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Best guitar songs to play at a party

demolitionman

anyone got any good guitar songs to play at a house party? ones that would get everyone involved singing.

i'm trying to think of a few but am struggling

obviously oasis wonderwall is a classic.

then i though florence and the machine - youve got the love.

any other suggestions?

would appreciate all suggestions

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Sktchr

Oasis - Don't look back in anger

Eagle Eyed Cherry - Save Tonight

Hallelujah (if you wanna slow things down :pac:)

Green Day - Good Riddance

.....I'll think of more don't worry :P

demolitionman

Sktchr wrote: »

Oasis - Don't look back in anger

Eagle Eyed Cherry - Save Tonight

Hallelujah (if you wanna slow things down :pac:)

Green Day - Good Riddance

.....I'll think of more don't worry :P

Firstly, Thank You

Secondly, Keep 'Em Coming!!

NoQuarter

Take that - Back for good (capo 3)

knocking on heavens door

angel of harlem

cannonball (capo 6)

Bodhisopha

I guess it would depend on the age group.

Tiny Dancer is a great sing along song if people know it.

Fringe

Don't Stop Believing!!!!

strobe

The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy, simple to play which is a good thing when you are drunk, and everyone loves screaming out the chorus.

Maybe N17 by the Saw Doctors, I guess depending on the crowd.

Tribute - Tenacious D is always a good laugh.

No Woman, No Cry/ One Love - Bob Marley.

Orando Broom

Build Me up Buttercup
Foo Fighters Wheels
Galway Girl (Yawn but sometime the lowest common denominator is required)
Since You've been gone Kelly Clarkson
Dreaming of You The Coral
Fisherman's Bues
Rockin The Free World
Starlight
Proud Mary
Sex On Fire
Use Somebody
When You were Young
Smile Like YOu Mean it
Ziggy Stardust
No Rain.

hon pa

Im looking for these kind of songs to!
So far I've got:
Let It Be by The Beatles
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
Californication by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

I'll definitely give some of the suggestions here a try too though!

Saganist

Im looking through you - The Beatles

Mad_Dave

any jack johnson single works well
anything from foo fighters skin and bones album
patience - guns n roses
angie - rolling stones
dont dream its over - crowded house
**** her gently - tenacious d
fell in love with a girl / hotel yorba - white stripes
kiss me - sixpence none the richer
secret smile - semisonic
song 2 - blur
teenage dirtbag - wheatus
some kinks tunes as well

thats all i can think of at the moment

quicklickpaddy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBVnMf2t7w

Everyone of these are pretty perfect.

C - G - Am - F

Or if the key is too hard to sing, Capo it anywhere or

D - A - Bm - G or
G - D - Em - C are the easiest alternatives.

Oh, same with this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM&feature=related

Then Pork and beans - Weezer
All along the watchtower - dylan/hendrix
Whiskey in the jar
I will follow you into the dark - death cab for cutie
Heartbeats - jose gonzalez
Hey ya (acoustic version... youtube it!)
And my person favourite is Hero - Enrique Eglaisias. Although if you're singing that you have to get down on one knee and deliver it with so much passion and angst, that you're bound to get punched in the face

Bootsy.

If I heard anyone playing any of the songs mentioned in the first six posts (and most of the rest), I'd want to smash that guitar across their skull and shove up their h*le.

But that's just me, innit.

minotour

Bootsy. wrote: »

If I heard anyone playing any of the songs mentioned in the first six posts (and most of the rest), I'd want to smash that guitar across their skull and shove up their h*le.

But that's just me, innit.

Harsh but fair.

"Wish you were here" always gets them going for me, after that they putty in your hands, Pinball Wizard works too, for one verse anyway then the words get thin on the ground.

NoQuarter

Bootsy. wrote: »

If I heard anyone playing any of the songs mentioned in the first six posts (and most of the rest), I'd want to smash that guitar across their skull and shove up their h*le.

But that's just me, innit.

Whats wrong with take that?!

Orando Broom

Bootsy. wrote: »

If I heard anyone playing any of the songs mentioned in the first six posts (and most of the rest), I'd want to smash that guitar across their skull and shove up their h*le.

But that's just me, innit.

What would you recommend?

PeterIanStaker

Stephen Lynch - the Divorce Song

strobe

Bootsy. wrote: »

If I heard anyone playing any of the songs mentioned in the first six posts (and most of the rest), I'd want to smash that guitar across their skull and shove up their h*le.

But that's just me, innit.

That goes G,D,Em,C doesn't it? Yeah cool song. Great contribution to the thread man.

Orando Broom

strobe wrote: »

That goes G,D,Em,C doesn't it? Yeah cool song. Great contribution to the thread man.

Note how he never replied to my question, probably because he knows no one in their right mind would want to see him **** the only LCD Soundsystem song he knows in the corner of the kitchen.

Bootsy strikes me as the definition of the affected Dublin scenster that you see with the Nike Hi-Tops and the skinny jeans and the affected pout, who is soooo achingly cool. Having this guy at your party is akin to finding a lump on your balls.

spookyghost

okay here is my penny for your jar....(acoustic thou)

Bob Dylan - don't think twice
Bob Marley - Is this love/waiting in vain
Jackson 5 - Want you Back
Tom Petty - Last Dance
Foos - Times like these
Paddy Casey - Jaysus any of them...
John Martyn - May you never / Over the hill
The Jam - Thats Entertainment..
Red Hot Chillis - Zepher Song / Underthe Bridge

the list is endless....:D

Ross Mc

songs that have worked for me are

Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n' Roses
Mr. Brightside - The Killers

Orando Broom

Ross Mc wrote: »

songs that have worked for me are

Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n' Roses
Mr. Brightside - The Killers

Greenday operates well in that sphere too.
When You were Young by The Killers is good as well.

Sktchr

Orando Broom wrote: »

Note how he never replied to my question, probably because he knows no one in their right mind would want to see him **** the only LCD Soundsystem song he knows in the corner of the kitchen.

Bootsy strikes me as the definition of the affected Dublin scenster that you see with the Nike Hi-Tops and the skinny jeans and the affected pout, who is soooo achingly cool. Having this guy at your party is akin to finding a lump on your balls.

Haha Nice!! *Virtual Hi-Five*

Does anyone know of a song called "Down In The City". I think its by "Scullion"...but it's impossible to find chords online...

I don't know what the rules are regarding me posting a link to the song (because it's not on youtube), but if you Google it, it's the very first link that comes up in the search....

Ross Mc

Sktchr wrote: »

Haha Nice!! *Virtual Hi-Five*

Does anyone know of a song called "Down In The City". I think its by "Scullion"...but it's impossible to find chords online...

I don't know what the rules are regarding me posting a link to the song (because it's not on youtube), but if you Google it, it's the very first link that comes up in the search....

make your own thread

Sktchr

Gee thanks....really helpful....

Orando Broom

Sktchr wrote: »

Haha Nice!! *Virtual Hi-Five*

Does anyone know of a song called "Down In The City". I think its by "Scullion"...but it's impossible to find chords online...

I don't know what the rules are regarding me posting a link to the song (because it's not on youtube), but if you Google it, it's the very first link that comes up in the search....

Verse

D - Em (or E)

Chorus

Fm G D

You could flute around with chords in the vicinity of those and maybe you'd strike it lucky. Some of the better lads on here if they heard it would be able to tell you for definite.

There is a middle eight in there as well. Am D I think.

Sktchr

Cool, thanks! Really appreciate that!

Heard it a few weeks ago in a pub and I think the guy dropped the tuning to D (I'm a beginner Guitar player so I only vaguely understand that :P)

All the same its a great song to play at a party!

Ross Mc

Sktchr wrote: »

Gee thanks....really helpful....

just as helpful as your reply was to this thread, I know orando didn't mind but still it doesn't take thar long to make a thread

Orando Broom

Sktchr wrote: »

Cool, thanks! Really appreciate that!

Heard it a few weeks ago in a pub and I think the guy dropped the tuning to D (I'm a beginner Guitar player so I only vaguely understand that :P)

All the same its a great song to play at a party!

Those chords would be normal tuning.

Look I could be wrong but I know for a fact that song is a doddle to play save for maybe one or two bits.

I'd also say it was open D tuning as opposed Drop D the lad tuned to. I could be wrong I am no guitar guru but it is a folk song and open D tuning is more appropriate to folk songs.

Drop d tends to be the preserve of metal bands.

Sktchr

But why should I have to make a new thread when its a post already in relation to this topic? The song I'm looking for is one I want to play at a party. Plus it's a song that I'd recommend to the OP for playing at a party. And what harm if I get a little help in finding the chords for it when I cant find them myself?

Cheers again Orlando. Nice to see there's some decent posters out there without an attitude

Anyway, back to the topic I suppose

Chris Daughtry's Acoustic Version on Poker Face is another good one.

Orando Broom

Ross Mc wrote: »

just as helpful as your reply was to this thread, I know orando didn't mind but still it doesn't take thar long to make a thread

Yeah, sometimes I like threads to flow in different ways, I'd never heard that song and I took a listen there and I'd happily add it to the repetoire of 'songs to play to indifferent friends', so it's kinda within the parameters..Kinda

Speaking of which anything you'd like play at a party that the great unwashed probably would not have heard.

Mine is this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROHzFywcb_0

Obviously not as good. Christy covering Richard Thompson.

Incidentally check out a Richard Thompson song, Vincent Black Lightening 1952.

This is him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o