Best Accoustic Song

'american pie' by don mclean is the best acoustic song ever....................

 

some old favs from my india college days:
led zep going to california.
first half of over the hills and far away
oasis wonderwall unplugged with noel singing and playing.
poison everyrose
cat stevens wild world covered by Mr Big
gallows pole page and plant live
kashmir from same ep
pretty child by indus creed - top fav of mine - the kb strings and clean guitars r not unplugged but wtheck its got tabla

nirvana unplugged ep

more recent stuff:

seal crazy unplugged
sting unplugged
alice in chains unplugged
LL Cool J and Jay Z unplugged EPs have amazing funk grooves.. and no sampling!
lauren hill unplugged
godsmack unplugged- i was surprised by this one

and...
how about some shakti the ep featuring shankar mahadevan is pretty hip.

best live unplugged concert i attended was zakir hussain and masters of percussion where selva ganesh rocked the house in Seattle with his tiny kanjeera.. that percussion solo even beats Neil Peart's 30 minute signature drum solo which he performs at every rush concert .. which is the best solo act visually in my opinion.

 

I love the old shakti albums from the 70s
Shakti were labelled "The most electrifying acoustic band"!
listen to their "A handful of beauty" and "Natural elements" albums
you'll be blown away!

 

oh ya i got most of their stuff. this year they toured with u srinivas and shankar mahadevan was quite a star cast zakir,john,srinivas,shankarmahadevan,selvaganesh. I heard sivamani joined them at some venues too..

Jay

 

fade to black - metallica, great accoustic part

 

Songs With voice
When The Children Cry - White Lion
Coming home - Stratovarius (Not fully acoustic, does it matter anyway? some of ya even mentioned Nothing else matters )

Songs without vocals
Yngwie Malmsteen - Crying
Vinnie Moore - Rain
Marty Friedman - Tibet
Eric Johnson - The First Noel

 

Patience - Guns N' Roses hands down.....

 

Voice Of The Soul by Death. The main riff is played on acoustic guitar and it's musically the best instrumental I have ever heard.

 

My favorites -->
1.Moment of Glory --> Scorpions --> Acoutica
2.Torn --> Natalie Imbruglia
3.More than words...Extreme
4.Hotel California --> Eagles
5.Tears in Heaven --> Eric Clapton
6.Dont speak...No doubt

 

Hi all
my fav acoustic songs:
Great acoustic songs...

The Beatles
- Norwegian Wood
-Yesterday

Pink Floyd
- Wish You Were Here

Cat Stevens
- Wild World
Led Zeppelin
- Stair Way to heaven

John Denver
- Annie’s Song
- Country Roads

America
- Horse With No Name

Blind Melon
- No Rain

Guns ‘N’ Roses
- Patience

Deep Purple
-Soldier of fortune

Stratovarius
-forever (<--chicks like it)

Incubus
- Pardon Me (Acoustic)
-Make Yourself (Acoustic)

Radiohead
- Creep (Acoustic)

Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Road Trippin'

What say all?

 

Jayanth, acoustic guitar dominates the first TWO minutes of the song.

 

The Drugs Dont Work - Ben Harper
Better man - Jon Butler Trio
Road Trippin' - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Good Riddance - Green Day
Hotel California - The Eagles

 

Afraid not. The part you're referring to being played on acoustic is actually played clean on an electric guitar.

 

yea that is an electric on a clean amp.

Also

@Mayank - good job forgot America - Horse with No Name.

 

Hotel California by eagles

 

Listen to it again properly, all your doubts will be cleared. And this time with your ears on the original track, not with your eyes on the live video which sux anyway.

 

1)the acoustic version of return to serenity by testament is excellent.
2)The acoustic medley by inflames.

 

Jayanth, are you serious or merely defending?

So man, what was your first pick, between - acoustic and electric, as a beginner?

BTW, was it you who posted a lesson on hearing and playing? that was a good lesson for beginners. I liked the way you disassembled the process and the simplicity in explaining that made easy for starters to understand. And yeah! not forgetting the originality of your work, keep posting originals they are intriguing to read, no matter what the topic is about. All D' best and Sorry to haf' mentioned this here.

 

Well guys, stupid reason to argue but I shall say it was acoustic guitar in the first two minutes... clean electric sounds much different... but well, i haven't heard the song for sometime...

 

ive seen a metallica live video..where hetfield plays the intro to unforgiven on acoustic guitars....i dont remember whether it was LIVE SHIT DVD ..I THINK IT WAS LIVE SHIT..
AND YES CLEAN ELECTRIC GUITARS CAN BE IDENTIFIED QUITE EASILY..