Ever had a simple song give you so much trouble

[ibanezcollector]

Has anyone ever encountered a song so simple yet for some reason you cant nail it.

Or maybe a transition into a different time signature that for the life of you cant seem to adjust to..

I am so frustrated right now this song is so simple yet the one part keeps giving me trouble its a simple transition yet I screw up every single time..

I swear sometimes easy songs are harder then harder songs.

OK end of my rant

 

[fenderhutz]

Boys Are Back in Town.

For some reason I can't remember the changes. Ever.

Doesn't help I don't like the song either.

 

[scottbass]

Doesn't help I don't like the song either.

+1 Ain't that the truth! (Not just that particular song, but any song you don't like.)

 

[Chaddycakes]

Blue Bossa. I know this tune backwards, forwards. I've transcribed solos in multiple styles. I KNOW this tune, and yet, to this day, it is one tune I know I will make a stupid mistake somewhere on. It is cursed.

 

[lokolp]

8 bar blues. After years of playing twelve bars my band wrote an eight bar, and for a long time i just couldn't get it.

 

[the_fonz]

i can't play smoke on the water

 

[emblymouse]

Ring of Fire. Embarassment upon embarassment with the key changes.

 

[Beast]

Autumn Leaves

Soooo simple, but as my first transcription, it wasn't too easy for me.

 

[Linkert]

i can't play smoke on the water

Thats sad dude.

 

[Eric Perry]

I rarely mess up hard songs. Easy ones, I tank all the time. I get ridiculed for it a lot!!! They are easy (and boring), and they suck, so my mind wanders. Next thing I know, I hit a change that would crack a light bulb!!!! :scowl:

 

[Linkert]

I **** up boring songs. It gets so boing that i will start thinking of other things and then i mess up..

 

[jackson_bass]

'Wonderful tonight'. . . . for some reason I cannot remember the changes to this thing to save my life. Maybe it is too boring!

 

[Zooberwerx]

Freddy Fender's "Before the Last Teardrop Falls". And to further f*** things up, Tim sings the last verse in Spanish.

Ay caramba!

Riis

 

[Eric Perry]

Freddy Fender...

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights FTW!!! I love the lisp!!!!

 

[Twiggeh]

Prince's "When Doves Cry" always screws me up.

 

[Jimbob Jones]

I can't get the timing right on Hyper Music by Muse, I can play Hysteria and New Born (both of which are far more complex IMO) without a trouble, and picked them both up quite quickly. I just can't get that line. (not that I'm a Muse junkie or anything )

 

[ibanezcollector]

guess I feel better im not alone

 

[BassChuck]

Prince's "When Doves Cry" always screws me up.

Good answer!

In college we did Cage's 4'33". I had my part down, but was sharp the whole time. I should have used fretted.

 

[BoomSTICK]

Ring of Fire. Embarassment upon embarassment with the key changes.

Yes,

Johnny Cash's going to 'Jackson' always gets me.
Years later, I still gulp every time I see it on the set list.

 

[Wootsticks]

War Pigs by Black Sabbath. I'm supposed to be covering it in like a week and I'm still lost like half the time. I can BS it pretty well, though...