So I'm building my "Repertoire"

[theduke1]

John Melloncamp’s version is Wild Nights
Has a great bass line
Duke

 

[DirtDog]

Not perfect ? Who cares ? I want to play that now. Excellent work!

Thanks! Ya, super fun song to play!

 

[Aceman]

My Sharona - The Knack

learning TODAY!!!!!

 

[Aceman]

I am SO gonna get the drum track for that get funked up!!!!!

 

[Aceman]

I don't know what kind of music you like, or what kind you aspire to play, but...

I know and love all of those. I see what you are saying about what each might teach me.

 

[PillO]

At the moment, I'm three songs in!

Joey - Concrete Blonde
With or Without You - U2
Under Pressure - Bowie / Mercury

Yeah, a thumbless monkey could play those, but I wanted to do songs that were easy but really made me groove/drove the song.

What else might I add quick & easy? Simple, well known, but bass-groove focussed?

Easy enough for a thumbless monkey? That's my speed!

Here are a few suggestions:
U2 - New Years Day
U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky
Booker T & the MGs - Green Onions
Born Under a Bad Sign
Peter Gunn Theme
60s Batman Theme
Sex Pistols - Submission
The Troggs - Wild Thing
The Monkees - Steppin Stone
Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake
Weezer - Hash Pipe
BTO - Not Fragile

 

[ppiluk]

One of my favorite songs to play on the bass is Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies. In fact, I am playing it in my profile pic. It's a great song with a very catchy bass riff.

 

[WrapRough]

Easy enough for a thumbless monkey? That's my speed!

Here are a few suggestions:
U2 - New Years Day
U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky
Booker T & the MGs - Green Onions
Born Under a Bad Sign
Peter Gunn Theme
60s Batman Theme
Sex Pistols - Submission
The Troggs - Wild Thing
The Monkees - Steppin Stone
Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake
Weezer - Hash Pipe
BTO - Not Fragile

Love Hash Pipe! Great tune!

 

[Sponson Thrisby]

I'm still a relative beginner so most of these are fairly easy. Here are few of my faves:
CCR - Proud Mary, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Fortunate Son
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love, Born Under a Bad Sign, Strange Brew
Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, Heroes
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing, Down to the Waterline
Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll, Crimson and Clover
Joy Division - nearly everything
Pink Floyd - Money, Echoes
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust, Hammer to Fall
Rush - The Pass, Tom Sawyer
The Police - Walking on the Moon, Roxanne, Message in a Bottle, The Bed's Too Big, Spirits in the Material World, etc.
Toto - Africa, Hold the Line

 

[Aceman]

Can't BELIEVE I have n't thrown Money on the list yet!!!!

 

[Eli_Kyiv]

CCR - Have You Ever Seen the Rain

For the bass purpose let me recommend this song covered by Boney M.

 

[DrThumpenstein]

Bass Guitar

Here's my playalong playlist... Knock yourself out

That is an outstanding list! Some really good, new stuff for me on there. I downloaded it for a recent flight and had killer tunes for hours. Thanks for posting.

 

[WrapRough]

That is an outstanding list! Some really good, new stuff for me on there. I downloaded it for a recent flight and had killer tunes for hours. Thanks for posting.

Pleasure. Definitely something for everyone on there!

 

[WrapRough]

Absolutely loving Bad Guy by Billie Eilish. Proper simple driving bassline.