In honour of our imminent Cher Show experience on Broadway, I have
compiled a list of my seven favourite ballads from Cher’s illustrious career.
7. What About The
Moonlight
From the album It’s A
Man’s World, this tender ballad explores the comfort that comes from setting
“your sights on simple beauty” in the face of failure: “Just wrap your arms tight around me /
And we'll stumble together / Until we learn to dance”.
6. After All
This duet with Peter Cetera was the love theme for the film Chances Are and received an Oscar
nomination for Best Original Song in 1989.
5. Sirens
One of her most beautifully written love songs on her most
recent album, Closer to the Truth.
4. Heart Of Stone
The
title track from her 19th studio album is a poignant song about
heartbreak: “Beneath the white fire
of the moon / Love's wings are broken all too soon / We never
learn / Hurt together, hurt alone / Don’t you sometimes wish your heart
was made of stone”.
3. I Hope You Find It
This is a beautiful ballad from Closer to the Truth, one which she performed at the end of her D2K show
wearing a flowing celestial costume and standing on a moving platform suspended
above the stadium of adoring fans.
2. Just Like Jesse
James
Taken from Heart of
Stone, this song remains one of my favourite Cher songs of all time. On one of many of her farewell tours, she
declared that this was the most country she’d ever done. And it’s precisely the country twang and swagger
(with lyrics like “just a small town dude with a big city attitude”) that make
this song a classic.
1. You Haven’t Seen
The Last Of Me
While Burlesque
was slated by critics, Cher was the best part of the 2010 film, as was this
soaring ballad about picking yourself up and dusting yourself off after life
has knocked you on your ass.
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