Which "unplugged" version of a song do you think outdoes the original version?
03-05-05, 10:23 PM
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Which "unplugged" version of a song do you think outdoes the original version?
I love Dishwalla's acoustic version of "Counting Blue Cars". I don't know much about this version, like where it was recorded, or if it was even for MTV's Unplugged show or whatever, but I think it's so much better than the album version.
Anyone have any examples of acoustic or "unplugged" versions that outdid the originals?
Anyone have any examples of acoustic or "unplugged" versions that outdid the originals?
03-06-05, 12:53 AM
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I'm a pretty big fan of Nine Inch Nail's Live and Deconstructed in Chicago. During a stop on the Fragility tour, they recorded a small set of mostly acoustic songs for a small audience.
1. Even Deeper
2. Hurt (Take 1)
3. Hurt (Take 2)
4. Something I Can Never Have
5. The Big Come Down
6. The Day The World Went Away
7. The Fragile
1. Even Deeper
2. Hurt (Take 1)
3. Hurt (Take 2)
4. Something I Can Never Have
5. The Big Come Down
6. The Day The World Went Away
7. The Fragile
03-06-05, 03:34 AM
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Stevie Ray Vaughn...Pride and Joy
He did it with a 12 string on MTV unplugged and it sounded awesome. The sad thing was mtv would replay 10,000 Maniacs' performance almost every day but Stevie's gig was hardly ever repeated even after his death.
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KISS- I Still Love You, Sure Know Something
He did it with a 12 string on MTV unplugged and it sounded awesome. The sad thing was mtv would replay 10,000 Maniacs' performance almost every day but Stevie's gig was hardly ever repeated even after his death.
RUSH- Resist
KISS- I Still Love You, Sure Know Something
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03-06-05, 08:25 AM
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Jellyfish did an acoustic version of The Move's "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" that I greatly prefer over the original (a song I already liked a lot, actually).
In the mid-90s, I was really big into those radio station charity CDs where the station would collect different performances various artists did acoustic in their studio. (That sentence is riddled with grammatical errors, but hopefully you get the gist. Too lazy to fix it.) Anyway, one of those CDs was from a station in Boston and had an acoustic version of Barenaked Ladies doing "The Old Apartment". I never liked that song, but I thought it sounded fantastic acoustic.
Speaking of Canucks, I've been listening to an acoustic version of "Heatseeker Boy" by Mike Ford a lot lately. Dunno if I prefer it to the full Fruvous version, but it certainly has a charm...
In the mid-90s, I was really big into those radio station charity CDs where the station would collect different performances various artists did acoustic in their studio. (That sentence is riddled with grammatical errors, but hopefully you get the gist. Too lazy to fix it.) Anyway, one of those CDs was from a station in Boston and had an acoustic version of Barenaked Ladies doing "The Old Apartment". I never liked that song, but I thought it sounded fantastic acoustic.
Speaking of Canucks, I've been listening to an acoustic version of "Heatseeker Boy" by Mike Ford a lot lately. Dunno if I prefer it to the full Fruvous version, but it certainly has a charm...
03-06-05, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Stevie Ray Vaughn...Pride and Joy
He did it with a 12 string on MTV unplugged and it sounded awesome. The sad thing was mtv would replay 10,000 Maniacs' performance almost every day but Stevie' gig was hardly ever repeated even after his death.
He did it with a 12 string on MTV unplugged and it sounded awesome. The sad thing was mtv would replay 10,000 Maniacs' performance almost every day but Stevie' gig was hardly ever repeated even after his death.
I'm with you on the KISS thing, too, except my fave from that session is Everytime I Look At You. Still gives me a little chill when the strings come in the first time after the first chorus.
03-06-05, 11:59 AM
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When U2 would play "Staring at the Sun" as part of their acoustic set during the Popmart tour in '97, I thought it trounced the original studio release.
03-06-05, 02:50 PM
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Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (acoustic) 
I know it's hackneyed, but the Unplugged version of Nirvana's "All Apologies" still gets to me.
03-06-05, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Brain Stew
Just a matter of semantics, but this was performed at Headbanger's Ball not Unplugged.
03-06-05, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Infidel
The idea wasn't to learn about songs specifically from the Unplugged show, just unplugged-type, or acoustic, versions of songs.
03-06-05, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Stevie Ray Vaughn...Pride and Joy
He did it with a 12 string on MTV unplugged and it sounded awesome. The sad thing was mtv would replay 10,000 Maniacs' performance almost every day but Stevie's gig was hardly ever repeated even after his death.
He did it with a 12 string on MTV unplugged and it sounded awesome. The sad thing was mtv would replay 10,000 Maniacs' performance almost every day but Stevie's gig was hardly ever repeated even after his death.
03-06-05, 06:07 PM
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Over Now by Alice in Chains.
03-06-05, 10:10 PM
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"Layla", by Eric Clapton.
It was a completely different song on the unplugged show, better in my opinion. In fact, since that came out in the early 90s, I haven't heard the original song on the radio (only from my CD collection). I wonder how many people believe that the unplugged version is the only version?
It was a completely different song on the unplugged show, better in my opinion. In fact, since that came out in the early 90s, I haven't heard the original song on the radio (only from my CD collection). I wonder how many people believe that the unplugged version is the only version?
03-07-05, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by boc4ever
Queensryche "Killing Words"
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03-07-05, 12:37 PM
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"Layla", by Eric Clapton.
03-07-05, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Heat
"Layla", by Eric Clapton.
It was a completely different song on the unplugged show, better in my opinion. In fact, since that came out in the early 90s, I haven't heard the original song on the radio (only from my CD collection). I wonder how many people believe that the unplugged version is the only version?
It was a completely different song on the unplugged show, better in my opinion. In fact, since that came out in the early 90s, I haven't heard the original song on the radio (only from my CD collection). I wonder how many people believe that the unplugged version is the only version?
Another one is the song "El Duelo" by the group La Ley which the unplugged version is way better than the original.