Acoustic Tunes Help

[Brian221]

Okay guys -- I've been lookin' for some material to expand my set lists for my solo acoustic gigs. I know there's got to be a ton of great upbeat acoustic tunes that I don't do, and I just can't think of em. So I ask for your help seeking out some more! Here's a current list of tunes I do:

3 Doors Down - Be Like That
3 Doors Down - Let Me Go
9 Days - Absolutely (Story of a Girl) (W)
Beatles - I Saw Her Standing
Better Than Ezra - A Lifetime
Better Than Ezra - Good
Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels
Blur - Song #2
BoDeans - Angels
Bon Jovi - Missunderstood
Coldplay - In My Place
Coldplay - Sparks
Coldplay - The Scientist
Coldplay - Trouble
Coldplay - Yellow
Counting Crows - A Long December
Counting Crows - Rain King
Del Shannon - Runaway
Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
Duncan Shiek - Barely Breathing
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Falling in Love Again
Edwin McCain - I'll Be
Everclear - Santamonica
Extreme - More Than Words
Foo Fighters - Another Round
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Fuel - Bad Day
George Michael - Faith
Goo Goo Dolls - Give a Little Bit
Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
Goo Goo Dolls - Name
Good Charlotte - Christmas by the Phone
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day - Good Riddance
Howie Day - Collide
Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson - Belle
Jack Johnson - Flake
Jack Johnson - Rodeo Clowns
Jack Johnson - Sitting Waiting Wishing (W)
Jeffrey Gains / Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Jimmy Buffet - Why Don't We Get Drunk
John Mayer - Why Georgia
John Mayer - Daughters
John Mayer - My Stupid Mouth
John Mayer - No Such Thing
John Mayer - Your Body Is a Wonderland
Kravitz - It Ain't Over Till Its Over
Lifehouse - You and Me
Monkees - Believer
Oasis - Champaigne Supernova
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Oasis - Wonderwall
Pat McCurdy - Screw You
Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me
Queen - Crazy Little Thing
RadioHead - High & Dry
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge
Semisonic - Closing Time
Staind - Everything Changes
Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle
Stephen Lynch - B*tch
Stephen Lynch - Vanilla Ice Cream
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Stone Temple Pilots - Creep
Tenacious D - Fck Her Gently
Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Toad the Wet Sprocket - All I Want
Tom Petty - Free Falling
Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tonic - If You Could Only See
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison - Wild Night
Verticle Horizon - Best I Ever Had
Verticle Horizon - Everything You Want
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
:rock:

[xtristessax]

you do tenacious D? hilarious!

[Terrick]

Good is awesome acoustic.

i'd add to the violent femmes part and play kiss off because i love that song. maybe jimmy eat world - the middle. blind melon - no rain. modern english - melt with you. basically everything from the early 90s...and throw in mmmbop for laughs.

[Is*it*my*turn]

Yellow Ledbetter- Pearl Jam

[eternals layre]

billy pilgrim also andew hydra christian bush

[ChrisLDog]

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

[pmFan]

I don't know if you like any older stuff, but early Simon and Garfunkel, Peter Paul & Mary, etc. Of course, they are old folk tunes.

Hey - Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant - I recited it for drama class once - long song... again, over 40 years old, but you may one day play a crowd that appreciates it...

[xtristessax]

some of my acoustic favorites to play are:

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
U2 - One, Originial of the Species, Red Hill Mining Town
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

also, anything originally written by Babyface transfers well to guitar, like Toni Braxton songs. Another Sad Love Song comes to mind.

[Wheeljak]

I think Seal's Future Love Paradise would sound great with an acoustic guitar. I did hear Seal do an acoustic version of Wild, and it was beautiful.

[Brian221]

some of my acoustic favorites to play are:

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
U2 - One, Originial of the Species, Red Hill Mining Town
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees


Hmm...One should have already been on my list ;)
Fake Plastic Trees is now on my list...and although I wasn't very familiar with Original of the Species, and Red Hill Mining Town is well out of my vocal range, I did come across Staring at the Sun. And I'm definitely checking out Disarm....

Thanks a bunch!

[Brian221]

billy pilgrim also andew hydra christian bush
Listened to a bunch of their tracks -- and I really like the stuff and will probably pick up the albums, but in this here city of Milwaukee, people need to recognize almost EVERY song an artist plays, or they get pissed...the majority of the city has no taste for originals or non-mainstream material...it sucks.

[Brian221]

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Good call - added. (easy one too, awesome)

[Brian221]

Yellow Ledbetter- Pearl Jam
...looking into it...for my band definitely...solo, I don't know if I can pull it off.

[Brian221]

I don't know if you like any older stuff, but early Simon and Garfunkel, Peter Paul & Mary, etc. Of course, they are old folk tunes.

Hey - Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant - I recited it for drama class once - long song... again, over 40 years old, but you may one day play a crowd that appreciates it...

Trying to stay away from too much folk stuff...I dug through the entire simon and garfunkel collection in my quest and came up with 1 or 2 that I kinda liked...but couldn't picture myself doing.

[Brian221]

Good is awesome acoustic.
i'd add to the violent femmes part and play kiss off because i love that song. maybe jimmy eat world - the middle. blind melon - no rain. modern english - melt with you. basically everything from the early 90s...and throw in mmmbop for laughs.

Coincidentally, my band does The Middle, and we used to do Melt With You.
I'm adding Kiss Off to my 'to do' list. Nice.
Blind Melon? Love em, but can't sing even close to that dude's wierd, falsetto(sp) range. (fav. blind melon tune is tones of home)

[Brian221]

I believe I've successfully wasted my entire work day -- but I was digging through a bunch of 90's rock to get some more to add to my list....here's my final list of additions...should keep my busy for a while.

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Del Amitri - Roll to Me
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Goo Goo Dolls - Name
James - Laid
James Taylor - Fire & Rain
Jeffrey Gains / Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Live - Lightning Crashes
Neil Young / Stereophonics - Heart of Gold
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
Police / John Mayer - Message in a Bottle
Porno for Pyros - Pets
RadioHead - Fake Plastic Trees
RadioHead - Karma Police
RadioHead - No Surprises
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Breaking the Girl
Sheryl Crow - I Can't Cry Anymore
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Staind - Everything Changes
Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle
Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels
U2 - One
U2 - Staring at the Sun
U2 - Desire
Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Who / Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Mazzy Star - Fade into You
Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
Tracy Bonham - Mother, Mother
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off

[ChrisLDog]

James - Laid


You say you don't have the vocal range for some of the songs people suggested, yet you can sing this song?

"'Cause I think you're so pretty-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"

Something's not right.

Also, some of those other songs you could transpose or just capo your guitar to get it within your vocal range...

You probably already know that, but I'm just saying.

Nice list, by the way, I might have to start learning a lot of those too. :rock:

[xtristessax]

u2 desire is a good one awesome!

[Wheeljak]

How about Burn One Down by Ben Harper?

[Brian221]

You say you don't have the vocal range for some of the songs people suggested, yet you can sing this song?
Nice list, by the way, I might have to start learning a lot of those too. :rock:

Its a different kind of range...I can sing falsetto right up there with Mariah Carey, but the kind of tone that produces isn't appropriate for most songs. The songs 'out of my range' are just out of my 'full voice' range.

[matt]

you can play all that stuff BRian221? I make my own music. Try making
your own stuff.

I have recently gotten into playing other musician's stuff. But It's mostly by
ear because most music you buy at the store isn't correct.

Did you know the entire Sting 'Blue Turtles' CD is slightly out of tune and even
Beatles album SGT Pepper?
MOst people dont have the ear to tell that but I found out when I tried
to play by ear.

I have some suggestions but whatever songs you like.

[matt]

Bon Jovi has to go, no offense.

[Brian221]

Bon Jovi has to go, no offense.

I learned that in a deal to get a friend of mine to quite smoking...I can't stand Jovi.

I've recently began writing some of my own songs...its been a long learning experience...and I never get tabs/etc from stores -- they're almost always wrong...I normally pick stuff up by ear, and ultimate-guitar.com is probably the most comprehensive guitar tab site out there...also mxtabs.net, olga.net.