neilpanda Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Im going camping this weekend. Im leaving on saturday which leaves me some time to learn some songs on my acoustic. Any fun songs that I need to learn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Oh Canada........always a big hit.... .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Taking something popular that everyone can sing along to always works well. Depends on the age group you're going with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 I'd say whatever acoustic stuff you're comfortable with and might be familiar to an audience. I've been doing that sorta thing since the summer of '64. Don't use bug spray 'cuz it'll destroy the guitar finish. Have fun; it ain't a concert. Even little kid songs take on more fun for teens and adults of all ages at a campfire. And they're easy to play. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Make sure it's stuff people know. Especially since it's a campfire thing, have fun with it and don't turn it into a wank fest for you. Nobody wants that, no offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Oh Canada........always a big hit.... .. It certainly is on July 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G McBride Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swleary Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Knockin on Heavens Door by Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Mellow Yellow,Catch The Wind and Happiness Runs by Donovan are great campfire songs as is Yellow Submarine by The Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Campfire songs also depend on the age group of listeners. I just got asked to do a repeat concert in late October that will be probably 50 kids in grades K-4 on stage with the old picker and a genuine imitation campfire. Basically it's the same sorta thing I did when I was a late teen picker with kids age 10-14 around real campfires, except on a stage where there ain't gonna be any mosquitoes. It's an easy entry to all kinds of additional on-stage stuff if desired... "I remember when I was a kid at Christmas, there was a whole marching drum corps around the tree... you can almost hear 'em now..." followed by a real marching drum corps marching down the theater aisles... ... Now at the college age level, there's gotta be at least some degree of risque stuff; that and with an older crowd will depend on the venue. "Hey Leidy Leidy" (however you spell it) Can have verses like, "I knew a girl who's long and tall (Hey Leidy, Leidy, Hey Leidy, Leidy Low), Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall..." Then a second Verse, "I knew a girl who's short and small (Hey Leidy, Leidy, Hey Leidy, Leidy Low), Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in kitchen... etc." <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Turn the Page. Margaritaville Toes Dust in the Wind or, if there are some really young ones about "C" is for Cookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The soundtrack from BrokeBack Mountain...........:unsure: :unsure: ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enmitygauged Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The soundtrack from BrokeBack Mountain...........:unsure: :unsure: ...... The weight. By the Band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G McBride Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Soundtrack to Broke Back Mountain is only good with the sheep farmer crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll try to learn em all if I have enough time. and I'll probably go walking around the campsite doing something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Just don't play Dueling Banjo's it didn't work out so well for Ned in the movie. I would think anything you normally do with acoustic stuff would work if your performing for others even camping, if it's a camp fire sing-along I don't honestly know what to tell you, but I haven't seen one of those since I was a -preteen kid at summer camp in the 60's. When surfing or camping at the beach since then we usually just take turns doing song's and everybody else just listen's, unless it's christmas carols it's not a sing along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Look up Stompin Tom Connors. Those are the best Campfire (and Canadian) acoustic songs ever picked round a bar or fire. Especially the Ketchup Song, Big Joe Mufferaw, The Hockey Song, Bud the Spud, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 WARNING! This WILL get stuck in your head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I like that Johnny Thunders tune "There's a Little Bit of Whore in Every Girl." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paging Page Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 OHHHH my favorite from Camp was "The Pig Song:" You could square dance to it --- It was early in October I was feelin far from sober As I struggled down the street in drunken pride As my knees began to shudder I lay down there in the gutter And a pig came up and lay down by my side BY MY SIDE BY MY SIDE!! And a pig came up and lay down BY MY SIDE! As we lay there in the gutter not one word did we utter But a lady passing by was heard to say "You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses" And the pig got up and slowly walked away! WALKED AWAY WALKED AWAY!! And the pig got up and slowly WALKED AWAY!!! Skype or call me or some'n, I'll sing it to ya :) We always yelled it out a capella during dinner and got up and square danced. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paging Page Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Also loved the alternate verses to "My Bonnie" in my sis' 4H little green book: My Bonnie leaned over the gas tank The height of its contents to see I lighted a match to assist her ....Oh bring back My Bonnie to me .... My Bonnie has tuberculosis My Bonnie has only one lung My Bonnie can cough up raw oysters And roll them around on her tongue! Last night as I lay on my pillow Last night as I lay on my bed I stuck my feet out of the window Next morning the neighbors were dead ... (Chorus: bring back my neighbors to me, to me...) There was another one about upchucking with the chorus "clams, clams, clams, clams, clams and ice cream don't agree - with me --" but I can't remember the verse right now.... And there's always -- KUM-BAY-YAH Good luck!! Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paging Page Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Boo-Yah! Flipped ya to two pages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paging Page Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Soundtrack to Broke Back Mountain is only good with the sheep farmer crowd. Yeah, but Damian really likes it too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paging Page Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 AND I gotta plug my friend Joe Wrabek, whose comedy songs will do well around ANY campfire if you can learn 'em fast enough: http://www.soundclic...7&content=music such treasures as: "Chipmunks Roasting by the Open Fire" "I'm Givin' Mom a Dead Dog for Christmas" "Naked Space Hamsters in Love" "Dead Things in the Shower" "When They Die, I Put Them in the Cookies" "Armadillo on the Interstate" and JUST for Damian... "Dirty Deeds We Done to Sheep" (AC/DC parody) Joe Wrabek cracks me up. He oughta be famous. :-) Famous-er. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Linda, have you ever heard Stompin Tom Connors? I highly recommend you look him up, he's a very talented fascinating, patriotic Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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