first song

[need4mospd]

Not so much a song, but an album. Christian McBride's bass playing on Diana Krall's Love Scenes album made me convince my dad to by my first bass. And of course I bought a Jazz bass because I wanted to play Jazz. I thought it would be so easy.

 

[XXL]

xxl thats hilarious! i can just picture that, i even have a lot of people now that ask me that when i play.

Its funny like that..play that line anywhere and it gets attention.

 

[Demonator]

I would have said Voodoo Child, but after recent studying I found my guitar player gave me the skeleton of the song, not the actual bassline. So it was probably something from RATM of For Whom The Bell Tolls.

 

[buzzbass]

Lucy In the Sky - the newspaper taxis walking line is what hooked me

 

[LarkinLondon]

The bassline from "Roundabout" by Yes.
It always just blew me away.
And then flea was an inspiration; he showed me how being a bassist could actually be cool to non-bassists. lol.

And after I got my first bass, I started listening to Mountain.
If it wasn't for Felix Pappalardi I doubt I would be half the bassist I am today.

 

[Gopherbassist]

I used to just listen to a song three or four times and listen to a different instrument each time, so I never really noticed the bass first with any song. Actually, from doing that so long, it's now kinda hard for me to listen to a piece of music as a whole without picking out an instrument. It's a little easier with classical music though.

 

[Dany858]

Pink Floyd... Pigs- Three Different Ones

 

[joebar]

lick it up - kiss 1985

 

[Vulkan]

Guns of Brixton - The Clash
Such a great song, and the first song I learned to play.

 

[archer121]

For me it was either Thunderkiss 65 or Black Sunshine by White Zombie.

 

[Vincent P]

My Generation The Who

 

[Crass!]

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

absolutely iconic song in my world.

 

[elwood1205]

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

 

[EdHunter]

War Pigs. I'd always been into the guitar bit, but after about a year of listening to it on the radio (fairly regularly), I finally thought "Hang on, what's that rumbling in the background? Wow" or something.