Favourite Rock Ballads

[Macfan4life]

This is a hard one and will have to think more before I post. One of my all time favorite ballads is Keep on Loving you by REO Speedwagon. Before you throw cheese at me, let me explain.
It reminds me of my youth and the couples skate at the local roller rink. Plus its written from the heart and has powerful lyrics. It reminds me of those puppy love years when I was 11 and 12. Some very powerful lyrics " Although I know all about other men" It was us way before then. "When I said that I loved you.. I meant that I'd love you forever" "I don't want to sleep, I just want to keep loving you. " "And I meant every word that I said...when I said I love , I meant I'd love you forever" But the song is a masterpiece because of how it was put together. REO's guitarist refused to do a ballad and fought with the band. He only wanted to play rock and roll. When Kevin played it on the piano and sung in the studio, the guitarist tried to ruin the song with heavy guitar chords. Even though it was a purpose destruction of the song, the band was floored how it sounded and kept variations of the heavy guitar in the song.
It starts out as a soft ballad but is a full arena rock song with some amazing and heavy guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJzN...zNZ1c5C9c#t=45