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Fede 
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 13:49 |
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To me, it's Love of my Life by Queen by far.........
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Teaflax
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 13:52 |
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I (Who Have Nothing), the Tom Jones version.
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micky
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 13:59 |
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Joe Cocker - You are so Beautiful
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Bern
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 14:00 |
Classic I know but : What a Wonderful world by Louis Armstrong It is truly wonderful ! 
Edited by Bern - June 01 2006 at 14:01
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  RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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WaywardSon
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 14:07 |
Nights in white satin-Moody Blues
Love Hurts-Nazareth
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 14:11 |
Would "A Whiter Shade of Pale" count as a ballad? It's a wonderful song - and so is "Nights in White Satin". They both remind me of my youth...  BTW, RycheMan, I thought you would mention "Silent Lucidity"... 
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 14:13 |
Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány 
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
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WaywardSon
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 14:16 |
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Ah yes Silent Lucidity too, thanks for the reminder!  I also love "A whiter shade of pale" Have you heard the version done by Doro Pesch? Amazing vocals!
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 14:38 |
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I'm not even sure what qualifies as a ballad. A slow song? A love song? A real ballad as in a story?
But I do Believe these ones do:
The Pentangle - Cruel Sister
Peter Hammill - Wilhemina
Tim buckley - Valentine Melody
Van der Graaf Generator - My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
King Crimson - Talk to the Wind
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
Ween - Cold blows the Wind
Pink Floyd - Julia Dream
Spirogyra - An Everyday Consumption Song
Trees - The Garden of Jane Delawney
Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree
Kinks - Days
David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul
Leonard Cohen - The Guests
Beatles - She's Leaving Home
Antony and the Johnsons and Current 93 - The Lake
All 20 share the top spot along with another 10-15 I can't remember right now.
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Kotro
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 14:41 |
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Something
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Bigger on the inside.
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WaywardSon
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 21:29 |
Rocktopus, I also started wondering about what one would consider a true ballad.
I said Silent Lucidity, but ít is really a song about dream control.
I remember slow dancing to "A Whiter shade of pale" every Friday night at a rock club with this gorgeous blonde...about fifteen years ago...ah sweet memories...
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arnold stirrup
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 22:22 |
 Kotro wrote:
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Frank Sinatra thought so.
As for me, I'd go with Lucky Man. What other ballad has a killer moog solo at the end?
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So much music. So little time.
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Raff
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 00:46 |
Rocktopus, Pentangle's "Cruel Sister" (utterly fantastic song  ) IS actually a ballad in the literary sense of the word - that is, it is a traditional song with a recognizable rythm, rhyme scheme and all, based on a motif which is quite common in folklore (called "the singing bone" by folklore scholar Stith Thompson). So, I found your mention quite intriguing! 
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darren
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 00:49 |
Not prog but:
"I'll Stand By You" - The Pretenders
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"they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world.
the fools
they locked up the wrong man."
- Leonard Cohen
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:14 |
There are so many, Prog and non Prog:
- White Mountain (Genesis)
- July Morning (Uriah Heep)
- Mama (Pink Floyd)
- Lady D'Arbanville (Cat Stevens)
- I would do Anything for Love (But I Won't do That) (Meat Loaf)
- Mithrandir aka This Fading Age (Glass Hammer)
- Julia (Pavlov's Dog)
- Carpet Crawlers (Genesis)
- Breathe (Pink Floyd)
- Epitaph (King Crimson)
- Lucky Man (ELP)
- Only You (The Platters)
- My Way (Frank Sinatra)
- Sara (Fleetwood Mac)
- Love Hurts (Nazareth)
- Objects in the Rear View Mirror may Appear Closer than they Are (Meat Loaf
- Guinivere (Rick Wakeman)
- Woyaya (Osibisa)
- In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)
- The Silent Sun (Genesis)
Among 200 others.
Iván
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cuncuna
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:20 |
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I think that ballad can't exist,since "all time" hasn't passed, and, in fact; it is supposed to be endless; so, you see, my mind is falling appart trying to reach that neverending future and the ballads in it... thanks a lot!
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ˇBeware of the Bee!
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Tyroler664
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 07:37 |
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Nothing else mattters - Metallica
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 15:01 |
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Wake Up - Coheed & Cambria
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Rushman
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 15:31 |
Thank You - Led Zep
If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you
If mountains crumbled to the sea
There would still be you and me
Kind woman, I give you my heart
kind woman, nothing more
Little drops of rain
Whisper of the pain
Tears of love lost in the days gone by
My love is strong
With you there is no wrong
together we shall go until we die
my my my
Inspiration's what you are to me
Inspiration, love you see
And so today, my world, it smiles
Your hand in mine, we walk the miles
Thanks to you, it will be done
For you to me, are the only one
Happiness, no longer sad
Happiness, I'm glad
If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you
Mountains crumble to the sea
There would still be you and me
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wolf0621
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 15:46 |
Nature's Way - Spirit
I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
Alexis - James Gang
Just Between You And Me - April Wine
Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces (is this considered a ballad?)
Castles Made Of Sand - Hendrix
Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
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