What would be the top on geetar to play?
No effect pedals, just a guitar plugged in to standard amp, or accoustic? I can think of many but live is life, life is life? Nah nah nah nah? Scorpians, Wind of change. Dire Straights Brothers in Arms, perhaps Black Sabbarth Paranoid. So many,
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Oh boy, this has the potential of becoming the longest thread on the forum. 
Thereās so much to choose from. Hereās my favourite for now, allthough that can change, since there are songs i havenāt heard yet.
Dumb. Nirvana unplugged.
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A good topic, actually, as we may get some suggestions we havenāt thought of. Well, Iāll take the risk of becoming the laughing stock of this community, but Iām gonna name my two favourites complying with the requirements mentioned by the original poster, two songs I actually played live on an acoustic, either solo or accompanying a singer:
Girl From Ipanema by A. C. Jobim
This Masquerade by Leon Russel
I still play them on my electric guitar.
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āStairway to Heavenā Led Zeppelin epic
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āRevolutionā, The Beatles!
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No effects? Guess 2112 is outā¦ 
Maybe Asturias, then.
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Green River
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Bitter sweet symphony for me. The Richard Ashcroft solo acoustic version. Saw him live this past summer supporting Oasis in Dublin and he was epic.
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Wow! Fun topic!!!
From the top of my āDreamersā listā¦
John Butlerās āOceanā. Iāll never get thereš¢.
As long as itās a hollowbody guitarā¦
āAutumn Leavesā - the Nat King Cole version.
Django Reinhartās āMinor Swingāā¦ I love Johnny Deppās version in the movie Chocolat!
Lastly, because of all the Blues fans here:
Les Paul & Mary Fordās version of āBlues Stay Away From Meā
Tod
Oh, Honorable Mention - Tom Pettyās āRunning Down a Dreamāā¦ those Power Chordsā¦ Man!
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I play California Sun by the Rivieras on my Telecaster through a twin reverb with zero effects and Martin D-28 unplugged
My vote goes to Rocksteady!
Aretha is great by the real stars are the musicians behind her.
Cornell Dupree on guitar. Turns out you donāt need more than 1 chord and 3 notes.
Chuck Rainey - Bass guitar
The [amazing] Memphis Horns
Robert Popwell on drums.
Doesnāt get any funkier than that. Ridiculously fun to play the guitar part. Itās amazing how much you can get from adding a lot feel and funk to only 3 notes.