LiveMusic Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 I've only heard two in their entirety, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. Clapton's is one of my all-time favorite albums. I haven't heard the McCartney one in a decade but I recall it is great, too. Younger people like Nirvana Unplugged but I've never heard it. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 Actually, my favorite is an MTV comp that features highlights of all the "Unplugged" (or a lot of 'em) shows, including McCartney forgetting the lyrics to "We Can Work It Out"...SRV doing "Pride and Joy" on a 12 string, stuff like that. Was pretty cool... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Worthington Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 Neil Young. He was so ON. I think Neil is an under-rated acoustic player, and his vocals have so much feeling in a setting like that. He covered songs from different stages of his career, and did a couple really interesting re-arrangements, such as Transformer man. And the video of it is great, with him surrounded by a whole array of instruments, and then choosing which one he wanted to play on each song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 A Night in San Francisco DiMeola, McLaughlin, DeLucia. Well, Paco was never actually plugged in, but..... http://www.mp3.com/chipmcdonald Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushtribute Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 Kip Winger -Down Incognito Howard Jones - Live Acoustic America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHAN Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 >>>Topic: What is your favorite UNPLUGGED album? ************************************************************ It's hard to choose between Britney Spears and N'Sync... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/eek2.gif Well, their mics are unplugged when they "perform" . Doesn't that count.... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/freak7.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/eek3.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/freak6.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/eek5.gif So Many Drummers. So Little Time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael saulnier Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 Originally posted by KHAN: >>>Topic: What is your favorite UNPLUGGED album? ************************************************************ It's hard to choose between Britney Spears and N'Sync... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/eek2.gif Well, their mics are unplugged when they "perform" . Doesn't that count.... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/freak7.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/eek3.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/freak6.gifhttp://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/eek5.gif Khan, love the gifs... had to see them again. Keep 'em coming. Aren't you forgetting about Rod Stewart? I mean he cried and everything... Doesn't that count? guitplayer BTW. My real favorite Unplugged... Alice in Chains I'm still "guitplayer"! Check out my music if you like... http://www.michaelsaulnier.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHAN Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 >>>Khan, love the gifs... Keep 'em coming. ---------------------------------------------------------- Not a problem... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/dvv/esmil.gif By the way, I always thought Pearl Jam Unplugged was pretty good. ------------------ KHAN www.mp3.com/SurBigger So Many Drummers. So Little Time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg music Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 Khan Yep cool gifs ( geez that's a dumb word ) man, for me I think my fav unplugged was Nirvana and Van Morrison, but then I guess he's always unplugged isn't he? Simon http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif ...remember there is absolutely no point in talking about someone behind their back unless they get to hear about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted March 7, 2001 Author Share Posted March 7, 2001 Is there an actual Van Morrison Unplugged or are you guys just speaking in general of him? > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile Posted March 8, 2001 Share Posted March 8, 2001 Originally posted by Chip McDonald: A Night in San Francisco DiMeola, McLaughlin, DeLucia. Well, Paco was never actually plugged in, but..... http://www.mp3.com/chipmcdonald Right on, Chip!!! That album is piece of art...although it includes some stuff recorded in studio... I siply love when they have fun with those parts from other songs or make some noise with picks... If it sounds god, just play the darn thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Clapton - my hands down favorite. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 There is a live Ed Gerhard CD. Pretty amazing stuff. Finger style acoustic. Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave251 Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 This is not meant at all to be a put down, but the original question for those of us who grew up on acoustic instruments...it's totally meaningless. Acoustic instruments FREE you from all of the various trap(s)pings of the electrified world. It's just you and the guitar...or whatever. If Clapton's "Unplugged" is as far as you've gone with being unplugged.... try: anything by Mike Hedges, although he did use plenty of electronic wizardry on that old D28.... Quintet of the Hot Club...strictly acoustic, and the vehicle for Django's genius.... Norman Blake's "Home in Sulphur Springs" for Southern Appalachian Americana.... Any Robert Johnson to see where Eric Clapton got his best licks.... The list is endless...and at the end of the day, you'll understand what "unplugged" really means.... Dave Wendler Instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihategarybettman Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 My favorite Unplugged is one that hasn't been released yet - Stevie Ray Vaughan's in its entirety. I always thought the Nirvana one was over-rated, but Stevie Ray's performance burned. However, if I stick with released product, I thought Johnny Cash's VH1 Storytellers album with Willie Nelson was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCustom Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 For me, it would have to be Neil Young. Sugar Mountain and Comes A Time are classics. Born on the Bayou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtail Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Passion, Grace and Fire by Al Di Meola, Paco DeLucia, and John McLaughlin. This album has the most insane acoustic guitar playing I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcy H Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I consider "unplugged" to mean acoustic versions of songs originally done electrically, but my favourite "acoustic" album is probally "First Recordings" by R.L. Burnside, and I love Jack Johnson, and any Lenny Breau (I think Cabin Fever is acoustic). I really like Peppino D'Agostino as well. www.myspace.com/darcyhoover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caprae Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 "Surf Music Unplugged" by The Duo Tones. Found it on iTunes. I concure that unplugged should mean normally electric done songs on acoustic. Raise your children and spoil your grandchildren. Spoil your children and raise your grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruupi Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Christopher Parkening plays Bach. I never got into the whole "unplugged" thing. It was just a way to make everything be more about the singer and the song rather than about the instruments in my opinion. I don't think any of it had great acoustic guitar playing. Just someone trying to hack along on electric parts that didn't transfer to acoustic well. It became a marketing thing and got pretty cheesy. Its not that I don't like to hear great acoustic players. Paul Simon, James Taylor, and many others work their sound to be great on acoustic guitar. I think it was sad when some of the heavier rock bands redid their songs acoustic just to follow the trend. I liked the original Zep acoustic stuff, it was concieved and written to be played on those instruments and sounded balanced as such. This isn't really a blanket statement. Some of the music was good and tranlated well, but most of it was poorly done in my opinion. Most of it wasn't unplugged anyway. People that don't work really hard to get a great acoustic tone sound awefull to me. This is even more evident when it is played to a large audience with massive sound reinforcment. It kind of defeats the purpose of the intimate nature of the acoustic guitar. There is a difference between sitting around the campfire singing songs than trying to get that same experience with 30,000 people. I am sure some of you will disagree with this, but thats whats good about internet forums, you can't find me and beat me up hehe . My soundclick site: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=397188 My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gruupi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 WEll said Gruupi.. no arguement from me on that.. I did like the things Pete Townsend did with his material on acoustic. http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordofpork Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Alice in chains! c'mon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Yeah, Alice in Chains was a good one. But, I also liked Nirvana unplugged. Asking me to make a decision on that would be like asking me to choose between brunettes and red-heads... BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollock Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Clapton and Neil Young, no question. my band: http://www.blujavu.com www.myspace.com/blujavu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillydor Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 If by 'unplugged' you mean players usually associated with electric guitar playing on acoustic it's hard to go past Hendrix playing Hear My Train A-Comin'on 12-string. It was such a surprise way back when I saw this in the Jimi Hendrix film in the seventies, and for me it's remained one of his most beautiful and memorable performances, it reveals an introspective side of the man that most of us were still unaware of at that time ....Imagine a Hendrix unplugged album!!! *droool* The craze for unplugged albums that swept the world pissed me off somewhat at the time, but Neil Young's is pretty good. Just released is a collection of Oz legends(we have one or two believe it or not) doing acoustic versions of their hits, what I've heard so far sounds pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I really enjoy the "Unplugged at The Walls" album by Marillion; you can hear the people finishing their dessert and after-dinner beverages as well as a semi-reggae version of "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" and one of the few times they performed "Beyond You". And a nice cover of Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees". Runner up is their "A Piss Up at the Brewery" disc, with possibly the only recording of Steve Hogarth singing "Cinderella Search", one of my favorite of their Fish-era songs. I like unplugged albums when they don't just try to play the song the same way but on acoustic guitars. It's more fun when they switch up the arrangement and give it a new life. "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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