Let's talk about BALLADS
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poptimistsThe giveaway CD for Thursday's Poptimism will be an ALL-BALLAD special. I'm taking here about the modern usage of the word to mean 'slow song', rather than the older 'story song'.
Ballads seem to get short shrift from Poptimists - criticisms of pop or R&B albums, for instance, often turn on a "too many ballads" claim. The list of NOW poll winners here is short on them too (Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time", Portishead's "Glory Box", maybe a couple of others).
What are some of your favourite ballads? Do you have trouble enjoying slow pop songs? Why do you think that is, if so? Do some genres suit 'ballads' better than others? (Some of the people who complain about R&B ballads might be Low or Will Oldham fans, for instance!) When does a song stop being a ballad? And so on - plenty to talk about, I'm sure.
I do want ballad recommendations, however the giveaway CD has already been made and is GREBT, a chronological journey through balladry from the 50s to last week.
Ballads seem to get short shrift from Poptimists - criticisms of pop or R&B albums, for instance, often turn on a "too many ballads" claim. The list of NOW poll winners here is short on them too (Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time", Portishead's "Glory Box", maybe a couple of others).
What are some of your favourite ballads? Do you have trouble enjoying slow pop songs? Why do you think that is, if so? Do some genres suit 'ballads' better than others? (Some of the people who complain about R&B ballads might be Low or Will Oldham fans, for instance!) When does a song stop being a ballad? And so on - plenty to talk about, I'm sure.
I do want ballad recommendations, however the giveaway CD has already been made and is GREBT, a chronological journey through balladry from the 50s to last week.
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It's Not a Ballad if it has no guitar solo
Date: 2006-10-03 04:27 pm (UTC)1. Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison
2. The Ballad of Jayne - LA Guns
3. Only My Heart Talking - Alice Cooper
4. How You Gonna See Me Now? - Alice Cooper
5. Always - Bon Jovi
6. I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
7. I'll Be Alright Without You - Journey
8. I Remember You - Skid Row
9. Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone) - Cinderella
10. Slipping Away - Junkyard
11. I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
12. Carrie - Europe
13. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
14. Only Time Will Tell - Poison
15. Seize the Day - Avenged Sevenfold
16. Yesterdays - Guns'N'Roses
17. Alone - Heart
18. Signs - Tesla (as it's acoustic)
19. Tuesday's Gone - Lynryd Skynyrd