What are some of your favorite songs that weren't originally recorded acoustically, but sound great when played on an acoustic guitar? I've been trying to brainstorm to play, but I'm drawing a blank. My favorite, that currently comes to mind, is Radiohead - Creep. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rMbNcdoFDRs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Everlong is another good one <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eO_15bcZTq8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Cornell Black Hole Sun <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2xvnBaxH78k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I also love this... Cornell Billy Jean <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c2MgwAJrfXo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> And anything from Nirvana's Unplugged NY album.
Pretty much any Social Distortion song, but I really love this one. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fKrAKtxzlyY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Cover of NIN: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-m_VBR8XZYI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gnSxtv5BnZo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Takes that great song to an entirely different level.
This one is just awesome. It's a cover of a legendary punk band, Operation Ivy, that was very short lived only because of its very own awesomeness. I was so pissed when I found out they broke up. A couple of it's members formed a band, Down Fall, but it didn't last long. Then Lint and Matt formed Rancid which is playing in the video below which is covering their very own song from OPIVY. <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gYpHqTXLvw0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Another one by the same band Rancid, which is singing a song about their former band Operation Ivy. <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0YhDAUiy_b4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Thom Yorke - The Clock <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z1nFB-R-_gI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Ryan Adams - Wonderwall <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0gVxRvNfFLg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Need a sub-thread for ukeleles. <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ogNJkXGd0w?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ogNJkXGd0w?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nW0ACEOEq6w?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nW0ACEOEq6w?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NlMT-oEIQuo?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NlMT-oEIQuo?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> Saw this on boingboing a month or so ago and can't get it out of my mind. It isn't really entirely "unplugged", but a homemade broomstick electric guitar seems funky enough to get a pass. <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgFPDPCprr0?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgFPDPCprr0?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> And this was cute enough that they ended up with a TV commercial deal: <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L64c5vT3NBw?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L64c5vT3NBw?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sW39H_Ufu1w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> BONE THUGS! White folks have too much time.
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Anything by Townes Van Zandt: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VQtD8qBCgJY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Well, if we're going there, I got another vote: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rbPYmGq74eI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> One-man band. Fairly awesome. I particularly like the percussive suitcase.
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Heard this for the first time during the closing credits of Columbiana, thought it was pretty awesome, thanks for putting it here.
So many from that album that I love... Pennyroyal Tea, Lake of Fire, Man Who Sold the World... Probably this one the most, though... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mcXYz0gtJeM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>