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10-15-2005, 11:57 AM
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Hi All,
A group of friends and I have just formed a band. None or us have a lot of experience or skill (most of us have only been playing for about 4 months).
For now we're looking to do covers, easy ones. Large range of musical interests in the band, from RATM to Kasabian and Radiohead. One of us likes Punk-Pop stuff, the other Indie and I'm more of an Alternative Rock sort of person.
So anything considered really, any easy covers?
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10-15-2005, 12:03 PM
| | | | The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army.
Easy. Really easy. Mostly bass - and it's a song people hear on the radio so they might be impressed even though it's easy. Did I mention it's easy? |
10-15-2005, 12:17 PM
| | | | Another one for ya: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit. |
10-15-2005, 02:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Medicine Hat | | | Sedated
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
Tush
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10-15-2005, 07:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North Carolina | | | if your fruend likes pop-punk blink 182 has some rally easy songs **really easy***. but if i were you, i dont liek blink 182, but Carosel is pretty kool |
10-15-2005, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan | | Hot Cross Buns
Polly Wolly Doodle
Mary Had a Little Lamb
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10-16-2005, 04:42 AM
| | | | ACDC in generally is pretty easy for the bass... i dunno about the other guitar / drum parts haha guitar parts sound tricky like in thunderstruck haha...
Blow at High Dough by the tragically hip is pretty easy one...
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10-16-2005, 07:39 AM
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First song my band ever played...and the reason why we carrried on...and very very easy |
10-16-2005, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by KeithBMI Hot Cross Buns
Polly Wolly Doodle
Mary Had a Little Lamb
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10-16-2005, 10:00 AM
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Moderator for EHX Forums | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Houston/Nacogdoches | | | I Can't Explain by the Who. Its incredibly easy, maybe doesn't fit your genre but its real easy and fun.
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10-16-2005, 10:09 AM
| | | | Old school punk and Metal "easy songs"
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf |
10-16-2005, 09:46 PM
| | | | Beverly Hills by Weezer is really easy.Other easy ones are Birthday by The Beatles (a good one to know), Seven Nation Army, and Blue Orchid, both by The White Stripes. |
10-16-2005, 10:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: montreal, qc, Canada | | | I think RATM is a good choice. Although some songs and parts are pretty complex at first, it's not too hard overall, and I found it good to help build a groove between the bass and drums. Some funky drumming, that is. It'll also get your guitarist to play a bit with effects. |
10-17-2005, 12:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose, CA | | creep - radiohead
very very simple, and one of my favorite covers  |
10-17-2005, 12:27 AM
|  | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | bad moon rising - ccr
i feel fine - beatles
gloria - van morrison
boys dont cry - the cure |
10-17-2005, 12:50 AM
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Avatar Speakers Endorsing Hooligan | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield California | | | when i come around- green day
fat lip- sum 41
santeria- sublime |
10-17-2005, 09:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | "I wanna be sedated" by the Ramones. Simple and catchy. |
10-24-2005, 07:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Upstate NY | | | Anything from ZZ Top, but your timing has to be metronome perfect for many of their hits. Some good examples are:
Sharp Dressed Man
Tush
Cheap Sunglasses
Legs |
10-24-2005, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | | When I want to convince someone that they can play guitar - when they've never played one, that is - I have'em bar an open A-chord, and strum evenly (a little shuffle on it would be better, really), while I sing Hank Sr.'s Honkytonkin'.
"If you are sad and lonely
and have no place to go
just call me up sweet mama,
and braing along some dough,
and we'll go Honkytonkin' honkytonkin'
We'll go Honkytonkin' honkytonkin'
We'll go Honkytonkin' 'round this town!"
Yup. One chord. Yee-haw!
Joe |
10-24-2005, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pleasanton, CA | | | Bust out CD's by these bands for what I call "starter covers" (songs that every band I've been remotely involved with seemingly have gone into during one of the first three practices):
Green Day
NoFx
U2
Foo Fighters (Everlong comes to mind)
Nirvana
Weezer
No Doubt (kinda tricky bass parts but fun as hell to play)
Beatles (especially the 64-65 era stuff) | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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