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#222114 - 11/27/07 03:29 PM Cheesiest Ballads List............
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#222115 - 11/27/07 07:37 PM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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"Feelings"! I know this is blasphemy but I've got to put "Yesterday" on the list too. Cheesy songs aren't just a recent trend. I think of "Walking My Baby Back Home" and the lyrics about the owls going by. I remember "Silhouettes on the Shade" and the idiot that was spying on the wrong house. "Brandy" also comes to mind. I'm sure there are many more.

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#222116 - 11/27/07 08:11 PM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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Lets add "HONEY" & "American Pie"

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#222117 - 11/27/07 08:29 PM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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I dunno, this is all a bit subjective. One man's cheese is another man's meat. I mean, all these songs were hits in their own right - so someone must have liked them. Just what is 'it' that makes a song 'cheesy'? Kind of a fun subject, though.

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#222118 - 11/28/07 04:29 AM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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Man, talk about being out of touch. I only recognize about 3 or 4 of those songs on the list. I don't know what constitutes "cheese" but personally, I love the way YESTERDAY is structured. Only problem with it is that it is a real challenge to play it in a jazz framework. The chords are beautiful but it just doesn't lend itself to jazz styling like most of the "standards" do. But, Renig is right; one man's cheese.......


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#222119 - 11/28/07 05:08 AM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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Chas,

Oscar Peterson does a nice jazz bossa version of Yesterday....somehow it just works, for me, anyway.


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#222120 - 11/28/07 06:21 AM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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Ian, anything Oscar Peterson does works for me.

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#222121 - 11/28/07 08:03 AM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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Chas,

I'm not talking melody or chords. I am a big huge Beatles fan but it is just all those songs with lyrics that go:
day, hay, way, away, say, true, blue glue, flue, blew, be, he, me, see, flea, etc.
John Lennon was way better with lyrics than Paul.

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#222122 - 11/28/07 08:17 AM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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Cheese = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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#222123 - 11/28/07 10:27 AM Re: Cheesiest Ballads List............
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Tom, I hear you. Some of those "cheese" tunes are actually very beautiful, well constructed, songs; just overdone to the point of being associated with every lounge singer, karaoke bar, wedding reception, etc., etc. BTW, if you're a working pro, DNJ is correct. "Cheese = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$".

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