Song Choice

[Tarheels.]

I'm looking to do an open mic night and perform with my acoustic. I'm looking to do something out of the ordinary, something like a few of the things I saw on youtube (an acoustic "Hey Ya" "Yeah" "The Way You Make Me Feel" etc.). Basically, something that you didn't think would work on an acoustic guitar. If possible with tabs or something, but a simple reccomendation as to what to do works good.

Edited March 1, 2007 by TH4L

[YI]

Do "Ice Ice Baby" (singing it though, instead of rapping...or softly spoken would probably work too if you can't get a suitable vocal melody) and you'd be a star.

Edited March 1, 2007 by YI

[Tarheels.]

You sir, are a genius.

[Scruffy The Janitor]

Do something from the south park movie!

[Tarheels.]

Ice Ice is a good choice but now I'd need to find some kind of chords for it. Hopefully I can find either another song like that or just a general 80's pop-ish song. So if anybody else has idea's throw them at me.

[YI]

"Heat Of The Moment" by Asia...or "The Metro" by Berlin (Hell...everyone's covered it...even Plus 44 )

[Dr. Rated-R]

I've pimped it out here, and seen others pimp it out here as well, but Chris Cornell does an amazing acoustic of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.

a YouTube 'video' of it, complete with a lame photo montage.

Also, perhaps a Rage Against The Machine song, or something else that's really angry?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Do something by a female vocalist. Maybe "Atomic" or "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie.

[YI]

I've pimped it out here, and seen others pimp it out here as well, but Chris Cornell does an amazing acoustic of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.

a YouTube 'video' of it, complete with a lame photo montage.

Edited March 1, 2007 by YI

[StevenRichardsRules]

America's You Can Do Magic.

[Tarheels.]

Other people are going with stuff like 'Everlong', 'Heart Shaped Box', 'Island In The Sun' and I'm thinking more about possibly doing a DCFC song but I'm not sure because I think I'd rather do something like I've mentioned in here. So damnit, I'm torn. I might try a metal-ish song and see how it would do acoustic-ly, theres just too many possibilities.

[YI]

If you do a DCFC song, do "Lightness"...and get someone to record it and post it here.

[Number of the Breast]

I've been working on an acoustic version of "No Easy Way Out" by Robert Tepper (from the Rocky IV montage scene), it's been going really well, so I'll put that forward.

[Gene Kiniski]

Do "Ice Ice Baby" (singing it though, instead of rapping...or softly spoken would probably work too if you can't get a suitable vocal melody) and you'd be a star.

[Farmer Reil]

Victoria's Secret by Sonata Arctica.

I'll keep suggesting it until someone fucking does it.

[Guest Anti-Hero]

I've been working on an acoustic version of "No Easy Way Out" by Robert Tepper (from the Rocky IV montage scene), it's been going really well, so I'll put that forward.

[Nerf]

Smells Like Teen Spirit:

Tori Amos style.

[Benji]

Ice Ice is a good choice but now I'd need to find some kind of chords for it. Hopefully I can find either another song like that or just a general 80's pop-ish song. So if anybody else has idea's throw them at me.

If you can't find chords for that, look for the chords for "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie, shockingly it's a sample despite what Vanilla Ice often insists.

[K]

Will Young already did Hey Ya, so I wouldn't go with that.

99 Problems by Jay-Z?

[Cadet Ember McLain]

Alice In Chains - Man In The Box

Link 1, Link 2.

I don't know how well it'd translate over to acoustic, but it's worth a shot, right?