The Best Rock Ballads
Singer James Hetfield wrote the song for his girlfriend while talking to her on the phone. He told Mojo magazine in December 2008: It's about being on the road, missing someone at home, but it was written in such a way, it connected with so many people, that it wasn't just about two people, it was about a connection with your higher power, lots of different things. This means a lot more than me missing my chick, right? This is brotherhood. The army could use this song. It's pretty powerful.
Fun fact: There are over 40 recorded covers of this song. Nuno Betterncourt, who plays acoustic guitar in 'More Than Words,' explained to the Albany Herald that the song was written as a warning about the phrase 'I love you': People use it so easily and so lightly that they think you can say that and fix everything, or you can say that and everything's okay. Sometimes you have to do more and you have to show it—there's other ways to say 'I love you.' Fun fact: While this song sounds far from extreme, the name of the band is easily explained: It originally formed as a funk metal group.
'Ultimate Rock Ballads' is the most comprehensive collection of rock's greatest ballads from the 1970s to the early-'90s, bringing together the power of rock with a.
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- The Best Rock Ballads. Ever!- is a compilation album released by EMI in early 2007. It contains what it considers to be the best rock ballads recorded.
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