Your absolute favourite ONE ballad ever, and I mean EVER!.... what is it?

viz

Ballad, by New Model Army. What a love song

https://youtu.be/E-wn2jeqWjg?feature=shared

Dannic

Come Again by Damn Yankees. My favourite “super group “ but a cracker of a ballad building up to a tasty solo by Uncle Ted. 

beed84

ICBM said:

dindude said:

But still not as good as 2 out of 3 ain’t bad for a meatloaf ballad.

Not actually as good as any song on the original Bat Out Of Hell, even though it is a great song. The whole album is a work of pure genius.

Me and my mate agree Bat Out of Hell is music perfection. Everything from lyrics, composition, arrangements, melodies, harmonies … every song is superb. Steinman really was on another level.

robgilmo

Not sure if its a ballad or not, I suppose it could be. Its a poem by Yeats put to music by The Water Boys, 

ICBM

robgilmo said:

Not sure if its a ballad or not, I suppose it could be. Its a poem by Yeats put to music by The Water Boys

I'll raise you this... I think it is a ballad, but I'm not quite sure. It is an amazing song, anyway.

pumkin

Richard Thompson …. Beeswing 
 
https://youtu.be/ypmzy6UXo8Y?si=sj0TDyoTdeWYHuOe

robgilmo

ICBM said:

robgilmo said:

Not sure if its a ballad or not, I suppose it could be. Its a poem by Yeats put to music by The Water Boys

I'll raise you this... I think it is a ballad, but I'm not quite sure. It is an amazing song, anyway.

Thats a killer track, thankyou for sharing, I love songs that roll like that, punching along like a frieght train. JJ Cale was great at making songs chug along but still punch through, even though he sang like he was so laid back he was literally upside down.

Revolutions

R.E.M. Find the River

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJGlTu5sEI

Cranky

Don’t recall seeing “Pancho and Lefty” in the thread.  Really prefer Townes van Zandt’s rendition.

Snap

Just The Way You Are, the Barry White version though. 

bobblehat

Every Rose  - Poison  

Offset

robgilmo said:

Not sure if its a ballad or not, I suppose it could be. Its a poem by Yeats put to music by The Water Boys, 

I prefer A Bang On The Ear from the same album :-)

mudslide73

pumkin said:

Richard Thompson …. Beeswing 
 
https://youtu.be/ypmzy6UXo8Y?si=sj0TDyoTdeWYHuOe

What a song this is. I was going to say $1000 Wedding by Gram Parsons but I think Beeswing pips it for me. 

EricTheWeary

EricTheWeary said:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6i4l-LrVWwtXoP6uxa_QQc_rycRWGt_t&si=TF1qZzBOoeCd2Qa1

Not quite everything, it turned out to be a long winded process, but if you’ve got YouTube music and a desire to put your head down a toilet this’ll help. 

Still not everything but a lot of doleful choices. 

mudslide73 said:

pumkin said:

Richard Thompson …. Beeswing 
 
https://youtu.be/ypmzy6UXo8Y?si=sj0TDyoTdeWYHuOe

What a song this is. I was going to say $1000 Wedding by Gram Parsons but I think Beeswing pips it for me. 

There are quite a few pubs called Beeswing (or The Beeswing Inn,etc). Apparently not named by Richard Thompson fans but after a famous racehorse. 

stufisher

I haven't thought of anything better than The Killing of Georgie ... timeless IMHO 

hollywoodrox

It’s impossible to pick 
  But for today I’ll pick Peter Cetera & Amy Grant  “next time I fall “
  Cetera either solo or in Chicago rules ballads 

has anyone picked
all by myself  Eric carmen
without you - badfinger 
im not in love -10 cc yet