Quote from: Lowdz on July 25, 2011, 01:21:01 PM

Queen, Jealousy, Lily Of The Valley, Dear Friends, You Take My Breath Away, Who Wants To Live Forever, TATDOOL, Show Must Go On.


Right on with your props to Queen, but your forgot Spread Your Wings and Teo Torriatte.  Which I guess shows just how good they are at balladry, with so many of their best songs being ballads.  Plus my favorite part of Bohemian Rhapsody is the ballady beginning/ending. 

Also, I really adore Babe I'm Gonna Leave You.  Led Zep's version of it, obviously. 

And Child In Time.  You can't forget that one. 
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2011, 01:42:44 PM »
Journey - Walking Away From the Edge
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2011, 01:45:32 PM »
I'm gonna add The  Who's Love, Reign O'er Me.  More to come as I think about it.
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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2011, 01:47:34 PM »
Quote from: lonestar on July 25, 2011, 01:45:32 PM
I'm gonna add The  Who's Love, Reign O'er Me.  More to come as I think about it.

Speaking of those limeys, how bout Behind Blue Eyes?
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« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2011, 01:48:56 PM »
Autumn Leaves

The recording with Miles Davis & Cannonball..

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« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2011, 01:51:33 PM »
Blue In Green with Miles Davis and Bill Evans.  Or Peace Piece with only Evans
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« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2011, 02:03:09 PM »
Quote from: jsem on July 25, 2011, 01:48:56 PM
Autumn Leaves

The recording with Miles Davis & Cannonball..

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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2011, 02:18:36 PM »
Symphony X - Awakenings. One of their most underrated songs IMO.
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« Reply #23 on: July 25, 2011, 02:20:26 PM »
Symphony X - "The Sacrifice"
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2011, 02:42:02 PM »
I'm a big fan of ballads, truth be told.

Some of my favorites:

The Smashing Pumpkins - Blank Page
VAST - Flames
Emilie Autumn - What If
Tori Amos - Winter
Depeche Mode - Somebody
The Cure - To Wish Impossible Things
Sarah Fimm - Walk Away
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Anathema - One Last Goodbye
Alice In Chains - Nutshell
The Sisters of Mercy - 1959
Dredg - Matroshka
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #25 on: July 25, 2011, 02:43:27 PM »
Polkadot Cadaver - Chloroform Girl
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #26 on: July 25, 2011, 02:46:44 PM »
The Alan Parsons Project - Old And Wise
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« Reply #27 on: July 25, 2011, 04:02:57 PM »
Coheed and Cambria has a lot of great ballads: The Light & The Glass, Wake Up, Mother Superior and Pearl of the Stars.  Also Claudio can turn almost any of their songs into a ballad with a good acoustic version (see Elf Tower New Mexico on the recent SSTB anniversary tour).

Also, our very own Dream Theater has a ton of great ballads.  Aside from what the OP already listed,  Another Day, Lifting Shadows Off a Dream, Take Away My Pain, Anna Lee, The Spirit Carries On, Goodnight Kiss and Wither all spring to mind.
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #28 on: July 25, 2011, 04:39:51 PM »
Avantasia - The Edge
Black Sabbath - Feels Good To Me
Black Sabbath - Dying for Love
Iced Earth - I Died For You
Allen/Lande - Copernicus
Danger Danger - Fugitive
Eden's Curse - Guardian Angel
WET - If I Fall
Ark - Missing You
Edguy - Land of a Miracle
Starbreaker - Days of Confusion
Gamma Ray - The Silence
Savatage - Believe
Helloween - A Tale That Wasn't Right
Gary Moore - Empty Rooms
Fates Warning - We Only Say Goodbye
Journey - Send Her My Love
Journey - Faithfully
Sunstorm - Don't Give Up
Y&T - I Believe In You
Wasp - Hold on to My Heart
Yngwie Malmsteen - I'd Die Without You
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #29 on: July 25, 2011, 04:51:48 PM »
Quote from: jsem on July 25, 2011, 01:48:56 PM
Autumn Leaves

The recording with Miles Davis & Cannonball..

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Quote from: MasterShakezula on July 25, 2011, 01:51:33 PM
Blue In Green with Miles Davis and Bill Evans.  Or Peace Piece with only Evans
these and
I Want To Talk About You by John Coltrane. do it, don't question it.
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Re: DTF, gimme your best ballads!
« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2011, 05:18:18 PM »
Not really sure if all these would qualify as "ballads", but they are certainly softer songs, most of them are very scaled down:

Oceansize - The Frame
Radiohead - Videotape
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Opeth - Isolation Years
Dredg - Sang Real
Anathema - One Last Goodbye
Neil Young - Old Man
Blackfield - Lullaby
Ulver - EOS
Pain of Salvation - This Heart of Mine
The Dear Hunter - Home
Thrice - Digging My Own Grave
The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All
The Pineapple Thief - Snowdrops
Eisley - Just Like We Do
No-Man - All Sweet Things
Amplifier - White Horses at Sea/Utopian Daydream
Modest Mouse - The World at Large
Kaki King - Life Being What It Is

A few that comes to mind, there are more probably.

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« Reply #31 on: July 26, 2011, 02:41:12 AM »
Quote from: wolfking on July 25, 2011, 04:39:51 PM
Avantasia - The Edge
Black Sabbath - Feels Good To Me
Black Sabbath - Dying for Love
Iced Earth - I Died For You
Allen/Lande - Copernicus
Danger Danger - Fugitive
Eden's Curse - Guardian Angel
WET - If I Fall
Ark - Missing You
Edguy - Land of a Miracle
Starbreaker - Days of Confusion
Gamma Ray - The Silence
Savatage - Believe
Helloween - A Tale That Wasn't Right
Gary Moore - Empty Rooms
Fates Warning - We Only Say Goodbye
Journey - Send Her My Love
Journey - Faithfully
Sunstorm - Don't Give Up
Y&T - I Believe In You
Wasp - Hold on to My Heart
Yngwie Malmsteen - I'd Die Without You


Some good stuff there as always Wolfie. I could have gone on and on but thoughjt I'd better stop somewhere. You mention Savatage- need to add A Summer's Rain, When The Crowds Are Gone and the ballads from Streets. And WASP's Sleeping In The Fire
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« Reply #32 on: July 26, 2011, 05:48:54 AM »
Quote from: Lowdz on July 26, 2011, 02:41:12 AM
Quote from: wolfking on July 25, 2011, 04:39:51 PM
Avantasia - The Edge
Black Sabbath - Feels Good To Me
Black Sabbath - Dying for Love
Iced Earth - I Died For You
Allen/Lande - Copernicus
Danger Danger - Fugitive
Eden's Curse - Guardian Angel
WET - If I Fall
Ark - Missing You
Edguy - Land of a Miracle
Starbreaker - Days of Confusion
Gamma Ray - The Silence
Savatage - Believe
Helloween - A Tale That Wasn't Right
Gary Moore - Empty Rooms
Fates Warning - We Only Say Goodbye
Journey - Send Her My Love
Journey - Faithfully
Sunstorm - Don't Give Up
Y&T - I Believe In You
Wasp - Hold on to My Heart
Yngwie Malmsteen - I'd Die Without You


Some good stuff there as always Wolfie. I could have gone on and on but thoughjt I'd better stop somewhere. You mention Savatage- need to add A Summer's Rain, When The Crowds Are Gone and the ballads from Streets. And WASP's Sleeping In The Fire

Yeah mate, I could have gone on for hours.  Love those other Tage ones, there's still a few more too.  Wasp simply has some of the best ballads I've ever heard; The Idol, Breathe, Heaven's Hung in Black, Forever Free, What I'll Never Find, Hallowed Ground, and the list goes on.

I see you metioned Danger Danger - Fugitive also.  I gotta say, that is simply one of, if not the greatest melodic rock album I've heard in about the last 5 years, such a perfect album.
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« Reply #33 on: July 26, 2011, 05:54:26 AM »
I agree, WASP makes fantastic ballads.
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« Reply #34 on: July 26, 2011, 05:55:53 AM »
Quote from: Jirpo on July 26, 2011, 05:54:26 AM
I agree, WASP makes fantastic ballads.

Great to see another fan.  They are such an amazing misunderstood band.
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