The first song you ever learned.?

[Bolo]

Smoke on the Water. Followed closely by Running with the Devil, hit the road jack and Obituary's Slowly We Rot.

[Oopsdabassist]

The Police, Message in a Bottle. When I auditioned for a band 3 months later and they said, learn that, I was happy, turned up on the day and found they played it in a different key, I had no concept then of what they meant. Luckily they talked me through the changes and I was in!!

[Bloodaxe]

Can't be certain, but both 'Made In Japan' and 'If You Want Blood' were on heavy rotation at the time, so it's likely to be 'Lazy' or 'Whole Lotta Rosie'

[Samashton12]

Spent all my time learning everything by Kings of Leon over the past year or so prior to joining my band. Although i cant recall exactly what song i learnt first..

[martthebass]

Shadow Play Joy Division.......I miss those old tunes

[ML94]

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Wow - I (had) trouble with that one recently and this was your first!!! I doff my hat to you sir!
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I was steered in the way of Motown/soul and funk. It also sounded way better than what's in the charts at the mo. perseverance paid off ! Although it was annoying !

[Jellyfish]

Ever Dream - Nightwish.

Power to the metal!

Edited September 6, 2013 by Jellyfish

[Lozz196]

Fairly sure it was I Wanna be Me by The Sex Pistols.

[Dom in Dorset]

This, but probably not note for note (probably too stoned to notice)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPobsRcHhS8[/media]

[deanoet]

Not technically bass, but first I learnt was
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Does that even count? :-)

First proper one was prob Arctic Monkeys - Bet you look good on the dancefloor

[Lord Sausage]

Sweet child o' mine

[paul_5]

"Freewill" Rush. At the time it was the only bass TAB in the house (pre-internet) and it was in one of my brother's guitarist magazines.

[JellyKnees]

Probably something off one of the early Strangler's albums. Mostly I just made a noise - some might say I still do...

[Spike Vincent]

Joy Division's New Dawn Fades

[Immo]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_jxjqkNVzI[/media]

[iamapirate]

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
(I got thrown in at the deep end!)

[dougal]

Shadows version of "walk don't run"

I was 11. It was 1985. Played it on a Westone Concorde I in black.

[el borracho]

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Well it should be 'Remember You're A Womble'.


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I'll be playing that tomorrow night!!

First one I learnt (whole song rather than just riffs) was for my first proper band - Chatterbox by the New York Dolls.

[JPJ]

Doctor Doctor by UFO

In my defence it was the longer live version.........





Anybody seen my coat around here?

Edited September 6, 2013 by JPJ

[Bassic]

Nadine by Chuck Berry

Once I did that I could play nearly all his songs. Pretty simple stuff but great 12 bar patterns to learn

[chriswareham]

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Shadow Play Joy Division.......I miss those old tunes
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One of the first things I worked out by ear! Eventually got to the point where I could play just about everything JD ever did, even doing a cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart with a drum machine and my brother on vocals.

[ClusterOne]

,,Nothing else matters,, by Metallica.That is the only song i know by now.And once when all the pieces of my puzzle come together I will know ,,Bleeding me,, & ,,Outlaw torn,, S&M version - do have official tab book :-p

[Spike Vincent]

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Shadow Play Joy Division.......I miss those old tunes
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That was the second bassline I learned. Still play it.

[dmccombe7]

Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy was my first attempt at learning from a record (that's vinyl for the younger guys on here - )

Officially with bass lessons it was Little Old Wine Drinker Me by Dean Martin.

Dave