Well we all are trying to play it tough and I suppose you'll agree with me that many so called "ballads" are just a cheap way to get teen female listeners to buy your priceless shit.
BUT
There are songs that are killing it, especially if you grow older, you're becoming softer, you have gone through shit yourself, and there are times you realize you are no more this badass guy and in between the wild times, sometimes, you have a sensitive moment, starting to take a couple of things in life that you always refused to more seriously.
MY FAVOURITES:
1) Layla - Derek and the dominos - you can feel everything you should feel from that song
Here is a live take from Eric (meaning the SLOWHAND):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=D2sfelvHAlU=
2) Still in love with you - Thin Lizzy - live version 1978 is fucking hunting me
Here is the killing live take:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XsIubn5Pp6s
3) Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
- this song, related to the environment where I settled down for the past three years, just keeps up with the issues it raises
Here is another live take as far as Jane's were one of the best live bands of their era - 1997 concert reunion with Flea on bass:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nXKXL8OlpUM
Put in some more!