Top ballads?

[srebbe64]

Well, what are your favourite ballads? Need a playlist for relaxing in the car.

[daphantom]

No such thing

[spud989]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lE6Htee0sA

[The Hypno-Toad]

spud989 said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lE6Htee0sA

Blimey, he knows a lot of things.

Hmmmm... define ballad??

Back in a bit.

[DavidY]

Maybe not quite ballards, but I can recommend:-

Whitesnake - Starkers in Tokyo

Now before you think all hair metal, this is an acoustic set with David Coverdale and a guitartist and is some of the best recorded music that I've heard. Lots of examples on YouTube see:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyj01YnOQOE as an example

davidy

[The Hypno-Toad]

If you're not after this kind of ballad...


Then as ever...

Andrew Gold - Never Let Her Slip Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNCx7LDv7Ng

Follow You, Follow Me - Genesis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcFlVa2RFw

Daylight Katy - Gordon Lightfoot
no youtube

English Rose - The Jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Y_yTJKxsw

Fire & Rain - James Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uaXCJcRrE&fea...

Love & Affection - Joan Armatrading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTIs-TBwcbk

If I Had You - The Korgis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjv7jQqvIc

C'mon, C'mon - Mary Chapin Carpenter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVC0ME42g-I

On Days Like These - Matt Monro (of course)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpq1_AphUSY

Northern Sky - Nick Drake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtyLL_BE-oo


The Toad Knows, baby. The Toad knows.

[Pothole]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZxU-q0B68 ignore the stty charmed video..

[The Hypno-Toad]

Pothole said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZxU-q0B68 ignore the stty charmed video..

Hadn't heard that before, very sad & not at all bad. Thanks for that.

[Pothole]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Pothole said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZxU-q0B68 ignore the stty charmed video..

Hadn't heard that before, very sad & not at all bad. Thanks for that.

always brings a lump to my throat...happy to introduce you to it.

Here's a friend of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC4Md_blB2k

[The Hypno-Toad]

Pothole said:

The Hypno-Toad said:

Pothole said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZxU-q0B68 ignore the stty charmed video..

Hadn't heard that before, very sad & not at all bad. Thanks for that.

always brings a lump to my throat...happy to introduce you to it.

Here's a friend of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC4Md_blB2k

Quite agreeable as well, will check out further.

[kiteless]

First one that sprung to mind was Nothingman by Pearl Jam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl5sbwmvldo

Always brings back somewhat unpleasant memories for me.

[TedMaul]

The Hypno-Toad said:

On Days Like These - Matt Monro (of course)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpq1_AphUSY

How could there be anything else..

Or for power ballad, I always liked In a Darkened Room by Skid Row

[StevieBee]

Whitesnake's Is this love? - good driving ballad.

[Captain Flashman]

srebbe64 said:

Well, what are your favourite ballads? Need a playlist for relaxing in the car.

just get the best of nick cave and the bad seeds, some top ballads there

[Finlandia]

Pothole said:

Here's a friend of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC4Md_blB2k

Very good.

[neilr]

[quote=The Hypno-Toad]
Hmmmm... define ballad??quote]

A ballad is simply a song that tells a story. Today people seem to equate ballad with slow love songs peppered liberaly with awful cliches. However, any song that tells a story is technically a ballad....