Ross Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Well I'm just curious as to what the first song people on here could play on bass was. For me, on the £70 stagg crapmaster, American idiot. Oh dear lord, how far I have come since then. Started off not knowing what frets were what and it took me a while to get the concept of adjusting a strap... How about you guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 UK Subs, Warhead. And I bet I'm not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Carousel by blink-182 This song helped develop my whole take on writing songs and writing basslines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 "Think for yourself" - The Beatles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 a forest - the cure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I have absolutely no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Pretty Green by The Jam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt on your Bass? Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Wow, this has got me thinking! Kinda 2 at the same time by the time I learnt all the parts! Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down Blink 182 - Small Things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 A generic root-fifth pattern over a 12 bar in C. It was written on the stave,so I learned to associate the fingerboard with the written music straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The Chain - Fletwood Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hold your head up by Argent, Whole lot of Love Led Zep and Rubber Bullets by 10cc for the first performance on bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I think it was Inxs - Kiss The Dirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Deep Thought' post='1220678' date='May 5 2011, 09:54 AM']UK Subs, Warhead. And I bet I'm not alone.[/quote] Quality! [quote name='Hobbayne' post='1220713' date='May 5 2011, 10:15 AM']Pretty Green by The Jam [/quote] And more quality! For me, think it was Anarchy In The UK. Am going back many moons, but it was the only LP I had that I also had the songbook to, and I know that I found Pretty Vacant too difficult (I was a beginner). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawman Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) the first one i learned was a song by my mate's band in high school the first well known song was van morrison - brown eyed girl (simplified a wee bit of course ) Edited May 5, 2011 by Shawman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' post='1220712' date='May 5 2011, 10:14 AM']I have absolutely no idea.[/quote] +1 (But Bilbo meant to say Moondance ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Probably Stepping Stone, the Monkees version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 On a red Marlin P-copy, various bit and pieces of easy Zep, the Doors. Then my dad said one day quite innocently "what can you play all the way through?" errrm. So I went off and found the nearest "Guitar For The Practicing Musician" which had Enter Sandman conveniently tabbed out and learnt that. ||: Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum DUM :|| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeynuts Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 erm....The Chain - Fleetwood Mac but only the F1 theme music section! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2wheeler Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The riff from Day Tripper on my Vintage acoustic bass. It also works great on double bass transposed up from F to G so that the D and G are open strings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttley Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I dunno, but probably Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag. I wasn't a bass player then, BTW . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 IIRC 'Forest Fire' by the Dead Kennedys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Shadowplay - Joy Division Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='xgsjx' post='1220883' date='May 5 2011, 12:09 PM']The Chain - Fletwood Mac[/quote] Ditto - although it was just the famous riff at the end, not the whole song. The first complete song I learned was Bowie's 'John, I'm Only Dancing', as it was transcribed in the forst copy of Bassist I ever bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burray Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Zombie – The Cranberries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 "Freewill" by Rush. It was transcribed for guitar and bass in a guitar magazine years ago, and was the only bass music in the house. I think I wore the cassette out listening to it repeatedly. Happy days. I can still remember most of it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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