Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Powerballad of the Day

Powerballads are Metal's way of saying, Yes, yes, I worship The Great Beast, but I have a tender heart. Even The Desolate One cannot conjure up a salve to remedy the broken heart. So true; so true. Here:Don Dokken, bloated, earnest, soulful:



The same can be said of hip-hop light, or, as we like to call it, "hip-pop." Biz Markie, easily the funniest rapper in the world, turns down the intensity -- even going so far as to croon on a goddam piano -- about his very own broken, cholesterol clogged heart:



Oh .. he's just a friend ..

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