What song are you learning?

[SH73]

Enter Sandman, pretty easy not a lot to learn 

[asingardenof]

Learning Halo by Texas, which I'm finding tricky because the bass is buried in the mix and I can't easily pick it out. Not that it matters because it's got the band and our singist is male, so I may not be able to go low enough with a 4er anyway. Such a shame I don't have the money for a 5er as we seem to be finding more songs that would be better in a lower register so singist can actually sing it.

[mwd58]

One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

[Guest]

Holiday by Green Day.  Took about 2 minutes to learn, its just a case of repeating it enough times that I don't need to think about it too much.

[Cliff Edge]

 Couple of requests for a gig next week so I spent, oh I don’t know, 5 minutes, on Achy Breaky Heart/ Tulsa Time and King of The Road. 

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

I'm joining a new covers band. Bunch of middle aged blokes having fun. No stress they say. 

 

I don't know *any* of this stuff. I sort of remember some of it from 25+years ago. I'm a metal head. Never even heard of some of this stuff. It's a slog. 

 

The *list*

 

 

Little Monster- Royal Blood

When I come around-Green Day

Pulling Teeth-Green Day

She-Green Day

Ruby Soho-Rancid

All the small things-Blink182

My own worst enemy-Lit

Machinehead-Bush 

Everlong-Foo Fighters

My Hero-Foo Fighters

All I want to do is rock-Travis 

Cry to me-Solomon Burke (rocked up)

Past Lives-Borns (rocked up/tuned down)

Chandelier-Sia (rocked up/tuned down)

I stopped to fill my car up-Stereophonics (rocked up)

Ashes to ashes-Faith No More 

Numb-Linkin Park

Screamager-Therapy? 

The Hand that feeds-NIN

Recover-Cvrches (rocked up/tuned down)

Torn-Natalie Imbruglia (rocked up/tuned down)

Tomorrow-James (rocked up/tuned down)

Roads-Portishead (rocked up/same speed)

Put it on me-Matt Maeson (rocked up/with a solo)

[Woodinblack]

thats a good set. I love doing she, but the rest of the group want to drop it because its not that well known.

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

16 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

thats a good set. I love doing she, but the rest of the group want to drop it because its not that well known.

Being a metal guy, I'm enjoying the Nine Inch Nails and Therapy? ones the most. The Foo Fighters ones are a bit dull tbh and Linkin Park can suck my balls. 

[Woodinblack]

6 hours ago, ProjeKtWEREWOLF said:

Being a metal guy, I'm enjoying the Nine Inch Nails and Therapy? ones the most. The Foo Fighters ones are a bit dull tbh and Linkin Park can suck my balls. 

 

Yeh its one of their boy band ones isn't it. We do In the end by linkin park and that goes down well.

[BillyBass]

I joined a function band a couple of weeks ago.  I learnt 12 songs for the audition and now have another 23 to learn.  The BL isn't keen on playing pubs, he is more interested in weddings so we might need to add a few more but...the 4 I am currently working on are:

 

I saw her standing there, All my loving - The Beatles

Mamma Mia - ABBA

Faith - George Michael

 

I'm not a fan of this sort of music but I'm happy to play anything if it is a good song and some of the other songs in the set are to my taste.  Of the 35 I would only consider Faith by George Michael to not be a good song, I find it repetitive and dull, but one crap song out of 35 ain't bad.

[tauzero]

The others have decided we should have a second Oasis song in the set. My own view is that one Oasis song in the set is at least one too many, but that's democracy for you. The song is Live Forever, which may get treated to a non-original bassline, and it means I've got to play through it at least once to the record, which in turn means listening to that ghastly Mancunian whine, like fingernails on a blackboard.

[dave_bass5]

American Pie. Thankfully the short version 😬

Edited May 3, 2024 by dave_bass5

[Buddster]

25 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

American Pie. Thankfully the short version 😬

Intro ➡️ outro done? 

[dave_bass5]

1 hour ago, Buddster said:

Intro ➡️ outro done? 

Haha. I’m going to learn it note for note (or as close as i can). 

Edited May 3, 2024 by dave_bass5

[Woodinblack]

You should be dancing by the BeeGees and The heat is on by Glen Frey. THe bass on that last one is a bit of a killer, just because it is relentless. The bass on dancing is easy, but made more complicated as I am singing it too!

[ubit]

5 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

American Pie. Thankfully the short version 😬

I feel sorry for you (see in songs you hate with a passion thread)

[dave_bass5]

22 minutes ago, ubit said:

I feel sorry for you (see in songs you hate with a passion thread)

I like the song, it’s just that there are a lot of notes. 

[diskwave]

7 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

American Pie. Thankfully the short version 😬

Love it, it walks,chuggs and just takes off....I like clever, busy melodic bass lines.

[dave_bass5]

35 minutes ago, diskwave said:

Love it, it walks,chuggs and just takes off....I like clever, busy melodic bass lines.

Yeah, i like the vibe. 

[Simon C]

Green Day: Holiday.  My daughter bought me a Green Day(my current favourite band) song book for Christmas that I hadn’t really looked at due to having to learn 4 or 5 songs a month for Jam Night and bass lesson monthly competitions.  As we aren’t playing at Jam Night for the next couple of months, I thought I’d have a look at the book.  I saw someone earlier in the thread had said Holiday was quick to learn, so I thought I’d give it a go.  I left the book out on the piano so that she can see I’m using it😊.

Edited May 4, 2024 by Simon C

[Jackroadkill]

I've just started to learn Holiday in Cambodia - not massively complicated but it's got a kick like an angry Shetland pony.

[peteb]

The Robben Ford version of Politician 

 

[steantval]

Wont Get Fooled Again - the Van Halen version.

[paul_5]

1 hour ago, steantval said:

Wont Get Fooled Again - the Van Halen version.

That version introduced me to the Who’s back catalogue!!

[Reggaebass]

I’m still working my way through this, it’s got a few tricky parts with the timing but a lovely bassline