Good Acoustic Songs?

[Draevyn]

I've been listening to a lot of acoustic stuff as of late, so can anyone recommend me some good acoustic songs? Covers or no covers. Whatever.

[nufan]

I've been listening to a lot of acoustic stuff as of late, so can anyone recommend me some good acoustic songs? Covers or no covers. Whatever.

Depends what kind of music you like.

The Bayside acoustic album is pretty awesome, especially the song winter.

The Joey Cape (Lagwagon) Tony Sly (No Use For A Name) split is also great

then a compilation I have on my ipod features

405- Death Cab for Cutie ***

Bury your head - Saosin ****

Divine Intervention - Taking Back Sunday ***

What Went wrong - Blink 182 ****

All that i've got - The Used **

Baby you wouldn't last a minute on the creek - Chiodos **

Reinventing your exit - Underoath **

Trust - Thrice **

Until the day I die - Story Of The Year ****

The Fever - The Academy Is... ***

Collie - Howie Day ****

Thunder - Boys Like Girls **

New Slang - The Shins **

Alcohaulin' Ass - Hell Yeah ***

Cold - Crossfade ***

Everlong - Foo Fighters ****

Silent Eyes - Aiden **

Memory - Sugarcult ****

Seein Red - Unwritten Law ****

Eight of Nine - The Ataris ****

RUm is for Drinking Not for Burning - Senses Fail ***

Everything We Had - The Academy is... **

The Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin ****

Face Down - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus ***

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol ***

Buried A Lie - Senses Fail **

Way Away - Yellowcard ****

Drown - Three Days Grace ***

The Kill - 30 Seconds To Mars ***

Hate - Plain White T's **

Letters to you - Finch *****

Chloroform Perfume - From Autumn To Ashes ***

Escape - Hellogoodbye **

Silhouettes - Smile Empty Soul ***

Weatherman - +44 **

Baby Come On - +44 ***

Sugar We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy ***

stars are how good I think the songs are acoustic.

Anberlin also does some good acoustic stuff and you can also check out the punk goes acoustic compilations.

For straight up acoustic music you cannot go past City and Colour (Dallas Green from Alexisonfire) his two albums are both excellent

[Draevyn]

I hate when someone says "It depends on what you like"...the whole point of posting threads like this is to attempt to get into something you might not otherwise know. As for the selections, I shall test them out. I'm trying to fill a 30 gig Ipod with music and I've discovered that my horizons aren't very broad when it comes to music.

[Vendetta]

I really like "Sink, Florida, Sink" by Against Me!

[apsham]

Matthew Good had an awesome second CD addition to his greatest hits release of In A Coma, a portion of that disk was called "Rooms" and was simply him playing some acoustic versions of his songs in one standing session, and it worked out pretty awesome. Songs included were;

"Truffle Pigs"

"Tripoli"

"Generation X-Wing"

"Apparitions"

"North American for Life"

"Advertising on Police Cars"

"Hello Time Bomb"

"Strange Days"

"Prime Time Deliverance"

Aside from that he also has offerings like;

"A Silent Army In The Trees" (early demos were clean, the latest demo includes electric guitar parts but it's pretty chill)

"Dancing Invisible"

"Downloading Blues"

"Hurt" (NIN cover)

"Near Fantastica" has an acoustic version

"If I Were A Tidal Wave"

"Whispering In The Dark"

"Fated"

"Flight Recorder From Viking 7"

"Running For Home"

"The Fine Art Of Falling Apart"

Edited March 16, 2009 by Apshamasis

[Gabriel]

Michale Graves' acoustic stuff is really kickass.

His Illusions album, which he co-wrote with Damien Echols of the West Memphis 3 is a folk/punk type of record. Just awesome stuff. He also has a shitload of live acoustic stuff, which is because he's done most of his touring acoustically the last couple of years. It's easier than trying to find a group of guys who share the same ideas.

[lari]

Savatage - Stay

[METALMAN]

Between The Bars - Elliott Smith

The Stars of Track and Field - Belle & Sebastian

Fire and Rain - James Taylor

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan

Masters of War - Bob Dylan

Don't Think Twice It's Alright - Bob Dylan

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Bob Dylan

It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan

Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan

Desolation Row - Bob Dylan

Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian

The Stars of Track and Field - Belle & Sebastian

You Will. You?Will. You? Will. You?Will. - Bright Eyes

Lua - Bright Eyes

Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

Highway Patrolman - Bruce Springsteen

Babylon II - David Gray

A Lack of Color - Death Cab For Cutie

Train Song - Feist & Ben Gibbard

I Knew Prufock Before He Got Famous - Frank Turner

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Birds - Kate Nash

All Laura Marling. Particularly Ghosts, Failure, My Manic & I, Night Terror, New Romantic

The Partisan - Leonard Cohen

Tell Me Why - Neil Young

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young

Beautiful Bluebird - Neil Young

The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

For the Turnstiles - Neil Young

A Man Needs A Maid - Neil Young

Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake

Way To Blue - Nick Drake

The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake

Man In A Shed - Nick Drake

Stop - Ryan Adams

Desire - Ryan Adams

I Taught Myself How To Grow Old - Ryan Adams

Wild Flowers - Ryan Adams

Amy - Ryan Adams

Damn, Sam(I Love A Woman That Rains) - Ryan Adams

Wonderwall - Ryan Adams

I See Monsters - Ryan Adams

English Girls Approximately - Ryan Adams

Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part - Ryan Adams

New Slang - The Shins

For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her - Simon & Garfunkel

The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto

No Goodbyes - The Subways

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - Sufjan Stevens

Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother! - Sufjan Stevens

Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens

The Dress Looks Nice On You - Sufjan Stevens

To Be Alone With You - Sufjan Stevens

The Hit Parade - Unkle Bob

Astral Weeks - Van Morrisons

Jacksonville Skyline - Whiskeytown

Do-Re-Mi - Woody Guthrie

[Farmer Reil]

Blind Guardian - Lord Of The Rings (this is orchestral rather than acoustic. There is an acoustic version, just apparently not on Youtube :/ But this is still kind of acoustic, it uses acoustic guitars. ¬_¬ The intro to the 'real' acoustic version is awesome though).

Blind Guardian - Bright Eyes

And the ultimate acoustic song of all time:

Sonata Arctica - Mary Lou

And of course:

(bahaha. Only just discovered this while looking for the link above. How awesome is that? And before anyone says it, I'm fairly sure that is actually an acoustic bass, since Eggi plays an acoustic bass live quite a lot for the ballady songs)

(the BEST version of the song, by far. Tobi on piano )

(live. My current favourite song) Edited March 16, 2009 by Farmer Reil

[JairusCain]

ill go ahead and recommend ANYTHING and EVERYTHING by Andy McKee.

[apsham]

Neil Young's acoustic version of My My, Hey Hey is awesome as well.

[GRIFT]

[New Damage]

Chris Cornell - Seasons

Alice In Chains - Nutshell

America - Horse With No Name

Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed

Pearl Jam - Footsteps (uses the melody of Temple of the Dog's - Times of Trouble)

Guns N' Roses - Patience

Stereophonics - Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O'Conner cover)

Check out a lot of Blind Melon stuff for acousticy, happy stuff. And similiarily Screaming Trees.

Edited March 17, 2009 by TheModernWay

[ThePhenom07]

Some of Colin Hay's stuff is quite good. Heard it on some episodes of Scrubs.

[I Don't Mind]

"She Says" by Howie Day

and "Misery Business" by Paramore

Both being the acoustic covers by the original aritst

[db07]

Some of Colin Hay's stuff is quite good. Heard it on some episodes of Scrubs.

Overkill is awesome.... that is the one he sings in the second season where he follows JD around.

[Farmer Reil]

Jonathan Coulton, too. The guy that did Stay Alive (the Portal ending credits song). He's done shitloads of other songs, some comical, some just fun.

Oooh, also, Kiuas - After The Storm, proving that they can actually do pretty much whatever the fuck they want and it'll sound awesome.

Edited March 19, 2009 by Farmer Reil

[DFF]

Journeyman by Iron Maiden. A great acoustic + orchestra song. Epic.

[Farmer Reil]

Oddly, I'd never considered that as being acoustic. I don't know why. Maybe it's because it's Iron Maiden. I mean, it is obviously acoustic. I just never thought of it as such when listening to it.

[Crybaby Bunting]

Desolation Row - Bob Dylan

THIS

I know there's plenty more on that list that's brilliant, but this song nearly brought me to tears the first time I listened to it.