TOP 15 + 1 AΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΕΣ ΡΟΚ ΜΠΑΛΑΝΤΕΣ

Kαι τις εκατο αγαπημενες ροκ μπαλαντες να εγραφα, παλι δυσκολο θα μου ηταν.
Τελειως ενδεικτικα λοιπον, δεκαπεντε + 1 απο τα αξιολογοτερα εργα τεχνης ολων των εποχων.
Φυσικα, επεται και δευτερο, τριτο μερος κλπ..

15) TUESDAY 'S GONE           LYNYRD SKYNYRD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvWADo6KPzA

my baby 's gone, with the wind..






14)   CHOICES                          URIAH HEEP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBojreRyubk

 Κριμα που το συγκεκριμενο τραγουδι παραμενει αγνωστο για το ευρυ κοινο.
Διαμαντι απο τα λιγα..









13)HOLIDAY                            SCORPIONS

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2smLdYfe-o










12) THE LONER          GARY MOORE

                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAeQjuTVmbU

r.i.p...









11) QUICKSAND JESUS                     SKID ROW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVrNCtUNfmc

Κι αθεος να εισαι, ακουγοντας το Quicksand Jesus, θα πιστεψεις, εστω και για οσο κραταει το κομματι..










10) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN    LED ZEPPELIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8

 Απο οποια πλευρα κι αν το εξετασεις, αυτο ειναι το καλυτερο τραγουδι ολων των εποχων.
 Αλλα εδω παλαντζαρω αναμεσα στα δικα μου αγαπημενα και τα "αντικειμενικα" καλυτερα..










9)  HERE I GO AGAIN     WHITESNAKE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSlSaGcc0QM&ob=av2e











8)TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF        COVERDALE/PAGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEagGo51VeI

 Το 1993, ο Πεητζ των Ζεπελιν και ο Θεος Κοβερντεηλ, ενωσαν τις δυναμεις τους για μια δισκαρα που δε θυμαμαι το ονομα της..Ισως αυτος ο δισκος να σημανε το τελος του ροκ οπως το ξεραμε, κι οχι τα use your illusion, οπως εχω γραψει παλαιοτερα..











7)HALLELUAH       LEONARD COHEN


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Mtl9x4cmg&feature=related


 Αλληλουια, τι στιχους εχει γραψει το ατομο...

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

6)A PERFECT DAY        LOU REED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y











5)LAVENDER     MARILLION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7sIzWKHGwQ

 A penny for your thoughts my dear....

4) SANTA FE         BON JOVI

To θεωρω με διαφορα, το καλυτερο τραγουδι των Βon Jovi.
Soundtrack απο τα Young Guns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ56h4ql8Dk

They say that no man is an island
And good things come to those who wait
But the things I hear are there just to remind me
Every dog will have his day

The spirits, they intoxicate me
I watched them infiltrate my soul
They try to say it's too late for me
Tell my guns I'm coming home

I swear I'm gonna live forever
Tell my maker he can wait
I'm riding somewhere south of heaven
Heading back to Santa Fe
It's judgment day in Santa Fe

Once I was promised absolution
There's only one solution for my sins
You gotta face your ghosts and know with no illusions
That only one of you is going home again

And I blame this world for making a good man evil
It's this world that can drive a good man mad
And it's this world that turns a killer into a hero
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/bon-jovi-lyrics/santa-fe-lyrics.html ]
Well I blame this world for making a good man bad

Now I ain't getting into heaven if the devil has his way
I swear I'm gonna live forever
Heading back to Santa Fe
Got debts to pay in Santa Fe
It's judgment day in Santa Fe
Lord have mercy

So I save a prayer when I need it most
To the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
And sign it from a sinner with no name
When I meet my maker
Will he close the book on the hearts I broke and the lives I took ?
Will he walk away 'cause my soul's too late to save ?

Now I ain't getting into heaven
If the devil has his way
I swear I'm gonna live forever
Heading back to Santa Fe
Got debts to pay in Santa Fe
It's judgment day in Santa Fe











3) CATCH THE RAINBOW      RAINBOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3VgV31vmUE

r.i.p Ρονυ, φωναρα..

2) DON'T CRY   GUNS N ROSES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OMZWXgpPpw

 GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES GUNS N ROSES
και παει λεγοντας!












1)WISH YOU WERE HERE     PINK FLOYD


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQTr8ZYdhg

Yποκλινομαι ταπεινα.

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

Εκτος συναγωνισμου, το PARADISE   του  Bruce Springsteen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcWF7se6EfA

Where the river runs black

I take the schoolbooks from your pack

Plastics, wire and your kiss

The breath of eternity on your lips



In the crowded marketplace

I drift from face to face

I hold my breath and close my eyes

I hold my breath and close my eyes

And I wait for paradise

And I wait for paradise



The virginia hills have gone to brown

Another day another sun going down

I visit you in another dream

I visit you in another dream



I reach and feel your hair

Your smell lingers in the air

I brush your cheek with my fingertips

I taste the void upon your lips

And I wait for paradise

And I wait for paradise



I search for you on the other side

Where the river runs clean and wide

Up to my heart the waters rise

Up to my heart the waters rise



I sink `neath the water cool and clear

Drifting down, I disappear

I see you on the other side

I search for the peace in your eyes

But they're as empty as paradise

They're as empty as paradise

I break above the waves

I feel the sun upon my face