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Essential 90s Songs
PJ Fan est. 1990
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I think I'm going to take the leap of faith this spring and start street performing and doing bar/restaurant gigs. I want to focus my set on 90s songs. My instrument of choice is acoustic guitar and I'll mostly be working solo (not that I'm opposed to a partnership, but at the moment I don't have one)
Can you all help me come up with a repertoire of essential 90s songs that can be performed by a solo acoustic artist? I want to start preparing now so that I'm good and rehearsed by the time spring rolls around.
The songs don't have to be acoustic songs. You can definitely suggest some of the electric, full band, or late 90s pop songs if you think an acoustic solo adaptation would work well in a busking/bar gig environment.
Lastly, I'm mostly looking for the crowd pleasing hit songs and I realize that many of us on the PJ forum might dislike the over played cheesy stuff, but please don't neglect them. I need the Third Eye Blind and Oasis type stuff to carry my sets and I'll sprinkle in the obscure deep tracks to make my set more cultured.
I'll begin a list below organized by artist. Help me add to it!
Pearl Jam
Black
Small Town
Daughter
Betterman
Nothingman
Third Eye Blind
Semi-Charmed Life
Jumper
Graduate
Oasis
Wonderwall
Champagne Supernova
The Cranberries
Zombie
Linger
Bush
Glycerine
Come Down
Stone Temple Pilots
Plush
Creep
Weezer
The Sweater Song
Blind Melon
No Rain
Change
Matchbox 20
3 a.m.
Push
Semisonic
Closing Time
Alanis Morrisette
You Oughta Know
Ironic
Soundgarden
Black Hole Sun
Nirvana
Come as You Are
Jesus Jones
Right Here Right Now
Porno For Pyros
Pets
Everlast
What It's Like
James
Laid
Silverchair
Tomorrow
Sublime
What I Got
Better Than Ezra
Good
In the Blood
This Time of Year
Desperately Wanting
Radiohead
Karma Police
Creep
Everclear
I Will Buy You A New Life
Santa Monica
Father of Mine
Marcy Playground
Sex and Candy
Saint Joe on the School Bus
Local H
Bound for the Floor
The Toadies
Possum Kingdom
Liz Phair
Divorce Song
Spacehog
In the Mean Time
Alice In Chains
Nutshell
Can you all help me come up with a repertoire of essential 90s songs that can be performed by a solo acoustic artist? I want to start preparing now so that I'm good and rehearsed by the time spring rolls around.
The songs don't have to be acoustic songs. You can definitely suggest some of the electric, full band, or late 90s pop songs if you think an acoustic solo adaptation would work well in a busking/bar gig environment.
Lastly, I'm mostly looking for the crowd pleasing hit songs and I realize that many of us on the PJ forum might dislike the over played cheesy stuff, but please don't neglect them. I need the Third Eye Blind and Oasis type stuff to carry my sets and I'll sprinkle in the obscure deep tracks to make my set more cultured.
I'll begin a list below organized by artist. Help me add to it!
Pearl Jam
Black
Small Town
Daughter
Betterman
Nothingman
Third Eye Blind
Semi-Charmed Life
Jumper
Graduate
Oasis
Wonderwall
Champagne Supernova
The Cranberries
Zombie
Linger
Bush
Glycerine
Come Down
Stone Temple Pilots
Plush
Creep
Weezer
The Sweater Song
Blind Melon
No Rain
Change
Matchbox 20
3 a.m.
Push
Semisonic
Closing Time
Alanis Morrisette
You Oughta Know
Ironic
Soundgarden
Black Hole Sun
Nirvana
Come as You Are
Jesus Jones
Right Here Right Now
Porno For Pyros
Pets
Everlast
What It's Like
James
Laid
Silverchair
Tomorrow
Sublime
What I Got
Better Than Ezra
Good
In the Blood
This Time of Year
Desperately Wanting
Radiohead
Karma Police
Creep
Everclear
I Will Buy You A New Life
Santa Monica
Father of Mine
Marcy Playground
Sex and Candy
Saint Joe on the School Bus
Local H
Bound for the Floor
The Toadies
Possum Kingdom
Liz Phair
Divorce Song
Spacehog
In the Mean Time
Alice In Chains
Nutshell
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Radiohead - Creep
Everclear - I Will Buy You A New Life
Everclear - Santa Monica
Everclear - Father of Mine
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
Probably not the greatest roadside, acoustic song unless you alter lyrics somewhat.
* "I f**king need you more than ever..."
Toadies, Possum Kingdom
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
Thanks. My wife and I just cracked up.
I'm not sure how it would sound with just an acoustic, but to me it's one of the great singles of the '90s.
AIC Nutshell
But keep it up, guys! The beginning can totally be done with a harmonica and I can just strum the progression. I think it will work.
Mayonnaise
Disarm
Soma
Hummer
Live - Lightning Crashes
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
The Breeders - Cannonball
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
REM - Losing My Religion
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
No Doubt - Don't speak
JERRY CANTRELL -HURT ALONG TIME would be great acoustic