What Song are You Playing?

[jazz41]

Don't know if there is a thread for this topic, but here we go.

I'm not in a serious band or anything, I mainly play for the fun of playing. I like to create my own songs, but like most of us I'm sure, I like to play songs by the bands I like. So my question is, what song can you not get enough of playing right now?

My current obession is The Anarchist by Rush off of Clockwork Angels. Basically got it down, but it is so much fun to play. Singing while playing this line is tough though.

 

[SirMjac28]

lady Madonna-Beatles
Penny Lane- Beatles
Dream On-Aerosmith
I Want You To Want Me-Cheap Trick

 

[eriky4003]

Finished Spirit of Radio recently and as a song in the opposite direction - learning Kiss's Lick It Up (bass line, very easy - it'll be more a memory challenge vocally) and the more recent (2001) interpretation of Elvis's A Little Less Conversation.

 

[vlado]

I can never get enough of playing Nick Drake's songs, any of them.

 

[Biggbass]

Or The Whale - Call & Response

 

[ffutterman]

I can never get enough of playing Nick Drake's songs, any of them.

I love playing a version of the intro to Black Eyed Dog on the G-string above the 12th fret, harmonics and all.

My go-to song when I have the bass in my hand and just want to play something is usually Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine.

 

[Phalex]

Chic- Good Times

It was sound check at church practice yesterday. Well, at least the bassline.

 

[Marial]

I Got a Gig ~ Hayes Carll

Groovey goodness.

 

[Jhengsman]

At the moment outside of preparing for Sunday there are:
Seawind/Pauline Wilson, Follow Your Road
Bonnie Raitt, I Can't Make You Love Me
Chantal Kreviazuk, Time
Gloria Estefan, Anything For You
Robert Cray Band, Right Next Door
From the movie Killer Diller, Judge Boushay Blues
Michael Jackson, I Can't Help It
Trisha Yearwood, Down On My Knees
Holly Cole Trio, Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday
Herbie Hancock, Chameleon
Ohio Players, Skin Tight
John Tillery, Look At Me

And then there is the Christmas music, but I will put that away in a few weeks.

 

[4dog]

Salvation is here -- Hillsong ,,, try it youll like it.

 

[Moogerbass]

Driven - Rush.

Tricky....

 

[Hobobob]

I love pissing off guitar players with To Defy the Laws of Tradition by Primus. There's something about that line that guitarists just can't abide.

 

[Kmonk]

"The Real Me" by The Who, "Fool For The City" by Foghat (Foghat Live version), "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen and "Get Ready" by Rare Earth. I learned them years ago and have never gotten tired of playing them.

 

[JoZac21]

Aside from music from my band, I've been learning a bunch of Tears For Fears stuff, simply for nostalgia's sake...

 

[Ewo]

Alphonso Johnson's line in Cucumber Slumber (Weather Report).

The head groove in Alain Caron's No Left on Tuesday, seein' how I haven't learned Slam the Clown...yet...someday, I hope...

 

[VintageBoutique]

I have a core group of covers that I play around the house, that kind of thing. These I never forget. Most songs I've learned for bar bands are forgotten after a while.

Some of the one's I remember...

Roundabout
Same Old Song-Four Tops(I palm mute and thumb this one)
School Days
Come On, Come Over
Day Tripper

 

[SirMjac28]

Michele -The Beatles
Get Back-The Beatles

 

[SquierJazz72]

YYZ: still learning it, but know quite a bit.

Tom Sawyer: same as above.

Paranoid: Sabbath tunes were a staple of my old band, so I still groove on a few.

Come Together: I just like it.

 

[nortonrider]

I've got a couple that vary the genres:

Cissy Strut - The Meters
Good Love is on the way - John Mayer
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Southbound Pachyderm - Les Claypool

when noodling,
one of those usually always comes to the front.

 

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