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dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
edited October 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
having just acquired my new acoustic i was looking to concentrate on maybe 20 or so acoustic belters... the ones everybody knows and can sing along to at parties...

doesnt need to be PJ... actually, i'm looking for classic acoustic songs from everyone BUT pj as i already know what ones i will practice of theirs.


any ideas most welcomed :)
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNJwBaYAtcM

    Guaranteed to get you some ;)
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Talking of The Band, learn The Weight.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Heres what I usually play at campfires...

    Dock Of the bay (Otis Redding)
    Last Kiss (PJ Cover)
    Horse With No Name (America)
    Lucky Man (ELP)
    Sweet Home Alabama (Lynard Skynnard)
    Surfin' USA (Beach Boys) -This is a great one for the beach
    Love Will Keep Us Alive (The Eagles)
    Name (Goo Goo Dolls)
    Alive (Pearl Jam)- This is a good one if you've had a little bit to drink...
    Drive (Incubus)
    Betterman (Pearl Jam)


    Of course there's Home on the Range, Kum Bai Ya, and the usuals. Also, keep in mind that I'm 20 so I have a lot more recent stuff that my friends and I grew up on. I dunno if this answers your post, though.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    "dust in the wind" haha.

    classical gas!!!

    in all seriousness, neil young songs. even the heavy electric stuff works acoustically.
  • Red BurritoRed Burrito Posts: 477
    Some acoustic songs I bust out that most everyone seems to know:

    Eldery Woman...Small Town - PJ
    Wanted Dead or Alive - Jovi
    Pink Houses - Mellencamp
    Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
    Mr Jones - Counting Crows
    Every Rose has a Thorn - Poison
    Good Riddance (Time of your life) - Green Day
    To Be With You - Mr. Big
    Margaritaville - Buffett
    Ohio - Neil Young
    Let Her Cry - Hootie
    Lightning Crashes - Live
    Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
    Learning To Fly - Petty
    No Rain - Blind Melon

    And many more I can't think of right now...Have Fun!
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,447
    here are a few that i usually bust out...

    "amen/omen"--ben harper
    "tangerine"--led zep
    "wish you were here"--pink floyd
    "black"--pj
    "dondante"--my morning jacket
    "honey bee"--tom petty
    "who'll stop the rain?"--ccr
    "street spirit"--radiohead
    "nude"--radiohead
    "harvest moon"--neil young
    "rootless tree"--damien rice

    we're having a small party tomorrow @ our house tomorrow & we're going to light the fire pit in the backyard---i'm sure some of these songs will make an appearance. :)
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  • Red BurritoRed Burrito Posts: 477
    mfc2006 wrote:
    here are a few that i usually bust out...

    "amen/omen"--ben harper
    "tangerine"--led zep
    "wish you were here"--pink floyd
    "black"--pj
    "dondante"--my morning jacket
    "honey bee"--tom petty
    "who'll stop the rain?"--ccr
    "street spirit"--radiohead
    "nude"--radiohead
    "harvest moon"--neil young
    "rootless tree"--damien rice

    we're having a small party tomorrow @ our house tomorrow & we're going to light the fire pit in the backyard---i'm sure some of these songs will make an appearance. :)

    Yes, I almost forgot..Harvest Moon!
    the sorrow grows bigger, when the sorrow's denied
  • billyruffbillyruff Posts: 537
    my favs
    heart of gold -Neil Young
    Last kiss-PJ
    Everlong -Foo Fighters
    Highway girl -tragically hip
    Nothing else matters-Metallica



    and of course Lukin!!!
  • Red BurritoRed Burrito Posts: 477
    Can't forget these great camp fire songs!

    Hide Your Love Away (Ed's version)
    Throw You Arms Around Me
    the sorrow grows bigger, when the sorrow's denied
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,447
    "Help!" is a lot of fun once everyone's had a drink or 2...that way, they can do the background part!
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    compile a songbook and bring it with you - if you're not looking at performing solo at parties and campfires ... need to have the words available for peeps ...

    i'm a shitty guitar player so i keep it easy ... u2 has some easy songs ... one, running to stand still, with or without you ...
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Got Me Wrong- Alice In Chains
    Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
    Yellow Brick Road- Raine Maida
    4 am- Our Lady Peace
    Bittersweet- BHTM
    Change- Blind Melon
    Redemption Song- Bob Marley
    Should I Stay or Should I Go- The Clash
    Footprints on My Ceiling- Social Distortion
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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Sweater Song & El Scorcho - Weezer
    Inaudible Melodies & F-Stop Blues - Jack johnson
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    some great choices.. many thanks!!! :):)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • NoCode_inMTNoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    Blackbird(Beatles)
    1998-6/20, 6/21
    2003-6/1, 10/25
    2005-8/29, 9/4
    2006-7/2, 7/22, 7/23
    2008-4/15(EV solo)
    2009-9/21, 9/22, 9/28
    2011-9/3, 9/4
    2012-9/30
    2013-7/19, 11/30
  • OffHeGoes29OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    Prison Sex -Tool
    BRING BACK THE WHALE
  • Piper At The GatesPiper At The Gates Posts: 460
    Wish You Were Here-Floyd
    Great sing-along that everyone knows.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Cool thread Dunk. Lots of good replies already. I'll just add a few.

    Are you a chili fan? RHCP tunes around the campfire are much fun..
    road tripping
    under the bridge

    Fooies fan?
    everlong...'

    Dylan
    House of the rising sun
    knocking on heavens door
  • IGotShit76IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    Nice thread as it gave me some ideas about new songs to learn.

    A few more choices
    - Foo Fighters : Times Like These
    - U2 : One
    - Radiohead : Karma Police, Lucky
    - Led Zeppelin : Thank You (Chris Cornell unplugged version is cool)
    - Red Hot Chili Peppers : Desecration Smile
  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    Some campfire songs that I like to play are:

    Yellow Ledbetter
    Betterman
    Elderly Woman behind the counter in a small town
    Man of the Hour
    Immortatilty
    Rockin in the Free World
    State of Love and Trust
    Porch
    Release
    Thumbing My Way
    Nutshell
    Got Me Wrong
    Heaven Beside You
    Down In A Hole
    Everlong
    Times Like These
    River of Deceit
    One (U2)

    I'm trying to learn.....Over the Hills and Far Away, by Zeppelin. I think that would be a great campfire acoustic song.
  • IGotShit76IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    IGotSh#t-76 wrote:
    Nice thread as it gave me some ideas about new songs to learn.

    A few more choices
    - Foo Fighters : Times Like These
    - U2 : One
    - Radiohead : Karma Police, Lucky
    - Led Zeppelin : Thank You (Chris Cornell unplugged version is cool)
    - Red Hot Chili Peppers : Desecration Smile

    I forgot to mention Hey Ya from Outkast ... really fun to play.
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Jam10 wrote:

    I'm trying to learn.....Over the Hills and Far Away, by Zeppelin. I think that would be a great campfire acoustic song.

    I can play the acoustic intro to taht, but hten it gets weird during the verses. The timing is hard, and I haven't worked it out yet. Haven't looked at it for a while though, and I'm a better player than last tiem I looked. Thanx for teh push to looka t aht again.
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  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    lucylespian wrote:
    I can play the acoustic intro to taht, but hten it gets weird during the verses. The timing is hard, and I haven't worked it out yet. Haven't looked at it for a while though, and I'm a better player than last tiem I looked. Thanx for teh push to looka t aht again.
    Yeh I can play the intro too. You're right about the verses being tricky to play. That's where I'm stuck. I learned the intro awhile ago and haven't looked at the song lately. I'll have to look at finishing it soon.
  • savmansavman Posts: 230
    Some classics already!!!!
    how about 'I walk the line'- Johnny Cash
  • AusticmanAusticman Posts: 1,324
    Parting Ways
    Creep
    Somebody's Crying
    Wicked Game
    I can't go the library anymore, everyone STINKS!!
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Gotta add some more:

    Yellow Ledbetter
    Little GTO (oh, this is a great one)
    You Don't Know-JJ Jackson
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  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Some David Bowie:

    Space Oddity - is a cool acoustic song and you can get everyone to countdown “ten to one- Liftoff” starting at the 2nd verse if no one knows the words. Easy song , just get the B#maj 7th - Am - G -F chords at "Planet Earth is blue".

    Life on Mars - may be a little harder to play and sing, but everyone will yell IS THERE LIFE ON MAAAAARS.

    Hey Jude - always gets everyone singing DAA DAA DAA DADADA DAA at the end and you can milk that if for like 10 minutes of drunken out of tune singing by everyone.

    Wild Thing,,,,, you make my heart sing. And if you’re really close to the campfire you can do the official Jimi Hendrix Monterey Pop ending and burn that guitar.
    Or maybe someone else will be throwing it in for you! ;)

    Louie Louie - is a great party song.

    La Bamba

    If you remember the song “Wipe Out”. Fun riff to play and you get everyone to bang out that drum beat on whatever they’re near. Great fun.

    Kinks - Lola
    Rod Stewart - “Do you think I’m sexy” is pretty funny.

    Talking Heads - Burning Down the House. At least people join in with the burning down the house part. Easy to play.
    I just played “Once in a Lifetime” the other night. Everyone likes to yell “Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was”

    Those are pretty easy. If you want to try some out of the box stuff, I don't know what your picking level is but: -

    Sail to the Moon - Radiohead
    Try fingerpicking Like Spinning Plates. Everyone seems to like that one but it's hard to play.

    Also - Roxanne by the Police


    Haha,,, why do I think of these now but I never remember them at a party! :D
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