Acoustic version that are better.

[Les White]

 

[JimP42]

A little off the beaten path…

 

[Chdamn]

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

That was our MEU. I was supposed to be on the mission but got bumped at literally the last second by an actual Croatian linguist. I was a Russian linguist and better than nothing since the languages are close.

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

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.

Only one thing comes to mind when I hear her name.
Her nastay "just one square" azz.

 

[kcult]

I'm sure I'll never find a link, because I think I heard it on John Boy and Billy a couple decades ago, but I caught a snippet of Jackyl's "Lumberjack," unplugged.

Instead of using a chainsaw in the song, you could hear the sounds of a handsaw cutting wood.

 

[BigWaylon]

Not sure this one is “better”, but it definitely hits different. The original:



I have an entire bootleg CD of them that’s acoustic. It’s fantastic. Here’s the above song done acoustic:

 

[BigWaylon]

Another one that’s just very different without that lead electric lick…

 

[Lucky63]

One of my favorites. Johnny remake of a Nine Inch Nails song.

 

[Flashpoint]

And now for something completely different:

Studio version is mostly accustic but not entirely. Refrain is "help to make the knot unwind", I always thought it was "night unwind".

 

[Bunsen]

Of all the artist featured on MTV's unplugged Alice in Chains and Nirvana are my top two. So many amazing artists played on that show. The Eagles and Eric Clapton's shows were also excellent

List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[turkeydance]

well, by the Original Artist who made it famous, this one is my favorite:

 

[Jim C.]

More AIC...



And Radiohead, with G-rated lyrics.

 

[Dan0311]

Creep?

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

Blood & Roses by The Smithereens:

Unplugged:



Original:

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

 

[Pineapple]

 

[Chdamn]

Also (judge me if you wish) but Puddles Pity Party dominates in the business of killer acoustic versions of popular songs. He has no bad covers.

They may not all be “better than the original” but they’re all pretty great.

Really creative arrangements.

Huge puddles fan

 

[yard mongrel]

 

[yard mongrel]

Mine and wifey's wedding song. We played both versions:

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

well, by the Original Artist who made it famous, this one is my favorite:

This ties two threads together, the kids science TV show. I used to watch a B&W science show after school on the 70’s. It opened with this song. I’ve always really liked this tune.

 

[SPST]

Vincent Black Lighting 1952

 

[Geezer]

 

[Fullboost21]

 

[john galt]

 

[Jim C.]

 

[Red Marley]

Oooh my!

 

[Jim C.]

I don't know if she ever recorded a studio version of this, but her acoustic version is amazing.

 

[J R Green]

 

[MCQUADE]

 

[MCQUADE]

 

[Jim C.]

Absolutely sublime.

 

[MCQUADE]

 

[Chdamn]

I don't know if she ever recorded a studio version of this, but her acoustic version is amazing.

She’s good. But for me, it’s hard to beat Iz.

 

[Bunsen]

This is a playlist of all 13 videos from AiC's unplugged:


a personal AiC favorite of mine somehow not yet posted

 

[MCQUADE]

I’m afraid the winds have changed again...

 

[Car0linab0y]

Not sure it qualifies because the original was acoustic as well, but perhaps the best cover ever...


Shinedown "Simple Man" is pretty awesome too.

 

[Chdamn]

Not sure it qualifies because the original was acoustic as well, but perhaps the best cover ever...


Shinedown "Simple Man" is pretty awesome too.

Probably the best remake of all time.

 

[fieldgrade]

When Chad posted that last year I think I mentioned that we sang that with fifty kids in 8th grade in chorus class.

In a mobile unit.

What a great song it was then, and now.

 

[Journeyman]

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

Came here to say this. I second Black

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]