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Location: Colorado | I'm looking for your ideas on the best of the best acoustic guitar songs...I'm talking as the song starts - and you hear that acoustic guitar riff...you stop listen...remember - perhaps even learned to play it.
I'll start with just a couple off the cuff suggestions...
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison
Classical Gas - Mason Williams..sorry Glen |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | My favorite is "Mood For a Day" by Yes. I also like all of Pink Floyd's Animals and Wish You Were Here. |
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Location: big island | there's somethin' very saweeeet about the eagle's unplugged version of "hotel california". i saw/heard it first on their "hell freezes over" dvd. i know i have other favorites but that one comes to mind immediately for me. |
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Location: Stow, Ohio | I don't know if anyone else will think it's all that.
But I love "D" by Randy Rhoads |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Norwegian Wood. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | I agree with Crimson: ANY Pink Floyd piece.
But this is harder for me than it appears to be for other members because for me, there may not be "an all-time best".
There are so many songs that could be the all- time best and when I think about each one I begin to relate certain experiences of my life to them. Maybe I'm not able to find a best experience and therefore, I'm not able to determine "an all-time best".
I would add there have been recent conversions from earlier electric releases into acoustic pieces that I heard that were done very well. Though not as impressionable in my later years as my youth, I'm impressed with some re-releases in acoustic form.
Then I return to Rain Song played by Jimmy Page, I mean, wow. Now so many run through my mind right now. Even back to Boston...yes of course, Boston's Boston. I mean, come on! That rocked.
"The best?" That's like asking me what's my favorite movie of all time is.
But, a very worthy question to pose! Thanks for a trip done memory lane. Whoops! There's Van Halen! I got to get out of here!!!! |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Layla from Clapton "Unplugged". |
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Location: ranson,wva | pretty much with mike and colin on this,but id like to add marcel dadi swingy blues...jason |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Pretty much any song that gets me a free beer.
What can I say? I'm cheap AND easy.
But somewhat picky about my beer..... |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Needle and the Damage Done is instantly recogniseable and always brings back memories for me as does Cat Stevens' Father & Son.
Like aceboympk my favourite acoustic songs change from day to day and it's impossible (for me at least) to put one definitive song at the top of my list. |
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Location: CA | Scarborough Fair. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | There are lots of "parts" to songs or partially acoustic songs I like, but whole acoustic songs, I'm really at a loss. Classical Gas is the only one that comes to mind.
For partially acoustic there is Dog and the Butterfly, Silent Lucidity, In Thee, The Intro to Crazy on You, The riff of Alone Again (Dokken). |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | " Sounds of Silence "......perhaps not applicable to this thread.....
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Hey Oz, I do that Father and Son often. It is very recognizable, so I don't have to sing.
Also, Where Do The Children Play.
Needle, Cowgirl & Cinnamon Girl...
Finish-up with Hey, Hey, & Rockin' in the Free World!
Applause is Nice, Money is Better! :p |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | Classical Gas by Tommy Emmanuel
Hotel California by The Eagles. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Hey Oz, I do that Father and Son often. It is very recognizable, so I don't have to sing.
Also, Where Do The Children Play.
Needle, Cowgirl & Cinnamon Girl...
Finish-up with Hey, Hey, & Rockin' in the Free World!
Applause is Nice, Money is Better! :p Nice list Arthur...that's my sort of stuff :cool: |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | A straight forward, rockin', acoustic song with no fiddly fancy finger pickin' - "Most People I Know" by the recently departed Billy Thorpe. :cool:
I know it's an Aussie 'anthem', but I know some of our US brethren are familiar with it.
And I've recently discovered Bruce Cockburn. (Where have I been? :confused: ) and "Wonder Where The Lions Are" is a GREAT acoustic song.
Hey Oz, looks like your taste in (or lack of :D ) music is VERY similar to my own. Maybe we can stop off next time I'm travelling through NSW. My sister lives in Muswellbrook and the rest of my family is in Wollongong. You're about half way and it would be nice to see one of the other 6 US Ovations in Australia. ;) |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Originally posted by muzza:
Hey Oz, looks like your taste in (or lack of :D ) music is VERY similar to my own. Maybe we can stop off next time I'm travelling through NSW. My sister lives in Muswellbrook and the rest of my family is in Wollongong. You're about half way and it would be nice to see one of the other 6 US Ovations in Australia. ;) Anytime Muzza. Let me know the next time you're heading south. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" by CSN&Y
Not technically aggressive, but when asked what I think acoustic guitars should sound like that's the track that always comes to mind.
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Location: SoCal | Blackbird by the Beatles.... |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | "Bye Bye Blackbird" :D |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Crazy On You by Heart - all of the Simon and Garfunkel/Paul Simon stuff that everyone mentioned.
SRV - Pride and Joy unplugged (that's why I wanted a 12-string!) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I have a soft spot for the many Acoustic-Rock tunes that Heart produced. They made a bridge betwen the electric and acoustic worlds.
What guitars did they use to do this with? Hmmm... |
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Location: Oakton, VA | Jorma Kaukonen's "Embryonic Journey".
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by Little Boy Jefferson:
Classical Gas by Tommy Emmanuel
Hotel California by The Eagles. Clasical Gas was written by Mason Williams-
http://classicalgas.com/ |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Just an observation-- Alot of the "hard-rock" artists best songs are mellow-acoustic stuff. Or at least the lead-in. Listening to Metallica, so that is why I thought of that.
[I know there are other examples, but damned if I can think of one! ...I just woke-up] |
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Location: big island | Hard rocker Extreme's best song was their acoustic, "More Than Words"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt7L4X4li_k |
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Location: Colorado | Keep em coming..if this education thing I do doesn't work out - I need a longer song list....Al you got that one right - The Boxer - clean riff - simple riff - just perfect - with the whole rest of the song |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Hard rockers goin' soft...
Every Rose has its Thorn - Poison
Patience - Guns-N-Roses |
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Location: Up North | Mixed influences here.
"Fragile" by Sting
"Shape of My Heart" by Sting
"Behind the Blue Eyes" by The Who
"Dead as Yesterday" by Zakk Wylde
"I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys
"Closer to the Heart" by Rush
intro to "A Farewell to Kings" by Rush
"When I Fall" by The Barenaked Ladies
"Norwegian Wood" by The Beatles
"Dear Prudence" by The Beatles
"Lola" by the Kinks
"Can't Find My Way Home" by Steve Winwood
"She Talks to Angels" by The Black Crows
"Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi
"Into White" by Cat Stevens
"South City Midnight Lady" by The Doobie Brothers
"Circus" by Eric Clapton
"Follow" by Richie Havens
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" by Gordon Lightfoot
anything else by Gordon Lightfoot |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Prebyterian Guitar by John Hartford
though anything interesting ...
How about Fun, Fun, Fun or Do You Wanna Dance by the Beach Boys |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | too many to give an answer.
Is it just me or are there a lot of songs listed that are not acoustic? |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by cwk2:
too many to give an answer.
Is it just me or are there a lot of songs listed that are not acoustic? agreed
some are half acoustic |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Some of us are old enough that we easily lose focus and wander....
....sorry, what was the question? |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | Originally posted by Nils:
Originally posted by Little Boy Jefferson:
Classical Gas by Tommy Emmanuel
Hotel California by The Eagles. Clasical Gas was written by Mason Williams-
http://classicalgas.com/
but Mason Williams version doesn't make me crazy and doesn't motivate me to play 4 hours on guitar- after coming back from 10h/day work.
it's just my favorite;] |
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Location: Westchester, NY | Dust in the Wind
Amie
Ramble On
Going to California |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Treetop Flyer Stephen Stills |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I've found it fun, fun, fun to play electric tunes acoustically. |
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| my favorite on the 12 Adamas.. Hotel California
just ask the wife, I play it and tweak it at least 10 times a sitting.
on the 1613 ... classical gas.... BTW how do you like it before you dissect it Mike?
been messing with Suspicious Minds on the Balladeer, but just where I'm at on the first three frets..
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Glenn - I was playing around with it for awhile today. It really is such a pleasure to play all of those fingerpicking songs that I'm having such a hard time with on the steel strings. It's got a nice balanced sound unplugged. I like it alot. If I didn't just pick up the Country Artist, I might have been reluctant to send it back. I did strip out the old electronics. I should've tried it plugged in for comparison sake. Oh well. I'll send them out to Jason on monday.
Next step... RotoZip.
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Location: big island | here's the youtube link for the eagles "hotel california" acoustic version. technically, everything is still amplified but the guitars are acoustic except for the bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzJ7vE1brcI |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | I've got the Hell Freezes Over DVD Randy and I love that version as well. Don Felder makes it look so easy but I don't know if he gets a lot of respect...at least down here.
When I mention him as one of my favourite guitarists a lot of people say "Don who??"....and that's even from Eagles fans. Mention Don Henley though, and they know all about him. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Y'know, Don Felder. He used to be Head Conductor for The Boston Pops... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Tupperware:
"Suite Judy Blue Eyes" by CSN&Y
Not technically aggressive, but when asked what I think acoustic guitars should sound like that's the track that always comes to mind. How did I forget that one. Good choice, Dave!
A few more I just thought of;
Blackwater - Doobie Bros
Seagull - Bad Co.
Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Y'know, Don Felder. He used to be Head Conductor for The Boston Pops... I thought that was Dan Fielding... |
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And not to forget our French brothers: here
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Location: Tampa, FL | Leon Redbone - the reason I took up guitar in the first place. Pick any tune.
Jim Kweskin - the reason I started playing with other musicians. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by ChatMan:
Leon Redbone - the reason I took up guitar in the first place. For me, it was the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Got me playing blues harp as well. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by gh1:
And not to forget our French brothers: here |
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Location: ranson,wva | what about a great song played on a adamas proto by pascal? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wucgv2Xh0HY&mode=user&search= jason |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 1952 Vincent Black Lightning |
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| I've always loved the sound of the intro to California Dreamin'.
And Don whatsisname doing American Pie with just his guitar is a great sound. |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | Here Comes the Sun
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America, by Simon and Garfunkle |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," by CSN. Stills's riff grabs you by the shirt front.
"For What It's Worth," Buffalo Springfield
"Take It Easy," Eagles -- and just about anything else they do!
"Sundown," Gordon Lightfoot.
Just about any of James Taylor's early classics, especially "Fire and Rain," "Carolina In My Mind," "Sweet Baby James," and "Something In the Way She Moves." The intros to these songs defines what is meant by a "hook."
Neil Young -- take your pick. :D |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | And Don whatsisname doing American Pie with just his guitar is a great sound.
Don McLean doin' just about anything on guitar sounds great! Vincent
Here it is as a duo w/Chet Atkins Vincent again |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Castles in the Air, Vincent and And I Love You So are 3 of my favorites that I can't seem to figure out. |
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What is the all-time best acoustic guitar tune?