The Great Musical Ballads of Our Time
February 28th 2011 01:27
All great tunes, all with a deeper appreciation of the mechanics of pop music and all multi-platinum.
The ballad however was not always in vogue, with record producers, station managers and DJ's shunning early forays into this arm of creativity in favour of just about anything jingoistic and melodic that took no longer than between 2:30 and 3:00 to play - supposedly the attention span of most teens to whom the market was geared.
That all started to change dramatically in the mid 60's when the times (as they say) were a'changin.
Suddenly, the likes of The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Hendrix, The Byrds and of course The Beatles were starting a music renaissance with songs such as Hey Jude, The Ballad of Easy Rider, Little Wing and As Tears Go By.
But if the 60's helped balladeers find their feet - the 70s cemented a place for them.
Pink Floyd, Simon and Gunfunkel, The Who, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan all delivered where others had feared to even tread - and it paid handsomely as far as the chronicals of musical history is concerned.
Of course the wave continued to roll onto the beaches of impressionable minds into the 80s and 90s Aerosmith, Guns and Roses, Queen and Val Halen leading the charge.
So many ballads, so many classics.
But what have been the best of the best?
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Comment by Anonymous
Nights in White Satin (Moodies)
Cest La Vie (Greg Lake or any of his acoustic music)
Sounds of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel or anything else by him)
Peace Train (Cat Stevens, or anything else by him)
maybe even Beth (KISS)
Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison or Linda Rondstadt)
Old Man, Heart of Gold, Southern Man, or anything Neil Young
While my Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles)
Joy will Find a Way (Bruce Cockburn)
so many more that I just can't think of right this minute
Comment by James Rickard
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Angling Fish
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Nice selection . . . open to all genres though.
Cheers
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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The Eagles - yep - classic ballads from those boys - how could I have overlooked them?