Easy songs to sing while playing?

[maxanton]

Hello!
So, I recently joined a band, and I'm supposed to play bass and sing, since I do both. However, I never have done them both before at the same time, so I'm trying hard to get my singing-while-playing to an acceptable level. One thing I'm trying to find are easy songs to play while singing.
So far, I've played "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Electric Funeral" like this, and I found them quite easy. My teacher also recommended I try out "Seven Nations Army", and I've been doing that lately.
However, I would really appreciate if you guys can recommend any songs that are easy to play while singing. Genre doesn't really matter: I'll play anything to improve my skills.
Thanks!!
P.S: If it's any help, I've sung "For Whom the Bell Tolls" an octave lower than the original because it's difficult for me to sing that high while playing, but I can manage it with a lower pitch.

 

[BassMoley]

Got the time by anthrax is fun (it's a cover) It can help maintain picking speed whilst singing, and there's a little bass solo in in too so it's double fun youd probably like it if you like metallic

 

[hrodbert696]

Generally, anything where the bass part is simple enough that you can play it without thinking much, or where the cadence of the bass line and vocals coincide enough that they aren't throwing each other off. A lot will depend on your vocal range too, of course. Some that I've had luck with are:

Love Me Two Times/The Doors
Take Me to the River/Talking Heads
Good/Better than Ezra
Sinister Kid/Black Keys (Gold on the Ceiling is better known and also pretty easy if your range is high enough).
Pump it Up/Elvis Costello

 

[maxanton]

Alright, thanks a lot!! I'll certainly check these songs out.

 

[5StringBlues]

Roadhouse Blues by the Doors is easy to sing/play.

 

[Soren1]

I can't explain it, but there are some songs that I can sing and play well that are fairly busy and other songs that are more simple that give me fits.
Songs I can sing and play:
White Room, Tom Sawyer, Still Got the Blues, Right Down the Line, Fire, Stranglehold, Stray Cat Strut.......
It does take a lot of practice, but over the past ten years my singing and playing has become much more natural. You need to learn the parts where you don't have to think about either one.

 

[GDUBS]

Roxanne is another easy one

 

[jasmangan]

Cocaine blues-j cash
Seasons of wither-Aerosmith
Once in a life time-talking heads
Piss up a rope-ween

 

[maxanton]

Thanks!!

 

[2coldrattlesnake]

Black No. 1 by Type O Negative is super easy to sing with, it's super slow

 

[thabassmon]

Roxanne is another easy one

Dude if that song is easy for you to sing and play my hat is off to you.
While the bass line is easy it starts on the and of one and the vocals start on beat one. And the vocals are in a relatively high range for a male.

If you can nail all that and get it to sit right in the pocket, you are the man.

 

[TBPlayerOC]

Songs that are easy for me to play and sing are:
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
Rush - Subdivisions

 

[kenneffdupriest]

anything 1,4,5 that you've been singing for ten er twenty years already.

 

[the general]

 

[RURUBASS]

Queen - good old fashioned lover boys has an easy bass riffs you can sing along with

 

[EarnestTBass]

White Wedding /Billy Idol has the bass doing straight eighth notes while you're singing.
For the occasional "OOOOW"s you might try singing while inhaling air through your mouth.

 

[obimark]

Queen - good old fashioned lover boys has an easy bass riffs you can sing along with

Holy ****- if you can even sing that well, much less play the bass line (which does have some tricky little syncopation to it) at the same time, I am impressed.

 

[RURUBASS]

i dunno, i tried to sing that song while playing bass after quite mastered this song:


i have to admit that the lick is pretty tricky to sing with, but i found that good old fashioned lover boy is easier to play than most songs i tried to sing with

 

[Scotland66]

anything 1,4,5 that you've been singing for ten er twenty years already.

I can relate to that. Songs I've been singing with on the radio or from my home speakers are some of the easier ones to do.