Best rock/metal ballads? (lyrics, albums, beatles, bon jovi, Nirvana)

Trollheart · 10-15-2008, 11:06 AM

Hevay Metal and Rock bands prove themselves the most accomplished and proficient often by virtue of the sometimes fantastic ballads they pen. Who can forget Gary Moore's "Empty rooms", Journey's "Who's crying now?" or even Zep's "Going to California", or GnR's "November rain"?
So which are your favourite rock/metal ballads?

dac · 10-15-2008, 11:56 AM

ballads are usually so cheesey and over done... i can't stand them

lucifer_sam · 10-15-2008, 12:30 PM

You obviously haven't heard enough, then. Ballads can leave a warm and fuzzy feeling, and aren't necessarily cheesy.

I'm on a Queen binge right now and even their less-liked ballads are ripe with emotion. I still have to say Buckethead is king:

dac · 10-15-2008, 02:58 PM

my complaint was aimed more towards metal ballads, i should have been more specific

jackhammer · 10-16-2008, 04:55 PM

Rock ballads are the scourge of the scene, yet I have many many soft spots for these type of tracks. Hold onto your hats as the jackhammer shows his sensitive side:

It came out when my parents split up so it holds reverence but it was also a fave with an ex-soppy I know.

I think the lyrics from this song are quite pessimistic and therefore fit in with my criteria lol.

'Outside my window it's lonely and cold, inside my heart there's a fire burning out of control'. Brillant lyric and some brilliant guitar playing too.

Despite my missus's myriad faults she still survived this test. I almost threw this track at her back in our early days. It was more to do with my Ridley Scott (director) fascination than the lyrical content in those days of shallow youth. She passed my questions by proxy.

jackhammer · 10-16-2008, 05:27 PM

Somebody LMK when i can inflict more crap onto you all

Raust · 10-19-2008, 03:51 PM

I think the best rock/metal ballad is Motley Crue's Home Sweet Home.

Bulldog · 10-20-2008, 05:41 AM

One of my favourites off a horribly underrated album here;

One off that most excellent of albums No More Shall We Part;

And of course;

Trollheart · 10-20-2008, 06:31 AM

Personally, I've always had a soft spot for Poison's "Every rose has its thorn", with its campfire/cowboy-type themes, the great acoustic guitar, Poison trying to be Bon Jovi (!), and to add to all that, Otto stopped making his marriage proposal to declare "Oh man! This is a GNARLY guitar solo!" and turned the volume way up! Now THERE is a true rocker!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-20-2008, 11:17 AM

This is about the only cheesy rock ballad I can bare to listen to these days.

10-15-2008, 11:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Best rock/metal ballads? Hevay Metal and Rock bands prove themselves the most accomplished and proficient often by virtue of the sometimes fantastic ballads they pen. Who can forget Gary Moore's "Empty rooms", Journey's "Who's crying now?" or even Zep's "Going to California", or GnR's "November rain"? So which are your favourite rock/metal ballads?

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dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	ballads are usually so cheesey and over done... i can't stand them __________________

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lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	You obviously haven't heard enough, then. Ballads can leave a warm and fuzzy feeling, and aren't necessarily cheesy. I'm on a Queen binge right now and even their less-liked ballads are ripe with emotion. I still have to say Buckethead is king: __________________ first.am

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dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	my complaint was aimed more towards metal ballads, i should have been more specific __________________

10-16-2008, 04:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Rock ballads are the scourge of the scene, yet I have many many soft spots for these type of tracks. Hold onto your hats as the jackhammer shows his sensitive side: It came out when my parents split up so it holds reverence but it was also a fave with an ex-soppy I know. I think the lyrics from this song are quite pessimistic and therefore fit in with my criteria lol. 'Outside my window it's lonely and cold, inside my heart there's a fire burning out of control'. Brillant lyric and some brilliant guitar playing too. Despite my missus's myriad faults she still survived this test. I almost threw this track at her back in our early days. It was more to do with my Ridley Scott (director) fascination than the lyrical content in those days of shallow youth. She passed my questions by proxy. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Somebody LMK when i can inflict more crap onto you all __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

10-19-2008, 03:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Raust Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,411	I think the best rock/metal ballad is Motley Crue's Home Sweet Home.

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Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	One of my favourites off a horribly underrated album here; One off that most excellent of albums No More Shall We Part; And of course;

10-20-2008, 06:31 AM	#9 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Personally, I've always had a soft spot for Poison's "Every rose has its thorn", with its campfire/cowboy-type themes, the great acoustic guitar, Poison trying to be Bon Jovi (!), and to add to all that, Otto stopped making his marriage proposal to declare "Oh man! This is a GNARLY guitar solo!" and turned the volume way up! Now THERE is a true rocker!

10-20-2008, 11:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	This is about the only cheesy rock ballad I can bare to listen to these days. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.