View Full Version : Favorite "clean" songs
Alpinestarhero
05-12-09, 09:34 PM
I'm thinking of getting a cheapish acoustic guitar, so I have something to do at uni while I'm on lunch or a break or just waiting 20 minutes until I need to add another chemical.
Because I listen to alot of heavy stuff, there isn't alot of this music I can play on an acoustic gutiar and it'll still sound nice. There are some metallica things that I like to play clean (parts fro "to live is to die", "fade to black", that kinda thing) but I would like to learn some songs good on acoustic. Technical is nice, but lets not forget sometimes its nice to keep things simple aswell
Its also better if thre are little or no lyrics :lol:
So, whats your favorite "clean" song - one with little or no distorted, dirty, heavy guitar :D You might provide me with inspiration to learn something new :)
ArtyLady
05-12-09, 09:41 PM
Can't go wrong with the blues :cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14tuXYej2g
nothing else matters by Metalica- love that song. Maybe some Jeff Buckley.
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 09:48 PM
Travis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8FwefQgieY
beabert
05-12-09, 09:51 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Tie-Your-Time-up/dp/B002QG6L9K
first time i have bought a tune lol
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 09:56 PM
Ben Kweller stuff would be good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5n_u14EHQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SHPXl0eu10&feature=related
Mr Speirs
05-12-09, 09:58 PM
Road Trippin - RHCP
wyrdness
05-12-09, 10:01 PM
Stairway to Heaven :D
Seriously, how about The Needle and the Damage Done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvb65dCMjZI&NR=1
And here's how to play it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os0VTtIPOxU&feature=fvw
Edit: Oh, and Neil Young does dirty, distorted, heavy guitar pretty well too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYV6PAckr5w&feature=related
New york- Steven Fretwell, in fact his album magpie is pretty good.
xXBADGERXx
05-12-09, 10:13 PM
"Hurt" ....... not the Nine Inch Nails version , but the version by the Man in Black himself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho , very good song for learning to play and sing at the same time .
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 10:15 PM
"Hurt" ....... not the Nine Inch Nails version , but the version by the Man in Black himself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho , very good song for learning to play and sing at the same time .
That is a really powerful song given the circumstances
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 10:20 PM
REM - everybody hurts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2N_uvnvGbI
wyrdness
05-12-09, 10:20 PM
How about some Nick Drake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2jxjv0HkwM
Or if you're feeling brave, try playing this awesome biking song from one of the greatest guitarists of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lCH5JgWCZY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o)
xXBADGERXx
05-12-09, 10:20 PM
That is a really powerful song given the circumstances
I cross it with the NIN version on electric guitar , it has a very haunting and disturbing sound to the NIN version of the main riff ......... Johnny`s version has slightly cleaner Lyrics , but I agree , when you understand what the song is about , the words can be very powerful .
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 10:25 PM
radiohead - paranoid android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHiGbolFFGw
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 10:28 PM
radiohead - karma police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYWYWPc9HU
An unusual take on Iron Maidens The Evil That Men Do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cQP2_ombgk
Eagles... easy peezy lemon squeezy
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 10:48 PM
Eagles... easy peezy lemon squeezy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vwPuiILBc
edit- naughty words
aaahhh but Darren my friend, you are the type of person that has orange rim tape... need i say more :-k
DarrenSV650S
05-12-09, 10:55 PM
You've got yellow tyres and a blue face
yup.. and your point is?
RIM TAPE, c'mon thats cheeeeezy
just pulling your wire m8, your bike is ace ;)
REM - everybody hurts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2N_uvnvGbI
Can't listen to that song without sheading a tear. Epic.
well you're already playing fade to black...that songs one of my all time faves, so hard to top.
How about some Santana - Black Magic Woman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymh1o09vRWE altho pick almost any song from Abraxas and im sure you'll have fun.
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqgjCKm9nQ
TheOnlyNemesis
06-12-09, 03:02 AM
acoustic version of five finger death punch's- The bleeding
lukemillar
06-12-09, 07:51 AM
That is a really powerful song given the circumstances
What circumstances?
EDIT: And my contribution is Hey Ya - Outkast :wink:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM
Specialone
06-12-09, 08:00 AM
Pretty much all of the modfathers (paul weller) tunes, especially wild wood, brand new start.
How about "the grade" by big Jim 'the pumpkin farmer' Martin, off of Faith No More.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UdiiC1jQk4
ArtyLady
06-12-09, 09:53 AM
This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53FI8J4lSDA) is an awesome piece - beautiful chord combos :smt054
thedonal
06-12-09, 10:30 AM
OK- Howzabout-
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here (you don't have to sing as well!).
Pink Floyd- Is There Anybody Out There
Good ones for getting the pedal bass notes in (if you can find the tab)-
The Beatles- Dear Prudence
Fleetwood Mac- Never Going Back Again (again- don't need the vox- lots to learn on the guitar)
Fleetwood Mac- Big Love (the newer arrangement Lyndsay Buckingham did on acoustic guitar- good skills if you can get the hang of this one!)
Fleetwood Mac- Man of the World
Fleetwood Mac- Albatross (Ok- you may need 2 more guitarists for this one!)
Metallica- Good time to practice Call of Ktulu!
Wishbone Ash- Throw Down the Sword (great dual guitar intro that can just about be played on one)
Wishbone Ash- The King Will Come - loads of great riffs to learn here- good for an acoustic!
Wishbone Ash- Blowin' Free
Led Zeppelin- Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Led Zeppelin- Black Mountain Side (and White Summer)- great indo-celtic acousticness jamming
Or check out some Gabriela Y Rodrigo for some sweet latin guitar- they had a tutorial dvd on one of their albums (called Gabriela Y Rodrigo)- shows you how to add all the percussion and play one of their songs.
Oh- and they're big metalheads too- including a Latin acoustic version of Orion! And a great version of Stairway to Heaven
So. Anyway. I want perfectly performed versions of all those songs by the end of next week- or I'll be entering you for next year's X Factor.
Spiderman
06-12-09, 03:01 PM
Anything classic by Bob Marley. Redemption Song is one ive heard played on a beach late at night many times and every time i hear it now it reminds me of sitting on a beach with a huge roaring fire...off my nut :)
Alpinestarhero
06-12-09, 04:39 PM
So. Anyway. I want perfectly performed versions of all those songs by the end of next week- or I'll be entering you for next year's X Factor.
Yes Bob Rock
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr04/images/bobrockheader.l.jpg
:lol:
the Gabriela Y Rodrigo stuff is brilliant! might be a while before me and my mates are co-ordinated enough to get it all right though!
Rammsteinkid
06-12-09, 10:13 PM
Just learn Daughtry. And then learn to sing like him, watch the woman drop to your feet.
thedonal
06-12-09, 10:16 PM
Yes Bob Rock
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr04/images/bobrockheader.l.jpg
:lol:
the Gabriela Y Rodrigo stuff is brilliant! might be a while before me and my mates are co-ordinated enough to get it all right though!
Why is you typing and not practicing, dammit?
Get yowass over to the guitars now and play until dem fingers blEEEEEEEEeed!
I'm playing a new song in the band at the 1st fret on the bass- I fear too much practice of that may shave the skin off my index finger!
Look up the Rodrigo lessons on YouTube- they're bound to be there. Make it look much easier than it sounds!
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