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PersnicketyJim @bertoletdown said:
To clarify, none of these songs fit the proper definition of ballad. Not one. It's a bastardized term whose misuse has swallowed its proper meaning. If you think Horn isn't a ballad or whatever other nitpick you may have then down rate it. Make sense?
True, but little of what Phish does fits proper definitions. But ballad is more flexible than you imply, and most of these songs share the same widely recognized structure.

I'd say if you don't think Horn is a ballad then abstain. But that conundrum speaks to Ranker's inadequacies; for as much as I'm grateful for these polls and the work of @jwelsh8 et al, this system does not work well.
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