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Best of Acoustic Dave (DCO)
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Sunday, September 5, 2010 - 17:34
Best of Acoustic Dave (DCO)
With all the new acoustic performances, I've decided to revive this thread.
We previously compiled a playlist of our favorite Acoustic performances by David up to roundabouts end of 2010. Here are the links if you want to check them out.
Best of Acoustic V 1.0
> Best of Acoustic Dave (Youtube Playlist)
> Best of Acoustic Dave (Mp3's)
Now it's time to start creating a Best of Acoustic Playlist V2.0. My thinking is that this list will only include acoustic performances from the TLM era, starting in 2011. The procedure is pretty simple - I'll nominate a song, then you vote on your favorite video and/or mp3 of David performing that song acoustically. You can either give the link in your post, or just give the Youtube username of the person posting the vid in your vote, so we know which video you are referring to.
Best of Acoustic V 2.0
> Best of Acoustic Dave (2) Playlist
> Temporary Youtube playlist (possible vids to choose from on current round of voting)
> Concert Setlist Archive (thanks to Livehead16)
Rules:
Voting is usually open for a 24 hour period, but over weekends it stays open until the following Monday.
We've defined 'acoustic' pretty widely in the past - almost the only kind of performance that doesn't qualify as acoustic is when Dave and/or Neal/Devin are using electric guitars.
To help you with finding vids, I've created a temporary Youtube playlist where I will post some vids of the song we're currently voting on. If your favorite performance is not on there, just add the link in your vote.
Once we have chosen our favorite performance of a particular song, I will add them to the Best of Acoustic Dave (2) Playlist linked above
Thanks in advance for participating!
Comments (951)
After careful consideration, I think I will stick with the original favorites for CBTM, LO and FIM. For Purple Rain I would like to vote for http://bit.ly/14FMoz4 from Nashville.
Favorites are
Come Back To Me (943thepoint)
Light On (lightonforcookie...Nashville)
Fade Into Me (justicelvr)
Wow, I can't believe I've been away that long! *kicks work and RL*
I've added those two to the final playlist. Before we go on to TLG, let's decide if we want to replace any of our current choices with one of the Nashville vids. The other songs performed at Nashville were:
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1 Come Back To Me Previous choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlG88YobiA
3 Purple Rain Previous choice: Video lost
4 Light On Previous choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kouBuKDaZqQ
5 Fade Into Me Previous choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvCp-IXuALg and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyzn7owBKbI (tie)
The Nasvhille vids I know of are on this playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgpnq87a-3aM29-sIVvJvJgwjvsft3RB . Enjoy!
Have to agree with Hummingbird: Cooksongrl's from Tampa and tiggy3323's from Nashville
And welcome back CYE!
Since we can choose two I am going with Cooksongrl's from Tampa and tiggy3323's from Nashville.
Oh, and CYE, I'm very gla-ad you are ba-ck.
I'm ba-ack
I've added 2 vids from Nashville to the temporary playlist - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE187F0AC4A99D6DC&feature=view_all
You know the drill ....
And yes Hummingbird, we can choose 2 versions, one from Nashville, and one from another concert. Anything to make the choices easier
Sure we can CYE. I think I want to change my vote on TLSIWFY anyway. I loved the performance in Nashville, but it seems like a different song so I am hoping we can pick 2.
Have a fabulous vacation!!!
:) 
Sorry guys, I'm on vacay with limited internet access - can we let this stand over until late next week?
These songs just seemed much more personal, intimate. It was like he was singing just to the listener. They were so easy to connect to! He is such an amazing talent!!
LOL, it seems that every new performance of any song feels better than the earlier one
. David simply gets better and better performance after performance. Or - is it because we miss him so bad!
LOL I was just coming to post the same thing Hummingbird! But for now, let's just add this performance of TLSIWFY to the current round. We can wait a few days for more vids to surface.
So thread mom, are we starting over on the 5 songs David did last night in Nashville? LOL!!!
Good, then I´ll stick to my both #1 videos
We could choose two as a tie ...... If we can agree on which two
Oh my, this is very hard, all three performances were so good as well as videos of them. I´m again against you all, because I was going to choose ION Orchade either Chapark´s or Imogen´s video. But I like also Tampa vmrocks video.
OK, #1: cannot choose between Chapark and vmrocks, so I put them both first and #2 Imogen´s video.
BUMP!!!
We are seriously almost done with this era of acoustic videos so please y'all, help us vote to get this baby put to bed.
My sentimental favorite should be Dave singing in his hometown. But I'll seriously have to choose cooksongrl's video from Tampa.
Hey hey HEY! Where are all the good people of the BAD thread hiding out? We need some votes to close this one!
Again a tough one but I am going to go with cooksongrl's video.
Yea for the compilation and the honorary mention!!!
This one is tough. IMO chapark's Ion Orchard is the best from that show and cooksongrl's is the best from Summerfest. I also love the Kansas City performance because of the banter and it is just David and his guitar.
Over all, I think cooksongrl's video from Summerfest is my favorite.
The good news is that Avazanne kindly agreed to make us a compilation vid.
The bad news is that it's going to take a while. In the meantime I've put WH3085's vid as Honorary Mention.
The next song is supposed to be TLG, but there are sooooooo many acoustic versions of it that I'm going to skip it for a little while. So let's look at The Last Song I'll Write For You for now. We've got 3 concerts where it was done acoustically:
2012-09-08 Irish 31 Summerfest Tampa, FL - Dave and Andy acoustic
2012-10-25 ION Orchard - Singapore City, Singapore - Acoustic with Andy
2012-11-20 KC Chamber of Commerce - Kansas City, MO - Solo acoustic
I've put a bunch of vids in the temporary playlist - you guys know the drill by now!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE187F0AC4A99D6DC
I got 2 votes via twitter for WH3085's vid. But I like the idea of a compilation - will float it by Avazanne!
considering there's only one performance to choose from, this is verrrrry hard to decide. one has all the fun banter, one has two camera perspectives, etc etc. we should ask azavanne to make us a compilation with all the parts. since i'm not always here in time for the decisions, i don't feel like i want to be the tie-breaker, but in the hopes that some other people have stepped in to answer your plea, i'll cast my vote for wn3085 until azavanne adds the banter to it! hint,hint.
So are we just going to give up on this one?
If I choose cspannie's we would have a 4 way tie. LOL!!! I do like that video, but it isn't my favorite. At this moment I am torn 50-50 between Cooksongrl's and WN3085's. I like mskristen's, but we lose David's head a lot.
I will try to decide between those two tomorrow, but if you want to move on, pick one for me. I'm okay with either one.
This may be the hardest choice for me yet! I think I will go with mskristen8108.
It is hard to decide which Rolling in the Deep video actually should outrank the rest; all the ones you chose are very good. My personal choice is WN3085 for exceptionally good sound, as well as the different perspective offered by the two cameras.
I agree with you, CYE, of Right Here With You and Rock And Roll videos, you´ve chosen the best ones.
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Of Rolling In The Deep the best one, IMO, is Cooksongrl´s video. Never too much of the pretty
great visuals, but great audio as well!
Great stuff - that's settled then
Next up is Right Here With You - only one performance at Best Buy.
I added my favorite vid to the temp playlist - please let me know if you prefer a different one.
Ditto for Rock and Roll - only one performance at Ft Wayne
For Rolling In the Deep there is one 1 performance (Las Vegas Pet-A-Palooza), but I found myself hopelessly unable to choose between the various vids, so I've added them all to the temporary playlist.
All vids are here - let the voting commence! http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE187F0AC4A99D6DC
Unanimous? Purple Rain: Chapark. Kansas City: emrasaturngirl
Purple Rain - Chapark
Kansas City - emrasaturngirl
I agree with HummingB, chapark´s Purple Rain and emrasaturngirl´s Kansas City.
Purple Rain - Ion Orchard - chapark
Kansas City Here I Come - emrasaturngirl
Okay, I'm calling it. Winner is NOH by Avazanne, honorary mention is Chapark's from Singapore.
Next up is Permanent. We have only 1 performance in this round - NOH. I'm calling it for Avazanne's compilation, unless anyone has a different vid from that show they want to nominate.
The next song is Purple Rain - performed at Ion Orchard and at the KC Chamber of Commerce gig. Which reminds me - I think we need to circle back to Kansas City Here I Come. I've added that to the bottom of the playlist, so please indicate which of the 2 vids of that song you prefer as well.
As always, vids are here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE187F0AC4A99D6DC
I'll let it marinate for another day
Looks like we all have our own favorites of PH. My choice for #1 is ION Orchade ImagineNetWork´s professional video and #2 NOH by Avazanne.
But as always they all are so good
As usual, I have to go with Avazanne's NOH.
Honorable mention is a lot harder; I love how cute Andy and Dave are in Chapark's Singapore, so saying that's the one, before I change my mind.
I think we need a bump!
I am going with NOH - compilation video by Avazanne for my # 1 choice and Fresh 94.7 Karen Cowart as honorable mention.
I also liked Barb C's video from 94.7, but the one I voted for had more banter.
I think I like Fresh 94 Barb C the best but love them all
Thanks Hummingbird! My second choice would be Chapark from Ion Orchard
I LOVE acoustic Dave!!!
Millybee - If you vote for a video from NOH as you did, you can vote for another as an honorable mention or 2nd place winner. Glad to see you joining us om this fun pass-time.
I am still struggling but I'll have it figured out by tomorrow.
My vote for Paper Heart would go to Avazanne...really lovely! I tend to lean towards the versions with the harmonies, so that is kind of what drove me here
After giving my full attention to Paper Heart 20 times tonight, and then re-watching to cut some I didn't cut the first time through, I am still stuck. I did get it down to the following 4 for my choices but I need to re-watch these carefully. That will have to be tomorrow.
Fresh 94.7 Karen Cowart #4
Night of Hope - Avazanne compilation #9
Ion Singapore - imaginetvnetwork #18 or chapark #14
Thanks peeps - looks like we've finally broken the impasse
So it's Avazanne's NOH as winner, and Jillisar's Tampa vid as honorary mention.
Next song is My Hero, but we only have 1 vid for the 2011-present era (from Ronald McDonald House), so I've added that to our final list. So that brings us to Paper Heart. Quite a few of those - go check out the temporary playlist here, and let the votes flow!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE187F0AC4A99D6DC
Adding my votes for avazanne's NOH and jillisar's Tampa
I love how he has changed this up...love the evolution of this song!
Ok, I'll vote!
For first place I vote for Avazanne NOH and jillisar from Tampa for honorable mention.
So we're pretty much all agreed on Avazanne's NOH vid, but a hopeless tie on honorary mention? Hmmmm. *tries to think of ways to rope more people in*
Well, 13 videos of Mr. Sensitive and I am still torn between 4 videos. I love this song and I love how it keeps changing and evolving over time so it feels kind of like David doing a cover of his own song. On tothe videos...
For 1st place I have to choose avazanne's compilation video. Granted, she didn't take any of the actual videos, but she spent hours going over all the videos taken to choose thre best parts and spliced them together in such a way that they feel like professional videos. I think she deserves credit for some of these videos that are so good.
For Honorable Mention I am torn between 1 video from Orlando and 2 from Tampa. I think I need to focus on Tampa because I am leaning more toward that performance and rendition of this song. Both jillisar and vmrocks have excellent videos from Tampa. I am going to go against the grain and choose vmrocks because I like the banter, hers has it and jillisar's does not. They are both good videos though so I don't think we can get this wrong.
It certainly is nice to see more people voting. This has been so much fun and as always the more the merrier.
My favorites are Tampa by MelodyWiseRadio, NOH by Drusilla and Orlando by mskristen8108. IMO these all have excellent audio and are equally good. I love the Andy and David- rendition from Tampa, maybe better that the whole band, but it´s very hard to choose, they all are so good.
Maybe I need more time to figure out, LOL!