What's the first bass line you learned?

[SLO Surfer]

Hang On Sloopy

 

[devnulljp]

Worked out Phantom of the Opera for a friend of my brother's when I was 11 or so.

 

[mrcbass]

As a teenager noodling on a friend's bass, probably 25 or 6 to 4 or theme from Barney Miller.

As a guitarist, I fully worked out the bassline to Hotel California (along with the rest of the song).

Much later, as a bassist, probably Gold Dust Woman.

 

[Yellow Bang66]

Wondering how it affects you years later.
It's one of the first lines I play when I pick up a new to me bass.
Mine was a standard blues shuffle taught to me by my then 14 yo son. I know it by SRVs version of So excited.
What's yours?

Ages ago, 1not really a line.., but i learned the entire song! Line of fire, by Journey, then, Lights, then & lovin', touchin' squeezing too. hey it was the early 80's and all the hottest chicks loved Journey! Sooo, me & my BFF would play our little medley for his Hot neighbors!! Good Times!

 

[sleddogn]

Black Flag Six Pack. I think I had been playing bass for 3 months when that 7 inch came out in 1981.

yeah!

 

[tb4sbp]

My first 'real' bass song that I learned was Running with the devil.
I was already playing guitar and could play a few tunes on it.
But that droning/thumping opening was magical to a 9 y/o kid
That was it! I was hooked and it has been a love of bass ever since

 

[bassness]

oh love that.....drink, drink, drink, don't think, drive.....killlllll.....lol yeah

That was Drinking and Driving off Black Flag's last album released in 1985.

 

[Basslice]

Day Tripper - played on an old classical guitar I found in my dad's closet - ~1969. I did not actually start playing any instrument (eventually bass) for almost another 20 years.

 

[sleddogn]

my bad you're right, i just edited my post

 

[MichelD]

12 bar blues BB King song "Rock me baby."

The guitarist in the band I was in at 16 in 1969 showed me. I still use the fundamental bass lines he taught me.

 

[REV]

Barney Miller !

 

[SunByrne]

Spring 2019 (at the tender age of 49):



I still like to play it, and it's still the first thing I play on any new bass.

 

[MegaSwing]

'You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet' —Bachman-Turner Overdrive

 

[Aussie Player]

Intro to Badge by Cream.

 

[Keger Jupti]

Aerosmith, What It Takes. Seemed like the easiest one on Pump. Thus began a lifelong obsession...

I haven't played it in at least 2 decades, though...maybe 3.

 

[Geddaric]

Purple Haze.
Then, of course, Smoke on the Water.

 

[Rebel Rocker]

"Inside Looking Out" The GREAT Mel Schacher Grand Funk Railroad. My #1 bass is name "Mel" 3 tone SB Jazz but no Mudbucker.

 

[Peteyboy]

My mom had that CCR compilation with all their faces silhouetted in profile. Not sure why that fascinated me as a kid, but the 1st bassline I ever worked out on my own was Down on the Corner.

 

[WG Plum]

Probably an Exploited song, but I don't remember which one specifically. First song I learned to play with other people was Brown Eyed Girl.

 

[NOLA Bass]

Damn, that is a good question. I was in high school, playing guitar, and got the offer to play bass in a better band. I went to the guitarist's house and he taught me the two originals he had and a few covers for the first rehearsal. If memory serves, we definitely played Queensryche "Take Hold of the Flame". I think Judas Priest "Living After Midnight" was one, and Heart (either Barracuda or If Looks Could Kill, not sure which one came first).