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Vanessa Carlton => General Vanessa Carlton Discussion => Topic started by: charmedguy18 on February 14, 2009, 04:50:30 pm

Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: charmedguy18 on February 14, 2009, 04:50:30 pm: We're talking about ballads in class so I was wanting to show my teacher some of my amazing music and I am pretty sure that Who's To Say is a ballad... But I'm not completely sure. Anyone wanna confirm that. And if you are educated in that, what other songs of hers are ballads?
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: beautyofspeed on February 15, 2009, 04:16:48 am: I reckon so. I'd say Pretty Baby is one too.

Dictionary definition:
"any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody."
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: Martin. on February 15, 2009, 05:56:51 am: "afterglow", too.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: AisforAdrn on February 15, 2009, 10:04:12 am: I'm pretty sure that all of vanessa carlton music is a ballad, in one way or another. There's like..three songs that I can think of that aren't like Nolita Fairytale, Private Radio... yeah.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: cassiemoy on February 15, 2009, 02:59:31 pm: it is imo!
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: shinesobright07 on February 15, 2009, 03:23:21 pm: Yes, I'd say that Who's To Say is a ballad... it is quite romantic, light, simple.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: _all_is_well_ on February 15, 2009, 03:24:15 pm: i think so, however Afterglow is more so.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: shinesobright07 on February 15, 2009, 03:28:07 pm: Quote from: "_all_is_well_"
i think so, however Afterglow is more so.

I agree with you.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: craft on February 16, 2009, 07:26:53 am: Isn't "Home" a ballad also? It does sound very ballad-y.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: charmedguy18 on February 16, 2009, 05:26:39 pm: As far as I can remember ballads must have some, but not limited to, the following criteria: telling a story, dialogue. It also is usually about love gone bad, war, fights, and death.
There's more, I just can't remember.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: craft on February 17, 2009, 07:54:10 am: Quote from: "charmedguy18"
As far as I can remember ballads must have some, but not limited to, the following criteria: telling a story, dialogue. It also is usually about love gone bad, war, fights, and death.
There's more, I just can't remember.

I always heard it was a poem that can be performed as a song, and vice-versa.
Title: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: charmedguy18 on February 17, 2009, 03:54:58 pm: Quote from: "craft"
Quote from: "charmedguy18"
As far as I can remember ballads must have some, but not limited to, the following criteria: telling a story, dialogue. It also is usually about love gone bad, war, fights, and death.
There's more, I just can't remember.

I always heard it was a poem that can be performed as a song, and vice-versa.

Try telling that to my self-indulgent teacher. lol
Title: Re: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: charmedguy18 on March 22, 2009, 05:19:38 pm: Quote from: charmedguy18 on February 17, 2009, 03:54:58 pm
Quote from: craft
Quote from: charmedguy18
As far as I can remember ballads must have some, but not limited to, the following criteria: telling a story, dialogue. It also is usually about love gone bad, war, fights, and death.
There's more, I just can't remember.

I always heard it was a poem that can be performed as a song, and vice-versa.
Try telling that to my self-indulgent teacher. lol
I take that one back.
I like my English teacher now. Haha.
And I definitely got a 100% on my ballad assignment. Yay!
Title: Re: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: flimsysurface on March 29, 2009, 11:08:13 am: I always thought a ballad was a song that uses all the same chords for the verse bridge chorus and solo but jumbles them up.

Example:-

verse

c g d a

chorus

g a d c

bridge

a d g c
Title: Re: Ballads -- Is Who's To Say one?
Post by: charmedguy18 on March 29, 2009, 11:57:24 am: No, a ballad isn't about the music it's accompanied by. It's about how the lyrics are arranged and written.