What are some of your fav. Acoustic songs? (1 Viewer)

[AaronMg]

Both new and old.

Some of my favs...
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Pink Floyd - Mother
Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven
Eric Clapton - Layla
Foo Fighters - Everlong acoustic
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge acoustic.

 

[Ron Reda]

These are mostly newer and just off the top of my head:

Dave Matthews Band - Pay For What You Get

Dave Matthews & Tim Reylolds - Anything off "Live at Luther College"

John Mayer - Daughters

John Mayer - Message In A Bottle (from "Any Given Thursday")

 

[Ron Etaylor]

There is a cool version of Message In a Bottle by Sting on an album called Secret Policeman's Ball. It's probably on some other Sting CD's or videos as well. I also like Pete Townshend's accoustic work.

 

[Ben_wood]

"Whole-Hearted" by Extreme !

 

[Mike Broadman]

Me and Julia Down by the Schoolyard- Paul Simon

Summer Day Sands, Mother Goose, One White Duck, One Brown Mouse, and many more by Jethro Tull

That's The Way- Led Zeppelin

 

[Ron Reda]

Me and Julia Down by the Schoolyard- Paul Simon

I second that!

Over The Hills and Far Away, Going To California - Led Zeppelin

Blackbird - The Beatles

Anything from James Taylor

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Dylan: Desolation Row; Love Minus Zero; Hurricane...

Neil Young: Ambulance Blues; The Old Homestead; Pocahontas; My My, Hey Hey; Thrasher...

The Rolling Stones: Not Fade Away; As Tears Go By; Wild Horses

Bert Jansch... uh, everything!

Ripple - The Grateful Dead - American Beauty

And lots more.


Gordy

 

[dave_brogli]

Alright once again for accoustic songs,
Alice in Chains Unplugged cant be beat!

(ecspecially Down in a Hole, I love the twangs)

 

[Tony-B]

Green Day - Good Riddance

 

[Mike Broadman]

Fearless- Pink Floyd

Circle Game, Conversation, A Case of You, Both Sides Now, and a bazillion more- Musical Goddess, aka Joni Mitchell

 

[Al B. C]

"Andy Warhol" - David Bowie

"Ventura Highway" - America

 

[Rachael B]

LITTLE MARTHA by Duane Allman
IF I KEEP MY HEART OUT OF SIGHT by James Taylor
ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD by Neil Young
THE STUDENT PRINCE by Leo Kottke
BLUE by Joni Mitchell
LALENA by Donovan
WHERE HAVE I KNOWN YOU BEFORE by Chic Corea
FOR MY MOTHER by Manfredo Fest
OTRA VEZ by Carlos Antonio Jobim
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD by Nirvana
BABY PLAYS AROUND by Elvis Costello
THE BOXER by Simon and Garfunkel
DONUT MAN by Marc Benno
CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME by Blind Faith
TIN ANGEL by Tom Rush
MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD BE THE TIMES OR BETWEEN CLARK AND HILLDALE by Love

My favourite all acoustic rock album is the severely under appreciated OPEN ROAD by Donovan.

 

[Michael Martin]

Over The Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

Best. Acoustic. Song. Ever.

Followed by the BBC live version of Zep's "Going to California."

Followed by the original studio version of Zep's "The Battle of Evermore."

But you can sense a pattern emerging here....

 

[Paul M.Kuziel]

Just about anything from Ottmar Liebert, incredible flamingo guitar.

 

[chung_sotheby]

How about acoustic albums?

Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Alice in Chains - Unplugged
Nirvana - Unplugged
Neil Young - Harvest
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Sondre Lerche - Faces Down
David Grey - White Ladder
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Led Zeppelin - III

As for songs, some of my personal favorites (in no particular order)

Neil Young - Old Man
Led Zeppelin - Going to California
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
Nick Drake - Things Behind the Sun
Nirvana - The Man who Sold the World (UnP)
Alice in Chains - Would (UnP)
Dave Matthews - Crush (live)
Coldplay - Shiver (live)
Sondre Lerche - Sleep on Needles
Incubus - Pardon Me (live)
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven (UnP)
Staind - Fade (UnP)
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
Eagles - Hotel California (HFO)
Red hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the Girl
Lauryn Hill - To Zion
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Baby, now that I found You (live)
Gypsy Kings - Bamboleo
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave your Lover
.... and about 100 others I know I forgot.

 

[Mike Broadman]

The best cover of an acoustic Led Zeppelin song is Over the Hills and Far Away by Mike Broadman. I keep forgetting the changes- it's quite embarrassing.

But the mother of all Zep acoustic tunes is White Summer.

Acoustic albums? Easy: Blue- Joni Mitchell

 

[Felix Martinez]

Laurence Juber's acoustic guitar arrangement of "Strawberry Fields Forever" on his "Guitar Noir" DVD-A from AIX is just about the most beautiful thing I've heard on the instrument in years. The rest of the album is fantastic as well!

Cheers,

 

[Daniel J.S.]

How about "My Father's House" by Bruce Springsteen, or the whole "Nebraska" album for that matter?

 

[Miles]

How about "Get back again" from The Hip

 

[Blaine Skerry]

Me and Julia Down by the Schoolyard- Paul Simon

It's "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard"

Here's a vote for Leo Kottke's
Turning into Randolph Scott (Humid Child)

Leo once described his singing voice as sounding like "geese farts on a muggy day". What's not to love?