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All time favourite ballad....
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By *roquois OP Man
over a year ago
Portsmouth |
What would yours be?
I have a few...
John Miles - The Right To Sing
Lonestar - Not a Day Goes By
House of Lords - Love Dont Lie
3 Doors Down - Landing in London (All I Think About Is You)
Johh Waite - New York City Girl...
Share and lets see if we can build a new smoochy playlist....lol
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Nothing Compares 2 U - Original version by Prince
Crazy for you - Madonna (not a huge fan but brings back memories)
Alone - Heart
Dry your eyes mate - The Streets
Lip up fatty, fatty reggae - Bad Manners |
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"Nothing Compares 2 U - Original version by Prince
Crazy for you - Madonna (not a huge fan but brings back memories)
Alone - Heart
Dry your eyes mate - The Streets
Lip up fatty, fatty reggae - Bad Manners"
Aww I got a lovely warm feeling till the last one lol |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
South West London / Surrey |
There are loads & loads that I like but the first few that come into my head are:
Thank you for loving me - Bon Jovi
All out of love - Air Supply
Kayleigh - Marillion
Your Song - Elton John
Lady in red - Chris DeBurgh
Started with a Kiss - Hot Chocolate |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Okay, I'll be the pedantic one who points out these are love songs, not proper ballads.
Fave slow(ish) love songs:
Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Don't Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Bros
Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac
Long Distance Love - Little Feat
20 Million Things - Lowell George
Let's Get I On - Marvin Gaye
How Long - Ace
How Come U Don't Call me Anymore? - Prince
Lucky Guy - Rickie Lee Jones
One Man Guy - Rufus Wainwright
Adia - Sarah Maclachlan
The Difficult Kind - Sheryl Crow
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - Walker Bros
My Love - Wings |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There's bazillion of em really...
Way to many good ones to suggest which is my best....
I love loads of the songs selected so far in the thread,,,
And my own favs would perhaps not be well known enough to include here...
So heres a few random picks which are more inkeeping with the thread
Crying …. Roy Orbison
Don’ want to miss a thing”.... Aerosmith
November Rain ….Guns’N’Roses
She….... Elvis Costello
Sometimes when we touch …. Dan Hill
Let it Be …. The Beatles
You’ve lost that loving feeling …… the Righteous Brothers
Cant help falling in love with you…. Elvis
  
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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sofly as i leave you - elvis presley
the rose -westlife
just the way you are - matt cardle
note to god - rhema marvanne
to name a few but the last one always makes me cry its dedicated to the soldiers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lonestar - Not a Day Goes By
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Is that the Welshh Lone Star who did Bells of Berlin? I saw them.
Sigh, the Alan Freeman Show, the Saturday music lover and the giants on album! Not 'alf! |
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By *roquois OP Man
over a year ago
Portsmouth |
"Lonestar - Not a Day Goes By
Is that the Welshh Lone Star who did Bells of Berlin? I saw them.
Sigh, the Alan Freeman Show, the Saturday music lover and the giants on album! Not 'alf!"
No...It's the American Lonestar that did the song Amazing too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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""Stay away from my window" - Joan Baez
also love Donovan's "Little Tin Soldier""
OMG,,, yes,,,, and Donovan's "Try and catch the wind"....which is utterly sublime!!!!  |
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By *roquois OP Man
over a year ago
Portsmouth |
"Take a Look at Yourself - Coverdale/Page
When I look into your Eyes - Firehouse
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Goodbye - Hootie & the Blowfish
A Better Man - Thunder"
Love Firehouse - When I Look Into Your Eyes
prefer Thunder's - Darkest Hour or Low Life In High Places |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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""Stay away from my window" - Joan Baez
also love Donovan's "Little Tin Soldier"
OMG,,, yes,,,, and Donovan's "Try and catch the wind"....which is utterly sublime!!!! "
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I Don't Want To Talk About It - Crazy Horse
Hot Burrito #1 - Flying Burrito Brothers
Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt or Melanie
Arrow - Cheryl Wheeler or Melanie
Ballad of Lucy Jordan - take yer pick
Old Photgraphs - Jim Capaldi
Only One Woman - Marbles
The Future Is Not What It Used To Be - Mickey Newbury
Pledging My Love - Johnnie Ace
You'd Better Move On - Mink De Ville
Maybe Tomorrow - The Iveys
Without You - Nilsson
A lifetime's sadness and tragedy in that lot.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Free Bird Leonard Skinner
Softly as I Leave You Matt Munroe
You Can't Always Get What you Want Rolling Stones
Feel Like Making Love Bad Company
Simple Things Part 2 Dirty Vegas
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
You'l Never Walk Alone Gerry and the Pace Maker
And to many more to mention  |
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By *roquois OP Man
over a year ago
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"Free Bird Leonard Skinner
Softly as I Leave You Matt Munroe
You Can't Always Get What you Want Rolling Stones
Feel Like Making Love Bad Company
Simple Things Part 2 Dirty Vegas
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
You'l Never Walk Alone Gerry and the Pace Maker
And to many more to mention "
Freebird is actually Lynyrd Skynyrd, not Leonard Skinner...haha...Good song tho...they also did an amazing ballad called Unwrite That Song |
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"Free Bird Leonard Skinner
Softly as I Leave You Matt Munroe
You Can't Always Get What you Want Rolling Stones
Feel Like Making Love Bad Company
Simple Things Part 2 Dirty Vegas
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
You'l Never Walk Alone Gerry and the Pace Maker
And to many more to mention
Freebird is actually Lynyrd Skynyrd, not Leonard Skinner...haha...Good song tho...they also did an amazing ballad called Unwrite That Song"
Leonard Skinner, fancy that |
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Love's in need of love today....Stevie Wonder
Until you come back to me....Stevie Wonder
A song for you....Donny Hathaway (Leon Russell writer)
The look of love....Dusty Springfield (Burt Bacharach and Hal David writers)
How deep is your love....Bee Gees |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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Halo- Beyonce
Your song- Ellie Goulding
Baby im a want you- John Holt
Woman- John Lennon
Amazed- Lonestar
True Colours- Cyndi Lauper
The long and winding road- The Beatles
Wild Horses- The Rolling Stones
Make it with you- Bread
All out of Love- Air Supply
Closest thing to crazy- Katie Melua
Duran Duran- Save a prayer
Judie Tzuke- Stay with me til dawn
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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Etta James At Last
George Michael Different corner
Jim Reeves Welcome to my world
Andy Williams Moon river
Roberta Flack... First time ever I saw your face
Oleta Adams Get there
Randy Crawford Almaz
Rod Stewart Killing of Georgie
Sinead O Connor Scarlett Ribbons
Sinead O Connor Make me a channel of your peace
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By *DSRMan
over a year ago
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It's debaitable if some are even balled but blah!!!
Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Fort Minor - Where'd You Go
Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You
alanis morissette - head over feet |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ballad or love song? either way..
Wild Horses - The Stones
Wild is the Wind - Bowie
Alison - Elvis Costello
Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons
The Impossible Dream - Matt Monroe
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"wild horses ....Ray Lamontagne
vincent .... Don McLean
seasons in the sun ... Terry Jack
where do you go to my lovely Peter Sarstedt
love me love my dog ... Lobo
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Thats twice on this thread you have saved me typing. I love your choice in music if only saving my fingers from working so hard |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Stay With Me Till Dawn - Judy Tzuke
Amoureuse - Kiki Dee
It's Too Late - Carole King
Follow You, Follow Me - Genesis
Through The Barricades - Spandau Ballet
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
...loads more but I can't think of them all now. |
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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago
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Two already mentioned
Without You - Nilsson
Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton
And three others from many that do it for me
Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Rose Royce
Sylvias mother – Dr. Hook
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkle
_rummps x
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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How can you mend a broken heart - Al Green
Nothing Wrong with a little Bump & Grind - R Kelly
Who can love you like me - Keith Sweat
and for those who know it the best has to be....
I'm so proud - The Impressions
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini.
The Timmy Mallet version naturally"
trust you tobes lol
a different corner - George Michael
Father Figure - George Micheal
Wake me up when September Ends - Greenday
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Fields of Gold - Sting or Eva Cassidy
Careless Whisper - Yep, George again
How am I supposed to live without you - Michael Bolton |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Running on faith, Let it grow, Eric Clapton
Gotten - Adam Lavine and Slash
Forever - Dennis Wilson
Tuesdays Gone - Lynard Skynard
Way too many to list. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"slipknot - snuff
seriously its really good lol
Stone Sour - Say you'll haunt me.  "
+1 on both tracks!
Off the top of my head.....
Everlong - Foo Fighters (our song)
Love Song - The Cure
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
When Love & Death Embrace - HIM
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"slipknot - snuff
seriously its really good lol
Stone Sour - Say you'll haunt me.
+1 on both tracks!
Off the top of my head.....
Everlong - Foo Fighters (our song)
Love Song - The Cure
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
When Love & Death Embrace - HIM
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak"
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stone sours version of wicked games it ace
youtube it if you havnt already hear it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"[Removed by poster at 16/10/11 22:58:29]"
I think it's romantic.... Or perhaps "a kiss with a fist" - Florence and the machine (although what machine is never stipulated, worryingly) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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At last...Etta James
Lets get it on..Marvin Gaye
Turn off the lights...Teddy pendergrass
They'll never know...The Dualers
Fields of gold....Eva Cassidy
my list is too long to go on...would take up the whole thread,
ALL pukka songs !!
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"Ballad or love song? either way..
Wild Horses - The Stones
Wild is the Wind - Bowie
Alison - Elvis Costello = THIS ONE!
Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons
The Impossible Dream - Matt Monroe
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Farewell Reel - Patti Smith
If he's ever near - Linda Ronstdt |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Poison Every rose has a thorn
Heart alone
Aerosmith i dont wanna miss a thing"
Some good tracks there, but let me throw this 1 into the pot
Cinderella - Don't know what you've got. |
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