Top 5 Songs to Learn!

chuckd16 · Unread post by **chuckd16** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:35 pm

i wanted to know everyones top 5 songs to learn on guitar! so just leave it here and i'll see you later...peace 8)

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:26 pm

1. a song by your fav band
2. a song by your sec fav band
3. a song by your third fav band
...u get the idea, learn whatever songs u like to listen to

Buck23 · Unread post by **Buck23** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:16 am

I'll give you two lists, cause I'm in an informative mood today

Here are 5 songs I feel every guitarist should know:

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hotel California - Eagles

(I probably left a bunch of great songs out here, sue me)

Here are 5 songs that chicks just dig:

Waiting on an Angel - Ben Harper
I'll back you up - DMB
Say Goodbye - DMB
More than Words - Extreme
Miracle - Vertical Horizon

(yeah there are tons more, sue me again)

Some of these are harder than others, but they're all a blast to play, and they sound pretty cool solo/acoustic...keep on playin

chuckd16 · Unread post by **chuckd16** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:13 am

hey thanks for the list...i'll start right away!

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:11 pm

All Along the Watchtower (any version)
Like A Rolling Stone
Black Bird
Ants Marching
Stairway (just so you know it)
And for a 6th, Wish You Were Here.

hopelessposeur · Unread post by **hopelessposeur** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:54 pm

1. clapton - nobody knows you when youre down and out (unplugged, this song is simply fun as hell to play)
2. rusted root - send me on my way - good intro to finger-picking and for getting some coordination into that right hand (besides, um, the obvious)
3. crowded house - better be home soon ('cause you will definitely pick up chicks with this song, nobody knows why)
4. hendrix - bold as love (just awesome)
5. dave - the stone (tough but not too-tough singing/picking combination)

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:17 pm

hopelessposeur wrote:1. clapton - nobody knows you when youre down and out (unplugged, this song is simply fun as hell to play)

Um, I have a corecction for you. That is a John Lennon song. It was about the short period in the 70s (called his lost weekend) when John & Yoko were apart. There were a few songs about that that he put on Walls & Bridges and after his death released stuff. Then the seperation ended, and they got back together.

That song is on

Walls And Bridges - Track 11
Menlove Avenue - Track 9
John Lennon Anthology, CD 3 (the lost weekend) - Track 2

It is a simple but fun song to play. I love playing the bridge of it, with all the energy right there.

Oh, and P.S. it's Nobody **Loves** You When You're Down And Out :-P

Man, I love John

Bedurndurn · Unread post by **Bedurndurn** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:44 pm

Nope, those are two different songs.. Lennon's song is as you mentioned, but the song "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is copyrighted by Jimmy Cox way way back in 1929. That's the song that's on Clapton's Unplugged CD. It goes as follows:

Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money, with never a care
Takin' all my friends out for a good time
Drinkin' high-priced liquor, champagne and wine;
Then I began to fall so low;
Didn't have a friend, and noplace to go
If I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna squeeze it, until the eagle grins, cause

Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
In your pocket, not one penny
And your friends -- you find you haven't any.
But as soon as you get back on your feet again
Everybody wants to be your long-lost friend
It's might strange, without a doubt
Nobody knows you when you're down and out.

So in closing, neener neener neener..

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:59 am

hmmm, I guess you are right. I wouldn't be surprised if he got that one line, and title, from John's song. The Beatles were good friends with clapton. He played on the White album on George's song While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

hopelessposeur · Unread post by **hopelessposeur** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:17 am

Ranting Thespian wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if he got that one line, and title, from John's song.

huh? Im confused, who got which line from which song? = )
Anyway, its a great little bluesy song, been done by everyone from bb king to the allman bros.

hopelessposeur · Unread post by **hopelessposeur** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:19 am

doh - nevermind

QuattroDore · Unread post by **QuattroDore** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:22 am

Of course the list is going to be subjective but here are mine:

Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Lookin' out my Backdoor - CCR
Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper
Flake - Jack Johnson
Layla (Unplugged) - Eric Clapton

matthews123 · Unread post by **matthews123** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:55 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:
hopelessposeur wrote:1. clapton - nobody knows you when youre down and out (unplugged, this song is simply fun as hell to play)
Um, I have a corecction for you. That is a John Lennon song. It was about the short period in the 70s (called his lost weekend) when John & Yoko were apart. There were a few songs about that that he put on Walls & Bridges and after his death released stuff. Then the seperation ended, and they got back together.

That song is on

Walls And Bridges - Track 11
Menlove Avenue - Track 9
John Lennon Anthology, CD 3 (the lost weekend) - Track 2

It is a simple but fun song to play. I love playing the bridge of it, with all the energy right there.

Oh, and P.S. it's Nobody **Loves** You When You're Down And Out

Man, I love John

geez u ReAlLy doooo

matthews123 · Unread post by **matthews123** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:56 pm

this one with a doubt....

get ur freak on - missy elliot

NoNotThat · Unread post by **NoNotThat** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:44 pm

matthews123 wrote:this one with a doubt....

get ur freak on - missy elliot

yeah, my favorite song to play

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