I think acoustic songs just sound great, and are amazin for a relaxed mood, over the everyday Norwegian death metal that goes around [img]smile.gif[/img] So whats everyones favourite acoustic song?

Mine is either:
Green Day - Good Riddance
Or
Lit - Happy In The Mean Time

Good idea! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] I learnt to play on an acoustic, and have an unending love of it.

My favourites would have to include:

Ben Harper - Oppression (Fight For Your Mind)

Tea Party - Winter Solstice (Splendor Solis) and The Badger (Edges of Twilight)

The Badloves - Caroline (Holy Roadside)

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Life By The Drop (The Sky is Crying) and a live 12 string
version of Testify

Janis Joplin - Bobby McGee

And pretty much any of Bob Dylan's acoustic folk - The Ballad of Hollis Brown comes to mind right now.

Bob Dylan and Larry Norman were the two folk/rock artists who "taught" me how to play in my early years. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Leonis, The Tea Party did some GREAT accoustic songs! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

I like "Gone", "The Messenger" and "Psychopomp" and the one on Edges of Twilight... it's the third or sixth song... forgot the name as it's been ages since I listened to it and my boyfriend took the CD with him to Scotland.

Mel! I forgot about Gone - that is just great. I personally love the original of The Messenger - by Daniel Lanois, it has one of my favourite guitar solos ever. But The Tea Party did a good job of it.

Tell your bf to send the CD back! It's cruel and unusual punishment to take someones Tea Party CD... [img]smile.gif[/img]

I agree
thanks MTV for the unplugged series. [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img]
It was a great idea to see rock bands strip back the overproduction and let there songs breathe.

<font color="cyan">Mine are probably the same as my bro (BEAUMANOIR), considering they are both MY CD's.

Also the Nirvana unplugged CD's.

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Jane Says is one that springs to mind.

Kansas--Dust in the Wind
ELP--Lucky Man
Dream Theater--Wait for Sleep, The Silent Man
Spock's Beard--June, The Distance to the Sun

Anything by Neil Young.
Jeff Buckley, Grace.
Or really anything done in acoustic form is generaly great.

By Janes Addiction? Thats a good song too. I liked that but havent re-downloaded it after the computer wiped.

Mayonaise by Smashing Pumpkins... (On the Earphoria cd)

Not sure if it's acoustic version... but "I hope that I don't fall in love with you" by Tom Waits is really acoustic like... and one of my fave song... ever.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

(Are you) the one that I've been waiting for - Nick cave
Also Mercy Seat...

[ 01-28-2003, 02:49 PM: Message edited by: Jorath Calar ]

Wish you were here

Any blackmore´s night ballad.

Yea, I have that on my playlist. It dosent seem to be an acoustic version though :D

I also like 99 Green Bottles By Farse

<font color="cyan">Yeah, that Mayonaise is cool. But are version aint acoustic.

And 99 Green bottles as Binky said is another cool one!</font>

I must add Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies EP as a great acoustic tinged collection of songs.

And You Am I's Ordinary (from the Sound As Ever album) is one of the best 'one man and an acoustic guitar' songs ever IMHO.

But this thread has not been taken as far as it can...

So I'm going to nominate Peter Gabriel's (acoustic) piano version of Here Comes The Flood.

[ 01-29-2003, 06:32 PM: Message edited by: Leonis ]

Although they're a punk band I think Green Day's "Good Riddance" is the best song written by them, and acoustic it is just.. beautiful. I really like Extreme's "More than Words" as well.

[ 01-29-2003, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: Link ]

Glad to see ben harper appreciated, by some. I think he is awesome. I can't wait to hear more from him.

Ben Harper is, in my book, one of the most talented musicians on the planet! Inspiring as a guitarist, singer and songwriter.

In short, he Rocks!