Easy songs that are fun to play

[elom]

We've recently added Dakota by the Stereophonics to our set. It's a great song and it always goes down an absolute storm. I love playing it but also, it's really easy to play. As in, week 1 of bass playing easy! Okay you don't get to show off your chops (not that I have many) but that gives you a chance to enjoy the performance a bit more, interact a bit, smile instead of grimace in concentration...

So what's in your set that you really like to play but is easy peasy lemon squeezy?

[ARGH]

Black Sabbath by....just to flesh out a loooooong set.

[SammyDamacy]

Not in my set, but.........Money, by Pink Floyd.

Pretty easy (if you can count to 7!) and just is a great sounding song, gets you going

[YouMa]

Stone roses fools gold.

[Thunderthumbs]

U2 - Angel of Harlem.

We hardly ever play it now, but when we do I really enjoy it.

[Stewart]

Mary Had a little Lamb - SRV

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='ARGH' post='471148' date='Apr 23 2009, 10:52 PM']Black Sabbath by....just to flesh out a loooooong set.[/quote]

Ha, came into this thread just to say that been playing with new guitarist and jamming that this evening.

[The Funk]

I spent part of the evening tonight listening to Sabbath's Paranoid album in the '70s Quadrophonic mix updated to DTS 5.1 - it was superb. Real trippy though.

I also went to a blues jam. Any 12-bar, great fun if you're playing with decent people.

[d-basser]

I love 'Brand New Cadillac' by the Clash for simplicity and fun

[Brother Jones]

'ABC' and 'I want you back' by the Jackson 5. Very similar lines, geat fun to play. Also 'I wish' by Stevie W.

PS Never, ever try 'Sir Duke' live because [i]everyone[/i] will fluff the break....

[Buzz]

My Sharona? It's rather easy as it's all octaves for the most part.

[simon1964]

[quote name='elom' post='471133' date='Apr 23 2009, 10:28 PM']We've recently added Dakota by the Stereophonics to our set. It's a great song and it always goes down an absolute storm. I love playing it but also, it's really easy to play. As in, week 1 of bass playing easy! Okay you don't get to show off your chops (not that I have many) but that gives you a chance to enjoy the performance a bit more, interact a bit, smile instead of grimace in concentration...

So what's in your set that you really like to play but is easy peasy lemon squeezy?[/quote]

If you like Stereophonics, Local Boy in the Photograph always goes down well in our set, and is good fun.

And we've just added Pretty Vacant - dead simple, and brilliant to play at the end of a set!

[neepheid]

A Message to You Rudy - nice, slow and repetitive for as long as the band feel like playing - a real breather in the middle of a frenetic ska set

[chris_b]

Anything by Bruce Springsteen.

[ZMech]

Everytime I pick up my bass at home, the first thing I play is that awesome bit in The Chain, although I still think of it as the F1 theme.

it's also the bassline I use when fiddling about with EQ settings.

[peety]

[quote name='simon1964' post='471308' date='Apr 24 2009, 09:40 AM']If you like Stereophonics, Local Boy in the Photograph always goes down well in our set, and is good fun.

And we've just added Pretty Vacant - dead simple, and brilliant to play at the end of a set![/quote]

+1 for both these we play them great fun and definite winners

Edited April 24, 2009 by peety

[cytania]

Steady As She Goes - the Raconteurs, once you've nailed the come-in it's glorious, real bass-upfront song.

[BigBeefChief]

So Lonely by The Police.

[imaccer]

Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders. Easy and fun.

Black Magic Woman - Santana's version. The first one I transcribed so it can't be hard!

[pete.young]

[quote name='elom' post='471133' date='Apr 23 2009, 10:28 PM']So what's in your set that you really like to play but is easy peasy lemon squeezy?[/quote]

Addicted to love - the Tina Turner version.

[casapete]

[quote name='Brother Jones' post='471213' date='Apr 24 2009, 12:56 AM']'ABC' and 'I want you back' by the Jackson 5. Very similar lines, geat fun to play. Also 'I wish' by Stevie W.

PS Never, ever try 'Sir Duke' live because [i]everyone[/i] will fluff the break....[/quote]


Easy? Blimey....

[BigBeefChief]

(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash.

Great fun.

[tombboy]

If You Want Blood - AC/DC
Real power, simple to play and great fun.

[Hot Tub]

I'm finding Bowie's "China Girl" very satisfying at the moment. Dead easy and sounds great!

[Deep Thought]

Rockin' in the Free World.