Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:50 am
Blueskies wrote:wastingbeerz wrote:Blueskies wrote:Coming from a female point of view...ballads are AWESOME and are often the hit makers!
Now with that said...
I don't get where some of you guys don't think this CD rocks enough. Can't Slow Down, Living In A Dream, Ready, Angel Tonight...even Lonely to a certain extent are all rockers. I think it has a good balance and is on par with exactly how Foreigner has always sounded. This is Foreigner, not metal, and they've always been known primarily for their stand out enduring ballads, anyway.
Depending on the ballad, but too much of one thing (even rockers) makes the album uneven... I like the album, just think it could use a few more rockers to be a more even Foreigner experience. Definitely much heavier on the ballad side of things. And "hit" making or not is irrelevant to me... I just want good songs!!!
I could care less if their hits either, but the bands usually do....and one of the reasons they go with the ballads. Think about all rock music over time...a large percentage of the enduring classic songs are ballads.
To me at least, a huge percentage of the more annoying "classic" songs are ballads. Especially the modern rock ballad hits of today... a good bit of those are definitely cringe-worthy. But honestly, I disagree, I think enduring classic songs are diverse, no greater percentage of any sort of style.