# Songs that should NEVER be made acoustic **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189 "2009-07-16T03:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/61 "2009-07-18T13:06:14Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > Two “acoustic version” things… > > One, for the OP, I saw Tom Petty in concert shortly after that song came out, and the version he performed was acoustic. I thought it was awesome. … I’m sure Petty could do an acoustic version justice. I mean, he’s Petty after all. But the John Mayer commercial bull$h\*t I was hearing at work? His whiny voice, same vocal inflection throughout… ugh. John Mayer should have left well enough alone. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/62 "2009-07-18T13:52:52Z")
Slash is a guitar god. If you love rock, get his post-GNR stuff, the Snakepit and all that. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/63 "2009-07-18T13:59:38Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltjbnyvq\_SI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltjbnyvq_SI) Here’s Coulton. And it’s almost romantic. Now… everybody polka! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fVWjThlEzts/hqdefault.jpg "The Alternative Polka - "Weird Al" Yankovic") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWjThlEzts) ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/64 "2009-07-18T14:01:16Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > See, I don’t think the OP has heard acoustic versions except pussified versions like those from Clapton and Cobain. I have nothing against GOOD acoustic versions. It happens. And sometimes it’s really cool. But I’m railing against the “pussified” versions. My fiancee plays acoustic guitar and sometimes he does some really cool acoustic versions of songs I know and love… and that’s great. But Clapton turning a classic rock song about his love for this amazingly powerful chick into some whiny acoustic thing? John Mayer and company whining over classic chord structures? Give me a break. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/65 "2009-07-18T14:17:25Z")
“Killing In The Name,” by Rage Against the Machine. Also “Girls, Girls, Girls” by Motley Crue. “Fuck Tha Police” by NWA. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/66 "2009-07-18T14:21:48Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I’m not sure whether [this should ever have been allowed to happen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sN16fdzdMg). Jesus Q. Christ, that is horrifying. That video fails the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/67 "2009-07-18T14:35:01Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > “Killing In The Name,” by Rage Against the Machine. Heh, heh, heh. Check out Track 8 from Guster [here](http://www.archive.org/details/guster2000-07-02.shnf). > [@](#): > > “Fuck Tha Police” by NWA. [Dynamite Hack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsqONjjMDfw) could probably handle that. I suppose I should pre-emptively mention [Richard Cheese](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCv2cgIlnHA). After the aforementioned Weird Al, he is probably the leader in the acoustic cover market. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Keen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Commander\_Keen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Keen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/68 "2009-07-18T16:06:35Z")
I wish Foo Fighters would stop playing the acoustic version of Everlong. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz_3G3sSufs) is how Everlong should be played. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/69 "2009-07-18T17:03:56Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Jesus Q. Christ, that is horrifying. > > That video fails the Internet. It’s pretty special, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/70 "2009-07-18T17:06:01Z")
There is a pretty interesting acoustic cover of Lady Gaga - Poker Face that is surprisingly good. Seems like it shouldn’t be done, but it’s not half bad. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/71 "2009-07-18T17:16:36Z")
_We’re Not Gonna Take It_ by Twisted Sister ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/72 "2009-07-18T17:56:59Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Van Halen’s **Eruption** , though I’d be morbidly curious how it would come across. [Your wish is my command](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoD78foaZ4o) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/73 "2009-07-18T18:16:21Z")
Well, it’s not really a _cover_ if Lady Gaga’s doing her own song, but yeah, it’s not bad at all.’ Which reminds me… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/abGQ_ehWm2Y/hqdefault.jpg ""My Humps" Alanis Morissette video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abGQ_ehWm2Y) My Humps. Not quite acoustic, but arranged by Alanis Morrisette. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/74 "2009-07-18T21:58:00Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > As for songs that probably shouldn’t go acoustic… I’ll go with Die Roboter by Kraftwerk. Technically, [this version is acoustic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owtbkbKhBsI&feature=related) 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189/75 "2009-07-18T22:55:07Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > As for songs that probably shouldn’t go acoustic… I’ll go with Die Roboter by Kraftwerk. [The Model](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEdz71sDYqY) in acoustic form. It started already kind of poppy, so it works much better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-never-be-made-acoustic/503189.md?page=3)