Favorite simple song?

[dwjazz54]

Nirvana is fun too...

*Love Buzz

Big fan of "Love Buzz" as well - my band does a version closer to the original structurally (this is NOT a Nirvana song, per se, but rather a pretty good cover of a song by Shocking Blue), and that bass line just lets me groove and let other band members stretch out a bit. Pure joy.

 

[Aqualung60]

Synchronicty 2 by the Police, simple, but alot of fun, to me at least, to play.

 

[Eric_71]

"Banditos" by The Refreshments is pretty fun.
"No Matter What" by Badfinger is also fun and easy.

 

[bloobass]

Fun and the bass drives the song?

Bad Case of Loving You - Robert Palmer (plenty of fun bits too, if you play the actual line correctly)

I've had to play "LaGrange" a few times with guitards that completely killed the fun...

 

[Holdsg]

I like, but sometimes get bored by, the following "easy" songs

No Matter What - Badfinger (mentioned above)
Badge - Cream
White Room - Cream
Born on the Bayou, Fortunate Son, Green River - CCR (pretty much any CCR)
Tuff Enuff - Fab Thunderbirds
Soul Man - Blues Brothers (Duck Dunn was such a tasty player)
With or Without You - U2
Free Fallin - Tom Petty (most of his songs are easy for bass players)
Kryptonite - mentioned earlier
Cinnamon Girl/Rockin In the Free World - Neil young
The Weight - The Band
Cocaine/I shot the Sheriff - Clapton
Some Kind of Wonderful - Grand Funk
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers
Get Ready - Rare Earth

there are hundreds of others, but these are some I play quite a bit.

 

[fishtx]

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

 

[The Davil]

Hold Your Head Up - Argent
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

But I could play Love Stinks by J. Geils and I Love Rock n Roll by Joan Jett all day long. Something about those two songs just gets to me.

 

[SkylineFiver]

Our House - Madness
It's Probably Me - Sting

 

[Bassman Spliff]

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

I will second that. We do a real fun version with a lot of stops and starts. Very soulful and goes over great. Plus a big drop after "Hey, I oughtta leave young thing alone" Love it.

 

[winstonthecat]

"Banditos" by The Refreshments is pretty fun.
"No Matter What" by Badfinger is also fun and easy.

I played "Banditos" with a recent band. I had never even heard of the song before, but it is a fun song to chug along to.

 

[Feral Feline]

"Owner of A Lonely Heart".

Main riff is easy-peazy, the break isn't much more difficult.

Might not be my favourite, but it's what came first to mind.

 

[tribbledaniel]

Message in a bottle - The Police
Bullet the blue sky - U2
Still haven't found what I'm looking for - U2

 

[the explode man]

Float On - Modest Mouse

One of the best songs of all time, ever.

 

[nashman]

Running With The Devil - Van Halen

 

[Ironbar]

Stir It Up by Bob Marley.

 

[Junk420]

Pretty well anything by Slipknot I find...

 

[Dbt25677]

Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
Guns of Brixton - The Clash
Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) - The Offspring
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Ready made - Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[bw66]

While the bass doesn't really "drive" the song, I love playing "What I Like About You" by the Romantics.

Lots of great tunes in this thread though!

 

[Spectrum]

Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson. Also a blast to sing while playing bass, if you can handle the screaming.

 

[fuzzy beard]

House of the rising sun.