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Thread started 11/19/10 7:35am

JoeTyler

Your Top15 Best Ballads of all time

(Prince included) smile

1. How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees

2. Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner

3. Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones

4. Adore - Prince

5. Rain - Madonna

6. A Really Good Time - Roxy Music

7. Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles

8. A Question of Lust - Depeche Mode

9. Caroline No - The Beach Boys

10. Human Nature - Michael Jackson

11. Femme Fatale - Velvet Underground & Nico

12. With or Without You - U2

13. Blue Jeans - Blur

14. Lady Stardust - David Bowie

15. My Antartica - Duran Duran

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Reply #1 posted 11/19/10 7:50am

zaza

1. Led Zeppelin - Thank You

2. Guns N' Roses - November Rain

3. Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways

4. David Bowie - As The World Falls Down

5. U2 - With or Without You

6. Police - Every Breath You Take

7. Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever

8. Prince - Purple Rain (boxed)

9. Smashing Pumpkins - Crush

10. Aretha Franklin - Angel (Oh God, what a voice!)

11. Metallica - Fade To Black

12. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (I think it belongs to ballads)

13. Steve Vai - Tender Surrender

14. Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire

15. Oasis - I'm Outta Time

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Reply #2 posted 11/19/10 8:46am

MickyDolenz

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I'm just going to name the 1st songs I think of, in no particular order.

1. The Edge Of A Dream ~ Minnie Riperton

2. Power Flower ~ Stevie Wonder

3. Sara Smile ~ Daryl Hall & John Oates

4. And I Love Her ~ The Beatles

5. Go Away Little Boy ~ Marlena Shaw

6. Taking Applications ~ Richard "Dimples" Fields

7. Running Out Of Lies ~ Johnnie Taylor

8. Push Me Away ~ The Jacksons

9. Queen Of My Heart ~ DeBarge

10. Reminiscing ~ Little River Band

11. Biggest Part Of Me ~ Ambrosia

12. Strollin' ~ Prince & The NPG

13. Hello Stranger ~ Barbara Lewis

14. Going In Circles ~ Gap Band

15. Just Can't Stay Away ~ En Vogue

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #3 posted 11/19/10 9:20am

Tokyo89

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(In no particular order) biggrin

1: Can't Live - Mariah Carey

2: You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson

3: I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston

4: Love You More - Celine Dion

5: I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

6: To Be Loved - Jackie Wilson

7: One Last Cry - Brian McKnight

8: Teacher - George Michael

9: I'm So Into You - Peabo Bryson

10: Purple Rain - Prince

11: Take It To Heart - Michael McDonald

12: A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle

13: Speechless - Michael Jackson

14: Don't Walk Away: Michael Jackson

15: Celine Dion.....

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Reply #4 posted 11/19/10 9:38am

BklynBabe

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A House Is Not A Home-Luther Vandross

Careless Whisper-Wham/George Michael

The Crying Game-Boy George

Forever In your Eyes-Mint Condition

Whatever You Want-Tony Toni Tone

Vision Of Love-Mariah Carey

At Your Best (You Are Love)- Aaliyah

Is It A Crime-Sade

Fortunate-Maxwell

Time After Time-Cyndi Lauper

I Could Fall In Love-Selena

Insatiable-Prince

I Like It-Debarge

Be Without You-Mary J. Blige

Dangerously In Love-Beyonce

tip of a huge iceberg for me....

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Reply #5 posted 11/19/10 10:57am

Graycap23

The top 10 will be 10 Donny Hathaway songs.......

then:

Adore - Prince

Always & Forever - Heatwave

I Love You - Lenny Williams

How Come U don't Call me Anymore - Prince

Angel - Ohio Players

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Reply #6 posted 11/19/10 11:14am

PoppyBros

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everything thats whitney. biggrin

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Reply #7 posted 11/19/10 11:46am

Tokyo89

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PoppyBros said:

everything thats whitney. biggrin

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