Looking for beginners songs

[Whispers]

Hello everyone at Talk Bass,

I am a new bassist and I am want fellow bassists opinions on what I should try learning first in my baby steps life as a bassist. I prefer things after the 90's but anything will do.

[yehongxiang]

That Thing You Do - The Wonders
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures
Beginner's Luck - Eels
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
Something - Beatles
Ballad of John and Yoko - Beatles
Come Together - Beatles
Helter Skelter - Beatles
Bell Bottom Blues - Eric Clapton
No Matter What - Badfinger
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Time is Running Out - Muse
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

[hrodbert696]

Best thing is to listen carefully to music you like and try to figure it out by ear. You'll be able to tell pretty quickly if it's too complicated for you. For 90s and after, Weezer, Barenaked Ladies, and OK Go come to mind for me, also Oasis. But that's my taste. U2 is also always good to learn with: Adam Clayton generally plays pretty simple bass lines which are still oddly satisfying to listen to.

[Rocinante_x1]

Here's a long LONG laundry list of songs picked from my personal library of music. They're all pretty easy, but still groovin' songs. Enjoy.


Passage to Bangkok - Rush
Heart Breaker - Led Zeppelin
I'm the coolest - Alice cooper
It's Hot Tonight - Alice Cooper
Rain When i Die - Alice in Chains
Rooster - Alice in Chains
Bleed the Freak - Alice in Chains
Teddy Picker - Arctic monkeys
Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
My Town - Armor For sleep
Dream to Make Believe- Armor For Sleep
Truth about Heaven - Armor for sleep
The Hoard - As Cities Burn
Contact - As Cities Burn
Empire - As Cities Burn
Stab City - As Tall As Lions
Song For Luna - As Tall As Lions
A Break, A Pause - As Tall As Lions
Love Love (love love) - As Tall As Lions
Ghost of York - As Tall As Lions
Milk and honey - As Tall As Lions
Be Here Now - As Tall As Lions
Break Blossom - As Tall As Lions
Into The Flood - As Tall As Lions
We're the ones that keep you warm at night -As Tall As Lions
96 heartbeats - As Tall As Lions
Circles - As Tall As Lions
Sixes and Sevens - As Tall As Lions
Go Easy - As Tall As Lions
In Case of Rapture - As Tall As Lions
Is This Tomorrow? - As Tall As Lions
Not the american Average - Asking Alexandria
Dub Fire- Aswad
Bammie Blow - Aswad
Zion I - Aswad
Millie Fell off the fire escape - Atmosphere
Mother's Day - Atmosphere
Trying to find a balance - Atmosphere
Reflections - Atmosphere
Dreamer - Atmosphere
Painting - Atmosphere
Wild Wild Horses - Atmosphere
Stick Stickly - Attack Attack!
Catfish Soup - Attack Attack!
Followed the waves - Auf Der Maur
Taste You - Auf Der Maur
Skin Reciever - Auf Der Maur
Willing Enabler - Auf Der Maur
White Washed - August Burns Red
Marianas Trench - August Burns Red
Quarantine - At the Drive in
The First Song - Band of Horses
Is There a Ghost? - Band of Horses
Island on the coast - Band of Horses
Weed Party - Band of Horses
Hell Yes - Beck
Sexx Laws - Beck
Minus - Beck
When the night feels my song - Bedouin Soundclash
Shelter - Bedouin Soundclash
Money Worries - Bedouin Soundclash
Gyasi Went Home - Bedouin Soundclash ( good scales in here )
Shadow of a man - Bedouin Soundclash
A Kiss a Week- Big D & the Kids Table
Been Wishing on - Big D & the Kids Table
Wailling paddle - Big D & the Kids Table
If We want to - Big D & the Kids Table
She's Lovely - Big D & the Kids Table
Shining On - Big D & the Kids Table
She knows her way - Big D & the Kids Table
Describing the Sky - Big D & The Kids Table
Cut The Curtains - Billy Talent
Public Service Announcement - The Bravery
Shiver - Coldplay
Carrying Over - Deadsy
The Perfect Crime No. 2 - The Decemberists
Danger: Wildman - The Devil Wears Prada
Start Choppin' - Dinosaur Jr.
Ugly - Dir En Grey
You're Lost Little Girl - The Doors
Bug Eyes - Dredg
Ode To The Sun - Dredg
Planting Seeds - Dredg
Lights - Editors
Munich - Editors
Make Tonight - Emanuel
The Barbarian - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Returning The Smile You Have Had From The Start - Emery
I Disappear - The Faint
I Just Got This Symphony Goin' - Fall of Troy
Lame Face- Feable Weiner
Payback - Flaw
A Fistfight for our fathers - The Forecast
Two as one - From First To Last
Storytelling - Funeral For A Friend
Leeches - Gallows
Working at Perfekt - Geddy Lee
Evil - Interpol
Remember Tomorrow - Iron Maiden
Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Metal Gods - Judas Priest
The Rage - Judas Priest
Charmer - Kings of Leon
Sea To Sea - Matisyahu
Exaltation - Matisyahu
Chez Viking - The Mercury Program
Katos - The Mercury Program
Mary Without Sound - Motion City Soundtrack
My Favourite accident - Motion City Soundtrack
***? - OKgo
Up Against The Wall - Peter Bjorn and John
Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
Hurry Up - Poco
People Say - Portugal the Man
Lovers In Love - Portugal The Man
Dragon Attack - Queen
Sleeping on the Sidewalk - Queen
Nude - Radiohead
Whoo! Alright-Yeah... Uh Huh - The Rapture
Bright Side of Life - Rebelution
From the Window - Rebelution
Dubzilla - Rebelution
Too Rude - Rebelution
Courage To Grow - Rebelution
Heart Like A Lion - Rebelution
Feeling Alright - Rebelution
Other Side - Rebelution
Get Well Soon - Reggie and the Full Effect
What the Hell is a Stipulation - Reggie and the Full Effect
Caving - Reggie and the Full Effect
Chicago X12 - Rogue Wave
Out of Control - Rufio
Lakeside Park - Rush
Closer to the heart- Rush
In The End - Rush
Witch Hunt - Rush
Jacob's Ladder - Rush
Entre Nous - Rush
Different Strings - Rush
Grand Designs - Rush
Manhattan Project - Rush
Middletown Dreams - Rush
Emotion Detector - Rush
The Pass - Rush
Leave That Thing Alone - Rush
Superconductor - Rush
Available Light - Rush
bravado - Rush
Roll The Bones - Rush
Ghost of a Chance - Rush
In The Mood - Rush
New World Man - Rush
Peaceable Kingdom - Rush
Twilight Zone - Rush
Come Close - Saosin
The Deep end - Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Faces - Scary Kids Scaring Kids
A Hero Loses Everyday - Silverstein
Waste it on - Silversun Pickups
Growing Old is Getting Old - Silversun Pickups
Hot Sauce - Son Seals Blues band
How Could She leave me- Son Seals Blues Band
Another Leather Lung - The Sound of Animals Fighting
Guns of memorial Park - Sparta
Breaking the Broken - Sparta
Lines in Sand - Sparta
I Got the News - Steely Dan
Night By Night - Steely Dan
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
Up All Night - Unwritten Law
Sound Siren - Unwritten Law
Seein' Red - Unwritten Law
Lady In Black - Uriah Heep
Simon The Bullet Freak - Uriah Heep
Stealin' - Uriah Heep
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt - We Are Scientists
Inaction - We Are Scientists
The Scene is Dead- We are Scientists
Can't Lose - We are Scientists
Cash Cow - We are Scientists
Lousy Reputation - We are Scientists
I've Got This Feelin' - Westbound Train
Snappy Kakkie - ZZTop
Master of Sparks - zztop
Axes of Evil - Three Inches of Blood
Destroy the orcs - Three inches of Blood
Forest King - Three Inches of Blood
Half Life - 10 Years
Through The Iris - 10 Years
Waking Up - 10 Years

[DONZI97]

Creep-Radiohead

[Soverntear]

Originally Posted by Rocinante_x1

Here's a long LONG laundry list of songs picked from my personal library of music. They're all pretty easy, but still groovin' songs. Enjoy.

Thanks for making it alphabetical, great post

[slaps76]

Audioslave, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer. One of the first songs I learned was Prison Sex by Tool, which is easy as far as Tool goes and a fun song to play.

[Rocinante_x1]

There are a lot of songs and bands out there, you just have to pick your favourite sounding. learning easy songs isnt always the best approach. It's good to learn a couple easy songs at first to learn and grasp the concept, but you should gradually switch to more and more challenging songs to test your mettle.

[dogbluedrummer]

My first song was Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.

[the general]

Three Days Grace - Just Like You
Blink 182 - Whats My Age Again
The Police - Walking On the Moon
Sublime - Pawnshop
The Pixies - Dig For Fire
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Clash - Guns of Brixton
Rage Against the Machine - Guerilla Radio
Slightly Stoopid - Wiseman
The Offspring - Pretty Fly(For a White Guy)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner
Spacehog - In the Meantime
Thats all i can think of at the top of my head. But search TalkBass for more songs, because this topic has been answered and covered more than once

[pasta4lnch]

listen to motown - you'll get your chops up AND learn alot about arpeggios and chords etc. I knew a lot about theory before I touched a bass, but it was still helpful to me. every so often when I have a sec, I go to youtube and find a motown video I don't know and figure it out. . .