What was the first song you learned to play?

"Otherside" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I learned it by ear.

 

I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses

 

Tippi Toes - The Meters




(off to MISC.)

 

The first song I learned was Wild Thing by the Troggs. This was followed very closely by Wipeout (by Surfias?).

Yesterday, I learned When I Come Around by Green Day. I'm digging it because, I don't typically do any hammer ons/pull offs. But it's been a great starter exercise for me in that.

 

du duuuuu du du du dunaa na na naanaaa na na naaaaaaa IRON MAN

 

Sweet Child 'O Mine!!!

Oh yea, baby! Rock 'n roll!!!

 

"Smells like teen spirit" with Nirvana

 

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

 

"D'you Know What I Mean" - Oasis

 

Paranoid, Black Sabbath. I think.

 

So far 11 songs have been listed. I've only ever heard of 2 of them.

 

Which two?

 

Sweet Child O' Mine and Smells Like Teen Spirit.

 

Rock around the clock, Johnny B. Goode, Whole lotta shakin' goin' on, Kansas City, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Money (That's what I want), Bad Boy, Matchbox, Stormy Monday, Boom boom boom boom, Rock n' Roll Music and about a thousand others - all at once!

Actually, I learned that Generic I-IV-V7 blues/rock progression.

 

You don't know Sultans of Swing??

That song was huge! You just don't remember it.

If it's any consolation, out of the eleven originals, I only know these three.

 

Can you hum a few bars.

 

You don't know Wild thing or Iron Man. That's just not right.

 

First songs I learned to play were:

"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" - Animals
"Honky Tonk Woman" - Stones
"Blister in the Sun" - Violent Femmes

 

the first thing I taught myself was AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds". the first tune I was taught: "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran. my teacher didn't want me to lock myself into one style, so he made me learn a blatant pop tune. there isn't a day that goes by that I don't thank him for instilling the value of an open mind in me.