EliasMooseblaster Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 If various school functions count, then it could well have been [i]The Kids Aren't Alright[/i] by The Offspring. (We decided we wouldn't get away with [i]Longview[/i] by Green Day - I assure you I only championed it because it had a more interesting bassline!) If not, then it would have been the slightly-more-classic [i]Alright Now[/i] by Free. I'm slightly ashamed to say I didn't get round to learning the bassline properly and just noodled my way through it. But I think I got away with it *wink-wink* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymondo Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Market Harborough working mens club....early 1975 rather embarrassingly this...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW21rcHiVU0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Convinced my music teacher to let me play bass in the school orchestra rather than French horn and I think this was the first number of the concert.[/font][/color] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1X3Wut-k0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Tutti Frutti by Little Richard, followed by another few other early rock and roll songs. It was the opening of a clothes shop, circa 1991. We were playing sitting on upturned paint tins in the loft, no one could see us - by design. Line up was bass, two acoustic guitars, and the "singer" playing most of the melodies on the recorder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 First song I ever played in public (on bass) was How long by Ace. First song ever in public (in 1968) was Sky pilot by the Animals (on drums) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1406624413' post='2513024'] Nothing special but I will never forget. I was late into music, had my first public gig aged 50 in 2008. I opened the set playing the first notes of 'Gimmie Some Loving' and was as nervous as anything. After about 1 minute the nerves vanished and I discovered that I *really* loved it [/quote] Great, well known opening number mate. Especially if you have the keyboards too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 my first gig was with an originals band so it would have been [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrDf9LywMD0"]THIS[/url] song (not the same gig tho) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 My first gigging band was an indie/funk/rock type thing called Kingskin. The first song we actually played live was one of our own called "Braindead". Sounded like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers would if they stopped caring We also did a couple of covers that night... Where Did You Sleep Last Night (can't remember the original artist's name, we did a variation on the Nirvana version), and I blagged my way through Knocking On Heaven's Door when the singer decided to spring it upon us while we were about to leave the stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 2-4-6-8 Motorway by Tom Robinson Band Ships In The Night - Be-Bop Deluxe was the 2nd song Can't remember the others - must have gone down well if even i cant remember the set Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julietgreen Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Very good question. I think 'La Bamba'. Still love that bassline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1406645351' post='2513380'] Ships In The Night - Be-Bop Deluxe [/quote] I remember the "Sunburst Finish" album cover very well, It was better than looking on the top shelf......lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analog kid Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Black Magic Woman the Santana version,at the local works social club (now a housing estate) Xmas Eve 1978 ,even though we played virtually all our own songs that night we started with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 [quote name='Raymondo' timestamp='1406627289' post='2513073'] Market Harborough working mens club....early 1975 rather embarrassingly this...... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW21rcHiVU0[/media] [/quote] Don't be embarrassed, thats a crackin' choon! ooh reet takes me back that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlonBass Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Woodchopper's Ball - reading the dots - 1965. (It was with an Old Tyme Dance Band who paid VERY well!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2elliot Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 The Cure - A Forest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific. In 1973, aged 15. Trying to read the dots and playing a borrowed Hofner violin bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notable9 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 1978. Deni Deni, never did figure the spelling! I'm a green 17 year old, its a dark nite club we cleared the floor and Debs the lead singer who was in her mid twenties I think wore fishnets, a white blokes shirt, heels and not much else.....a gig I will never forget! ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) This: [media]http://youtu.be/OnxkfLe4G74[/media] …only kidding. It was probably some schmaltzy sh*t pop song; I fell into bass playing as a local Artiste lost his bassist a couple of weeks before a gig. I bought a bass and depped (up until a week before the gig I was a keyboard player) and have been playing bass since. not schmaltzy sh*t pop though ; Edited July 29, 2014 by paul_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) 1966, I was in the 6th grade. I think we played Cool Jerk, Cleo's Back and Function At The Junction. Great tunes, actually. Blue Edited July 29, 2014 by blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 You Really Got Me Going - in 2006, at which point I was 49 already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Erm... Red Red Wine I console my shame with the fact I also got PAID for playing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 [quote name='Norris' timestamp='1406719547' post='2514021'] Erm... Red Red Wine I console my shame with the fact I also got PAID for playing it [/quote] There's no shame in that! Cracking Song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Been struggling to recall these but I've narrowed it down to the following possibilities: First in front of any sort of 'public' audience would have been a blues jam night so it would either have been some hoary old 12 bar that i don't recall or possibly Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone' First with a 'proper' band (but I don't think we got paid) probably With A little help From My Friends (Beatles vs with the Billy Shears intro) First paying gig would have probably been Are You Gonna Go My Way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjas Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I had an easy first number on the Bass.......................... I will follow - U2 Jas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) [quote name='BigAlonBass' timestamp='1406665266' post='2513607'] Woodchopper's Ball - reading the dots - 1965. (It was with an Old Tyme Dance Band who paid VERY well!) [/quote] Would that be a (Jimmy) Lally arrangement by any chance? Spent many a gig sat behind those arrangements in DJ's or red frilly shirt (donkeys years ago, of course) Not me by the way, but I was supplied with one of those shirts and large bat. [URL=http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/gwcmusic/media/143923017_zps160a4f4c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p657/gwcmusic/143923017_zps160a4f4c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Edited July 30, 2014 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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