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Losendos 
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 Posted: April 08 2006 at 21:23 |
 Man Erg wrote:
Carpet Crawlers - Genesis
The Night Watch/Cadence & Cascade - King Crimson
Grace Darling - Strawbs
'W' - VdGG
The Birds - Peter Hammill |
Is Carpet Crawlers a ballad ?
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How wonderful to be so profound
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Losendos
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Posted: April 08 2006 at 21:26 |
Minkia wrote:
HOW ABOUT 'BLOOD ON THE ROOFTOPS' AND 'MAD MAN MOON' BY GENESIS? |
great songs but are they ballads?
Did Gensis ever do a ballad ?
Turn of the century is a great track but I don't know if it is a ballad either?
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How wonderful to be so profound
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E-Dub
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Posted: April 08 2006 at 21:28 |
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Although it can tear me up inside, Dream Theater's "Through Her Eyes" is
awfully beautiful. Lyrics can really bring you down, however.
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int_2375
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Posted: April 08 2006 at 21:40 |
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Dr Know
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Posted: April 08 2006 at 21:42 |
"She is Everything" by Spock´s Beard 
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TOD KREMER
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 02:20 |
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If you count Nights in White Satin (as BLAZNO does), then almost everything on Hayward/ Lodge's Blue Jays are my favorite ballads. My ultimate "make-out" album of the '70's....(almost) never failed.
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chazmire
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 11:17 |
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Wow, some cool ballads posted here. Made me get some old lps out and listen to a few of them. My favorite would be "Exiles" by Crimson. The guitar solo is heartbreakingly beautiful, and the live box set has the version I want played at my funeral.
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Raff
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 11:29 |
Losendos wrote:
Turn of the century is a great track but I don't know if it is a ballad either?
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Perhaps it's not, but then what do we count as a ballad? If I think of chart-friendly ballads, I think of songs such as "Still Loving You" by The Scorpions or the countless, sappy love songs produced by American AOR groups. Probably here by 'ballad' we mean a slow, often acoustic song where vocals feature more prominently than in other compositions. This is why we mentioned "Turn of the Century", "Exiles" (a great song - shame about Wetton's vocals!), "Blood on the Rooftops" and such others.
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Padraic
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 11:37 |
E-Dub wrote:
Although it can tear me up inside, Dream Theater's "Through Her Eyes" is
awfully beautiful. |
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chazmire
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 11:39 |
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"Exiles" (a great song - shame about Wetton's vocals!)
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Yeah, I hear you. But to me, though he strains mightily, his voice adds to the charm. I can't really separate the song from his vocals. But I wonder how Greg Lake might've fared?
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Tenth Chaffinch
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 23:48 |
There are definately some noteworthy balladlike songs in Prog.
Unevensong (Camel: Rain Dances) has a complex and melodic introductory sequence, beautiful vocals, a rocking keyboard solo in an odd time signature, a great breakdown into some strange chord sequences, leading to a climactic and tear jerking ending in which a series of guitar riffs run parallel and are overlayed in a magnificent fashion.
Walking On Air (King Crimson: Thrak) is another great song with good use of some complex chords and a soothing, airy melody.
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ozzy_tom
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 07:46 |
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King Crimson - "Epitaph", ELP - "C'est la vie", Uriah Heep - "The Park" and my favorite: Van Der Graaf Generator - "House with no Door" !
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retuow
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 08:10 |
Peter Hammill - A Better Time 
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Human beings were created by water to carry it uphill.
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cobb
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 09:01 |
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My newest fav would have to be Everon's And Still It Bleeds- a power ballad par excellence. Now that sound engineer knew what he was doing.
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Zargus
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 09:39 |
There are so many great prog ballads:
VDGG: Refugees, Out of my book, House with no doors, My room (waiting for wonderland)
Peter Hammill: Vision, Child.
King Crimson: Talk to the wind, Moonchild, Lady of the dancing water, Islands.
Genesis: Dusk, harlequin, The carpet crawlers, The Lamia, Mad man moon.
Yes: And you and I, The Ancient(The end of the song), To be over, Turn of the century, Onward.
Jethro Tull: Reasons for waiting, For Micheal Collins, Jeffrey and me.
ELP: Lucky Man, From the begining, Still... you turn me on.
Pink Floyd: If, Fat old sun, A Pillow of winds, Wish you were here, Pigs on the wings, Hey you, vera.
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Marc Baum
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 10:30 |
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Genesis - The Lamia. More of an melancholic epic, but it's stunningly beautiful and heart-wrenching.
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"All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT
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Marc Baum
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 10:37 |
In prog-metal probably I Remember by Psychotic Waltz !
Through Her Eyes by DT is more of a soul-ballad, so it doesn't count for me.
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"All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT
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smokey
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 10:41 |
Yes - To Be Over other honorable mentions include: ELP - Lucky Man (kind of a ballad) Led Zeppelin - Thank You Led Zeppelin - Your Time Is Gonna Come
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Tales From Topographic Oceans
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pechu prog 730
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 03:20 |
for me tarkus 
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IT'S RAINING ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
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Gog/Magog
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 04:09 |
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The Hermit by Steve Hackett!
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