Favorite Acoustic Songs

Moderators: Ron, Jim Price

Post Reply
User avatar
kayla
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Posts: 615
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:03 pm
Location: Central PA

Favorite Acoustic Songs

Post by kayla »

I was listenin to my Ipod and thought about some of the numerous songs that i love that are mostly acoustic. sooo post your favorite acoustic songs, heres a few of mine.

Fuel - Daniel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQ_EnRpJOU

Shinedown - Simple Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFQ6WmxdMs

SRV - Life by the Drop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwCiTkt2Jg

whaddya got?

- kayla.
`( f e n d e r)`
Top
moxham123
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 5821
Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:35 pm

Post by moxham123 »

Either the original version of You've Got A Friend by Carole King or the James Taylor version.
Top
User avatar
Mysterytrain
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Posts: 509
Joined: Mon May 26, 2008 11:02 pm
Location: Altoona
Contact:
Contact Mysterytrain

Its alll right

Post by Mysterytrain »

It's all right ma...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtW6crUOFQs
Keep on keepin' on,
Dan
www.mysterytrainlive.net
Top
Banned
Posts: 0
Joined: Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:12 pm

Post by Banned »

Classical Gas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJ1k2HMoRU

And You And I---Steve Howe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8YVH46RCw
Top
User avatar
Mysterytrain
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Posts: 509
Joined: Mon May 26, 2008 11:02 pm
Location: Altoona
Contact:
Contact Mysterytrain

Jerry

Post by Mysterytrain »

Grisman and Garcia

Sitting in limbo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCJ9mflho8

Shady Grove - Beautiful version 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFX5L1It ... re=related
Keep on keepin' on,
Dan
www.mysterytrainlive.net
Top
Banned
Posts: 0
Joined: Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:12 pm

Post by Banned »

Just about anything Willie plays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVJQAmxGKw

Just about anything Django plays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIJ4W7kXiQ
Top
User avatar
kayla
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Posts: 615
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:03 pm
Location: Central PA

Post by kayla »

undercoverjoe wrote:Just about anything Willie plays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVJQAmxGKw
yowser, that guitars taken a beatin. :shock:
`( f e n d e r)`
Top
User avatar
ToonaRockGuy
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 3091
Joined: Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:53 pm
Location: Altoona, behind a drumset.

Post by ToonaRockGuy »

John Prine - "Paradise"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vC65_cq0Js
Dood...
Top
Banned
Posts: 0
Joined: Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:12 pm

Post by Banned »

PACO DE LUCIA , John McLaughlin , AL DI MEOLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ
Top
User avatar
Bag
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 1485
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:38 am

Post by Bag »

ANYTHING by these guys, but this is my favorite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISiQ6PqATI
You don't shoot a man in the dick!
Top
User avatar
GoneForever
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 320
Joined: Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:36 pm

Post by GoneForever »

Michale Graves-Locked Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rSv9dnRoc

Michale Graves-Dig Up Her Bones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JJjVHlkETc

Walls Of Jericho-Ember Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACo0wxwxpT4

Trivium-Iron Maiden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGXIx2EQ9pY
Top
autumnsky
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 214
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:29 pm
Location: anywhere and everywhere

Post by autumnsky »

"Little Martha"---Allman Brothers
"The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye. The story of love is hello and goodbye, until we meet again"! Jimi Hendrix
Top
DickShackBass
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 327
Joined: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:10 pm
Contact:
Contact DickShackBass

Post by DickShackBass »

In Spite of Ourselves-John Prine and Iris Dement

Blackbird-Beatles

Fire and Rain- James Taylor

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, If You Could Read My Mind, and Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot


Andrea
Top
moxham123
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 5821
Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:35 pm

Post by moxham123 »

Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Top
User avatar
bassist_25
Senior Member
Senior Member
Posts: 6815
Joined: Tue Dec 10, 2002 2:22 am
Location: Indiana

Post by bassist_25 »

There are many acoustic based songs that I dig, and while I'm not a purist, for this thread, I'll stick with songs that are entirely acoustic...at least acoustic in the mainstream sense (i.e., pickups and microphones are okay).

Two true genuises of the acoustic guitar, both on the Candyrat label...

Andy McKee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIzuSi3dEqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSnWhsml ... ure=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS ... re=related

Antoine Dufour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCJL3Buw0l0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGxWETZi ... ure=relmfu

Punch Brothers...features the former mandolinist of Nickel Creek...this Strokes cover is incredible:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayc6yJXG-8

Bonnie Riatt's Fred McDowell tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-xjhiNpAkw

Chet Atkins and Leo Kottle doing the standard, Sleep Walk...I assume this is Priarie Home Compansion since Garrison Keeler introduces them...the comedy's cheesy, but PHC features a lot of great acoustic music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5oExc78IKE

Wilson Gomes...a relative unknown, I discovered him last year...he appears to be jazz trained, but he does a lot of 12-tone serial music...it knocks me out how much he can make this stuff swing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HWra3di ... ure=relmfu

...and he needs no introduction...probably the greatest acoustic guitarist of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA

And just for fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMvYHFeH60
"He's the electric horseman, you better back off!" - old sKool making a reference to the culturally relevant 1979 film.
Top
User avatar
onegunguitar
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 2080
Joined: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:56 am
Contact:
Contact onegunguitar

Post by onegunguitar »

Kansas-Dust in the Wind
http://www.myspace.com/musicnaildriver
get on your knees and bow
or learn a lesson in violence
Top
User avatar
lonewolf
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 6249
Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2003 7:58 pm
Location: Anywhere, Earth
Contact:
Contact lonewolf

Post by lonewolf »

Thick As A Brick

(often interrupted by a lot of instruments)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JEPeeohYs
...Oh, the freedom of the day that yielded to no rule or time...
Top
User avatar
StumbleFingers
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 311
Joined: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:34 pm
Location: Altoona

Post by StumbleFingers »

A song about a motorcycle:

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Top
LIMB BY LIMB
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 119
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:40 am
Location: Saltillo/Three Springs
Contact:
Contact LIMB BY LIMB

Post by LIMB BY LIMB »

alice in chains - nutshell
pink floyd - wish you were here
manson - last day on earth
Top
User avatar
whitedevilone
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 1072
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:27 pm
Location: Watching and making lists.

Post by whitedevilone »

StumbleFingers wrote:A song about a motorcycle:

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Rumor and Sigh.One of the greatest albums of all time.The solo in the song "Why must i plead"could be my favorite guitar solo ever recorded.
NailDriver

Only fools stand up and lay down their arms.
Top
Don Hughes
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 280
Joined: Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:27 am
Location: Pittsburgh/Altoona Pa
Contact:
Contact Don Hughes

Post by Don Hughes »

[quote="DickShackBass"]In Spite of Ourselves-John Prine and Iris Dement

Blackbird-Beatles

Fire and Rain- James Taylor

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, If You Could Read My Mind, and Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot


Andrea[/quote

My dad is HUGE Gordon Lightfoot fan. Carefree Highway came on at work and I was singing it. Everyone was looking at me weird cause I knew the song!
Top
nakedtwister
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Posts: 942
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:08 am
Location: Altoona,Pa

Post by nakedtwister »

My all time favorite is " Seagull " - Bad Co.
Top
User avatar
RobTheDrummer
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 5227
Joined: Tue Dec 10, 2002 10:47 pm
Location: Tiptonia, Pa

Post by RobTheDrummer »

Trains by Porcupine Tree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERQDxLsfrjw
Top
User avatar
MistValkyrie
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 388
Joined: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:34 am

Post by MistValkyrie »

I'll admit it, I'm a huge John Denver fan, so I'm probably biased when I say this, but he's written some amazing acoustic music:
Annie's Song: http://youtu.be/C21G2OkHEYo
Country Roads: http://youtu.be/MWzeInQaUk4

Same goes for Jim Croce:
I've Got a Name: http://youtu.be/YcqauC49Xmc
Time in a Bottle: http://youtu.be/dO1rMeYnOmM

Also, pretty much anything by Simon and Garfunkel is amazing, but alot of the folk music coming out of the late 60's and 70's was great acoustic stuff too.
The Boxer is my favorite of them though: http://youtu.be/AdKjEHfHINQ

This was the favorite of my father's old 33's as a kid, but I would always cry at the end. Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, and Mary: http://youtu.be/3OiOlnoyljk

Of course, Blackbird by the Beatles: http://youtu.be/P5CUHHGlQg0

Regression by Dream Theater is beautiful, albeit short(in fact, that whole album is amazing). The music starts at about the 1 minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x29pdFce1g0

Classical Gas is awesone, but I think someone already posted a link to it so I won't bother, same with Thick as a Brick by Tull.

Strangely enough, I've always thought Patience by GNR was pretty cool (despite having to listen to Axle singing over it): http://youtu.be/ErvgV4P6Fzc


Thats all I can think of at the moment.
Top
5stringlowb
Active Member
Active Member
Posts: 98
Joined: Mon May 14, 2007 2:50 am
Contact:
Contact 5stringlowb

Post by 5stringlowb »

Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad

What it's Like - Everlast
Top
Post Reply

Return to “General Discussion”