Acoustic version that are better.

[Chdamn]

Let’s start this off with a song which I always found the lyrics haunting but the original was too pop.

They fixed it here.

 

[fieldgrade]

Alice in Chains unplugged.

 

[Chdamn]

And this thread wouldn’t be complete without the song that really started the genre.

 

[Chdamn]

Alice in Chains unplugged.

Give me a link old ancient one.

 

[fieldgrade]

Give me a link old ancient one.

There’s one for every song. My attention span isn’t that long. Yer on yer own whippersnapper.

 

[Chdamn]

I could listen to Colin Hay (Men At work) unplugged all day.

 

[ronn47]

Jimi

 

[fieldgrade]

I could listen to Colin Hay (Men At work) unplugged all day.

He is absolutely outstanding unplugged.

 

[Pinky787]

 

[fieldgrade]

I could listen to Colin Hay (Men At work) unplugged all day.

And he. is. hilarious.

 

[BrettB]

Alice in Chains unplugged.

Came to say this

 

[ronn47]

 

[fieldgrade]

Hot damn. That whole album. I bought a Taylor guitar because of that album, and learned a bunch of those songs.

 

[Chdamn's Wife]

 

[Tim]

I had “obstructed view” seats when he did this tour back in….90-something. Palace of Auburn Hills. “Obstructed view” was essentially 20ft over his shoulder back/side of the stage. Best show I’ve ever seen.

 

[Chdamn]

There’s one for every song. My attention span isn’t that long. Yer on yer own whippersnapper.

Probably my favorite AIC song anyway.

 

[Dan0311]

I'm a big Chris Cornell fan. Saw a whole acoustic concert of him in Manhattan a year or two before he died.

 

[Chdamn]

One of the more poignant songs about the cycle of life.

 

[Dan0311]

 

[Chdamn]

I probably listened to the original of this song a thousand times when I was on the kearsarge for 6 months.

The acoustic seems a bit sexier

 

[fieldgrade]

I probably listened to the original of this song a thousand times when I was on the kearsarge for 6 months.

The acoustic seems a bit sexier

She’s hotter than a box of M-80’s and dumber than a box of rocks.

But she’s a great musician and songwriter.

 

[S4f]

My second favorite pearl jam song
But there's no acoustic version of the band doing indifference

 

[Moylan]

And this thread wouldn’t be complete without the song that really started the genre.

I think it was GNR that really got the ball rolling on the "let's play this acoustic" thing, November 1988...



MTV Unplugged started a year later.

 

[DaveInCLT]

I liked this song 'OK' but I recall being really impressed by the acoustic version

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

This is really more for amusement (OJ, where you go'n with that knife in your hand?) but fun improvisation between the two of them:

 

[Dan0311]

I probably listened to the original of this song a thousand times when I was on the kearsarge for 6 months.

I always remember the Kearsarge relating to rescuing Scott O'Grady.

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

 

[Pinky787]

I mean I would say the original is pretty acoustic, but I just love this song

 

[S4f]

 

[Pineapple]

*had to do it. Sorry...*

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

 

[Moylan]

There are many songs I like far better acoustic, and especially live, than electric. Here's one:



Compare:



And here's a nice surprise

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

There are many songs I like far better acoustic, and especially live, than electric. Here's one:



Compare:

Love some Johnette Napolitano. 😍

 

[Sleazy P. Martini]

It's been covered, but the entirety of the Alice in Chains Unplugged album.

Also, Nirvana's cover of "Man Who Sold the World" and "Lake of Fire".

 

[Moylan]

Oh, I just remembered the king of "better acoustic" songs!

 

[Moylan]

 

[charliedeltajuliet]

 

[noway2]

Let’s start this off with a song which I always found the lyrics haunting but the original was too pop.

They fixed it here.

I remember the video on MTV, being of that early impressionable age. The singer has a good voice. I’d be interested in one if those voice coach listens of this rendition. Not a major dynamic range, but very good control so say my concrete ears.

 

[noway2]

@charliedeltajuliet good rendition from STP, one of my favorite songs, but somehow its not the same lacking their “machine” sound.

edit: the version of creep, still has a lot of the warmth, which is unusual for an acoustic version. Another good choice,

 

[papa_smurf]

anything chris cornell

aaron lewis also