List: Songs most 40-somethings should know and be able sing most words
Lol. That Social D song is 200+ BPM and in F#.
He's looking for easy playing acoustic tunes, go easy on the guy.
The problem with 40-somethings (and I are one) is that a lot of our music was in the grunge or punk range. Crazy tunings like drop B, funky time sigs like 5/4 etc. The reason everyone likes the 60s-70s stuff is because it's easier to play, and therefore more common or popular in impromptu acoustic sessions.
If you want easy to play and fun, try some stuff like Bryan Adams. Summer of 69, songs like that are easy to play and everyone knows the words.
September 03, 2019, 09:54 PM
LastCubScout
No Journey "Don't Stop Believin' " or Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
September 03, 2019, 09:58 PM
kkina
Bionic218 is right on. He's looking for easy, 3-chord songs to bang out on a beach guitar, not complicated chord progressions and tunings. That's why I made a list of simple but timeless classics that most people will know. Certainly 40-somethings. If it were millenials, yeah, different story.
Originally posted by Puckpilot78: Oasis you bloody wankers!
Oh yeah.
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September 04, 2019, 07:44 PM
Strambo
I'm 45 and know almost every song mentioned so far (I am far from a music enthusiast as well), so stick with the ones that stood the test of time with wide airplay from late '60s to now and you'll be good to go.
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I think an acoustic version of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" might be fun.
And I just learned the TMBG version is actually a cover! Original is from the 1950s!!
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September 05, 2019, 07:47 AM
Oz_Shadow
This is my own age group. It was more for reminders. It’s appreciated but some of the songs,while good, I wouldn’t know more than a few words.
They can be a little more complicated to play but alternate tunings, aside from just a capo, generally wouldn’t work.
September 05, 2019, 10:03 AM
KDR
Live - Lightning Crashes
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Bush - Glycerine
Hootie & the Blowfish - Only wanna be with you and I go Blind
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Jane's Addiction Alice in Chains: Jane Says
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (you laugh, but everyone will sing along)
Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Pixies - Where is My Mind?
Nirvana - anything from the Unplugged album
Oasis - Wonderwall
Pearl Jam - Daughter
Presidents of the United States - Peaches
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Weezer - Say it Ain't so
Better than Ezra - Good
The Verve Pipe - Colorful
Barenaked Ladies - If I had a Million Dollars
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane, Pink Houses, Small Town
Tom Petty - I won't back down, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Free Fallin, Into the Great Wide Open, Learning to Fly
Eagles - Take it Easy
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee
John Denver - Take me Home, Country Roads
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed GirlThis message has been edited. Last edited by: KDR,
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September 05, 2019, 02:13 PM
Nickelsig229
quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: Oh that age group. I see:
Farmer in the Dell Muffin Man Wheels on the Bus Ring around the Rosie Row Your Boat BAA BAA Black Sheep Old MacDonald
Easy to sing and play on your guitar with MR. Microphone.
I spit coffee on my keyboard!@!
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September 05, 2019, 08:52 PM
Wolfpacker
quote:
Originally posted by KDR: Live - Lightning Crashes
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Bush - Glycerine
Hootie & the Blowfish - Only wanna be with you and I go Blind
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Alice in Chains: Jane Says
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (you laugh, but everyone will sing along)
Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Pixies - Where is My Mind?
Nirvana - anything from the Unplugged album
Oasis - Wonderwall
Pearl Jam - Daughter
Presidents of the United States - Peaches
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Weezer - Say it Ain't so
Better than Ezra - Good
The Verve Pipe - Colorful
Barenaked Ladies - If I had a Million Dollars
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane, Pink Houses, Small Town
Tom Petty - I won't back down, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Free Fallin, Into the Great Wide Open, Learning to Fly
Eagles - Take it Easy
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee
John Denver - Take me Home, Country Roads
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
I have no idea if your list meets the criteria, but I love it. Add in “Closing Time” by Semisonic mentioned earlier and I am very pleased.
September 05, 2019, 10:33 PM
Tommydogg
Run to the hills by Iron Maiden!
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September 05, 2019, 11:23 PM
SigJacket
quote:
Originally posted by kkina: Bionic218 is right on. He's looking for easy, 3-chord songs to bang out on a beach guitar, not complicated chord progressions and tunings. That's why I made a list of simple but timeless classics that most people will know. Certainly 40-somethings. If it were millenials, yeah, different story.
Oh, then... Give a Little BIt - Supertramp and She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes (in Open E).
-- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.
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September 06, 2019, 10:12 AM
Mars_Attacks
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Originally posted by KDR:
Alice in Chains: Jane Says
That was Jane's Addiction
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September 06, 2019, 10:19 AM
KDR
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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
quote:
Originally posted by KDR:
Alice in Chains: Jane Says
That was Jane's Addiction
That's what I get for going off my memory. I've had a few Alice in Chains songs in my current rotation and I guess the name seeped in there somehow.
Thanks for the correction.
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September 06, 2019, 11:17 AM
oddball
Three chords, easy lyrics, great melody, fun song all around by a really cool band that almost everyone knows.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
September 07, 2019, 06:48 PM
Captain Morgan
Triumph - Magic Power Queen - we are the champions Boston- all their songs The Who - my generation iron Maiden - The trooper and aces high Sublime - date rape song Billy Joel- scenes at an Italian restaurant
Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows. Benjamin Franklin
