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kenny

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I'm discovering the coolest music from my student's list of songs they'd like me to teach them.

What would be on your list?
This is for songs, voice and guitar.

I welcome anything of any genre written in the last 500 years.
Sorry, but classical/opera are not on the menu.

ETA, at a coffee house what songs would you like to hear from one guy on voice and guitar.
 

Niel

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The Wind by cat Stevens.
 

wetsawblade

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I'd love to play guitar, but after many tries, realized not my forte. First love is really banjo!

Can play melodica & piano, learning bongos now & having so much fun.

My daughter in Cali learning ukelele!

So to your question, this is my suggestion https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=puHoadtIivc

Oops ^ should have said Hotel California /Eagles/ 1977
 

tuffyluvr

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Little Wing. God, I love that song
 

cflutist

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Morning has broken Cat Stevens
 

VRBeauty

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Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez. The guitar intro to that song is so exquisite - it gets me every time.

Oh, and Blackbird, of course!
 

LAJennifer

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Move With the Seasons by Temples (or anything from their album Sun Structures).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8k5Pwr_4LU


Fugitive Air by of Montreal - (or anything from Lousy With Sylvianbriar) I love the super, pretty chord progressions and Kevin is a lyrical genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77FVmfSO1CE


Empyrean Abattoir, also by of Montreal (from their new record Aureate Gloom). This would strip down real nice for an acoustic version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yqavWHco8A


The whole album Phrazes for the Young by Julian Casablancas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_YzNhjr_bQ
 

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cflutist|1450496668|3963370 said:
Morning has broken Cat Stevens
All the cat Stevens! Lol
 

missy

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Imagine by John Lennon

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Black Magic Woman by Peter Green

Hotel California by the Eagles
 

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April Come She Will. I would also love to see a fully rocked out performance of Damn Right I Got The Blues.
 

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Seasons by Chris Cornell

Anything by Ben Harper but my three picks of today are:
Forever
Walk Away
The Woman in You

Paranoid Android by Radiohead

Another vote for Little Wing, Jimmi's version and Stevie Ray Vaughn's interpretation.
 

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If I were a 13 year old girl at a coffee shop listening to a cute young guy play guitar, I'd want to hear:

Hey There Delilah by Plain White Tees

Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran

For the First Time by The Script

Any of DRA's Taylor Swift covers

Basically anything emo/angsty/teenage-y.

:wavey:
 

kenny

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Thank you all so far! :appl:
Keep them coming!
 

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The 4 chord song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I!

A big part of the joy of music is sharing, so how about a bunch of songs that are great to sing with friends (or even alone):
Lean on me, brown eyed girl, sweet caroline, don't stop believing, sweet home alabama, Hey Jude, Wonderwall, free fallin', chasing cars, Halleluja, Hurt-(johnnycash/NIN), I don't want to miss a thing, Still alive, house of the rising sun, Cecelia, Fireflies, Hotel California, He soul sista, Hey there Delilah, and whatever else the cool kids are singing these days.
 

tuffyluvr

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Dreamboat Annie by Heart. Or anything by Heart, because... Nancy Wilson.

New Slang by The Shins
 

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Danny's Song.
 

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kenny|1450482354|3963264 said:
Sorry, but classical/opera are not on the menu.

Kenny,
You are breaking my heart. My 9 year old has been taking classical guitar lessons for nearly 2 years now and plays Latin music beautifully. There are times when I would ask him to play whilst I am just sitting around on the couch.
 

monarch64

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PintoBean|1450826201|3965023 said:
monarch64|1450570884|3963646 said:
The acoustic version of Baby Got Back is always appreciated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWaN_Tc5wo

Here's a link to a great list of coffeehouse-style songs:

http://www.jwpepper.com/10352217.item#.VnXzwXarTIU
Thank you for sharing this version of baby got back :dance: :naughty: :lol:

You're welcome! I think everyone should get to hear it at least once! :lol: I think it would be great in a coffeehouse environment where people are least expecting it.
 
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Yesterday - The Beatles

Here comes the Sun - The Beatles

Can't help falling in love with you - Elvis
 

hay joe

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Angel
Red House
Comfortably Numb
Daydream
 

chemgirl

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Hey there Delilah, Blackbird, Sleeping Sickness by City and Color.

Eta: Wheat Kings by the Tragically Hip.
 
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