Top 3 acoustic renditions of non-acoustic songs

Good afternoon everyone, it seems to have been a very poor show this year so far in terms of upload frequency. I have been very busy trying to save some money and I intend to remedy the lack of blog entries in the next few months. So, as I always say and without further ado, here are my personal picks for the top 3 acoustic renditions of non-acoustic songs:

3) My Hero By the Foo Fighters (as covered by Dave Grohl solo)



In this popular and touching song by the Foos, Dave Grohl changed up the style of the song to suit an acoustic rendition for BBC radio whilst maintaining all the emotion and power of the original. It is number three because it doesn't differ that obviously to the standard version but it was an acoustic rendition well transposed by the nicest guy in rock.


2) Unintended Muse (As covered by Matt Bellamy solo Live from Wembley in 2010)




My pick for number 2 comes from another band that are very close to my heart, Muse. They were one of the first non-pop bands that ever liked alongside Soundgarden and The Foo Fighters. They are widely credited as one of the best live bands there is and I seriously intend to test that theory before they stop touring. Unintended is one of their slowest and most vulnerable tracks amongst a very diverse and varied repertoire and this acoustic version by the writer of the song and frontman of the band is haunting and beautiful. The brief interaction with the crowd at the start of the video makes the cover even sweeter since Matt wrote the song very early on and his introduction of the song in this instance demonstrates a lot of gratitude to his fans and everyone in the audience. Similar to Dave Grohl, Bellamy and all of Muse are very grateful and humble and this rendition seems to be directed at the fans in gratitude. Thus, please listen and it places as runner up in my countdown.

1) Say Hello To Heaven By Temple of the Dog (As covered by Chris Cornell in Nov 26 2011 Solo)




Any version of Say Hello to Heaven is bound to be touching purely due to the fact that it is a message of a final goodbye to a friend. The song would never have been as moving as it is had it not been for Cornell's one of a kind delivery and emotionally gruff vocal delivery and all of these senses were stripped when he stripped the music down to the bare necessities and sat alone with his voice and an acoustic guitar to remember his long-gone friend. Cornell had covered his own song acoustically before but this version is so powerful and emotive and the soaring vocals are even more impressive given that Cornell was 47 years old at this point. This song is tragic as Cornell himself would die just 6 years later and this song will remain relevant to the loss of the great man as well as Andrew Wood; The song's original subject.

I hope you enjoyed this countdown and I encourage you all to listen to all of the above versions on days when you want to meditate or wallow a little or simply fancy hearing a different take on a song by the very same artist that made it famous. You may also want to check out a bonus tracks that I will include below. Be lucky everyone.



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All time Low March 17th 2018

As a present for Christmas and Valentines day, my girlfriend bought me a ticket to see her favourite band at Alexandra Palace on the 17th March. This was a significant moment for me as I had never seen live music up until this point and, being so lovely, she thought I would appreciate the opportunity (Which I did). We were accompanied by her best friend and her boyfriend, myself and him being the only half of us who didn't know much All Time Low and had never seen them. Other than spending an hour and a half in the snow without a jacket whilst queuing, I found the experience very interesting and I enjoyed a lot of the music despite not really knowing many of their set list. I am very grateful to my beautiful girlfriend for allowing me the opportunity to go somewhere I wouldn't have been had she not surprised me and I believe that the other male in question also rather enjoyed his first experience of All Time Low.

The main difference between live gigs and studio music is of course the interaction with the crowd and I must credit the band for their great relationship with the crowd. They seemed genuinely grateful to their die-hard fans as well as everyone else who had paid to see them and they took a selfie with the crowd after the encore. They seem to be very genuine and friendly musicians and thus I enjoyed the gig very much, even if my usual taste is heavier than their style. If you are open minded and enjoy pop punk then I would very much recommend seeing All Time Low; If only to appreciate their humility and good grace.

I would like to publicly thank my wonderful girlfriend for giving me the opportunity and buying the ticket for me and also for keeping it such a secret (she isn't great with the secrecy stuff). I would also like to thank her best friend and her boyfriend for accompanying us and making my experience of the whole day even more pleasant.

Furthermore, I'd like to apologise for being so absent recently, I've been working and I never want to publish work without just cause for the sake of statistics but I intend to come back with a vengeance! Never fear , there will be more content.


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