Power ballad
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| + | The most common use of the term ballad in modern [[pop music]] is for an emotional love song. When the word ''ballad'' appears in the title of a song, as for example in [[The Beatles]]'s "[[The Ballad of John and Yoko]]" or [[Billy Joel]]'s "[[The Ballad of Billy the Kid]]", the folk-music sense is generally implied. ''Ballad'' is also sometimes applied to strophic story-songs more generally, such as [[Don McLean]]'s "[[American Pie (song)|American Pie]]". Modern pop ballads of this kind tend towards greater formal complexity than their folk antecedents. | ||
| - | "'''Rough Boy'''" was the third single by [[United States|American]] rock band [[ZZ Top]] from their album ''[[Afterburner (album)|Afterburner]]''. The song reached #5 on the [[Mainstream Rock]] charts and #23 in the [[UK Top 40]]. Unlike the other songs on the album, this song has a much slower tempo and is more of a [[power ballad]]. | ||
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| - | The [[music video]] (directed by [[Steve Barron]]) features the band's "Eliminator" car/space shuttle hybrid (from the ''Afterburner'' album cover) visiting a space [[car wash]], interspersed with images of the band members' hands and faces, as well as a [[woman's legs]], protruding from metal plates, some of which double as lighted message signs or crosswalk signals. | ||
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The most common use of the term ballad in modern pop music is for an emotional love song. When the word ballad appears in the title of a song, as for example in The Beatles's "The Ballad of John and Yoko" or Billy Joel's "The Ballad of Billy the Kid", the folk-music sense is generally implied. Ballad is also sometimes applied to strophic story-songs more generally, such as Don McLean's "American Pie". Modern pop ballads of this kind tend towards greater formal complexity than their folk antecedents.
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