Stupidly Easy Tunes Which Are An Absolute Pleasure To Play

[faceman]

Sultans of Swing - the bass very much drives the song along and it's easy to spice up a little too!

[Marvin]

Heartbreaker by Free.

[redstriper]

Let's All Get Drunk by Afroman.

[witterth]

"Somethings got me started"
by the singing pigs band...(Simply Red)
some tricky bíts........
but I like playing those bits!!!
and....annoy shop assitants with those...

[neepheid]

"A Message to You, Rudy" is fun just to play ad nauseum, not really thinking what you're doing

[Huw Foster]

I've had to learn All I Want For Christmas for my function band... Really fun to play, basically all about the feel.

ALMOST makes me like the song. ALMOST.

(I just learned it on ukulele... IT'S EVEN MORE FUN!!)

[simon1964]

From my covers band, I'd nominate:

She Sells Sanctuary

Ever Fallen in Love

Gimme all you Lovin

Monster

Anarchy in the UK

All dead easy (the bass parts at least!) but all great songs

[krispn]

Just Kissed My Baby - The Meters

Its got groove, its got a very simple line and things build up nice with each instrument coming in bit by bit . Also it gets a little interesting in the chorus and you get to throw some shapes when hitting them notes.

Damn I feel like dancing now awwwwwwwwwwwwoh! Yeah! Uh Uh! HuH!

[WonderHorse]

Bodyrockers - I like the way you move
No Doubt - Hella Good
Anything by Reverand and the Makers
Biffy Clyro - A whole child ago
The Clash - Police and Thieves (This was the song that inspired me to learn bass)

Infact any song by The Clash

[Clarky]

[quote name='WonderHorse' post='691348' date='Dec 22 2009, 10:56 AM']Infact any song by The Clash[/quote]
I always noodle "The Magnificant Seven" in warm-ups, actually very simple but sounds like it should be harder. Also "Rock the casbah" and "London Calling" are great and easy to play

[WonderHorse]

[quote name='Clarky' post='691349' date='Dec 22 2009, 10:58 AM']I always noodle "The Magnificant Seven" in warm-ups, actually very simple but sounds like it should be harder. Also "Rock the casbah" and "London Calling" are great and easy to play[/quote]

Can't forget White man in Hammersmith Palais.

[allighatt0r]

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell!!!

[Huge Hands]

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='691106' date='Dec 21 2009, 11:13 PM']Low Rider by War, also helps if you have the deep voice to sing along (i haven't!)[/quote]

"World Is A Ghetto" by War is unbelievably simple, but groovy to play along to.

[quote name='kennyrdog']Not quite stupidly easy but Donny Hathaway's Little ghetto boy is the one I get the most pleasure from.[/quote]

Erm, I take it this isn't the live version with Willie Weeks you're playing to? If you're trying to imitate some of his fills on there, I wouldn't say it's easy at all!

Edited December 22, 2009 by Huge Hands

[harvey1-8]

[quote name='WonderHorse' post='691348' date='Dec 22 2009, 10:56 AM']Biffy Clyro - A whole child ago[/quote]

That's one of my favorites to play as well.

Let's Get It started by Black Eyed Peas - Sounds more complicated then it is.

I like playing New Millenium Homes by Rage quite a lot as well.

[thunderbird13]

The intro to Fight Fire with Fire by Metallica - not as hard as it sounds and always seems to get a "whats that" response from guitarists ( which is as close to a compliment your going to get from them )

[Low End Bee]

Gloria.

Get easier than that.

G.L.O.R.I.A.

[Commando Jack]

Fans by Kings of Leon. It's my dancing song

[solo4652]

Free Me - Joss Stone. Infectious bass riff drives the song nicely. Easy to play, even for me.

[gicut58]

Not quite so stupidly easy maybe is Purple's 'Burn' -
Not only do I love it every time I play it but a hell of a lot of the pleasure is having musicians
around me that can not only cope with it but are having just as much fun playing it as I am

gicut58

[PaulWarning]

I thought this thread was stupidly easy tunes to play, no names but I get the impression some people nominate quiet difficult songs to try and make themselves look good, or perhaps I'm just a crap bass player

[thunderbird13]

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='691381' date='Dec 22 2009, 11:53 AM']Gloria.

Get easier than that.

G.L.O.R.I.A.[/quote]

I've found the G and the A - but I cant find the L. O I and R notes are they past the 5th fret ?

Edited December 22, 2009 by thunderbird13

[gicut58]

not the case, but point taken if meant that way.

Stupidly easy and a pleasure would be AC/DCs Rosie

[Paul S]

Two that my band do are 'Rocks Off', Primal Scream, and 'Riot in Cell Block' a la Dr Feelgood. Love them to bits.

[simon1964]

[quote name='Paul S' post='691545' date='Dec 22 2009, 02:38 PM']Two that my band do are 'Rocks Off', Primal Scream.[/quote]

Great song, but its called "Rocks" - Our guitarist always calls it "Rocks Off", and I've become completely anal about it! Sorry

[stingrayfan]

Gangsters - The Specials

Simple enough minor riff but really drives the song.