I can play Black Bird (Beatles of course) all the way through, cleanly and just like it sounds on the record. My vocals will never be mistaken for McCartney though.
I love playing Melissa by the Allman Brothers but if I want to show off I always go to Fleetwood Mac’s / Lindsey Buckingham’s Never Going Back. Admittedly not as good as the original but if I put the capo on five and if I’ve warmed up a little I can pull off a pretty good rendition.
There’s more but those are the main ones.
Ill give you one guess.
Umm… Radiohead’s Been Thinkin’ About You.
Stairway! STAIRWAY!
Look at me name
Taught myself “Born In The U.S.A.” Someone screwed up the tuning of the guitar and I haven’t touched it since.
Every time I pick up my geetar I play a few stanzas of “Girl From Ipanema”. Now all I need is someone who can do the sax solo.
Hmmm . . . good question . . . my performances are all pretty much equally sucktacular. I’d say that the song I play best is the Beatles; “Norwegian Wood.”
KidCharlemagne, I’m impressed! That is one rippin’ solo on that song. Actually, two rippin’ solos, I guess.
Well I hope others can figure out what KidCharlemagne (it is a great name)is referring to; I guess pldennison gets it but I sure don’t.
I play Brown Sugar everyday almost and it still sounds like shit. I do a pretty good–although distorted I am sure–version of S. Earle’s Goodbye, and can do a revved up version of Oh Lonesome Me. I have some of the Chuck Berry filler riffs for Carol and Little Queenie down pretty good after practicing them for years, but I still fuck up when playing in front of anyone. Oh well. Oh yeah, I do a great version of Heart of Stone, I’ts All Over Now, and Tell Me, but not many people left alive are familiar with those early Stones hits. I love to try to imitate Peter Green’s singing and Oh yeahs, and also do a decent Route 66. I really suck though, overall.
Despite having played almost 15 years, I’m not very good and nothing I play sounds exactly right…it would probably be something rather easy, like ‘Outshined’ by Soundgarden or ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ or ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica.
I do a version of Randy Rhode’s ‘Dee’ that combines both guitar parts into one finger-picked guitar line that sounds quite a bit like the original, all things considered.
Breakfast in the Fields by Michael Hedges, with his Silent Anticipations coming in a close second.
After re-reading the thread, I guess KidCharlemagne named himself after a song? Must be after my time.
Cleops, Kid Charlemagne is a Steely Dan song which i would doubt is before your time unless your only familiar with Django solos 
My 4 favorite solos to play are all Steely Dan tunes.
KC
Bodhisattva
My Old School
Peg, which is kinda easy.
Panama by Van Halen
Hmmmm, well my ace in the hole song that I pull out when I want to make a bit of a statement is a surprising one, because it sounds easy, and most people who claim to play it aren’t playing it correctly. It is Stevie Ray Vaughn’s Pride and Joy - I know, I know, I already hear you cringing and going “Jeez - it’s a standard I-IV-V 12 bar blues!”. But here’s the thing: it isn’t. SRV was playing something called a Texas shuffle, with a special one-and-a-two-and-a rhythm that he accomplished with a special circular strum stroke. On the up stroke of each strum he did this special slash on the open high E and B strings which worked as a counterpoint to the main walking bass riff that you hear. Once you see/hear it played correctly it sounds dramatically different from your average attempt at the song. The circular strum/riff is like riding a bike - it’s really hard to master, but once you get it down, it feels natural and you can start interjecting licks between the parts of the riff. I’ve had a lot of success with it, with players asking how I play it and non-players digging it and seeing the difference…
I learned it from a guitar teacher who was also the guitarist and musical director for an old school blues piano player named Charles Brown - Charles was recently inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame (he passed right before the ceremony, so my instructor actually accepted on his behalf…). The teacher - Danny Caron - played a little with Jimmie Vaughn in the 70’s and 80’s and learned the correct way from him…I actually got to try playing it on a '65 Strat that Danny had bought from Jimmie. Very cool.
Thanks for the info, Kid. Steely Dan–they had that one big hit with the great guitar solo–I remember now–reelin’ in the years. Great tune. Didn’t follow their career, as I was too busy trying to get those Stones tunes down. I have to stick to the easy stuff.
Smoke on the water
They had more than one…“Peg”, “Do it Again”, and “Rikki Don’t Lose that Number” got pretty regular airplay. Such wonderful music. I highly recommend the album “Aja” or “Greatest Hits” to anyone wanting to know more about them.
By the way, that’s Larry Carlton on Kid Charlamagne, isn’t it?
I do Johnny B. Goode the best.
I’m not saying I do it well, only that I do it the best…
I do pride myself on not completely blowing aardvarks at two harder-than-average songs: the Dave Matthews Band’s “Satellite” and the Jayhawks’ “Blue.”
Now, if I could only sing and play at the same time…