The first song you ever learned.?

[bubinga5]

I have a 2 weeks off so have been playing alot of bass. while practicing, i thought to myself, what was the first bass line you ever learned properly. for me Incognito's Hold on to Me, was one of my first favorite Incognito songs to play, and the first bass line with changes i ever learned. was 15 ish years ago and at the time, it took me ages to understand the chords behind it. apart from having that bassline locked down, it really was worth taking the time to understand the music behind it.

i was rehearsing at a studio one time in the last few years, and i played that first lick. everyone said, " hey thats Incognito". i was with the right guys.
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boring story short what was yours, that you really learned properly.
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Edited September 5, 2013 by bubinga5

[Norris]

Red Red Wine


... I'll get my coat

[leroydiamond]

Devil's answer by Atomic Rooster

Edited September 5, 2013 by leroydiamond

[chriswareham]

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. I'm not a fan, but it was the first exercise in the learn to play book I had.

[clauster]

My Shadow In Vain - Tubeway Army

[seashell]

The first thing I learned properly all the way through was 'Nothing Else Matters' by Metallica.

The first thing I learned to actually inflict on an audience was 'Twentieth Century Boy' (although I still don't think I'm playing exactly as per the recording!)

[Cosmo Valdemar]

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1378382797' post='2199407']
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. I'm not a fan, but it was the first exercise in the learn to play book I had.
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That wa the first thing I learned to play on bass, but only the famous bit at the end.
The first actual song I learned was Bowie's John I'm Only Dancing, because it was in the copy of Bassist I had just bought.

[Bilbo]

The theme to Pipkins.

Well it can't all be hip and cool.

[bartelby]

Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls was the first song, I worked out and, played.

[CamdenRob]

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Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls was the first song, I worked out and, played.
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+1

[BassTractor]

"Portrait of Tracy" - Jaco Pastorius.
or at least I hope to...

(Actually: "Games Without Frontiers" - Peter Gabriel)

[Kiwi]

New Years Day - U2

[Freddy Le Cragg]

"Lithium" by Nirvana I think. It was one of the tracks of Muddy Banks anyway...

[tauzero]

Nominally "Back in the USSR" although none of us actually had the record so I just made something up. But we mainly played originals anyway...

[JamesFlashG]

classical thump - victor wooten.....honest

Edited September 5, 2013 by JamesFlashG

[JamesFlashG]

On a serious note it was:

Buck Rodgers - Feeder

from what i can remeber

[Low End Bee]

Moondance from the tab......

[Cat Burrito]

Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley

[discreet]

Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love.

[Low End Bee]

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Moondance from the tab......
[/quote]

But in reality it was Hey Joe from an instruction book complete with play along flexi disc.

[toneknob]

Enter Sandman, thanks to a copy of Guitar For The Practicing Musician I found in a nearby museum

[Raymondo]

After months (if not YEARS ) of trying to play along to my records one glorious night I actually managed to play the (to me at the time)fast bit of Budgies version of Baby please don't go.....I remember, distinctly, thinking, "if I can play this surely the rest is easy?" and instantly worked out how to play the song ....and a few more besides!
It was a real Eureka moment for me!

[Adrenochrome]

First song I learned properly on bass was I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges.

[lojo]

Can't remember exactly but most likely a mixture of these

Basic 12 bar blues

Hey joe (walking bit)

Crosstown traffic

Sunshine of your love

In agaga , the iron butterfly song

[Highfox]

Hong Kong Garden, Susie and the Banshees