easy songs!

[Hawaii Islander]

"Dream On" by Aerosmith.

 

[GrooveBass]

I have no idea what Genre you are looking in, but off the top of my head....Glycerine-Bush, Crazy Game of Poker-OAR, I fought the Law-The Dave Clark 5(?), Bad Case of Lovin You-Robert Palmer. All sorts of songs besides that are really easy and fun. This is nearly exactly how I started playing. Learn a song or two, and then go find people to play with, you'll get better much much faster.

 

[filter]

Don't know if you still read your thread? The first song I learned on bass was "New Years Day" by U2. Easy to play, everyone knows it and for some reason they think your doing something.

 

[missbliss]

seven nation army-whitestripes
break me shake me -savage garden
give love a bad name-bon jovi
zephyr song-red hot chili peppers
smoke on the water

all these have very nice bass lines..all the time u play something
and also they sound cool if u play them alone.

have fun

 

[CallieBum73]

Holy Wars...haaa haa Just kidding.......anything by Nirvana can be learned in minutes...and always recognizable. Anything with 1,4,5 progression....Roadhouse Blues, Gimme One Reason (Tracy Chapman) Dont Wanna Be your Slave (Rolling Stones) Come Together is also a great one.....you should learn to move around the neck a little though...Sweet Child O' Mine is a great one...once you get the intro its all cake after that.....anything by Sublime.....this could go on forever...pull up some tabs grab sum cd's and you'll be on your way

 

[JamesC]

I can't get no satisfaction: Rolling Stones
Money: Pink Floyd
in a gadda da vida: Iron Butterfly
I Believe in a thing called love: The Darkness

They're all pretty easy to learn, and even easier to get stuck in your head!

 

[steve66]

How about songs by The Beatles and The Police. I am not saying that their bass lines are easy, but if you study the styles of Paul McCartney and Sting you will learn tons about note placement and syncopation.

 

[Vic Winters]

Easiest bass parts I know:

Green Day - Brain Stew
Weezer - Perfect Situation and Beverly Hills
Bush - Come Down (but it cramps your hand)
STP - Vasoline (again hand cramps)
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
NIN - The Hand That Feeds
Offspring - Gone Away
Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches

 

[Fenderjazz6823]

Good - Better Than ezra
Rockin In The Free World - Neil Young
Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Johnny Be Goode - Chuck Berry

 

[gonzilla]

Not only that, but the bass never plays that riff.

Yeah, most deffo a song where roots keep the track flowing.

EDIT- Sorry for the bump. I've got the song stuck in my head. It just won't escape.

 

[paul_wolfe]

With or Without You - U2
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Green Onions - Booker T
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits & Sting
So Lonely - The Police
Stir It Up - Bob Marley
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Dancing IN The Street - Martha & Vandellas
Come As You Are - Nirvana

 

[bggeezer]

Paranoid - Sabbath
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Whole lotta Rosie - AC/DC... great starter songs

 

[the general]

the police - walking on the moon
sublime - april 26 1992 or pawnshop
staind - mudshovel (first song i learned)
bush - glycerine
blink 182 - whats my age again?
sex pistols - god save the queen
violent femmes - blister in the sun
sum 41 - still waiting
wild cherry - play that funky music white boy
as i lay dying - confined (need a little speed on this song)
van halen - running with the devil

 

[Ecks7]

Roxanne - Police
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
Hold Your Head Up - Argent
Everything to Everyone - Everclear
Wild Thing - The Troggs
Float On - Modest Mouse
Dreams - The Cranberries
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Drive - The Cars
The Skins - Scissor Sisters
Mony Mony - Billy Idol

To name a few.

 

[wicked_child]

ya, are there any tabs you guys could suggest that are simple and easy, that i can learn quickly so i can look cool while im still learning. Something easy along the lines of U2- with or without you (really easy, i love it).

Thanks

straight 8s? any song by the ramones.

 

[BluesWalker]

Crossfire by SRV

 

[EriktheRed]

As for easy songs, ACDC stuff is pretty simple.

For the most part, but I've found "Shoot to Thrill" to be pretty tough. There's a bit more going on there than it seems at first.

 

[EriktheRed]

Someone already mentioned Pink Floyd's "Money". Here's a good site to learn it:


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[5string5fingers]

anything green day..first song i ever learned on bass was warning,plus it will build finger strength and dexterity in your left hand


G-----------------------
D------------4554------
A-------4557-----7554-
E--5577---------------7 x10000

and the part in between is just

G----------------------
D----------------------
A--4-------------4------
E-5--5--3--0h5-5--5-3-0

 

[Bluesbreaker5]

Chain of Fools, Joe Cocker

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That's about it.