Practise Songs - Easy vs. Right

I'm seeing alot of posts round here asking for easy songs etc. IMHO there's a problem with this.

When you are practising it's important to get songs you want to play, not just songs you've heard or feel will impress. Over the years I've developed a song book with just under a hundred songs in it, there's a real variety in it but they are all songs I like and feel express some truth.

A song you play has to feel true to you on some level, but this can vary according to mood. So I have some real down songs like Gram Parson's 'How Much I Lied'. Now I've not been cheating on anyone but this is such a great song it connects with anyone who's ever felt regret.

At the opposite extreme I have up songs like 'Sugar Sugar', or 'I'm Into Something Good'. Now if I'm not in the mood they can really grate  but they're there if I want to shout out 'life's good!'.

Once you build up your songbook, practising becomes better, you start to learn that some songs warm you up, some get the fingers moving, some songs open up the lungs etc. At least it works for me...