What 5 songs would YOU choose to perform? (Page 1 of 2)

This is a good question for me, as I'm putting together sets for my first ever public performance.

Right now it looks like

Early in the Morning  (B.B. King Version)

Big Back Cadillac (Blues original by me)

Stuck in the Middle (Steeler Wheels)

Oh You Rider (Greatful Dead)

And if I can get my girlfriend to practice (she plays flute), Jethro Tull's Bouree.

Not an exhaustive list of what i'd like to play, just what I'd like to play at the moment.

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Oasis - Half The World Away

The Beatles - You've Got Too Hide Your Love Away.   Beautifull song.

Cat Stevens - Wild World.

Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle. They do a great acoustic version of this as well as the album version.

The TV over here was showing an advert recently where a bloke was strumming away to Life On Mars - David Bowie....sounded fantastic to me.

Craig.

Behind blue eyes ( the who)

butterfly collector  ( the jam)

doesnt make it alright (stiff little fingers)

redemption songs   ( bob marly)

wish you were here  ( pink floyd)

Hi there , My 5 are >

1 Have you ever seen The Rain > The Frey.

2.Crazy World  >   Aslan  { A great Irish Band }

3  Once Twice Three times a lady > Lionel Ritchie.

4. Forever Young  > Joan Baez

5  Rewind  > Paolo Nutini .

Old Doll.

Daughters- John Mayer

Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan

Wanted Dead or Alive- Bon Jovi

Looking out my Back Door- CCR

I Will Survive- Gloria Gainer

Wow I find it hard to pick just five, but these five cover many generations. I guess I would first question who the audience is. Fun Topic <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_surprised.gif" border=0 alt="Surprised">

Hmmm...5 songs?

For What its Worth   by Buffalo Springfield

Locamotive Breath    by Jethro Tull

Solsbury Hill        by Peter Gabriel

Hotel California     By the Eagles

Comfortably Numb     By Pink Floyd

If the set goes over well...I'd sneek in an origianal to finish. If it goes normally, I'll serve a nice tomatoe salad with a playfull vinagarette <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed">

Add it up - Violent Femmes

Freakin at the freakers ball - Dr Hook

Norwegian wood - The Beatles

All apollogies - Nirvana

Come in my kitchen - Robert Johnson

Those would be my picks! i played those in aset Tuesday night along with Happy Cute and Stuck in a Tree.

"Nobody paints by ear so why would I play guitar by sight?"

What a great way to build up a song list (I had trouble spelling <i>reperatoire</i>). I would say the (5) songs I would choose to perform would be:

           1.SUNNY AFTERNOON - KINKS/BUFFETT

           2.MY BACK PAGES - DYLAN

           3.LONG MAY YOU RUN - NEIL YOUNG

           4.CHAIN GANG - SAM COOKE

           5.WITCHY WOMAN - EAGLES

If you are young you may not remember a few of these, but all lend themselves very well to an acoustic performance.

That is funny to read you (guitargal65) listed at least 3 of the 5 I would have picked...lol

1. Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

2. Behind Blue Eyes - The Who

3. Here without You - 3 Doors Down

4. Love You to Want Me - Lobo

5. Turn The Page - Bob Seger

Heck I could go on and on...I have a large song book! but love mostly old classics.Sherri. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_eek.gif" border=0 alt="Shocked">

Life isn't about how to survive the storm, But how to dance in the rain...

Times Like these (Acoustic)     Foo Fighters
Chelsea Morning                      Joni Mitchell
Seaside                                  The Kooks
Angie                                  Rolling Stones
Summer of  `69                       Bryan Adams

Redemption song -Bob Marley

Hey Joe- Jimi Hendrix

Under the bridge -Red Hot

Mr tambourine man- Bob Dylan

Hard times killing floor blues- skip james/chris thomas king

maybe in a diferent order!

If I had to perform, both acoustic and electric:
- Knocking on heavens door.
- Stuck in the middle with you.
- Yesterday
- Let it be
- All along the watchtower
All these songs can be performed acoustic and electric