Don't mind me, I'm gonna come back to this list when I'm making a new playlist lol. 20. She talks to angels 19. Let it be 18. I can't make you love me 17. We've got tonight 16. Against all odds 15. Still they ride 14. So far away 13. Behind the blue eyes 12. Wish you were here 11. Your song 10. Maybe I'm amazed 9. Landslide 8. One (U2) 7. Imagine 6. A whiter shade of pale 5. Wild horses 4. Something 3. Thank you 2. Every breath you take 1. Dream on
Excellent list....here's my list some are the same bands just different songs 1. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You 2. Heart - Alone....Can't believe The Wilsons weren't on your list 3. Guns N Roses - November Rain 4. Meatloaf - Two Out Of Three Aint Bad 5. Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart 6. Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues 7. Def Leppard - Love Bites 8. Bon Jovi - Never Say Goodbye....Pure unaldulterated cheese,i don't care i love it 9. The Rolling Stones - Angie 10. Thunder - Love Walked In 11. Y&T - I Believe In You 12. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me 13. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart 14. Nazareth - Love Hurts 15. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet 16. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender 17. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 18. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 19. Extreme - More Than Words 20. Aerosmith - Angel
I been reading comments - says a lot about Life in the Time of Corona - and I think your list was the first mention of Foreigner. Like Elton/Bernie, nearly every slot on the list could have been filled with a Foreigner song.
Shocked it wasn't on the list. Tho from my talks with americans and australians I think Scorpions is kind of a forgotten group in the english speaking world, nobody even knew them. Rick might just not listen to them enough to remember their songs in his lists
I don’t care about debating the order or which songs should or should have not been included: that was entertaining as hell. Thanks to you and your talented friends.
Yeah I thought that he was the best. They're all great singers but the dude in the hat was a little cringey to me with the facial expressions and head tilting. That's just not my thing but the actual vocals were good though.
I am just blown away by the talent in this video. Every vocalist is great. And Carmen Harvey’s voice is incredible. Can’t wait to find more of her singing.
Like a lot of Rick's regular viewers I'm about the same age as Rick. As I was listening to this countdown, it just occurred to me how lucky I was to be alive and listening to all of these songs when they were released. There's not a lot of great things about getting to be this age in life, but it really is a blessing to be able to think back about the times in your life when these songs were first popular on the radio.
Great performance but lets be honest, this incredible singer has more pronounced bass in his voice than Phil does - and it sounds great, but its more "Michael Bolton does Phil Collins" than a clone of Phil.
Nice list. Here's mine that I would add to yours. 10cc - I'm Not In Love Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight Heart - Dog and Butterfly Heart - Alone Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Fleetwood Mac - Song Bird Extreme - More Than Words Def Leppard - Love Bites Chicago - If You Leave Me Now The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger Simon and Garfunkal - The Sound Of Silence Z Z Top - Rough Boy Bryan Adams - Heaven Night Ranger - Sister Christian The Beatles - Yesterday Kansas - Dust In The Wind Kiss - Beth The Rolling Stones - Angie Lynryd Skynyrd - Free Bird
no offense to the two guys who were great. but man she was awesome. of course she was singing all songs that i absolutely love which may have given me some bias to it.
great song, Very hard decision, But what about: Scorpions - Still Loving You? Queen - Love of My Life? Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is? Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart? Extreme - More Than Words? Air Supply - All Out Of Love (Great ballads band)? Very long list of great ballads.... :) Anyhow, love your channel!
Rick, I am SO incredibly impressed by you. I'm 57 so we're pretty close age-wise. I am an aspiring guitarist who, after dabbling for a long time took it up very seriously last year. Your instruction is fantastic and your countdowns are incredibly well thought out and entertaining. I probably would have had Angie on this list but whatever. I'm sitting on my porch in the middle of Tokyo watching your videos and it's truly awesome. Keep doing what you do!
I thought Desperado might've been on the list, but the Eagles would've de-monetized the video, then blocked it, and Don Henley would've burned down Rick's studio 😂😂😂
That was an epic line up. Rick even rockin' the backing vocals as well as flawless instrument playing. Those three vocalist are just amazing. I have never heard of any of them. Well. That's something that can be remedied with TH-cam, Google and iTunes...
“Thank you” by Zep is a great one. But, I was expecting “The Rain Song” to be the main ballad from this band. And ranked in the top 5 of course. Exceptional song.
Or just address the elephant in the room: Stairway to Heaven... Of course there's kind of a merit to find another one to pick and not go for the obvious one, but there are reasons why it's the obvious one...
“I Wanna Know What Love Is” Foreigner “She’s Gone” Steelheart “Faithfully” and “Open Arms” Journey “Love Song” Tesla “Amanda” Boston “Love Of My Life” Queen
Saw Bonnie Raitt in concert several years ago and when she did I Can't Make You Love Me the entire venue went so silent you could have heard a pin drop! Respect!
Wow, Shane's vocal entry on A Whiter Shade of Pale was so perfect it made me jump out of my seat. Thanks, all, for adding light and life to these dark times.
Agreed. I had to stop the video and pull up the chords, just to see what magic ingredients make up this heart-wrenching work of art. (Spoiler - it's the Bb/D. Hopeful and inspiring, but unresolved and incomplete)
Great list Rick! Here are my favorites! #1 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is #2 Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife #3 Styx - Lady #4 Journey - Faithfully #5 Boston - A Man I'll Never Be #6 Heart - Alone #7 Whitesnake - Is This Love #8 Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne #9 Beatles - Something #10 Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
This is a really good list. I really appreciate you including Dan Fogelberg. I cry every time I listen to that song. I've been crying every time for thirty years, and I don't imagine I'll stop. I also appreciate including Heart.
I can imagine how difficult this endeavor was for you. Remote singers, playing piano, guitar, bass and other drums etc.. Filming yourself doing it and putting all of it together seamlessly. Hats off to you. Quite a job. thanks for doing it. Love it. BTW The singers are awesome. Bravo to all of you guys!
Going through my late father's cd's, I came across one he had written, titled "Best rock ballads". His choices were the following: Child in time by Deep Purple Send me an angel by The Scorpions Feels good to me by Black Sabbath Heartbreak station by Cinderella Edie by The Cult Soldier of fortune by Deep Purple Belladonna by UFO Believe in love by The Scorpions Dying for love by Black Sabbath Stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin You make me feel by Bonfire November rain by Guns'n'Roses When a blind man cries by Deep Purple Nothing else matters by Metallica You could say that it brought to me exposure to artists I at the time hadn't even heard of and got me interested in going through the work of both the ones I just discovered and others I thought I knew. So I thought I'd share it.
Journey - Faithfully, Scorpions - Still loving you, Firehouse - Love of a lifetime, Journey - Open Arms, Boston - Amanda, Sherriff - When I'm with You, Boston - More Than A Feeling.
Was thinking the same thing. Mark's almost spoken vocal delivery isn't quite up there with most of the others in the ballad list but that guitar tone and his story telling most certainly are. All I do is miss you through the bars of a rhyme. Some great imagery there. Juliet says he it's Romeo you nearly gave me a heart attack, such a funny lyric in the same song. Maybe not in Rick's list but his list made me think of this great song. So that is a positive for me!
The production quality of this video off the charts. Rick has an amazing following because he puts together the best ideas than produces them with the same level of effort I’ll bet he poured into real records.
Man, Carmen is such a heartbreaking singer. What a voice! She absolutely nailed everything. I really appreciate that she sang on "Wild Horses;" reminds me of the incredible cover by The Sundays.
Some songs that didn’t make the list but could have made it: “Yesterday” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles, “Angie” by The Rolling Stones, “Epitaph” by King Crimson, and “Lucky Man” by ELP.
Hard to imagine (pun intended) how 'Yesterday' possibly the most covered song of all time not making the list. But as Greg Lake once sang C'est la vie'.
So it turns out Eric Cartman (from South Park) did not cover "All By Myself". My reading comprehension needs work. Or maybe I just read what I wanted to read.
My god, your videos are life affirmingly awesome. Such amazing covers and while everyone has their own opinions, your wealth of music wisdom is unassailable. Thank you.
Bonnie Rait's "I can't make you love me" gave me chills. Carmen Harvey is a great singer ... all are. And you weren't kidding about chord progressions; amazing how it seems to have become a lost art.
you have increased my itunes collection on my phone, I keep getting introduced to songs I loved in my earlier days before responsibility and children took over my life. I am bring these feeling back to my life and will incorporate into my family (grand dad 2 years ago now I'm 57 years old)
""Without You" - Harry Nilsson "Ten Years Gone" - Led Zeppelin "Wild Horses" - Rolling Stones "You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker "Color My World" - Chicago "Something" - Beatles "Running on Faith" - Eric Clapton "Still...You Turn Me on" - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer "Baby, I Love Your Way" - Peter Frampton "Songbird" - Fleetwood Mac "Little Wing" - Jimi Hendrix "Dog & Butterfly" - Heart "Come Away with Me" - Norah Jones "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche "Only You" - Yaz (aka Yazoo) "Still Loving You" - Scorpions "A Pillow of Winds" - (not really a love song, but so pretty that it ought to be) Pink Floyd
Thank you for including Carole King’s “So Far Away”. I bought Tapestry the day it debuted and I have bought it every way it has been released. I love this album.
Great video and singers. I would add: "Nothing Else Matters", Metallica "Love of my life" Queen "Live to tell" Madonna "Tears in heaven" Eric Clapton "Wind of change" Scorpions "No woman, no cry" Bob Marley
@@Rikalonius The Beatles are mentioned 4 times because they're the greatest band of all time. You'll find that they secure multiple positions on most of Rick's videos for that very reason.
@@musabhatti7948 I like Rick, but his opinion on the Beatles is not gospel. They were a great band in their time; a gelling of the right people at the right moment. Certainly talented, but greatest band of all time, not hardly. Even if we disagree on that; that they have 5 songs on a top 20 rock ballads and Queen has none, is balderdash, and showcases the creator's bias.
Just found this ... absolutely phenomenal! So many memories ... at last half of them brought tears to my eyes ... we definitely need a top 100 balads ... only glaring miss IMHO ... Angie.
The Scorpions are blockers and if "Still Loving You" was in there, the video will get taken down, which is why "Purple Rain" by Prince couldn't be on the list either.
Still they ride is absolutely epic. My favorite is stone in love (though not a ballad). I do think faithfully is such a (deservingly) a famous song it should have been included instead. And at number 1.
Love Still They Ride, one of the more underrated Journey songs. I would have tabbed Faithfully though, which I think is the band's all time favorite. Open Arms would have been a close third.
At 5:50 Carmen brought tears to my eyes - very well done! That is professional singing right there. Thank you! Damn it! ... and again at 9:26. Great tone but most of all she's emotionally connected to the lyric and its awesome. Nice performances by everyone. I would love to hear more of Carmen. I'll go see if I can find her on Spotify.
It's a great rendition, but as a Phil fan (well more Genesis) it's a way off sounding like him :) Phil's voice badly underrated imo, managed to sing Gabriel's Genesis tunes better than Gabriel did.
@@barking_mad6649 it's impossible for that guy to sound like Phil because he doesn't have Phil's vocal cords. But he nails the techniques and mannerisms perfectly
‘English Rose’- The Jam ‘Honesty’- Billy Joel ‘When Love Breaks Down’- Prefab Sprout ‘November Rain’- Guns ‘N’ Roses ‘Love Walks In’- Van Halen ‘Bold As Love’- The Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘Beth’- KISS ‘Sara Smile’- Hall & Oates ‘Faithfully’- Journey ‘Crying’- Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force ‘Michelle, My Belle’- The Beatles ‘Dreams’- Fleetwood Mac ‘Your Song’- Elton John ‘Sailing’- Christopher Cross ‘Biggest Part Of Me’- Ambrosia ‘Moonlight Feels Right’- Starbuck ‘Keep On Loving You’- REO Speedwagon ‘What About Love’- Heart ‘Preaching The End Of The World’- Chris Cornell ‘Lucretia, My Reflection’- The Sisters Of Mercy
WOW, the folks singing on this leaving me wanting to hear more from each of them! I'd really love to hear Shane Lee singing the full song of She talks to Angels. That was so good!
Thank you for including Led Zeppelin 'Thank You' on the list. One of my favorite LZ songs. One song left off I would have included is Styx 'Lady.' Otherwise I cannot argue with the list.
One of the best videos you've ever made. The singers were excellent, beautiful covers. I would tell you what I thought was my favorite song but I'd have to lie to myself.
Funny thing is is that George Harrison felt that McCartney walked all over his song with his bass playing on it. At this point in time McCartney had become a control freak in the studio and he himself admitted years later that Harrison had a valid complaint and that he over did it.
Hmm... I cover Something, very spare ala George's demo on Anthology. Well, it is just me on my 6 string with my wee vocals. Glad you you found music that chills your soul.
Amazing list but I feel like these songs deserved a spot on the list. 1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 2. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 3. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 4. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
There's plenty of great, 'deep' music around now. It just doesn't reach the masses cos it's easier to 'commercialise' the simple, the trite, the 'produced to a formula', so that's what labels & radio push. (If you'd like something current that's deeper, check out Gang of Youths. Frontman has an amazing voice, is charasmatic a.f., and his lyrics can bring you to tears)
@@RCAvhstape True, because the market is so atomized now. Not as simple as just listening to the college radio station; gotta find the band's stream now.
Alternate 20: In My Room - The Beach Boys Yesterday - The Beatles Rocket Man - Elton John Color My World - Chicago Free Fallin' - Tom Petty Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison I Can’t Tell You Why - Eagles Angie - The Rolling Stones Without You - Harry Nilsson Wicked Game - Chris Isaak Dust In The Wind - Kansas Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton Night Moves - Bob Seger Sulky Girl - Elvis Costello Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. Mad World - Tears For Fears Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers Orpheus - David Sylvian Smog Moon - Matthew Sweet Social distancing bonus: All By Myself - Eric Carmen
19-let it be 18-i can’t make it love me 17-weve got tonight 16-against all odd 15-stil they ride 14-so far away 13-behind blue eyes 12-wish you were here 11-your song 10-may be i amazing 9-landslide 8-one 7-imagine 6-a whiter shade of pale 5-wild horses 4-something 3-thank you ldz 2-every breath you take 1-dream on
Another great list, Rick! It’s hard to argue with “Wild Horses” for a ballad from the Stones, though my personal favorite from them is “Moonlight Mile.” Also, I think that “Every Breath You Take” is truly a timeless song. Not just timeless in the sense of being a classic song but in the sense that the arrangement and production don’t date it at all.
angie by the stones is under rated too. but the original seems to have been an afterthought recording that was not really produced as well as iy could have been.
@Jason Middlekauff ‘Moonlight Mile’ is a great shout. Surprised no ‘Angie’ either, especially as Rick has said its his favourite song of all time. I was thinking ‘Across the Universe’, ‘She’s Leaving Home’, ‘A Day in the Life’ and ‘Waterloo Sunset’. Also ‘She’ by Charles Aznavour?
Funny cuz I don't like it at all. Queen has 5 good songs and not much else. I don't think they have the general appeal of many other groups. England may disagree since they seem to massively overrate them.
@@stickman1742 many people say they've listened to queen, but they have only listened to a couple of their songs. There are so many wonderful and underrated songs by the band that only fans know about. Before judging queen, you should understand that they're an extremely experimental band so not everything would be as popular. They didnt have a "formula" for a song and would come up with new stuff. Some very nice queen songs to listen to can be: White queen, March of the black queen, stone cold crazy, 39, Teo Torriatte (let us cling together), all dead all dead, flick of the wrist, it's a hard life, hammer to fall, one vision, princes of the universe, who wants to live forever, friends will be friends, I want it all, innuendo, these are the days of our lives, the show must go on, I was born to love you, is this the world we created. These are only a few of the many songs but please listen to this selection to get a better insight of the band. Once again, dint judge a band by not listening to their songs, queens most popular songs are very mainstream, and many people don't listen beyond that.
How does “Songbird” off of the epic Fleetwood Mac album “Rumours” not make this list? The piano playing and singing by the late Christine McVie is simply beautiful. May she rest in peace.
Nights in white satin of all the ballads aver written I would've thought this would have made the list powerful strong well written and has passed the test of time well. Good list well done.
Yesterday, Tears In Heaven, Melissa, Hey Jude, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, American Pie, Dreams (ABB and F Mac) Edited to add Alison, All Things Must Pass and These Days
Oh and Sundown and The Air I Breathe. There are so many great ones, and I haven't even touched any Dylan like Just Like A Woman, Lay Lady Lay, She Belongs To Me.
Your guest vocalists are exceptional. The instrumentation is also top notch.
I was stunned with the lady's rendition of the Fleetwood Mac track. It was spot on!
Wow. Guest vocalists! Amazing job!! Hats off!!
Amazing talent showcased. I love these appearances.
rig I felt she took it in the direction of The Dixie Chicks.
What is top notch?
Don't mind me, I'm gonna come back to this list when I'm making a new playlist lol.
20. She talks to angels
19. Let it be
18. I can't make you love me
17. We've got tonight
16. Against all odds
15. Still they ride
14. So far away
13. Behind the blue eyes
12. Wish you were here
11. Your song
10. Maybe I'm amazed
9. Landslide
8. One (U2)
7. Imagine
6. A whiter shade of pale
5. Wild horses
4. Something
3. Thank you
2. Every breath you take
1. Dream on
Great job bro ! I am gonna sing this list
Thank you!
Excellent list....here's my list some are the same bands just different songs
1. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
2. Heart - Alone....Can't believe The Wilsons weren't on your list
3. Guns N Roses - November Rain
4. Meatloaf - Two Out Of Three Aint Bad
5. Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
6. Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues
7. Def Leppard - Love Bites
8. Bon Jovi - Never Say Goodbye....Pure unaldulterated cheese,i don't care i love it
9. The Rolling Stones - Angie
10. Thunder - Love Walked In
11. Y&T - I Believe In You
12. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
13. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
14. Nazareth - Love Hurts
15. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
16. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
17. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
18. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
19. Extreme - More Than Words
20. Aerosmith - Angel
I just listened to love walked in - nice!
I been reading comments - says a lot about Life in the Time of Corona - and I think your list was the first mention of Foreigner. Like Elton/Bernie, nearly every slot on the list could have been filled with a Foreigner song.
Gary Moore deserves much more recognition in lists like these. 👏
Love the meat loaf inclusion! He is extremely overlooked
Like this list better...
The Scorpions' "Still Lovin' You" instantly came to mind, as it is absolutely unparalleled in my totally objective, incapable of bias, mind.
That song never dies in Philippine soil
Shocked it wasn't on the list. Tho from my talks with americans and australians I think Scorpions is kind of a forgotten group in the english speaking world, nobody even knew them. Rick might just not listen to them enough to remember their songs in his lists
Good pick.....although it seems really biased!😁
yup Still Loving You is the best. But I kinda expected it to be ignored by this channel. They might have not heard it at all.
Or Wind Of Change.
I don’t care about debating the order or which songs should or should have not been included: that was entertaining as hell. Thanks to you and your talented friends.
Agree totally... :)
Terrific vocals from all three singers. 'Landslide' was especially beautiful.
It was great. I hope the video doesn't get taken down for it.
Yes! What's her name? Rick didn't put her details in the description
That song always gets me. Carmen’s voice is amazing
Great but one error: it’s mirror in the sky, not river. But her voice is beautiful.
The Fleetwood Mac version is much better than the Dixie Chicks version, oh, I almost forgot, they just changed their name to "The Chicks".
Totally in love with Carmen's voice
Jason Tillery is an incredibly talented vocalist, he has such a vast range! It’s a pleasure to listen and enjoy!
Dang, dude singing "She Talks to Angels" was spot on!!...incredible!
Thanks, Bill!
@@ShaneLeeMusic and of course it wasnt just that song necessarily, you nailed it on the others as well, but that one was literally jaw- dropping!
I thought exactly the same... Great version, would like to hear it complete
Yeah I thought that he was the best. They're all great singers but the dude in the hat was a little cringey to me with the facial expressions and head tilting. That's just not my thing but the actual vocals were good though.
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 agreed
Told hubs: "The vocalists are doing a real fine job."
His reply: "It's Rick Beato. He's not going to give us some punks." 🤣👍👏
Indeed. Extremely good vocals. In fact, on a couple when i wasn't looking at the computer, i was almost sure it was the original artist.
Rick's on call singers are better than some people who get paid the big bucks. 👏👏👏
Awesome!
Dejan Tesic I’d love to hear the Henry Rollins or Mick Jones version of these ballads
I am just blown away by the talent in this video. Every vocalist is great. And Carmen Harvey’s voice is incredible. Can’t wait to find more of her singing.
Her Bonnie Raitt gave chills...
Richard S - Yes. And she’s so calm and controlled when she sings.
@@PneumaticTube Sang a Mac song way BETTER than Stevie Nicks!
Like a lot of Rick's regular viewers I'm about the same age as Rick. As I was listening to this countdown, it just occurred to me how lucky I was to be alive and listening to all of these songs when they were released. There's not a lot of great things about getting to be this age in life, but it really is a blessing to be able to think back about the times in your life when these songs were first popular on the radio.
Younger people are even more lucky because they can listen to an incredible assortment of songs from anywhere in history.
The guy nailed "Against All Odds", even Phill's voice!!!!!
I thought that was very special. Such a great voice!!
They all did great!
Great performance but lets be honest, this incredible singer has more pronounced bass in his voice than Phil does - and it sounds great, but its more "Michael Bolton does Phil Collins" than a clone of Phil.
Damn! That was amazing
Yup, he's got the voice bang on. 👍
Nice list. Here's mine that I would add to yours.
10cc - I'm Not In Love
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Heart - Dog and Butterfly
Heart - Alone
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Fleetwood Mac - Song Bird
Extreme - More Than Words
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
Simon and Garfunkal - The Sound Of Silence
Z Z Top - Rough Boy
Bryan Adams - Heaven
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
The Beatles - Yesterday
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Kiss - Beth
The Rolling Stones - Angie
Lynryd Skynyrd - Free Bird
I agree with your list way more. Sorry Rick. 😉
The other Heaven as well - Talking Heads
Your list is awesome !!
@@julieredmon1521 I gotta say just as much. Great list indeed.
beth.....really?
Carmen’s ‘Landslide’ was fantastic, wow.
no offense to the two guys who were great. but man she was awesome. of course she was singing all songs that i absolutely love which may have given me some bias to it.
Like Stevie singing the Dixie Chicks version.
Fantastic yes
I was going to comment separately, but you beat me to it. Spine tingling!
Helps that it's probably the most gut-wrenchingly beautiful song ever written. But, yes, she did fantastic!
'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' by The Hollies (1969) is a totally amazing ballad as well, one of my favorites.
Vocal magic! Nice!
That's a wonderful song.
The air that I breathe is even better
great song,
Very hard decision,
But what about:
Scorpions - Still Loving You?
Queen - Love of My Life?
Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is?
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart?
Extreme - More Than Words?
Air Supply - All Out Of Love (Great ballads band)?
Very long list of great ballads.... :)
Anyhow, love your channel!
He sais it was really dificult to choose😅
This videos could have 100 songs and there were still be many missing. But indeed I missed Love of my Life, bed of roses and Wind of Change
One folks overlook when it comes to ballads is by the most unlikely band and I'd put it on my list. Beth by Kiss.
Love of my life for sure
Air Supply, totally... but might be considered pop, not rock
Wow. Carmen Harvey singing "I Can't Make You Love Me" was fantastic.
Agreed. Made me wish I could hear her sing the whole song.
That was the highlight of the video... and I'm not even a Bonnie Raitt fan!
I can't believe she (Carmen) doesn't have a TH-cam channel!
Check out Jeff Coffey’s(formerly of Chicago) version of this song. He does a nice job of it as well.
She burst by tear dam. Wow.
Between Bonnie Raitts singing and Bruce Hornsby's piano I could argue this is top 5. Makes my hair stand on end every time I hear it
I'd be adding "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen, "Faithfully" by Journey and "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton
Faithfully is the best Journey ballad. Easily.
i totally agree with you
Wonderful tonight is such a banger
Wonderful's a great song, Eric's Wonderful Guitar is already on the list with "Something."
Rick, I am SO incredibly impressed by you. I'm 57 so we're pretty close age-wise. I am an aspiring guitarist who, after dabbling for a long time took it up very seriously last year. Your instruction is fantastic and your countdowns are incredibly well thought out and entertaining. I probably would have had Angie on this list but whatever. I'm sitting on my porch in the middle of Tokyo watching your videos and it's truly awesome. Keep doing what you do!
Yeah Angie is an exceptional ballad!
I thought Desperado might've been on the list, but the Eagles would've de-monetized the video, then blocked it, and Don Henley would've burned down Rick's studio 😂😂😂
And then Glenn Frey's ghost would forever haunt the charred ruins..._why don't you come to your senses_
Chris Goodwin Yeah, The Eagles were my favorite band growing up but Don Henley is a dick!
Lol I read Despacito
Henley is a dick! (Even tho he's a brilliant drummer & vocalist!)
Blocked from the list because “they are notorious blockers”. Lol
That was an epic line up. Rick even rockin' the backing vocals as well as flawless instrument playing. Those three vocalist are just amazing. I have never heard of any of them. Well. That's something that can be remedied with TH-cam, Google and iTunes...
The vocals of Against All Odds are amazing for how close the resemblance is to Phil's vocals. Wow.
“Thank you” by Zep is a great one. But, I was expecting “The Rain Song” to be the main ballad from this band. And ranked in the top 5 of course. Exceptional song.
I agree but both are great Zep tunes. Love them both.
My husband convinced me to play Thank You in our wedding. That is a beautiful song and holds a special place in my heart 33 years later. 💑
Or Ten Years Gone
Or "since I've been loving you"
Or just address the elephant in the room: Stairway to Heaven... Of course there's kind of a merit to find another one to pick and not go for the obvious one, but there are reasons why it's the obvious one...
I’d add Nothing Else Matters, Stairway to Heaven and November Rain
Those fall within the category of power ballads, not ballads. Well, it depends on how specific you wanna be
Also bridge over trouble water
@@torolavgregersen8351 Which is more Folk than Rock.
@@brianbaumann8657 true
I wouldn't.
“I Wanna Know What Love Is” Foreigner
“She’s Gone” Steelheart
“Faithfully” and “Open Arms” Journey
“Love Song” Tesla
“Amanda” Boston
“Love Of My Life” Queen
Yeah, these songs should be on the list. Also, the top 20 is not enough in my opinion, maybe top 30 or 40
ELO has a lot of great ballads like Telephone Line, Can't Get Out of My Head and Strange Magic
Levi Hockey I love ELO !! Good call .
Levi Hockey Completely agree
Yes!
Saw Bonnie Raitt in concert several years ago and when she did I Can't Make You Love Me the entire venue went so silent you could have heard a pin drop! Respect!
Yes got to see her years ago on a ski slope and again at Fenway with James Taylor and yes she's so respected and loved
Bonnie is a musical genius and my fav female rock artist, along with Joni Mitchell!
For a real treat, look up Bonnie's version of Steve Winwood's Can't Find My Way Home.
Wow, Shane's vocal entry on A Whiter Shade of Pale was so perfect it made me jump out of my seat. Thanks, all, for adding light and life to these dark times.
While they were all great performances, this was the one that made me think, "It's the original!"
@@kenthawley5990 Same here! Wow!
“I Can’t Make You Love Me” is one of the greatest, most heartbreaking songs ever written. Just my two cents.
One of the few songs that can make me cry every time I hear it.
Whammy Bard ... I didn’t really start hearing it until I was going through my divorce. Ugh. Great song, regardless.
I so totally agree.
Whammy Bard i just cried my eyes out when she did it. I had a rough time a few years ago and this song kept me going.
Agreed. I had to stop the video and pull up the chords, just to see what magic ingredients make up this heart-wrenching work of art. (Spoiler - it's the Bb/D. Hopeful and inspiring, but unresolved and incomplete)
Wow, the gentleman with the ball cap is a fantastic vocalist. He's able to blend his voice to sound like the original artist. A vocal chameleon.
Yeah, I'm really impressed. He's pretty cute too
And his eyes are so sexy!
I just wish he'd stop looking into my soul. Lol
Was surprised that he didn't sung "Whiter Shade of Pale", because he has the similar voice
@@sebastianschroder7942 same
Great list Rick! Here are my favorites!
#1 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
#2 Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife
#3 Styx - Lady
#4 Journey - Faithfully
#5 Boston - A Man I'll Never Be
#6 Heart - Alone
#7 Whitesnake - Is This Love
#8 Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne
#9 Beatles - Something
#10 Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
This is a really good list. I really appreciate you including Dan Fogelberg. I cry every time I listen to that song. I've been crying every time for thirty years, and I don't imagine I'll stop. I also appreciate including Heart.
Great list man!
👍
Boston song is incredible...and seems like a preview to Brad Delps tragic end.
Faithfully is the best rock ballad of Historty
I can imagine how difficult this endeavor was for you. Remote singers, playing piano, guitar, bass and other drums etc.. Filming yourself doing it and putting all of it together seamlessly. Hats off to you. Quite a job. thanks for doing it. Love it. BTW The singers are awesome. Bravo to all of you guys!
Coolest video format you've ever done Rick, thoroughly enjoyed this!
What makes this song great? Wind of Change by The Scorpions
Going through my late father's cd's, I came across one he had written, titled "Best rock ballads". His choices were the following:
Child in time by Deep Purple
Send me an angel by The Scorpions
Feels good to me by Black Sabbath
Heartbreak station by Cinderella
Edie by The Cult
Soldier of fortune by Deep Purple
Belladonna by UFO
Believe in love by The Scorpions
Dying for love by Black Sabbath
Stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin
You make me feel by Bonfire
November rain by Guns'n'Roses
When a blind man cries by Deep Purple
Nothing else matters by Metallica
You could say that it brought to me exposure to artists I at the time hadn't even heard of and got me interested in going through the work of both the ones I just discovered and others I thought I knew. So I thought I'd share it.
Child In Time is absolutely epic. Also love Edie
It’s a hell of a list.
Your dad had great taste in music! Enjoy the journey.
You could make an entire list of just Scorpion ballads. For me they are one of the greatest ballad bands of all time. One of my faves for sure.
Journey - Faithfully, Scorpions - Still loving you, Firehouse - Love of a lifetime, Journey - Open Arms, Boston - Amanda, Sherriff - When I'm with You, Boston - More Than A Feeling.
Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits should be up there as one of the best rock ballads. Great guitar work throughout the song!
Yeah that's classic
That is a great song. It's heart wrenching when you can relate.
A New Chapter
And “The Killing of Georgie”.
I prefer Tunnel of Love but they're both amazing songs...
Yep, great lyrics 👌👌👌
"Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits and both "She's Always a Woman" and "Just the Way you Are" by Billy Joel are all fantastic ballads as well.
Romeo and Juliet is a fantastic choice! The whole Making Movies album is outstanding.
@@christopherharris3229 It really is an absolutely brilliant album!
@Dissonant Timbres Genuinely my favourite song
Was thinking the same thing. Mark's almost spoken vocal delivery isn't quite up there with most of the others in the ballad list but that guitar tone and his story telling most certainly are. All I do is miss you through the bars of a rhyme. Some great imagery there. Juliet says he it's Romeo you nearly gave me a heart attack, such a funny lyric in the same song. Maybe not in Rick's list but his list made me think of this great song. So that is a positive for me!
Romeo & Juliet, GREAT pic!
"Nights in White Satin" should have been on this list.
Such an underrated group
Whiter shade of pale
The production quality of this video off the charts.
Rick has an amazing following because he puts together the best ideas than produces them with the same level of effort I’ll bet he poured into real records.
I was expecting "Wonderful Tonight" to be on this list. Anyhow, good guest vocalists!
Heart's "Alone" is an epic ballad-- especially the acoustic live version they perform.
If he ever does a Top 20 Power Ballads, Alone would be in the top 5.
Another great one that is better than some on this list.
Yep, there's another, well remembered
Every time I hear it I get somethin' in my eye.
Great vocals from all three singers, but Carmen Harvey singing the Stevie Nicks vocals in the Fleetwood Mack song was fantastic, she's very talented.
The Bonnie Raitt song, too. Her voice sounds like a cross between Stevie Nicks and Bonnie Raitt.
Had the exact same thought - what a spot on Stevie Nicks! But the Bonnie Raitt was the one that really got the waterworks going.
gram40 Carmen is amazing, that gave me serious goose bumps!
Great list
Some i would add are:
Prince - purple rain
Pretenders - I'll stand by you
Xtreme - more than words
I thought this was one of Ricks finest displays of his own talents.
As Rick himself would say... He was in the pocket.
Great playing Rick!
Man, Carmen is such a heartbreaking singer. What a voice! She absolutely nailed everything. I really appreciate that she sang on "Wild Horses;" reminds me of the incredible cover by The Sundays.
When I was a kid, I used to think one of the the lines for Behind Blue Eyes was, “you don’t know what it’s like to be the Batman....”
I still sing it that way :)
Stairway, Thank You, Since I've Been Loving You, Ten Years Gone, Rain Song, Zeppelin had the best ballads! It's a shame many didn't make the list
They may have been blocked.
Thank You did make the list it was #3.
Some people complaining in these comments do not know what a ballad is judging by the songs they are wondering why are not on the list.
I thought All My Love should have been #1
Tangerine is one of my favorites.
Carmen Harvey just sounded Excellent - need more info about her singing efforts. Thanks for all you do Rick
Some songs that didn’t make the list but could have made it: “Yesterday” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles, “Angie” by The Rolling Stones, “Epitaph” by King Crimson, and “Lucky Man” by ELP.
Hard to imagine (pun intended) how 'Yesterday' possibly the most covered song of all time not making the list. But as Greg Lake once sang C'est la vie'.
Layla
Or Faithfully by Journey
Open Arms by Journey and Tuesday’s Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd would’ve also fit very well.
Angie and epitaph wow great songs...
“No one knows what is like to be the Batman...”
Wrong,Adam west knows.
Robert Michalscheck ...and Michael Keaton...and Val Kilmer...and George Clooney...and Christian Bale 😁
"...to be the Sandman..."
"...to be the bad man"
@@robertmichalscheck3072 PURE West!
Rick never includes scorpions...and STILL LOVING YOU is way better than a lot of songs in the list
He is understandable US biased.
Deep Purple also missing
@@foreverpinkf.7603It’s all his opinion but I agree with you
Rick usually only leaves out songs/bands that notoriously block videos with their content regardless of the context.
@@foreverpinkf.7603 It’s his opinion
Great list Rick. My two-cents: "Don't Dream It's Over"-Crowded House & "All By Myself"-Eric Carmen.
I’d have Better Be Home Soon instead but great shout for Crowded House
@@adox66 Yeah, 'Better Be Home Soon' IS a killer ballad too.
Sorry, Crowded House is more like Dentist Office music and Eric Carmen ripped off Rachmaninoff.
So it turns out Eric Cartman (from South Park) did not cover "All By Myself". My reading comprehension needs work. Or maybe I just read what I wanted to read.
My god, your videos are life affirmingly awesome. Such amazing covers and while everyone has their own opinions, your wealth of music wisdom is unassailable. Thank you.
Come on the Beach Boys -"God Only Knows" could be the most beautiful song ever written. Has to be on this list
I don't think I've seen a single thing from the Beach Boys on Rick's channel.
Too early for his time frame as stated, being released in 1966.
I don't see that song as a rock ballad.
Agree!!
Probably one of the most unusual and complicated songs in mainstream music.
Bonnie Rait's "I can't make you love me" gave me chills. Carmen Harvey is a great singer ... all are.
And you weren't kidding about chord progressions; amazing how it seems to have become a lost art.
you have increased my itunes collection on my phone, I keep getting introduced to songs I loved in my earlier days before responsibility and children took over my life. I am bring these feeling back to my life and will incorporate into my family (grand dad 2 years ago now I'm 57 years old)
“Landslide” took my breath away, such a great performance and such an emotional song. I think it was the best performance in this video.
""Without You" - Harry Nilsson
"Ten Years Gone" - Led Zeppelin
"Wild Horses" - Rolling Stones
"You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker
"Color My World" - Chicago
"Something" - Beatles
"Running on Faith" - Eric Clapton
"Still...You Turn Me on" - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
"Baby, I Love Your Way" - Peter Frampton
"Songbird" - Fleetwood Mac
"Little Wing" - Jimi Hendrix
"Dog & Butterfly" - Heart
"Come Away with Me" - Norah Jones
"Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
"Only You" - Yaz (aka Yazoo)
"Still Loving You" - Scorpions
"A Pillow of Winds" - (not really a love song, but so pretty that it ought to be) Pink Floyd
If, by Pink Floyd
PinkOld I’d just like to point out that Without You is Badfinger’s song and they get almost no credit for writing it.
Thank you for including Carole King’s “So Far Away”. I bought Tapestry the day it debuted and I have bought it every way it has been released. I love this album.
I would’ve had The Rain Song on here as my zeppelin tune
Love it but maybe a little too peppy for this list?
Imo the most beautiful chord progression ever. The Rain Song would have been my choice as well.
@@zosomoso I went to a high school for the arts, and played it on guitar as a duet with a vocalist at our senior recital. Best Zeppelin ballad!
@Douglas Sampson that was my Zeppelin pick
I was just about to comment this, glad to see that it was the top comment on the video👍the rain song would’ve been my pick too
I would've put "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by CCR on the list
You're not going to get Rick to honor bands like CCR or even the Monkees. He's too busy showering praise on the Beatles. It really gets old.
@@dennisjump8655 i think ccr are one of the top 10 bands ever. They really don't get praise as much as they should
True it is a great song, but not sure it can be categorized as a ballad (slow, romantic, melancholic..)
I like your list Rick but I would’ve included Nights in White satin from the Moody blues on that list somewhere!
A Quebec, Canada musician, Michel Pagliaro, does an amazing cover of Dock Of The Bay.
Doreen, maybe “Nights., should be number 1.
Two most Iconic songs from that era......Nights in White Satin AND Living in the Past. Stairway to Heaven & Hotel California....2 most overrated.
ghostship85 Hotel California I don’t really think of as a ballad. Desperado is probably the best ballad by the Eagles
I agree I love the moody blues
The instrumental work is top notch, as always, but it's the quality of the vocalists that makes this so exceptional. Made my day!
THE RAIN SONG.
Geovane Rocha Moraleida Gomes in my time of dying or tangerine as well
agreed. guitar part in this song is just amazing
Yes, The Rain Song... number one..!!
One of the best zep songs from the best zep album
Greatest Zep song imho
I love Thank You, but The Rain Song is their best, in my opinion
Great video and singers.
I would add:
"Nothing Else Matters", Metallica
"Love of my life" Queen
"Live to tell" Madonna
"Tears in heaven" Eric Clapton
"Wind of change" Scorpions
"No woman, no cry" Bob Marley
Completely agree - amazing singers. Also-not sure I have seen any representation of Scorpions from Rick??? What?!
Love of my Life is a good one. No Queen and like 5 Beatles, including that craptastic overplayed Imagine.
Wouldnt Winds of Change be an anthem?
@@Rikalonius The Beatles are mentioned 4 times because they're the greatest band of all time.
You'll find that they secure multiple positions on most of Rick's videos for that very reason.
@@musabhatti7948 I like Rick, but his opinion on the Beatles is not gospel. They were a great band in their time; a gelling of the right people at the right moment. Certainly talented, but greatest band of all time, not hardly. Even if we disagree on that; that they have 5 songs on a top 20 rock ballads and Queen has none, is balderdash, and showcases the creator's bias.
Just found this ... absolutely phenomenal! So many memories ... at last half of them brought tears to my eyes ... we definitely need a top 100 balads ... only glaring miss IMHO ... Angie.
I found Carmen Harvey's voice very appealing. I hope she does this for a living. She is certainly that good.
I might even add 'Still Loving You' by Scorpions.
I'm surprised you don't have "A Man I'll Never Be" on the list
Amen!!!
Yes I agree but winds of change is also a good option
Best power balled ever
The Scorpions are blockers and if "Still Loving You" was in there, the video will get taken down, which is why "Purple Rain" by Prince couldn't be on the list either.
Still They Ride is my all-time favorite Journey song. The vocalists you picked are incredible.
Still they ride is absolutely epic. My favorite is stone in love (though not a ballad). I do think faithfully is such a (deservingly) a famous song it should have been included instead. And at number 1.
Love Still They Ride, one of the more underrated Journey songs. I would have tabbed Faithfully though, which I think is the band's all time favorite. Open Arms would have been a close third.
The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald may not be Rock, but it is the #1 ballad in my mind, with it’s haunting chords, lyrics and weeping guitar.
One of my all time favorites!
At 5:50 Carmen brought tears to my eyes - very well done! That is professional singing right there. Thank you! Damn it! ... and again at 9:26. Great tone but most of all she's emotionally connected to the lyric and its awesome. Nice performances by everyone. I would love to hear more of Carmen. I'll go see if I can find her on Spotify.
The Phil Collins almost-impersonation is incredible.
OscarBo it completely blew my mind!
It's a great rendition, but as a Phil fan (well more Genesis) it's a way off sounding like him :) Phil's voice badly underrated imo, managed to sing Gabriel's Genesis tunes better than Gabriel did.
I didn't even read the artist but immediately knew it was Phil Collins. Amazing!
@@barking_mad6649 it's impossible for that guy to sound like Phil because he doesn't have Phil's vocal cords. But he nails the techniques and mannerisms perfectly
All he needed to do was thin his hair and slick it back, and I almost wouldn’t have know the difference
That cover of “Landslide” was amazing too!
"Something" is so perfect. Lovely lyric and progression, great guitar and bass work.
Better than the Beatles song he had! Something is BEAUTIFUL!
@@1badsteed i personally prefer let it be
@@thebookofeli849 Prefer all you will, but you're wrong.
Omg your female singer had such a perfect voice to sing Landslide that it almost brought me to tears
Her voice on Wild Horses sent shivers down my spine.
No doubt!!! Man she is just incredible. All of these singers are great
Mine, too. Almost as good as the vocal by Gram Parsons (for whom the song was written) when he was with the Flying Burrito Brothers.
‘English Rose’- The Jam
‘Honesty’- Billy Joel
‘When Love Breaks Down’- Prefab Sprout
‘November Rain’- Guns ‘N’ Roses
‘Love Walks In’- Van Halen
‘Bold As Love’- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
‘Beth’- KISS
‘Sara Smile’- Hall & Oates
‘Faithfully’- Journey
‘Crying’- Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force
‘Michelle, My Belle’- The Beatles
‘Dreams’- Fleetwood Mac
‘Your Song’- Elton John
‘Sailing’- Christopher Cross
‘Biggest Part Of Me’- Ambrosia
‘Moonlight Feels Right’- Starbuck
‘Keep On Loving You’- REO Speedwagon
‘What About Love’- Heart
‘Preaching The End Of The World’- Chris Cornell
‘Lucretia, My Reflection’- The Sisters Of Mercy
He did Your Song!
“Vincent”-Don McLean
kirsten mackenzie Yes he did. This my list.
That Chris Cornell song,very underrated
Dont forget "A Better Man" by Thunder.
Steve Tyler: "this song playing on the radio is amazing, I wish we wrote it"
Joe Perry: "that's Dream On, WE wrote it 40 years ago"
Omg the singers on this episode are amazing, the girl singing Landslide and So Far Away is on spot. Wow
I love these artists you are using Rick. They are superbly talented and captivating. I loved the raw performances, but impeccable nevertheless
WOW, the folks singing on this leaving me wanting to hear more from each of them! I'd really love to hear Shane Lee singing the full song of She talks to Angels. That was so good!
Thank you for including Led Zeppelin 'Thank You' on the list. One of my favorite LZ songs. One song left off I would have included is Styx 'Lady.' Otherwise I cannot argue with the list.
One of the best videos you've ever made.
The singers were excellent, beautiful covers.
I would tell you what I thought was my favorite song but I'd have to lie to myself.
I’m surprised that “Angie” wasn’t on the list
That was on the top 20 acoustic songs list, where I thought wild horses was gonna be on there
nor black
I was sure it was going to be his #1, since he's said many times that it's his favorite song. Very surprised that it didn't make this list.
He said Angie was his favourite ballad of all time. Strange he didn't think of it haha
I thought so too . Was it because Wild horses was on the list ?
I think "Something" really takes my cake. I get chills up my spine every time. That bass line just is absolutely perfect.
Funny thing is is that George Harrison felt that McCartney walked all over his song with his bass playing on it. At this point in time McCartney had become a control freak in the studio and he himself admitted years later that Harrison had a valid complaint and that he over did it.
Hmm... I cover Something, very spare ala George's demo on Anthology. Well, it is just me on my 6 string with my wee vocals. Glad you you found music that chills your soul.
Not a rock ballad
@@scooter3000gt how not?
Bonnie Raitt...Hell Yeah. Outstanding vocalists and the list was spot on. No argument from me.
Amazing list but I feel like these songs deserved a spot on the list.
1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
2. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
3. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
4. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
EXACTLY!
Great list - damn, we have good taste!
Agreed. Plus Changes by Black Sabbath and Heroes by Bowie
Great list/ agree 100%
Always amazes me how much "deeper" popular music was back then (60s - 90s).
There was plenty of crap back then as well; we just don't listen to it anymore. Survivor Bias at work.
@@TheSanityInspector Exactly. Well said!
@@TheSanityInspector As opposed to today, where there is plenty of good music, and we don't listen to it now.
There's plenty of great, 'deep' music around now. It just doesn't reach the masses cos it's easier to 'commercialise' the simple, the trite, the 'produced to a formula', so that's what labels & radio push.
(If you'd like something current that's deeper, check out Gang of Youths. Frontman has an amazing voice, is charasmatic a.f., and his lyrics can bring you to tears)
@@RCAvhstape True, because the market is so atomized now. Not as simple as just listening to the college radio station; gotta find the band's stream now.
Alternate 20:
In My Room - The Beach Boys
Yesterday - The Beatles
Rocket Man - Elton John
Color My World - Chicago
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison
I Can’t Tell You Why - Eagles
Angie - The Rolling Stones
Without You - Harry Nilsson
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
Night Moves - Bob Seger
Sulky Girl - Elvis Costello
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Mad World - Tears For Fears
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Orpheus - David Sylvian
Smog Moon - Matthew Sweet
Social distancing bonus:
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
LOL for the bonus!
If you are going to go with Costello, have you ever heard his version of the Grateful Dead's Ship of Fools? Amazing. KFOG Live from the Archives 6
globalmonkey - great list! Under The Bridge, Angie, and especially Wicked Game all fantastic ballads.
good list, I would add in Chicago's Just You and Me. I just love that jazzy interlude.
I think I like your list better. But I’d sub in Allison as my Costello pick.
Great list, but man I was hoping to see "Brothers in Arms" on it. Some of the best work Mark Knopfler has ever done.
Indeed.
Or "Your latest trick" or "Romeo and Juliet". MK rules!
Oops! A must! At least perhaps an honorable mention.
Or Ride Across The River, Beachcomb, Planet of New Orleans, Lights of Taormina, etc. etc.
19-let it be
18-i can’t make it love me
17-weve got tonight
16-against all odd
15-stil they ride
14-so far away
13-behind blue eyes
12-wish you were here
11-your song
10-may be i amazing
9-landslide
8-one
7-imagine
6-a whiter shade of pale
5-wild horses
4-something
3-thank you ldz
2-every breath you take
1-dream on
Another great list, Rick! It’s hard to argue with “Wild Horses” for a ballad from the Stones, though my personal favorite from them is “Moonlight Mile.”
Also, I think that “Every Breath You Take” is truly a timeless song. Not just timeless in the sense of being a classic song but in the sense that the arrangement and production don’t date it at all.
angie by the stones is under rated too. but the original seems to have been an afterthought recording that was not really produced as well as iy could have been.
For me Ruby Tuesday or even She’s A Rainbow
@Jason Middlekauff
‘Moonlight Mile’ is a great shout. Surprised no ‘Angie’ either, especially as Rick has said its his favourite song of all time. I was thinking ‘Across the Universe’, ‘She’s Leaving Home’, ‘A Day in the Life’ and ‘Waterloo Sunset’. Also ‘She’ by Charles Aznavour?
Thought we’d have “Angie” by the Stones. Great list, Rick!
Jim Gammon I was shocked it wasn’t on his list, considering he has said in the past that Angie is his favourite song.
@@ehess1492 He has early stage dementia, I already told him.
Jim Gammon yeah instead of ‘Landslide’
He probably figured we'd get tired of having Angie on every list he does! 😉 Give some others a chance.
Yes!
Queen - Love of My Life... really should be on this list and probably near the top.
I second that
Yep, if Elton John is "classic rock" surely Queen is too...
@@paulstarnes3112 Queen is absolutely classic rock, as well as Zeppelin, AC/DC, and other bands that weren't mentioned in the video!
Funny cuz I don't like it at all. Queen has 5 good songs and not much else. I don't think they have the general appeal of many other groups. England may disagree since they seem to massively overrate them.
@@stickman1742 many people say they've listened to queen, but they have only listened to a couple of their songs. There are so many wonderful and underrated songs by the band that only fans know about. Before judging queen, you should understand that they're an extremely experimental band so not everything would be as popular. They didnt have a "formula" for a song and would come up with new stuff. Some very nice queen songs to listen to can be: White queen, March of the black queen, stone cold crazy, 39, Teo Torriatte (let us cling together), all dead all dead, flick of the wrist, it's a hard life, hammer to fall, one vision, princes of the universe, who wants to live forever, friends will be friends, I want it all, innuendo, these are the days of our lives, the show must go on, I was born to love you, is this the world we created. These are only a few of the many songs but please listen to this selection to get a better insight of the band. Once again, dint judge a band by not listening to their songs, queens most popular songs are very mainstream, and many people don't listen beyond that.
How does “Songbird” off of the epic Fleetwood Mac album “Rumours” not make this list? The piano playing and singing by the late Christine McVie is simply beautiful. May she rest in peace.
Totally agree
Ooof. Landslide gets me in the feels every time. Your friends are good at the sings.
Nights in white satin of all the ballads aver written I would've thought this would have made the list powerful strong well written and has passed the test of time well. Good list well done.
Yesterday, Tears In Heaven, Melissa, Hey Jude, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, American Pie, Dreams (ABB and F Mac) Edited to add Alison, All Things Must Pass and These Days
Oh and Sundown and The Air I Breathe. There are so many great ones, and I haven't even touched any Dylan like Just Like A Woman, Lay Lady Lay, She Belongs To Me.
She's Leaving Home, Don't Worry Baby, Its All Over Now, Baby Blue, Running Scared. Ok that's 20, I will stop there, lol.
The singers that performed these songs were outstanding , great video!