What's the first bass line you learned?

[Benj-jammin]

The Railroad - Grand Funk. Basically 4 notes!

 

[sonojono]

 

[newwavefrank]

I got my first bass for Christmas in 1979. First song I remember learning was My Sharona

 

[comatosedragon]

Come as You Are

 

[SasquatchDude]

I Got You (I Feel Good)

 

[ArteK]

Dreams — Fleetwood Mac

 

[pcake]

years before i even touched a bass, i learned the bassline to the rolling stones "live with me" on guitar...

 

[Bill Pool]

Satisfaction, of course!

 

[foolforthecity]

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?

Smoke On The Water…and not correctly, I might add

 

[jnewmark]

Green Onions.

 

[Paul New]

Purple Haze or Foxy Lady

 

[edencab]

a simple song, but it was Comfortably Numb...as a huge PF fan through high school, when I played this from a tab as an adult, I got chills and the hairs on my arms stood up...I was hooked

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Song #1 was " Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison/ Fats Domino.
Second song was " Pipeline" by the Chantays
And 3rd one was " Sealed with a kiss " by Brian Hyland/Bobby Vee

 

[Blackjac97]

White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

 

[Stranger Danger]

 

[2cooltoolz]

Louie Louie
I can't believe that I'm the only person here who learned that riff the first time that I picked up a bass guitar.

+1

 

[MBeanBass]

Let It Be. My dad showed me the notes and dubbed the 45 onto a cassette twice in a row, so I could practice along with it and not have to rewind as often.

 

[growlypants]

The Doobie Bros. "Listen to the Music"

 

[Rev12_11]

Psycho Killer

 

[BLDavis]

I honestly don't remember that far back.
Maybe, "Let It Ride" Bachman Turner Overdrive?
Or maybe "Welcome To My Nightmare" Alice Cooper.
Or, "Stranglehold" Ted Nugent.
Or possibly, "God of Thunder" Kiss.
Most likely it was "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" ZZ Top......or was it "La Grange"?
B.