1st song

[Arranger]

Eleanor Rigby, then Taxman.

 

[tangentmusic]

I'm another "Smoke on the Water" guy.
Talk about being dated....

 

[EdHunter]

First riffs were "Doctor Doctor" - UFO and "Running Free" - Iron Maiden, but the first song I learnt end to end, warts and all was "The Prisoner", another Maiden tune.

 

[tplyons]

Devil's Dance by Metallica... yes, my first song wasn't even in standard tuning.

 

[tuba4]

House of the Rising Sun by The Animals

 

[BBQV]

Los Rancheros by Adam and the Ants. Killer tune! :-D

 

[j-raj]

Aqualung.

 

[Deep Rich Tones]

"Smoke On The Water", "25 or 6 to 4" and "Rocky Mountain Way" were probably the first things I slugged through.

The set list for my first gig in high school was:

"Supernova" - an "original" instrumental that began with a melodic intro we'd start playing off stage and walk in to.
Zeppelin's "The Ocean" - I doubt I ever got through the verses cleanly.
Rush's "Bastille Day" - Didn't even attempt the fills leading into the first verse.

 

[drpepper]

Badge - Cream

 

[mikeswals]

Ladies Night.

 

[GL797]

started out like most by just jamming along with my favorite songs. I was ready to give up the guitar but it all turned around for me one day when I was jamming some leads to "Spoonful" by Cream.

30+ years later and hardly ever miss a day of playing my bass and/or electric guitar.

 

[Kyon`]

Texas blues shuffle bass line

 

[HolmeBass]

"Breathe" by Pink Floyd. Simple enough, although it took quite a while to get all the chorus chords right. Heck, it took a little while to get the E's in the right octave, instead of playing the open E.

 

[DanNowhere]

On the Christmas day I got my first bass and my brother Ted got his first drum kit, we both sat down and tried to learn the whole Police - Synchronicity album. So probably one of those songs.

 

[kevteop]

Heard It Through The Grapevine and Stand By Me were the first songs I remember learning. The first complicated riff I learned was Money by Pink Floyd. I don't even like Pink Floyd...

 

[Blueszilla]

Had to be either 'All Right Now' by Free or 'Slippin' into Darkness' by War, I can't remember..

 

[By-Tor1000RR]

Mine was "Tom Sawyer" by Rush. Learned it 21 years ago.

 

[KenHR]

Killing Floor by Howlin' Wolf.

 

[slaps76]

The whole "Aenima" album by Tool, in the first day I had my bass.

Kidding. Think it was "Seven Nation Army" by White Stripes. Which technically does not have a bassline.

 

[YYZDMV46&2]

DMV by Primus.
ahh my technique, so graceful.