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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: NJ | the boxer |
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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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What is the all-time best acoustic guitar tune?
