Acoustic? You’d need something lively and familiar. A great option for country music is “friends in low places”. Oldies, “hound dog” can get a party bouncing. More modern pop, something like cee-lo green’s “fuck you” would work okay (there’s tabs for it, and I’ve heard it done on acoustic, and it did get a crowd going).
Electric, it’s way too open, but that’s more of a party killer because it’s just too loud for small settings and good conversation, which is what actually makes a home party fun. If you wanted loud music, you’d play stuff on a stereo rather than have one guitarist noodling and fucking around (and they will noodle and fuck around, guitarists can’t help it).
So, it’s really about the crowd, in other words. Unless the crowd is musically homogeneous, you gotta go with famous songs that cross genres because of the popularity.
I've actually never had anyone try and play guitar at a party, it's just some meme that never happens, so I'd probably even get a kick out of Wonderwall, but if I had to pick something.... Probably any City & Colour song that's already acoustic would work great
“Nothing” is a good song to play man. The “party guitar” is just the “bluetooth speaker on a hike” in a different format. 99% of the time people would be happier with nothing, no matter how hype your song is. Even guitar virtuosos can bring down a party by demanding it become about their performance.
Throw some shit up on the shared shuffle playlist, and go on about your day.
Seems a little weird to make your life mantra a meme phrase anyways.
Mine is the motto from my high school lacrosse team, of all things. I was 15, an angsty teenager, the team sucked and lost most our games. But our coach was relentlessly positive. The motto was a Latin phrase that roughly translates to “if you’re going to do something, commit to it”. Basically, no half ass efforts. That stuck with me all the way through until 11 years later when I had it incorporated into a tattoo design.
Whatever intrinsic motivation you pick, it’s gotta have a little more meaning to you than being the flavor of the month on the internet, or it will always lose its magic.
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