Your favorite acoustic song?

[AUMM]

im trying to find some good songs to play on my acoustic guitar, what are some of your favorites?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Like blues-rock? Check out Chris Whitley's all-acoustic Dirt Floor CD ("Indian Summer", "Dirt Floor", "Accordingly").

Like celtic folk? Most of the Richard Thompson catalog sounds great acoustic, check out his Small Town Romance solo acoustic CD.

Like tasty pop-rock and can croon like Neil Finn? Crowded House, too many to name.

Feeling dark and spiteful? Elvis Costello's your guy. He did a nice solo acoustic "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" on an interview for Spike.

In a classical mood? Check out Sharon Isbin's Bach CD, very beautiful playing.

 

[slikmunks]

well... if you're into jazz... kenny burrell is a monster on the guitar... head of ucla jazz department at that, so i get to hear him every once in a while... (ucla student here)

 

[DanTMWTMP]

everlong's nice...well, that's the first thing that comes to mind...there's a ton of nice ones

 

[Walleye]

Mr. Roboto.

good practice for your synthesizing skills.

i have a buddy who can do it, 100% synthed.

 

[TheShiz]

classical gas

 

[anxi80]

nas feat. 2pac - thugz mansion (n.y. remix)

 

[BD231]

E-Life - K.I.T.A. (Benjah Edition)

 

[thomsbrain]

the deftones have a cool version of "be quiet and drive" that's acoustic.
hard to beat dashboard's so impossible EP, too.

 

[datalink7]

Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

 

[nativesunshine]

Anything John Mayer...

 

[LS20]

alice in chain's rooster

 

[datalink7]

Tears in Heaven

 

[johneetrash]

fav for now.

my friend playing/singing

 

[Johnnie]

I'm into some good ole Garcia/Grisman lately....Shady Grove

 

[Nutdotnet]

Ben Harper has a lot of great acoustic tunes!

 

[AnyMal]

Yesterday by Paul McCartney

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
Ben Harper has a lot of great acoustic tunes!

True! I forgot about that...

Another Lonely Day, Walk Away, The Drugs Don't Work.

 

[Scouzer]

The Dashboard Confessionals are a great accoustic band.

Dashboard Confessionals - Ender will save us all

Excellent song.

Led Zepplin - Stairway to heaven (accoustic)

Also good.

 

[LoqT]

Jeff Buckley's Last Goodbye..... AWESOME SONG. Great acoustic version of the song available too if you want to look for it.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: datalink7
Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Another vote for these, plus:

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy

 

[BurnItDwn]

Opeth - Dirge for November has some awesome Acoustic parts
Opeth - Harvest ..... about 1/2 of the song is acoustic guitar
Opeth - Bleak .. Some good acoustic parts

Pretty much anything Mikael Akerfeldt plays seems to kick arse .... (he also is the singer for Opeth, also sang in Bloodbath, Katatonia and, Edge of sanity)
Tabs can be found here http://metaltabs.com/band/14/

you kinda have to like bluesy sounding metal to really get into Opeth ... and my brother says they are quite hard to play (he has played guitar for about 6 years)

 

[Confused]

OK some songs I like playing Acoustic on the guitar

Goo Goo Dolls: Name, Acoustic #3,
Green Day: Hold On, Macy's Day Parade, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees, Karma Police
Some of the self-titled Rage Against The Machine album is pretty good to play acoustic!
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication



Confused

 

[Scarpozzi]

Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here
Extreme - More Than Words
I can play a really good version of "Daniel" by Elton John
Live has a lot of good songs that can be played
STP - Plush
Dave Matthews Stuff

 

[Aceshigh]

Dokken's "Dream Warriors" sounds pretty cool when played acoustically.