Everything Ballads!

jetcitywoman · Post by **jetcitywoman** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:22 pm

Heard any good ballads lately?

I'll start,

Thunder Road
Bruce "the Boss" Springsteen
1975

i absolutely love this tune.

Please show me yours!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:53 pm

Mott the Hoople cover of Sweet Jane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Fs2pLj ... re=related

jetcitywoman · Post by **jetcitywoman** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:00 pm

traffic
john barleycorn
1970

Don Hughes · Post by **Don Hughes** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:28 pm

Damn Yankees "High Enough"

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:13 am

Faster Pussycats - House of Pain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1ntsBXdK88

Kix - Don't close your eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcEu47mR43U

LA Guns - Ballad of Jane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec7eYnGc ... re=related

steelheart - I'll never let you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-nyeiKk35M&ob=av2e

Cinderella - Nobody's Fool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCOrtJMQ ... re=related

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:22 am

Here is probably my favorite ballad. Dokken - Alone again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-gvYfIVjc

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:27 am

Here is a good one from the 90's. Saigon Kick - Love is on the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MclSSoOBt3Q

FeelTheDarkness · Post by **FeelTheDarkness** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:55 am

I am not a fan of ballads but my vote would be Scorpions-Still Loving You or Holiday

onegunguitar · Post by **onegunguitar** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:55 am

Testament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl6XUPT9cbM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kmwPnDm ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vqL3arb ... re=related

KeithReynolds · Post by **KeithReynolds** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:00 am

Steel Panther
"Weenie Ride"

It takes the gold. Just admit it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezPL1d4Y8I

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:23 am

KeithReynolds wrote:Steel Panther
"Weenie Ride"

It takes the gold. Just admit it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezPL1d4Y8I

Ha!! YES!!

jetcitywoman · Post by **jetcitywoman** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:40 pm

"Excitable Boy"
Warren Zevon

H'e just an excitable boy.

Yes, you know him from "werewolves of london" fame

jetcitywoman · Post by **jetcitywoman** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:19 pm

I need a lover that won't drive me crazy!
\
J. Cougar
1979

i need a lover that won't drive me crazy
some girl that knows the meaning of, ah-
HEY HIT THE HWY!

jetcitywoman · Post by **jetcitywoman** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:30 pm

the river
the boss

jetcitywoman · Post by **jetcitywoman** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:20 pm

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
iron butterfly

i guess not strictly a ballad but arguably best rock opera tune ever

the grinding in this is so so primal

how did they actually do it?

BT · Post by BT » Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:18 pm

Home Sweet Home - The Crue

jetcitywoman · Post by **jetcitywoman** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:41 pm

Jackson Browne
Running On Empty
LIVE!

"Lookingout at the roads rushing under my wheels..
looking back on the years gone by like so many summer fields..

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:55 pm

The Ballad Of Dwight Fry - Alice Cooper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVxr63WaRrs

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:55 pm

jetcitywoman wrote:Jackson Browne
Running On Empty
LIVE!

"Lookingout at the roads rushing under my wheels..
looking back on the years gone by like so many summer fields..

Not a ballad, genius.