What’s your go-to song?

dwheeldo

I just picked up my acoustic and, almost without thinking, started playing “Tell Me Why” by Neil Young. It’s a lovely song to play, and always seems to set my mind nicely for some acoustic noodling. 

Does anyone else have a go-to song?

Kitsune

Anji - Davey Graham version

Rocker

The intro, my version of it, of No Frontiers. 

BigLicks67

At the moment it's Bert's version of Blues Run The Game.

munckee

Nobody knows you when you’re down and out on acoustic. 

brooom

Davy Graham's Angi...

AliGorie

what ever I'm working on (writing).

dwheeldo

BigLicks67 said:

At the moment it's Bert's version of Blues Run The Game.

Great choice!

dwheeldo

@Kitsune and @brooom - you guys should duet!

You need to agree on a spelling though, we don’t want artistic differences ruining it at this early stage. 

thecolourbox

On acoustic mine always seems to "Though I hear you calling I will not answer" by White Stripes though it's bizarrely one of the few songs of theirs in but all too keen on...



Though I suspect it's because it's a good one too check I'm in relative tuning as the riff covers a few strings and barres

dwheeldo

thecolourbox said:

On acoustic mine always seems to "Though I hear you calling I will not answer" by White Stripes though it's bizarrely one of the few songs of theirs in but all too keen on...



Though I suspect it's because it's a good one too check I'm in relative tuning as the riff covers a few strings and barres

I think that’s another reason I reach for “Tell Me Why”. It’s got a lot of open chords and picking across all strings, making it obvious if I’m out of tune.

brooom

dwheeldo said:

@Kitsune and @brooom - you guys should duet!

You need to agree on a spelling though, we don’t want artistic differences ruining it at this early stage. 

That's the only way I've ever seen it spelled on the original 3/4 AD record...

tone1

Blackbird -.Beatles
Nobody knows you when you’re down and out - Clapton 
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Angie - Stones
Queen Bitch -Bowie 
Rose Parade- Elliot Smith

Legionreturns

My my, hey hey - Neil Young
Zombie - Cranberries
Run - Snow Patrol 

Phil_aka_Pip

munckee said:

Nobody knows you when you’re down and out on acoustic. 

same here! key of C

Legionreturns

To do list, once I get my hand working properly again - 

Books from Boxes - Maximo Park 

preston61

errr.....the tuning song

Then a strummed G

Snags

Varies, but when I get that "mind gone blank" moment it will be one of:

59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - only for a few loops through, though
Wish You Were Here
Learning How To Die (Jon Foreman)
Norwegian Wood (bit of a hack version)
Is There Anybody Out There?

If there's a capo knocking about then:

Androgynous
Hang The World (Give me a river) - Martyn Joseph (my version is a pale imitation)
Couple of Kacy Musgraves songs

pintspiller

Stay with me - The Dictators

Lewy

Coming Down From Rising Fawn - Norman Blake

Kebabkid

Christine Collister's version of  'Human Nature' (M.Jackson) or the original version.

If with my duo partner in crime, Mrs.KK, 'Chuck E's in love'

If in Drop D, Extreme's 'Holehearted' or Satriani's 'The Feeling', which was originally done on a banjo