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Why was the article renamed? The term "rock ballad" needs a special article. — Preceding
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95.28.32.97 (
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This article needs to include "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. 7 minutes long, 2-3 minutes of verse until it goes into the anthemic refrain for the rest of the song. The actual first power ballad ever and blueprint for songs like "I Wanna Know What Love Is" and "Don't Stop Believing"
Munich hilton (
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History: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s need restructuring, because the time periods are messed up!
1980s is basically different from 1990s music, even though some 1990s artists already started in the second half of the 1980s. New country for instance is a typical 1990s music style. Some important examples of new country hits by songstresses, like Shania Twain, You're still the one, Faith Hill, This Kiss, and, LeAnn Rimes, How Do I Live, are all from 1998. 1990s music extended into 2000s music.
Amand Keultjes (
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Un-sourced edits to Power Ballads
An unregistered user, under the @
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Power Ballads section. This particular user has been warned about and blocked for such activity in the past and it needs to cease.
JoeyofScotia (
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Power Ballad Definition
The article does not define power ballad.
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Change 2010s segment to be more expansive on increasingly popular indie ballad musicians
change the likes of Imagine Dragons and Ed Sheeran from being referred to as "Indie Musicians"
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Sentimental ballad → Ballad (music) – Its more often called power ballad or just ballad so a more common name for the article fits better. also, just glancing over the sources, none of them actually uses the term "sentimental ballad" ---
FMSky (
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Oppose. The concept of a ballad in music is much broader than what is described in this article. Apart from its medieval and traditional and near-literary meanings (which are all also performed as songs), it can refer to some specific genres:
Ballad#Beyond Europe. There are also individual singer-songwriter regional genres which are also categorized as ballads. The sentimental ballad is a separate genre unrelated to any of those. It is mostly commercial genre of popular music. Power ballad or rock ballad is a specific 70s rock-related sub-style of sentimental ballad. I disagree that the redirect
Ballad (music) was changed to
Sentimental ballad in 2018. Some articles referring to this still refer to the broad meaning of ballad (for e.g.
Jazz#Blues referring to traditional genre) and such links have not been corrected. Also, check the claims made in
Talk:Ballad (music) years ago about such title. I think that "Ballad (music)" or "Ballad in music" should be at least a page of disambiguation in this situation, and better to detail the subject within music sphere.
Solidest (
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The problem is more that the term "Sentimental ballad" doesnt seem to be widely used. Like stated, none of the sources use it --
FMSky (
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Oppose. I agree the current title isn't a particularly good one and isn't the common name, but all ballads are music so the proposed name is even worse. --
Necrothesp (
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