ballad
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On the tumbling ballad “Cowtown,” he describes the environment as “Where no one ever makes a sound / Except me on this guitar,” which could sound peaceful and content or lonely and frustrated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Tyler, who grew up in Neath, is best known for her huge power ballad hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, which was released in 1983.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Diamond once said he wrote this lugubrious ballad to satisfy the suits at his record company, and I, for one, believe him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
On the sad and evocative ballad “Loneliest Girl,” she uses small pauses for rhythmic emphasis to foreground rhymes that complicate the action with each occurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
As she talked, she bobbed her head back and forth to the MTV music, even though the song was the kind of manufactured pop ballad she professed to hate.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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