# Best Metallica power ballad of all? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401 "2010-09-20T14:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/1 "2010-09-20T14:21:58Z")
Pretty self explanatory: What, in your opinion, is Metallica’s single greatest power ballad of all time? ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/2 "2010-09-20T16:33:48Z")
Here are links to all the songs listed, to help you decide: [ul] [li][Fade to Black](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E)[/li][li][Welcome Home (Sanitarium)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMQyX-zAhQ)[/li][li][One](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw&ob=av2e)[/li][li][The Unforgiven](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYUMPKFYd6g&ob=av2n)[/li][li][Nothing Else Matters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyrWd_gfQNQ)[/li][li][Until It Sleeps](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHVv7Mz2_Bo&ob=av2n)[/li][li][Hero of the Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkfO8c8MlKU&ob=av2e)[/li][li][Bleeding Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftV_XepIwpo)[/li][li][Mama Said](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T31qXmeupA)[/li][li][The Unforgiven II](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Bn_kD6QN4&ob=av2e)[/li][li][Low Man’s Lyric](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovgu1X2sgNU)[/li][li][The Day That Never Comes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRitfbhITLM&ob=av2n)[/li][li][The Unforgiven III](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRFJ0umdSA4)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/3 "2010-09-20T17:09:36Z")
_Whisper things into my brain, assuring me that I’m insane…_ God I love that song. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/4 "2010-09-21T03:48:04Z")
One. It is so totally great. Also, I had a stripper tell me that it is the one that most of her patrons chose when they had a choice for a lap dance, because it was the longest on the jukebox. Actually, tho, it is almost the exact same length as unforgiven. Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![JoseArcadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JoseArcadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseArcadio)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/5 "2010-09-21T12:02:49Z")
A tough choice: (Welcome Home) Sanitarium is excellent; I’ve always been partial to The Unforgiven; One gives me goosebumps. I went for Hero of the Day because my best friend and I used to love it and listen to it a lot when we were teenagers so it has good memories for me. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/6 "2010-09-21T16:57:36Z")
Did they really do songs “The Unforgiven II” and “The Unforgiven III?” Yikes… I’m probably gonna pick Sanitarium, but maybe Fade to Black - I have to ponder. Joe ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/7 "2010-09-21T17:09:15Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > One. > It is so totally great. > Also, I had a stripper tell me that it is the one that most of her patrons chose when they had a choice for a lap dance, because it was the longest on the jukebox. Actually, tho, it is almost the exact same length as unforgiven. > > Best wishes, > hh And what [sexy lyrics](http://hubpages.com/hub/Metallica-One-Lyrics)! Perfect for a lap dance. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-metallica-power-ballad-of-all/554401/8 "2010-09-21T21:00:03Z")
Both songs I debated had 0 votes, and my lone vote is the only one for _Low Man’s Lyric_. It was between that and _Mama Said_ for me. Both really great songs IMO and ones very few people have heard.