Why 80s Monster Love Ballads Changed Music |
| 8/5/2008 1:03:22 AM |
 The world of music would be entirely different these days if it were not for the monster love ballads of the 80s. This is for so many reasons. But to really break down monster love ballads of the 80s, we need to take a good look at why they were so popular. The Beatles were the founders and true purveyors of rock love ballads, and being so, they paved the pathways for... Read More
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The age old love ballad |
| 7/24/2008 3:49:53 PM |
| The love ballad has been around forever. Since the dawn of time, the number one topic of almost every story had to deal with love - either love lost or love reunited, and so on. Even today, the love ballad continues in the form of rap, hip hop, rock and roll, punk rock and many other genres. Every song you listen to on the radio is usually some sort of love song or love... Read More |
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One of the Best Monster Ballads from the 1980s |
| 7/24/2008 8:32:00 AM |
One of my favorite monster ballads from the 1980s is Tina Turner’s What’s... Read More |
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I Don't Love This Love Ballad Anymore |
| 7/18/2008 9:01:37 AM |
In the past there have been some love ballads that sounded great to me when they were released. However, my perception of these love ballads has often changed over the course of time. One such love ballad is Michael Bolton’s How am I Supposed to Live Without You. This song was released in 1989. At the time I loved this song, it sounded very contemporary and I though Michael... Read More |
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Contemporary Rock Ballads will Sound Dated in Twenty Years Time |
| 7/12/2008 8:45:37 AM |
I’m not yet thirty-two, yet in my lifetime I’ve already enjoyed many rock ballads. For example, in the early nineties one of the rock ballads I loved was Sit Down by a band called James. You can watch the video clip for this song above. At the time I was fourteen years old and I thought that Sit Down was one of the coolest rock ballads I’d ever heard. The band James were a big... Read More |
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Love Ballads that Make the Broken Hearted Feel Even Worse |
| 7/6/2008 7:53:57 AM |
Listening to a certain type of love ballad when I’m in a specific sort of mood can be annoying. The type of love ballad I’m talking about is Toni Braxton’s Unbreak My Heart. It’s one of those love ballads which has lyrics that imply that a woman’s life is over once she’s lost the man she loves, and I think there’s something rather pathetic about that. Don’t misunderstand me.... Read More |
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A Most Beautiful Love Ballad |
| 6/30/2008 9:50:24 AM |
Some people enjoy listening to a love ballad, other people hate them. With most love ballads I have to be in the right mood in order to appreciate them. However, there are a few love ballads that I can enjoy regardless of what frame of mind I’m in at the time. One such love ballad is Time to Say Goodbye. The lyrics to this classical love ballad, sung by Andrea Bocelli and... Read More |
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A Not So Foreign Love Ballad |
| 6/19/2008 9:28:04 PM |
For those of you who loved to listen to music during the eighties, you’ve all heard all the great love ballads that the decade offered, but there is one artist whose love ballads became our favorites. In the 80’ there was this awesome love band called Foreigner who became the manufacturer of many make out sessions and even marriages. One of their best love ballads was... Read More |
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A Wedding Love Ballad |
| 6/18/2008 2:10:36 AM |
Want a love ballad for your wedding?
You may prefer a love ballad for your special day because in all honesty, nothing sounds more powerful than a metal head professing his love to the woman he loves. Rock ballads have the uncanny ability to hit that emotional chord, so considering rock ballads as the song for your wedding dance could be an iconic event. There are various... Read More |
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Love Ballads and Funerals |
| 6/11/2008 10:10:50 AM |
Have you ever thought about the song you would like to be played at your funeral? Some people choose something light hearted because they do not want to add to the grief of the bereaved. Other more self-indulgent people prefer to choose the saddest love ballad they can think of.
This may sound terrible to an American who doesn’t get the sick and twisted British humor, but... Read More |
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Classic Rock Ballads: We Built this City |
| 6/5/2008 10:29:48 AM |
| The majority of classic rock ballads came from the 80’s which is where you will find Starship’s We Built this City mega hit. The band became popular in the 70’s when they were called Jefferson Starship after the release of Blows Against the Empire written by Paul Kantner who sang and played guitar. Jefferson Starship included David Crosby, Graham Nash, Jerry Garcia, Bill... Read More |
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My Favorite Love Ballad... The Rose |
| 6/1/2008 9:19:49 AM |
 The Rose
" The Rose" by Bette Midler is my favorite love ballad. Some my say that it isn't a conventional love ballad and that may be true but it is about love and hope that is eternal. At the least it is one of the monster ballads of all time. The lyrics speak to the heart of what love should be about. Read them carefully and they will teach you that love must... Read More |
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A Love Ballad with a Dangerous Video |
| 5/24/2008 8:51:17 AM |
James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful is one of the most memorable love ballads of the 21st century. It is also a very popular love ballad. When I fist heard this song, I wasn’t sure if the singer was male or female. James Blunt has an ambiguous voice. I like this love ballad very much. Most of us have been strongly attracted to a person on first seeing them and that’s what the love... Read More |
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Sweet Child of Mine is Still One of the Best Rock Ballads |
| 5/18/2008 8:06:23 AM |
I enjoyed rock ballads in my early teens. In fact rock was the first type of music I ever loved. My favorite rock bands were Def Leopard, White Snake, and Guns N’ Roses. I especially liked Guns N’ Roses. At the age of thirteen I thought Sweet Child of Mine was better than all rock ballads that had preceded it. I also felt certain that no future rock ballads would ever... Read More |
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Love Ballads and Victim Mentality |
| 5/12/2008 7:13:15 AM |
The older I get the less I like love ballads. I don’t know precisely why love ballads appeal to me less than they once did. I think it might be because I’m less idealistic than I was during my youth. I stopped believing that a handsome prince would whisk me away on his trusty steed many years ago. There is no Prince Charming and even if there were I would take one look at... Read More |
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Some Rock Ballads Speak for a Generation |
| 5/6/2008 10:37:15 AM |
| There are many rock ballads on the You Tube website. Of all the rock ballads on You Tube, Alanis Morisette’s You Oughta Know describes the person I was in my late teens and early twenties most succinctly. In fact, I think it is one of those rock ballads that speaks for a whole generation. When this song was released in the mid 1990s, it was very popular with the crowd I... Read More |
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Rock Ballads from the 70's and 80's Spoke to Enduring Love |
| 4/30/2008 9:19:03 AM |
 Listening to a love ballad from the 70's or 80's can be a nostalgic trip to the past, or it can just be a way to listen to a really good song. The music from the early days of rock and roll broke all existing musical paradigms, with both the musical style and the lyrics. The rock and roll era produced some really great music, some of in the form of a love ballad, others in... Read More |
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The Genius of Rock Ballads |
| 4/24/2008 7:36:39 AM |
 Listening to rock ballads can be soothing experience. Some rock and roll tunes are pretty loud, but generally the rock ballads are slower, quieter, and have interesting lyrics. According to one web site, the top three rock ballads are Imagine, by John Lennon, Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel, and Let it Be by the Beatles. These are truly gorgeous rock... Read More |
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Have You Ever Written Lyrics for a Love Ballad? |
| 4/18/2008 7:58:27 AM |
 Have you ever had such an intense and perceptive feeling toward your partner that you wrote the feeling into a love ballad? A love ballad is a song that embodies intense feelings of love, whether they are toward a partner or a child, and many classic songs in all genres are written as love ballads. These songs are really beautiful, and if you have come up with some great... Read More |
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Monster Ballads: Music from an Era |
| 4/5/2008 2:06:49 PM |
What happens when you have hardcore heavy metal bands sing love ballads?
You get monster ballads, a subgenre that seems to be self contradictory, but somehow works.
It may be difficult to imagine, but these tough, hardcore rockers with long hair and rough edges are also great at singing memorable love ballads. These songs are able to show a softer side to these artist's... Read More |
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