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pjpjpaul · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:41 am **Posts:** 551

I am playing a solo acoustic show at a friends cafe/restaurant next week and just want to get some new ideas for songs to play. I already do a lot of Ryan Adams, Pearl Jam, and Kings Of Leon... I also do some Neil Young... I'm a fan of 90's alt and indie rock, 80's indie, 70's punk, 60's psych... im going to be doing
"That's When I Reach For My Revolver" and "Alex Chilton" and "Glad Girls" for the first time.. anyways any lists of songs that you might have heard someone do in the past and liked a lot or ones u think would be cool to see would help a lot, thanks guys!

windedsailor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:04 am

tom waits - cemetery polka, would make a great acoustic cover, though it may take some work to arrange

Bacchanal · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:13 am

anything by katy perry....

pjpjpaul · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:41 am **Posts:** 551

tom waits yes katy perry NO haha

BadRadio16 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:34 am

My Morning Jacket - Bermuda Highway :thumbsup:

62strat · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:38 am

lush and green - paul westerberg.

pjpjpaul · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:41 am **Posts:** 551

some great ideas thanks guys keep em comin' !!!

BadRadio16 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:15 am

The Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
My Morning Jacket - Golden
My Morning Jacket - The Knot Comes Loose
Beck - Lost Cause
Beck - Guess I'm Doing Fine
Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me, Babe
Sublime - Badfish
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze
Ben Harper - Walk Away
Amos Lee - Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight

EastHastings · **Joined:** Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:08 am **Posts:** 6583

Buffalohed · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:38 am

Crimson Massacre - The Hyperborean's Epitaph

no, I'm serious

Buffalohed · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:40 am

fuck yeah, full track is on last.fm

http://www.last.fm/music/Crimson+Massac ... 's+Epitaph

flavdave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:47 am

Psycho Killer

pjpjpaul · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:41 am **Posts:** 551

Talking Heads nice...

windedsailor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:09 am

i got bugs · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:01 pm **Posts:** 14261

psycho killer is the best choice so far

i saw these dudes tonite, really good..but im bombed n kinda dont remember shit, but itll come to me

alls i know..if you can cover biggie - juicy.. it will blow the doors off the muthafucka

intodeep · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:17 am

What is the crowd like there?

Tom Petty seems to go over well with most.

I find when my friends play songs they like at places most crowds are like... huh?

Usually have to stick to mainstream type stuff folks have heard.

warehouse · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:07 pm

hit me baby one more time-brittney spears
fuck her gently-tenacious d
triumph-wu tang

Peeps · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:15 am **Posts:** 33031

broken hearted savior - big head todd and the monsters

62strat · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:36 pm

you should turn a rap song into a nice little hippie jam song and be really cool.

pjpjpaul · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:41 am **Posts:** 551

the place im playing is pretty cool, it has kind of an Asian (India) vibe to the atmosphere... they get a very eclectic, younger crowd mostly but also a few older people pop in from time to time... I think i will be good playing songs people know mixed in with some songs that are great that no one has ever heard before... great ideas so far though thanks a lot guys...

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