mine would be roxette it must have been love as when i listen to it it makes me go all gooey and it always makes me wanna sing along to it

But Its Over NOWWWWWWWWWWW :hihi:

"English Rose" - The Jam......goosebumps everytime.

"The Carny" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - because it manages to conjure up a fantastic stream of doom,gloom and ghastly imagery to a creaking,wheezing and geniunely disturbing soundtrack -
or maybe "My young man" by Kate Rusby which is also the saddest song in the world. Ever. FACT.

Have lots, we signed the wedding books to an instrumental 'Everthing I do (I do it for you)' played by my mate on a Fender Strat accompanied by grand piano!

Cool :cool:

More Than Words - Extreme. Great song...

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. I've always loved mexican corridos, or traditional folk songs, and heard plenty of them growing up in California. They tell a story, just like a country song, but in spanish.

I first heard this song from a group of musicians on a street corner in San Antonio when the husband and I lived in Texas briefly. It was so haunting, I asked them to play it again. The story of what happened to Gregorio Cortez was so sad, and it's supposedly true.

It was made into a movie in the early '80's.

http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?tab=synop&mid=1002262

:) Sierra

My turn!
The stars all Seem to weep by Beth Orton

"i think about you in the moonlit night and the stars all seem to weep"

it's a song about loss and love and if you've ever lost anyone you loved it will hit a nerve. Hauntingly moving lyrics but strangely beautiful in its simplicity. And THAT bassline all the way through it...

UnkleBob, I like your avatar. Check out my location.

:) Sierra

it's gotta be U2's "With or Without You" powerful powerful ballad...

Guns and Roses November Rain

'Secret Garden' by Bruce Springsteen

or

'Iris' by the Goo Goo Dolls

or

that one by Nick Cave and Kylie - something about 'Rose' is it?

;)

My turn my turn

mmm.... ballads.... .** finks**

Luther Vandross - A House is Not a Home

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50024&highlight=rock+ballad

similar ones there..


iris by goo goo dolls = big :thumbsup:

love walked in by thunder...

is this love - whitesnake

ermm... tons!! cant think

madonna "crazy for you":love:

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC.

Proper ballad with a story.

Don McLean- Empty Chairs.

Looking at 'traditionally structured' ballads rather than rock ballads like the aforementioned (and excellent) November Rain I would have to go with 'Witchita Lineman', 'Galveston' or 'By the time I get to Phoenix' all written by Jimmy Webb. and sung by Glenn Campbell.

These kicked around my childhood and early adolescence so I guess that's why I remember them, but they all tell their stories and are excellent examples of the genre.

Joe

it's gotta be U2's "With or Without You" powerful powerful ballad...


Yeah, I love this one as well. Has to be played loud tho.

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And Im waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I cant live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, shes got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I cant live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I cant live
With or without you
With or without you

madonna "crazy for you":love:

Another of my faves.

Swaying room as the music starts
Strangers making the most of the dark
Two by two their bodies become one

I see you through the smokey air
Can't you feel the weight of my stare
You're so close but still a world away
What I'm dying to say, is that

Chorus:

I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
It's all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
I'm crazy for you, crazy for you

Trying hard to control my heart
I walk over to where you are
Eye to eye we need no words at all

Slowly now we begin to move
Every breath I'm deeper into you
Soon we to are standing still in time
If you read my mind, you'll see

Chorus:

I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
I'ts all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
You'll feel it in my kiss because
I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
Its all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
im crazy for you,
crazy for you
crazy for you
crazy for you

its all brand new, im crazy for you
and you know its true, im crazy, crazy for you
its all brand new, im crazy for you
and you know its true, yeah, Im crazy for you
Crazy for you baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9vTRgDSs4Y

Sure I've posted this before:

Somebody Depeche Mode. What an utterly beautiful song with a fantastic get out clause at the end.

Sure I've posted this before:

Somebody Depeche Mode. What an utterly beautiful song with a fantastic get out clause at the end.


Are you going to sing us a few lines, Edna ? :hihi: :hihi:

Somebody

I want somebody to share
Share the rest of my life
Share my innermost thoughts
Know my intimate details
Someone who'll stand by my side
And give me support
And in return
She'll get my support
She will listen to me
When I want to speak
About the world we live in
And life in general
Though my views may be wrong
They may even be perverted
She'll hear me out
And won't easily be converted
To my way of thinking
In fact she'll often disagree
But at the end of it all
She will understand me

I want somebody who cares
For me passionately
With every thought and
With every breath
Someone who'll help me see things
In a different light
All the things I detest
I will almost like
I don't want to be tied
To anyone's strings
I'm carefully trying to steer clear of
Those things
But when I'm asleep
I want somebody
Who will put their arms around me
And kiss me tenderly
Though things like this
Make me sick
In a case like this
I'll get away with it






Will have to make a point of listening to this. Can't say I recollect it at the moment. :(

Blimey, how did you remember all that.? :o

Blimey, how did you remember all that.? :o


I have a good memory. :)


Well, either that or I googled it and copied it over. ;)

Listening to it now.

Can't really decide between
(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
and
I threw it all away - Bob Dylan

for a more traditional narrative ballad The Queen and the Soldier by Susan Vega take some beating.

if we're talking ballads the kings of the ballad for me were squeeze, songs like up the junction, labelled with love, pure storytelling magic, and then of course, old red eyes is back, by the beautiful south, another heart wrencher, but I think Hallelujah, sung by john Cale, does it for me every time.

I always like ones that are a bit sad.

My favourites probably Walk On By - I prefer the Stranglers version to the original. And also Mama You Been On My Mind by Bob Dylan.

Its a bit out of charchter but "Objects In the Rear View Mirror" by meatloaf. shhhhhhhhhhhhh Don't tell anyone please. :hihi:

Honestly I couldn't tell you why. Just a good song.

The word 'ballad' always conjures images of Bon Jovi and Bonnie Tyler for me, though I suppose they're more power ballads (in which category, you don't get much better than 'I'll Be There For You', by the above-mentioned Bon Jovi).

Ignoring power ballads, I'd suggest that 'Nobody's Baby Now' by Nick Cave would take some beating.

..."My young man" by Kate Rusby which is also the saddest song in the world. Ever. FACT.
Excellent song, though not the saddest. That particular honour goes to 'The Drugs Don't Work' by The Verve. Though on second thoughts, maybe the Verve song should win the 'most gut-wrenchingly miserable' award.

if we're talking ballads the kings of the ballad for me were squeeze, songs like up the junction, labelled with love, pure storytelling magic, and then of course, old red eyes is back, by the beautiful south, another heart wrencher, but I think Hallelujah, sung by john Cale, does it for me every time.

I don't normally 'do' ballads, but I'd agree with you that Squeeze were definitely 'kings of the ballad'

StarSparkle