Great non-sappy ballads

by **portland** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:28 am

Rick wrote:
The Sushi Hunter wrote:What's the deffinition of a ballad anyways

I'd like to know the answer to that as well. They keep referring to Don't Stop Believin as a ballad. I just don't see that.

No I would not call DSB a ballad....Agreed

by **Peartree12249** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:03 am

Fleetwood Mac - Over My Head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW_cVAgmT28

Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mK3N7

by **Ehwmatt** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:12 am

To paraphrase Potter Stewart on pornography, I can't define a ballad, but I know it when I hear it :lol:

by **Michigan Girl** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:13 am

portland wrote:
Rick wrote:
The Sushi Hunter wrote:What's the deffinition of a ballad anyways

I'd like to know the answer to that as well. They keep referring to Don't Stop Believin as a ballad. I just don't see that.

No I would not call DSB a ballad....Agreed

I don't agree. I've heard it described as a Power Ballad,
I agree with that!!! :wink:

by **Peartree12249** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:34 am

Fact Finder wrote:
In Australia the "bush" ballad is still vigorous and popular. In the West Indies the "Calypso" singers produce something close to the ballad with their impromptu songs. Debate still rages as to whether the ballad originates with an individual composer or as a group or communal activity. Whatever the origin, the folk ballad is, in almost every country, one of the earliest folms of literature.

Don't overlook the classic cowboy ballad. Here's a song by the master of the cowboy ballad

Big Iron - Marty Robbins (done World of Warcraft style)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MAz9NY44Qc

MR

Great non-sappy ballads

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