Power Ballads

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[pknopp]

Just a peeve of mine. It's not Earth shattering. Most songs described as a ballad are not ballads.

 

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[MarathonMike]

Just a peeve of mine. It's not Earth shattering. Most songs described as a ballad are not ballads.

The definition of ballad is broad. It is reasonable to call a power rock song a ballad.

 

[Harry Dresden]

top 20 ballads ....A "Ballad" is a slow to medium, romantic, sentimental or narrative song usually relating a single, dramatic event.

1. Imagine - John Lennon 2. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Let It Be - Beatles 4. Crying - Roy Orbison 5. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers 6. Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison 7. Hey Jude - Beatles 8. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 9. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton 10. Yesterday - The Beatles 11. All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers 12. Piano Man - Billy Joel 13. Something - Beatles 14. Knockin' On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan 15. God Only Knows - Beach Boys 16. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Righteous Brothers 17. In My Life - The Beatles 18. Candle in the Wind 1997 - Elton John 19. Angie - Rolling Stones 20. American Pie - Don McLean

 

[JOSweetHeart]

In my opinion this song is most definitely a power ballad in country music. The song went to #1 for Toby Keith three weeks all together. After its first week at the top, it fell to #2 only to come back to #1 for another two weeks.



God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

P.S. I shared the video because not only does it end in an unexpected way, I also love the added instrumentation that isn't heard when listening to the song on his album named How Do You Like Me Now?

 

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