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I have to admit that, like Simon (aka Mascodagama) and Greg (aka The Dark Elf), I prefer traditional folk ballads to modern ones. Conventional rock ballads can often be rather sappy, and - unlike the stereotypical female listener - I don't have too much time for sappy stuff. However, looking at previous posts, I noticed a couple or more glaring omissions, notably King Crimson's "Book of Saturdays" and "Exiles", and ELP's "Still... You Turn Me On".




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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:


love me some Traffic and that song.. but a ballad... 

what the hell is a ballad anyway.. oh yeah..  the kind of stuff that makes it easy for her to change her opinion from.. maybe to HELL YEAH..

that is not exactly a song I'd put on with a hot babe, a roaring fire, and a good bottle of wine.

now this one.. umm hmmm...Micky tested.. Micky approved..



in fact outside of the absolutely stone cold kickass rocker that was the album opener.. a very good 'ballad' album.. 
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Blue Angel by David Cousins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_KB0Ow4fVo


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Hi,

Do ballads without lyrics count?

This way, your mind can create the ballad on its own ... which for me is way better!

I can start with Maggot Brain, way back when if anyone wants, and I even have Pekka, and Terje ... who was a ballad all by himself in the early days of "Odyssey", and later in his album with David Darling! Talk about "ballads" and what I call the best chamber music for an electric guitar that Eric or Jimmy never/ever dreamed of!

The word ballad becomes real ... but it looks like we must have lyrics to tell us what a ballad is ... like you learned the lyrics when you were 4 months old and mom hummed a tune, or equivalent!

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a whiter shade of pale -procol harum
starless -king crimson
nights in white satin- the moody blues
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Many good ones posted already. My fave is probably Different Strings, by Rush.
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I've never really been a fan of ballads, but there are some that appeal to me. Two that I'll mention are:

House With No Door - Van der Graaf Generator is perhaps their best ballad.

Stranger Still - Peter Hammill speaks to me personally, but perhaps that is just peculiar to me.

 


 



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Televators - The Mars Volta
Desert of Song - Between the Buried and Me
Mother Superior - Coheed and Cambria
What it Means to Be Alone - The Dear Hunter
Is There Anybody Here? - The Dear Hunter
Ih-Ah! - Devin Townsend Project
The Cloak - Leprous
Face of Melinda - Opeth
Lazarus - Porcupine Tree
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Ballad of big....Genesis
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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Turn of the Century - Yes
Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance
Entangled - Genesis
From the Beginning - ELP

Excellent selection!
More recently I can't get enough of "If You See Her' by Mystery (from Delusion Rain) - gets me every time
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Turn of the Century - Yes
Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance
Entangled - Genesis
From the Beginning - ELP
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Steve Hackett - Ballad of the Decomposing Man LOL
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Kevin Ayers - "Puis Je?" (aka "May I?")

If what you want is a ballad, there's few better.
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Wow! A lot of great songs here. I don't know if it can be considered a ballad but I'll go with "Grace Darling" by the Strawbs.

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Family: Mellowing Grey
Wigwam: Lost Without a Trace
Kevin Ayers: Girl On a Swing
Roy Harper: Me and My Woman


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Many Too Many - Genesis
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There are many great 'ballads'...but my personal favorite will always be Nights In White Satin by the Moodies.
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