Favourite Rock Ballad

The BOFH

What's your favourite rock ballad? Mine is Def Leppard - Bringing on the heartache. It's from before all the Hysteria hype and before the Every rose has it's thorn type of songs ruined the genre & is one of my favourite tracks of all time.

GhostInTheRuins

Too many for me to choose from, I Love my ballads so I do. Off the top of my head these are some of my favourites

Savatage - Alone You Breathe
Crimson Glory - Painted Skies
Circle II Circle - Walls
WASP - Forever Free
Savatage - Believe
Ozzy - Goodbye To Romance
Rainbow - Rainbow Eyes
Queensryche - Bridge

Malice

As a big Guns N' Roses fan I have to go for

Estranged

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YmwJpnor6o

November Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBoLc9vxac

and of course Don't Cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ns59Bmqpms

The BOFH

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

WASP - Forever Free

I love that song too, they had a few good ballad types but I can't find them to download anywhere, (I've got them on vinyl & it's legal to media-shift your music in Australia). WASP were definitely very under rated overall, I saw them in the Top Hat on the Headless Children tour and they were bloody good live.

While not really a ballad, Ride On by AC/DC is a great song, it's a nice slow, bluesy number & shows off Angus & Bon's talents more than some of their more well known songs.

maddymcmaddser

Def Leppard - When love and hate collide is a particular favourite of mine! I got my tickets to see them last week I can't wait! :cool:

GhostInTheRuins

The BOFH wrote: »

I love that song too, they had a few good ballad types but I can't find them to download anywhere, (I've got them on vinyl & it's legal to media-shift your music in Australia). WASP were definitely very under rated overall, I saw them in the Top Hat on the Headless Children tour and they were bloody good live.

Were they still throwing meat on the crowd on the Headless children tour?

I think they have a few decent ballads alight, as far as I can remember there are a few good ones on the Crimson Idol. Seeing as you've already got the vinyls, give me a PM and I might be able to sort you out with a few mp3's if you can't find them.

damonjewel

would comfortably numb count? Great shout for ride on by ac/dc

ShawnRaven

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Queensryche - Bridge

Awesome tune, and it's video was well ahead of it's time, especially towards the end of it with the kid hooked to the computer with his brain...

... which is pretty much happened once broadband came into play five years later.

I'll also throw in The Legacy and The Ballad by Testament, and Release by Pearl Jam.

Karl Hungus

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

Seriously love this, not only great humour, but an excellent song in it's own right. Bill's a freakin' genius.

mike65

Queensryche - Silent Lucidity

GhostInTheRuins

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Awesome tune, and it's video was well ahead of it's time, especially towards the end of it with the kid hooked to the computer with his brain...

... which is pretty much happened once broadband came into play five years later.

I'll also throw in The Legacy and The Ballad by Testament, and Release by Pearl Jam.

I've never seen the video for it, I must have a look and see if it's on youtube.

Another few I've just thought of:

Vicious Rumors - When Love Comes Down
Savatage - All that I Bleed
Fates Warning -We only say Goodbye
Gary Moore - Empty Rooms

Great thread btw!

GhostInTheRuins

mike65 wrote: »

Queensryche - Silent Lucidity

Can't believe I never thought of that one, great song.

Borneo Fnctn

Guns n Roses - Patience

starflake

Lynard Skynard: Simple Man
Deep Purple: Soldier Of Fortune
Dave Matthews - Grave Digger
Eric Clapton - Layla
Judas Priest: Diamonds and Rust
The Who: Behind Blue Eyes
Most of Neil youngs stuff

That's the top few anyway


Oh and Still in Love With You - Thin Lizzy

mike65

Wot? No REO Speedwagon?

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

Reverb-tastic!

Furious-Red

I have way to many to mention but will list them later

Baggio

ahh interesting subject have a fondness for all rock music with melody.....

for me 4 that spring to mind are

Ozzy Osbourne - mama i'm coming home

Rush - Mission
Rush - Losing It

Jethro Tull - Black Satin Dancer

I'm sure there's lots more...but there ya go....ciao'...Baggio...

Mental Mickey

malice_ wrote: »

As a big Guns N' Roses fan I have to go for

Estranged

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YmwJpnor6o

November Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBoLc9vxac

and of course Don't Cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ns59Bmqpms

Estranged is ******* awesome.

ronnie3585

Def Leppard - When love and hate collide.
Journey - Faithfully.
Scorpions - Winds of Change.
Mister Mr. - Broken Wings.

MonicaBing

OOOhhhh gawd, where to start, where to start!

Thin Lizzy- Parisienne Walkway
Gary Moore- Still got the blues for you
Metallica- Nothing else matters
Alter Bridge- Watch over you...

Mental Mickey

MonicaBing wrote: »

OOOhhhh gawd, where to start, where to start!

Thin Lizzy- Parisienne Walkway
Gary Moore- Still got the blues for you
Metallica- Nothing else matters
Alter Bridge- Watch over you...

That was Gary Moore also, not Thin Lizzy, although Philo did vocals on it.

MonicaBing

Mental Mickey wrote: »

That was Gary Moore also, not Thin Lizzy, although Philo did vocals on it.

Ah Mickey my love, ya may be right, but on the Gary Moore CD i have, tis himself thats doing the vocal's and Phil's not credited on it!:p

Blue850

+1 for Ride On

poundhound

Goldilox by King's X

MoominPapa

Baggio wrote: »

Rush - Mission
Rush - Losing It

Losing it is brilliant but how bout Tears one of Geddys few Peart era solo song credits or Different Strings with Alex's amazing solo cut short by the fade out?
Panacea is pretty good too!

Oh! Sweet Nuthin! by The Velvet Underground is probably my favourite rock ballad though

kona

cant believe the one that started it all (well for the 80s) hasnt been mentioned!!

Home Sweet Home. Motley crue!:)

who ever said wasp, i salute you, saw them at the TBMC, still have a scratch plate that blackie and mike duda signed on stage:D

They are possibly the most underrated band ever, Dominator(the last album) is fantastic. Blackie hates barack obama too, what a hero:D

18 and life..... skid row
Uncle toms cabin...Warrant.
Dont know what ya got till its gone...Cinderella.
November Rain.........Guns N roses
Here I go Again...Whitesnake

GhostInTheRuins

kona wrote: »

who ever said wasp, i salute you, saw them at the TBMC, still have a scratch plate that blackie and mike duda signed on stage:DT
hey are possibly the most underrated band ever, Dominator(the last album) is fantastic. Blackie hates barack obama too, what a hero:D

'Twas me, I was at that gig too, was about 3 or 4 years ago wasn't it? It was a good show except it was a bit short (And there were **** all people at it). I think I got blackies plec from that gig, I'm sure I still have it here somewhere.

Believe it or not I think I might have been talking to you, I'm fairly sure someone showed us their signed scratch plate, and I think they had the setlist from the stage as well, was that you?

kona

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

'Twas me, I was at that gig too, was about 3 or 4 years ago wasn't it? It was a good show except it was a bit short (And there were **** all people at it). I think I got blackies plec from that gig, I'm sure I still have it here somewhere.

Believe it or not I think I might have been talking to you, I'm fairly sure someone showed us their signed scratch plate, and I think they had the setlist from the stage as well, was that you?

ha ye it probably was, didnt think he'd sign it, but he did. They rocked the **** outa that place:D best gig ive ever been to, they just dont make em like that anymore:(.
They played all the classics(apart from **** like a beast, i wasnt impressed:mad:), but now im pissed they didnt play some tunes off dominator, thats a seriously great album(again underrated and unrecognised)

did you see when the mike stand fell over during the sleeping in the fire solo:D

i think it was better because there were less people at it(good thing it wasnt in tripod!). It was expensive too, i reckon they would sell it out now, they seem to have gained a bigger following, if HMV stocks the albums they must be selling, and i know i dont buy them all:D

Ironmania

has to be my favourite all time rock ballad............:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdx4IQxkGng

Iron Maiden - Wasting Love

GhostInTheRuins

kona wrote: »

ha ye it probably was, didnt think he'd sign it, but he did. They rocked the **** outa that place:D best gig ive ever been to, they just dont make em like that anymore:(.
They played all the classics(apart from **** like a beast, i wasnt impressed:mad:), but now im pissed they didnt play some tunes off dominator, thats a seriously great album(again underrated and unrecognised)

did you see when the mike stand fell over during the sleeping in the fire solo:D

i think it was better because there were less people at it(good thing it wasnt in tripod!). It was expensive too, i reckon they would sell it out now, they seem to have gained a bigger following, if HMV stocks the albums they must be selling, and i know i dont buy them all:D

Jaysus you have a better memory then me! It was so long ago. Wasn't it cancelled and moved to a different day and then from tripod to TBMC or something? And you're right it was a bit of a rip-off, €40 I think it was.

just after checking, it wasn't Blackie's plec, the plec I have says "Douglas Blaire" I'm not sure if he was the bassist or the lead guitarist.

If you are the same guy I think you are, was it you and a friend at it and ye both travelled a really long bus journey from somewhere over in the west? How the **** I remember stuff like that I have no idea.

I think I still have a few photos from that gig as well.

kona

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Jaysus you have a better memory then me! It was so long ago. Wasn't it cancelled and moved to a different day and then from tripod to TBMC or something? And you're right it was a bit of a rip-off, €40 I think it was.

just after checking, it wasn't Blackie's plec, the plec I have says "Douglas Blaire" I'm not sure if he was the bassist or the lead guitarist.

If you are the same guy I think you are, was it you and a friend at it and ye both travelled a really long bus journey from somewhere over in the west? How the **** I remember stuff like that I have no idea.

I think I still have a few photos from that gig as well.

ye, it was moved about and changed days. They didnt bring elvis either because apparantley the stage at the TBMC couldnt support it:rolleyes:

The support was good too, glyder were great.

Dougie blair is the lead guitarist, no chris holmes, hes a mean "mother****ing" man:D

I oly live up the road so the bus journey was 10mins:P so i dont think i was that guy, there was a bunch of us at the gig, and he only signed one scratch plate:cool: but you could nearly see blackie thinking, this ****ing think is well going on ebay, but no its in my room, beside a whitesnake drumstick and a bottle of jack:D

GhostInTheRuins

kona wrote: »

ye, it was moved about and changed days. They didnt bring elvis either because apparantley the stage at the TBMC couldnt support it:rolleyes:

The support was good too, glyder were great.

Dougie blair is the lead guitarist, no chris holmes, hes a mean "mother****ing" man:D

I oly live up the road so the bus journey was 10mins:P so i dont think i was that guy, there was a bunch of us at the gig, and he only signed one scratch plate:cool: but you could nearly see blackie thinking, this ****ing think is well going on ebay, but no its in my room, beside a whitesnake drumstick and a bottle of jack:D

Yeah I remember being a bit disappointed that elvis wasn't there too.

Glyder were fairly good as far as I can remember, a bit too like thin lizzy for comfort though.

I must have been mixing you up with some other lads then, but i definitely remember seeing a scratch plate off someone.

Sammag

Tuesday's Gone – Lynard Skynard
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
November Rain – Guns N'Roses

ShawnRaven

kona wrote: »

The support was good too, glyder were great.

I'm sorry to take this off topic, but i really don't get the love for this band at all, they supported Fish last year and sounded like that early 90s cock-rock band who appeared in the first series of The Real World in 92 where the singer was one of the guys in the house.

I'll give em all the credit in the world for trying, but that's about it.

mrpants

heres mine

Bandaged Knees or little lost sometimes - the almighty

i remember you -skid row

nothing else matters-metallica

A Moment Of Clarity -therapy?

3 libras - a perfect circle

wish you were here- pink floyd

ShawnRaven

mrpants wrote: »

heres mine

Bandaged Knees or little lost sometimes - the almighty

Definitely, both a part of my soundtrack of 1991

And both tracks are waaaaay better live than they were in the studio. You can probably hunt down Soul Destruction live for a song on ebay, and it's well worth it. Picked mine up last year and busted it straight to DVD.

mrpants

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Definitely, both a part of my soundtrack of 1991

And both tracks are waaaaay better live than they were in the studio. You can probably hunt down Soul Destruction live for a song on ebay, and it's well worth it. Picked mine up last year and busted it straight to DVD.

i have it man, fecking love the almighty, what ya think or rickys solo stuff?, im going to see in mext month

Dave H

Hat's over to you both.The Almighty are possibly one of the best bands ever.
Jesus Loves You get's a mention from me, lurve that tune.
Also, Quiksand Jesus by Skid Row, that song gives me shivers every time I hear it, especially when Sebastian hits that high note.

tkyn22

The BOFH wrote: »

What's your favourite rock ballad? Mine is Def Leppard - Bringing on the heartache. It's from before all the Hysteria hype and before the Every rose has it's thorn type of songs ruined the genre & is one of my favourite tracks of all time.

+ 1
I love this song and love early Def Leppard.

and
More than words - Extreme
I remember you - Skid row (so cheesy but i like it)
nothing else matters - Metallica
hollow years - Dream Theater
oh and the almighty!! I just listened to Little Lost Sometimes and its great!
btw, I don't know why but I don't get ozzy osbourne's ballad songs.

anyway, all remind me of ... when i was a bit younger...

Kevin11

Skid Row - In a darkened room/Quicksand jesus/Wasted time
Mother love Bone - Chloe Dancer
Queensryche -Silent Lucidity/anybody listening
Motley crue- Home sweet home
Poison - something to believe in
Heart -Alone

Does Alice in Chains "Down in a hole" count as a ballad?

Chuchu

Kevin11 wrote: »

Skid Row - In a darkened room/Quicksand jesus/Wasted time
Mother love Bone - Chloe Dancer
Queensryche -Silent Lucidity/anybody listening
Motley crue- Home sweet home
Poison - something to believe in
Heart -Alone

Does Alice in Chains "Down in a hole" count as a ballad?

+1 for Chloe Dancer - I will have to dig that out later on..
Ditto re Home Sweet Home... off topic but I started posting in the Pregnancy forum before we told people the news a few months ago... was trying to think of a new name and had just finished Motely Crue - The Dirt book, so my pregnant alter ego is called Sixx on boards!!! Wonder what all of the other pregnant Mams would make of him!! Anway...

Here's one for some of you with good memories...
Death Angel - A Room with a View
I've banged on about this somewhere here before but
Thin Lizzy - Still in Love
The Darkness - Love is Only a Feeling... whatever you think about them this is a FANTASTIC track
Oh and I can't remember the name of the song but Winger (cheesefest I know) had a great one years ago, something to do with a heartbreak predictably enough

ShawnRaven

mrpants wrote: »

i have it man, fecking love the almighty, what ya think or rickys solo stuff?, im going to see in mext month

Love Tattoos and Alibis and Love Many Trust Few.
Didn't know he was playing again, he's always playing here, I think he still lives in Dublin, but i can't be sure of that.

Where and when?

djScarey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw35NcFwJV8

kona

Chuchu wrote: »

+1 for Chloe Dancer - I will have to dig that out later on..
Ditto re Home Sweet Home... off topic but I started posting in the Pregnancy forum before we told people the news a few months ago... was trying to think of a new name and had just finished Motely Crue - The Dirt book, so my pregnant alter ego is called Sixx on boards!!! Wonder what all of the other pregnant Mams would make of him!! Anway...

Here's one for some of you with good memories...
Death Angel - A Room with a View
I've banged on about this somewhere here before but
Thin Lizzy - Still in Love
The Darkness - Love is Only a Feeling... whatever you think about them this is a FANTASTIC track
Oh and I can't remember the name of the song but Winger (cheesefest I know) had a great one years ago, something to do with a heartbreak predictably enough

:D

The dirt as a baby name book, brilliant:D:D

what was tommys mental girlfriend called?? moose or somthing :pac:

Chuchu

kona wrote: »

:D

The dirt as a baby name book, brilliant:D:D

what was tommys mental girlfriend called?? moose or somthing :pac:

Moose!!! That's right... with a name like that what must she have looked like??... and he went out with her for yonks!!

peter1892

Christ - I'd forgotten about 'Bandaged Knees' by The Almighty, cracking song!

One of my fave 'ballads' is 'Prodigal Son' by Iron Maiden - amazing guitar solos by Dave & H. I'd love to hear them do it live to hear Bruce singing it (it's off Killers, Paul did a fine job on it all the same). Come to think of it 'Strange World' off their first album is another one that I always liked a lot.

'Beyond The Realms of Death' - Judas Priest, another classic.
'Ghost of a chance' by Rush.
'Mama I'm Coming Home' by Ozzy

Could be here all day so I'll stop now

The Darkness - Love is Only a Feeling... whatever you think about them this is a FANTASTIC track

I must say I do like that one - they made the video for it around Katoomba (Blue Mountains) just outside of Sydney, I was there a few weeks before that single was released so seeing that video brings back some good memories.

Nephilim Wolf

Quite a few actually:

Scorpions - Holiday
Thin Lizzy - Still Loving You (Live & Dangerous version)
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Bryan Adams - Do I Have to Say The Words
Aerosmith - Dream On
Ozzy - Goodbye to Romance
Iron Maiden - Wasting Love
Guns 'N' Roses - November Rain
Thin Lizzy - South Bound
Scorpions - Always Somewhere
U2 - All I Want is You
Ozzy - Revelation (mother earth)

mrpants

Dave H wrote: »

He's playing Whelan's on the 5th April.
Ticket prices hav'nt been confirmed but I don't care:p
Saw him at Oxygen 04 and the Music Centre later that year,mind blowing gigs.

he is doing a sorta tour around ireland and the uk, i think he is playing about 4 dates around ireland.
but cant wait for the gig on the 5th

adox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_-5j4Dzs7E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rCLwNwf8I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OupRj7DeNq4

KevLeppard

Great thread, a few crackers already. Gonna be hard to pick but here it goes:

Def Leppard - Love Bites
Thin Lizzy - Still in love with you (Live and Dangerous version)
Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home
Journey - Open Arms
Don Dokken - When Love Finds a Fool
KISS - I Still Love You
Whitesnake - Looking For Love
Cinderella - Nobodys Fool
Europe - Sweet Love Child
Vixen - Love is a Killer
WASP - Forever Free
Steelheart - Cant Stop Me Loving You
H.E.A.T. - Cry (Fairly new band from Sweden, check them out)
RATT - Giving Yourself Away

Sorry, always been a 80's head :D:D:D

kona

KevLeppard wrote: »

Great thread, a few crackers already. Gonna be hard to pick but here it goes:

Def Leppard - Love Bites
Thin Lizzy - Still in love with you (Live and Dangerous version)
Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home
Journey - Open Arms
Don Dokken - When Love Finds a Fool
KISS - I Still Love You
Whitesnake - Looking For Love
Cinderella - Nobodys Fool
Europe - Sweet Love Child
Vixen - Love is a Killer
WASP - Forever Free
Steelheart - Cant Stop Me Loving You
H.E.A.T. - Cry (Fairly new band from Sweden, check them out)
RATT - Giving Yourself Away

Sorry, always been a 80's head :D:D:D

Loving it:D

80s IMO was the best era of metal, it was fun.:D