Good Acoustic songs?

jagog09

i'm looking for any songs that are good when played in acoustic version. anybody recommend any?

c_dog

what type of music are u into

Nailz

Alice In Chains Unplugged, that is all...

rednik

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here.
Eagles - Hotel California from Hell freezes over.
Lindsey Buckingham - Time precious time.

TheStickyBandit

Coldplay - Sparks. A personal favourite acoustic song of mine.
I absolutly love their first album 'Parachutes'. Pity I can't say the same for the rest of their stuff!

Notorious

Bob Dylan/Nirvana/Oasis Unplugged - all excellent albums, purely acoustic stuff. The Cure had a bonus disc in their Greatest Hits which was just an acoustic session of all the tracks on the album.

As for specific songs; Avalanche by Leonard Cohen, Idiot Wind by Bob Dylan, River Man by Nick Drake.

Kevster

Extreme's More than words instantly comes to mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjyIeiv-LjM&feature=related

Serbian

Nick Drake's Pink Moon is a great acoustic album. Also, as mentioned above River Man is an incredible track, one of my all time favourite songs. Other acoustic songs:

Bright Eyes - Lua & First Day of my Life
Bob Dylan - Girl from the North Country
Mumford & Sons - Timshel & After the Storm (their whole album is amazing actually)
Bonnie Prince Billy - Lessons from What's Poor
Iron & Wine - All their stuff is great, but The Trapeze Swinger & Fever Dream are songs to check out.

I could actually go on all day about acoustic songs, so I'll leave it at that :P

manic mailman

drive - incubus (sounds better acoustically)
anything glen hansard - eg say it to me now

magma69

Elliott Smith-Between The Bars

Devendra Banhart-Little Yellow Spider

Alexi Murdoch-All My Days

Bert Jansch-Angie

rcaz

"in acoustic version" - do you mean any type of song with any kind of instrument that was then reduced to acoustic instruments?

My favourite for both being great, and sheer how-the-****-did-they-think-of-that-and-pull-it-off?-edness;

Bell Orchestre doing Aphex Twin's Bucephalus Bouncing Ball (okay there's a lapsteel and some electronic gear to the right, but it's still pretty ****ing acoustic!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwAC6J6zyCE

Compared with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIeA2ct5Sew

ronnie3585

I'd second Extreme's More than Words

Mr. Big - To be with you

Led Zeppelin - Thank you (Chris Cornell does a particularly nice acoustic cover)

Oasis - Cast no Shadow

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

doonan8

stay young and it's good to be free.check out noel gallaghers acoustic versions of these.very easy to play and just great songs to sing

HalloweenJack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFt3b0EIFVI

Captain Iggy

Serbian wrote: »

Nick Drake's Pink Moon is a great acoustic album. Also, as mentioned above River Man is an incredible track, one of my all time favourite songs. Other acoustic songs:

Bright Eyes - Lua & First Day of my Life
Bob Dylan - Girl from the North Country
Mumford & Sons - Timshel & After the Storm (their whole album is amazing actually)
Bonnie Prince Billy - Lessons from What's Poor
Iron & Wine - All their stuff is great, but The Trapeze Swinger & Fever Dream are songs to check out.

I could actually go on all day about acoustic songs, so I'll leave it at that :P

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Also try:
The Coral: Pass it On
Rolling Stones: Play With Fire
Willy Mason: Fear No Pain / Oxygen
BRMC: Ain't No Easy Way

hyperbaby

manic mailman wrote: »

drive - incubus (sounds better acoustically)

Yeah +1
just heard it for the first time a few mins ago actually

D'Agger

Outkast's "Hey Ya" is brilliant when done on guitar - look up Matt Weddles version is brilliant!

RichTea

PaulieC wrote: »

Outkast's "Hey Ya" is brilliant when done on guitar - look up Matt Weddles version is brilliant!

That's about the 6th thread on boards where that song has been mentioned over the past week or so

Still awesome!

Cormac2791

stairway to heaven for a start, no??

Xavi6

Katy Perry's 'Hot & Cold' :cool:

Adelante

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UE-tS7cqNc

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K-Ren

Stevie Ray Vaughan- Life By The Drop.

simonw

Xavi6 wrote: »

Katy Perry's 'Hot & Cold' :cool: