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Old 10-05-2011, 09:42 PM   #1
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Watcha want? John Denver, Van Morrison, Jim Croce...
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Old 10-05-2011, 10:13 PM   #2
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Old 10-05-2011, 10:34 PM   #3
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fucking plus one for Sister Josephine!

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Old 10-06-2011, 05:32 AM   #4
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Old 10-06-2011, 05:52 AM   #5
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How about something from Ben Harper or Jack Johnson?

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Old 10-06-2011, 11:11 AM   #6
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Old 10-06-2011, 12:11 PM   #7
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I can barely listen to it, , but a friend of mine does Steve Earle's "Billy Austin" solo on flattop. He speeds it up ever so slightly.

It gets me every time.

Friend's version is better than this one.

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Old 10-06-2011, 12:15 PM   #8
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Actually, nevermind, I was thinking acoustic tunes.
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Old 10-06-2011, 12:17 PM   #9
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Hearing your guitar, maybe this?

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Old 10-06-2011, 12:17 PM   #10
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Any Green Day, but for some reason "Basket Case" jumped into my head.
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Old 10-06-2011, 02:07 PM   #11
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Ex-housemate could play better than he could sing.
I can't judge his playing, but you sing much better.
All I know is these songs were on his playlist.

If they're way off the mark you can just buttfuck him in the mouth or something.

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (covered by many)
The End of the World - REM; that's a fuckload of lyrics but it wows ladies!
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits; see Amy Ray's version
Jailhouse Rock - if it's not part of your reeptoire already
Distant Sun - Crowded House via Barenaked Ladies Bathtub Sessions. YouTube Distant Sun Barenaked and the rest of the Bathroom Sessions will come up too - good for one man and a gittar, even if I don't recognise them.
Thank You for the Days - The Kinks
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Old 10-06-2011, 03:09 PM   #12
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Old 10-06-2011, 03:28 PM   #13
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Thanks for the suggestions. including you, foot, you prick.

sorry i got pissy with you. I was just feeling pissy, I guess.

I like the Hallelujah idea. That song has a certain melancholy that is attractive.

I've been working on Hard Sun (Eddie Vedder version) and I am the Highway.

I know House of the Rising Sun, but not all the way through.

I just need to practice more and lay down whole songs. Acoustic sing a long songs is what I'm into playing right now. I have most of 'Drifting' by 4NonBlondes down.... and Shady Grove... and Lightning Crashes.

How about this guilty pleasure song:?
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Old 10-06-2011, 03:31 PM   #14
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thing is, learning WHOLE songs requires a lot of repetition, and I get bored easy.
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Old 11-06-2011, 01:28 AM   #15
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thing is, learning WHOLE songs requires a lot of repetition, and I get bored easy.
Don't allow yourself to bore. Therein lies your mastery of your material.

The instrument I play requires memorization of its music -- and note perfect. (no place to clip a music sheet to) Takes a while. It helps to memorize a piece in phrases, especially something with repeating structures.

Folk music tends to be designed around a single voice and a single instrument and easy to sing well. It really shouldn't be dismissed as "just popular" or "just whatever," because it's a very wide-ranging kind of music.
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