greatest rock ballad?

[donkeypunch]

whats your favorite rock ballad(love song)

mine is jimi hendrix-bold as love, because pretty much the whole song is set up to be a giant metaphor, a good one too.

[matty1022]

mine is prolly angie by the stones

1 b/c i love the rolling stones

and 2 b/c i can relate to it alot

[Scarface]

Jimi Hendrix - Angel

but it was voted by all the top musicians from around the world that the greatest ever rock ballad is actually Hotel California

[mg_productions]

Aerosmith-Cryin

Does that one count?

[Blunt Object [ADR]]

poison - every rose has its thorn

[chalupa]

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Was there ever any question?

[Axeman]

poison - every rose has its thorn

+1

[jetjaguar]

Dynamo Humm by Frank Zappa

[Narbegesicht]

angel-jimi hendrix
i want you-bob dylan
i want you so bad-beatles

[Fumblingwisdom]

the first few replies were awesome... but Poison ? Cryin ? I thought the title said Rock Ballard

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
He ain't Heavy, He's my Brother - The Hollies
In my Life - The Beatles
A whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Tiny dancer or Rocket man - elton John

[Jack Mehoff]

free bird

[Beanflicker]

my favorite

1. Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
2. Elton John - Candle in the Wind (Princess Diana version)
3. John Lennon - Imagine
4. Aerosmith - Don't Wanna Miss a Thing
5. Elton John - Amoreena
6. Guns N Roses - November Rain
7. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
8. The Beatles - Yesterday
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
10. Eric Clapton - My Father's Eyes

[Beanflicker]

Honorable mentions

REM - Man on the Moon
Pantera - Hollow
Beatles - Hey Jude

[Narbegesicht]

+1 for imagine and in my life

also for hiter shade of pale

but seriously the song that should bring all grown men to tears over a whiskey bottle is

























angie

[MildernhardPark]

I Can't Believe Nobody Said Wish You Were Here..

[matty1022]

+1 for imagine and in my life

also for hiter shade of pale

but seriously the song that should bring all grown men to tears over a whiskey bottle is

























angie

+1 i love that song.and since everyone else is naming more than one then i geuss ill throw some more out there...

dont think twice-bob dylan
like a hurricane-neil young
girl from the north country-bob dylan(the version with johnny cash is the best)
so doggone lonesome-johnny cash

[Fumblingwisdom]

like a hurricane is no ballad.. If it's a rock and roll ballad then Cortez the Killer is top 5 on my list forsure

[mg_productions]

the first few replies were awesome... but Poison ? Cryin ? I thought the title said Rock Ballard


***He capped on my nominee of Cryin...must...find...redemption...***

Uhhh,Heartbeat-Don Johnson.

It made me cry.

[IMAMEX]

I Can't Believe Nobody Said Wish You Were Here..

I don't really know what a Rock ballad is. I've only heard that term being used to describe the shitty slow hair metal songs of the 80's. "Wish You Were Here" is like top 2 favorite songs of all time though. I guess if I have to pick a gay 80's hair metal ballad it would be "wanted dead or alive" by bon jovi.

[matty1022]

I don't really know what a Rock ballad is. I've only heard that term being used to describe the shitty slow hair metal songs of the 80's. "Wish You Were Here" is like top 2 favorite songs of all time though. I guess if I have to pick a gay 80's hair metal ballad it would be "wanted dead or alive" by bon jovi.

ya i agree thats how i always thought of "rock ballad".thread starter just said rock songs about love so thats why i said like a hurricane.

[ninjashoes]

Stairway to Heaven rapes all, nothing else even comes close, its the greatest song of all time.

[IMAMEX]

Stairway to Heaven rapes all, nothing else even comes close, its the greatest song of all time.

I hear there's some people who think Hotel California > Stairway to Heaven If there are people that think that way then they're retarded.

[Narbegesicht]

+1 i love that song.and since everyone else is naming more than one then i geuss ill throw some more out there...

dont think twice-bob dylan
like a hurricane-neil young
girl from the north country-bob dylan(the version with johnny cash is the best)
so doggone lonesome-johnny cash

good posting

[Narbegesicht]

Stairway to Heaven rapes all, nothing else even comes close, its the greatest song of all time.

does that count as a ballad? i are cuntfused of what cositutes as a ballads

[donkeypunch]

ballad is a love song. idk if thats a love song but it is a great song

[Narbegesicht]

ballad is a love song. idk if thats a love song but it is a great song

yeah i don't think STH counts then nor hotel clifornia


angie for the win but many many good opinions in this thread

[donkeypunch]

yeah i don't think STH counts then nor hotel clifornia


angie for the win but many many good opinions in this thread

by who

[Narbegesicht]

the motherfukin rolling stones son!

[matty1022]

ya i dont think you can count stairway to heaven a ballad,no one till this day knows what its about except zepplin.and hotel california is about a cult if im not mistaken.

[Fumblingwisdom]

ya i dont think you can count stairway to heaven a ballad,no one till this day knows what its about except zepplin.and hotel california is about a cult if im not mistaken.

Hotels meaning is as contraversial as Stairways, if not more so. It all boils down to personal interpitation. For me I`ve always thought the lyrics were about Addiction... with the Hotel being the Addiction and the women being the Drug... Keep this in mind and read the lyrics...


On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
this could be heaven or this could be hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the hotel california
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain,
please bring me my wine
He said, we havent had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin it up at the hotel california
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said we are all just prisoners here, of our own device
And in the masters chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just cant kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
relax, said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

ahh yes and Colitas apprantly relates to the buds of a marijuana plant

[Trolly]

mine is prolly angie by the stones

1 b/c i love the rolling stones

and 2 b/c i can relate to it alot

great song

[YouSlayMe]

When The Deal Goes Down
/Dylan

:sifone:

[Trolly]

When The Deal Goes Down
/Dylan

:sifone:

And yet another amazing song. Dylan is king

[The Wolf]

i love you too much-santana
i'm gonna crawl-led zeppelin
home sweet home-motley crue
let put my love into you- AC/DC FTW!!!