ballad

A ballad is a narrative poem, usually set to music; thus, it often is a story told in a song.

This is the ballad of a dead solider.

by Aashish Dhand January 9, 2008

Ballad

The kind of singing mostly used by Europeans during the Eurovision Song Contest to annoy the audience.

Oh no, not another damn ballad!

by Erethas May 25, 2015

ballad salad

an album or other compilation of overly sentimental or romantic songs.

Once upon a time, Aerosmith was a real hard rock band. But since the 1990s, they've just been putting out album after album of ballad salads.

by D.S. Credito March 12, 2015

Ballad of Serenity

Written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhodes, it is also known as the Theme to Firefly. Firefly was a woefully short-lived series on the Fox television station. It was a sci-fi western and the opening theme conveyed the main hero and protagonist of the show; a hardened war veteran named Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds. The song has been covered by a band called The Henry Kaiser Band and can be heard in the closing title music of Firefly's movie adaption, Serenity. The theme is also used as the chorus to filk band Escape Key in their Firefly tribute entitled Mal's Song.

Lyrics for The Ballad of Serenity.

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't coming back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me

There's no place I can be
Since I've found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me

by Aaron Hurd December 15, 2008

Ballad of Chasey Lain

The Ballad Of Chasey Lain is an AMAZING song by the Blood Hound Gang about the uber sexy porn star Chasey Lain.

Lyrics to "The Ballad Of Chasey Lain"

Dear chasey lain
I wrote to explain
Im your biggest fan
I just wanted to ask
Could I eat your ass?
Write back as soon as you can

Youve had a lotta dick
Had a lotta dick
Ive had a lotta time
Had a lotta time
Youve had a lotta dick chasey
But you aint had mine

Dear chasey lain
I wrote to complain
Ya never wrote me back
How could I ever eat
Your ass when ya treat
Your biggest fan like that?

Youve had a lotta dick
Had a lotta dick
Ive had a lotta time
Had a lotta time
Youve had a lotta dick chasey
But you aint had mine

Dear chasey lain
I wrote to constrain
This letter is my last
As your biggest fan
I must demand
You let me eat your ass

Youve had a lotta dick
Had a lotta dick
Ive had a lotta time
Had a lotta time
Youve had a lotta dick chasey
But you aint had mine

P.s.
Mom and dad this is chasey
Chasey this is my mom and dad
Now show em them titties
Now show em them titties
P.s.
Mom and dad this is chasey
Chasey this is my mom and dad
Now show em them titties
Now show em them titties

Would ya fuck me for blow?

by Pink Power Ranger September 5, 2008

Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

Peter Pumpkinhead came to town

Spreading wisdom and cash around

Fed the starving and housed the poor

Showed the Vatican what gold's for

But he made too many enemies

Of the people who would keep us on our knees

Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?

Oh my!

Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all

Emptied churches and shopping malls

Where he spoke, it would raise the roof

Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth

But he made too many enemies...

Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame

Governments who would slur his name

Plots and sex scandals failed outright

Peter merely said

Any kind of love is alright

But he made too many enemies...

Peter Pumpkinhead was too good

Had him nailed to a chunk of wood

He died grinning on live TV

Hanging there he looked a lot like you

And an awful lot like me!

But he made too many enemies...

Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin

Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead

Oh my oh my oh!

Don't it make you want to cry oh?

Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

by Death Menace February 8, 2023

power ballad

An emotional hard rock/heavy metal song, often with a slow tempo, dramatic sung vocals, and many instruments, including acoustic ones and synthesizers. Power ballads usually start soft, then heaviness builds up with drums and heavy electric guitars.

In the eighties, almost every metal band had its power ballad.

by CraftTheMushy August 15, 2015