I like the rock & roll. I like it so much I spend hours sometimes searching through the Youtubes for cool versions of songs or something rare. Lately I have been finding some good acoustic numbers, some from bands you may not even think owned an acoustic guitar.
The first is Megadeth. Not a band one would initially associate with anything distortion-less even though Dave Mustain is well known as a world renowned musician. "Dred" is an interesting choice for an acoustic version too because it is slightly more "bluesy" at its core than some of their other songs.
The next is a classic unplugged song "Lake Of Fire" from Nirvana. This song kind of haunts me. It is a great example of no matter how much you strip down a good song it remains a good song.
Steve Miller is a classic Rock & Roll fixture, not to mention the best driving music ever, so an acoustic version of "The Joker" was a find I played over and over for several hours. You don't have to do that though. You can watch it once like a normal person.
Now to me The Cure was never a band that I would figure as having trouble acoustisizing anything as they use massive amounts of acoustic guitar on their albums and even throw in strings more often than not. Though they may be out a keyboard most of the time the point remains. Never the less, I was impressed by the sound of the whole band playing acoustically and Robert Smith's voice with absolutely nothing on it sounds wonderful and rich. Check it here.
***BONUS BRAIN BALANCING VIDEO***
Since 4 music videos with no distortion or real screaming have had their say let us not forget why in fact those videos are so intriguing. It's because of the raw beauty of things like this: Bad Religion live in 1984.
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