Favorite simple song?

[Milk]

the cure - a forest

good pick.


I dunno whythe earlier post i did in this i didnt think this was about basslines so i named a simple song in general....oops. There'spretty much no bass in it.

Simple basslines fun to play, well ok, most Cure basslines actually including the one already named. I could add Fascination Street, Just Like heaven, Close to me, A night like this,list goes on and on, just naming the simplest ones.

Some people have named some U2,yeah, very simple and driving i'd go with Where the streets have no names.


Pulp, Like a Friend.

 

[SocaPimptastic]

Favorite simple song (on bass anyway) to play has got to be "Gentleman" by Fela Kuti.



It is absolute magic when that bassline kicks in @ 2:26

 

[NoxNoctus]

Porcupine Tree - .3. So simple but so beautiful in the song. Epic

 

[Barnz]

Pixies Bone Machine.

 

[rtslinger]

Roadhouse Blues The Doors also Touch me I enjoy playing

 

[frozenbolt]

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Technically not 3 notes, but you only have to fret 3 with the open dropped D.

I also like Roadhouse Blues as a "simple, get 'em on a dance floor, don't have to peek at my fingers so I can check out the hotties" song.

Rock on,
'Bolt

 

[racecar5]

Too late to turn back now - Cornelius Bros and Sister Rose

 

[SasquatchDude]

Uriah Heep – Stealin'

Most of it's just a pedal on D, with a few groovy chromatic fills between the G, C, & F chords. The "ooh-ooh" harmonies are fun to sing, too.

 

[mpdd]

halloween misfits

 

[PBFACTOR]

On fire by Jj grey and mofro. One chord but greasy as hell.

+1

 

[MVE]

Another One Bites the Dust.

Its the song I teach people (non-bass players, of course) when they ask me to teach them a song.

 

[grey area]

hollywood nites , bob seeger( bruce springsteen) we do it in A and thats pretty much it but me and the drummer lock in and make a fuss at the end of each 4 bars and i also sing harmony and both gits get a chance to show their stuff, and its a good floor filler and you can fill it with dynamics.

 

[kcole4001]

Destino de Abril - Green Car Motel

http://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/vi...Car+Motel&c=0&sigr=11av9fml3&ct=p&age=0&&tt=b

 

[Zippys17]

Tie Your Mother Down -Queen
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol

 

[wild4oldcars]

rush might not belong on this thread...
but Bravado off of Roll the Bones is pretty simple, fun to sing with, and a very moving piece. it was the second rush song i learned to play (after The Pass, also a simple yet good song from that era) and its still one of my favorites.

 

[Tbone76]

Remedy by The Black Crowes
Hey Joe by Jimi
Alive by Pearl Jam
I Am One by The Smashing Pumpkins

 

[Angel Switch]

(for the record, I don't play worship music anymore, but when I did, we played this, and it's still my favorite simple song)
Love Riot by Worth Dying For

 

[R&B]

Stoned Love - Supremes
Stop! In the Name of Love - Supremes
My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow
Best of Both Worlds - Robert Palmer - except for that crazy fill at the bridge
Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder - all first position pentatonic
+1 Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters

 

[trimslinger]

I love this thread! here are some of my favs
kinks-destroyer
Led Zep-rock n roll
Joan Jett- hate myself for lovin you
Marshall Tucker-cant you see
Iggy Pop- lust for life
Simple Minds-lovesong
The Sheepdogs-feelin good
wait for it.....mustang sally

yup,I'm old

 

[COBRARI]

I have to agree with the above post on "Hey Joe".

It simply moves through the "circle of 5ths".

Very slow and feels good.

Noel punches in the chromatic walk with Jimi near the end.
Nothing fancy but works nicely.