Your first song

[Levinson Blade]

What was the first song you could REALLY PLAY i mean you knew it inside out and you could play it note perfect?
Mine was The Riverboat Song by ocean colour scene I just love the song and had to have it as my party piece

[AnUprightMan]

the song from M.A.S.H. and both parts of deuling banjoes

[steve]

I think that it was "The saints go marching in"..... pretty basic song. Although maybe "Ode to joy" might be my first song I learned.

[mjamer]

This may sound funny, but I always classify "mary had a little lamb" under my first song, and hardest song to play. People always get a laugh out of that, but it's true.. at that time my left and right hand were in no way synchronized.. it was a "look at left hand get finger on note, look at right, pluck the string.. repeat until songs over.. "


mjamer

[ESP_Viper]

The first song I could play was twinkle twinkle little star. I thought I was bad ass when I could play it with my eyes closed lol.

The first song on the radio I could play was Glycerine (I can play it, but I don't think I can spell it :) ). Even today girls always tell me to play that song... I now hate that song.

[jaytee]

hmmmm well....
i have to admit most songs i know i am missing some small portion of to almost all of them...i guess the most complete i know any song would be...

"the freshmen" by the verve pipe

it really wasnt the first song i ever tried...it was just the first one i actually battled my way thru...now most of it i play pretty much automatically if you know what i mean....

--jt

[blackbird]

Romanza D'amour... Heard it, loved the melody, didn't have the music so I had to figure it out by ear. Haven't had to chance to get sick of it yet!

[kitara]

I can't really say what my very first song was, because at the beginning I played several easy "songs for children" where you just have to strum a few chords and fingerpick a bit.

But the first song where I was really proud to be able to play it, was "Nothing else matters" by Metallica (ok ... except the solo ... but the rest goes fluently).I taught it myself after playing acoustic for about 8 month and I still play it today. Brings me a lot of respect by my classmates ;)

[E-string]

On guitar: First really serious song was "Samba Pa Ti" by Santana.

On keyboards: As a kid, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." As a teenager, mostly songs I wrote (and they were quite good, actually). As an adult, "Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills, and Jon Cain's keyboards on "Who's Crying Now" by Journey.

On saxophone: "High Roller" by David Sanborn.

[Problem Child]

The song I can play the best is AC/DC's Live Wire.

[Page_Uno]

the first song i could really get all the way through, was "moby dick" by led zep.

[ESP_Viper]

heheh yeah that would be easy to do, since its mostly the drum solo :).

[i like strats]

one of the first songs i can remember playing solo's and all was Ain't talkin bout love by Van Halen.

[BluesPulp]

I leaned to play music on a 14 sting, seven pedal hawiian steel guitar. I can't spell the name of the song but it's something like
Uka noi Kalona Po.
A Hawiian song.

First song on an normal git was Memphis by Lonnie Mack.

[The Tongue]

Mine was the intro to Come as you are :)

[fatstrat]

The first song that i learned all the way through was Blink 182 - All The Small Things. It is so easy now. Its kinda sad how easy every Blink song is to play.

-Mark

[Sandman_96707]

When I got my first guitar my dad tought me this fingerpicking part of a song by bread. Don't know the name because I've never heard it and he taught me just that one part.

mjamer - same here, 'cept I was foolin' around on a piano
kitara - that's a cool song, wish I could play that one (solo and all)
the tongue - that's a cool intro
fatstrat - what do you expect from three guys who picked up their instruments and started bitching 'bout how some chick left 'em and **** like that?

[Chickwithapick]

Not counting the cheap songs in my guitar book, my first song was Peace by Jennifer Knapp--well, the verses and chorus, not the intro (she can pick a whole heck of a lot better than I can and that intro shows it off! :D). I play it an octave higher too, but that because I'm better at the notes on the G string, B string, and high E string. Sadly, that's still one of the only songs I can play (even though I just learned Trinity by her, and I'm working on His Grace is Sufficient by her), but I guess that's ok since I learned that song within 2 weeks of getting my guitar. I need a teacher :D

[Tony_Iommi]

Iron Man, first, Paranoid 2nd, and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3rd are the first songs i learned (in that order). i know all 3 of them backwards, forwards, inside out.

[Mason]

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica, the only reason I learned to play the whole song inside and out in the first place was because, its one of the few metallica songs that have no REALLY COMPLICATED solos, and was easier to learn for someone who did not have the technique yet like i didnt.

[treyphish]

mine was "wading in the velvet sea "by phish easy chord changes and great practice song.

G D E C D than over again. listen to song to get timing but its a cool tune to warm those fingers up.

[smfulla]

well the first song I started learning was enter sandman, but I thought it was too hard, so I moved onto Nothing Else Matters. It took me about 1 year to learn it perfect. Then it took me about 1 - 2 months to learn the solo. That was the first solo I learned. During that first year tho, I also learned the intro riff to Master Of Puppets, the intro and lead to The Unforgiven (not solo), most of Enter Sandman, and sum other crap songs that I don't like nemore =]

[musiclover]

Like Clay by LaRue.

right now i'm working on martyrs and thieves by jennifer knapp, so is His love by FFH, and resonate by sonicflood.

[slaughteredsoul]

First song i starting learning was 'nothing else matters' and i tried a few more metallica songs,but the first song i mastered was an Alice In Chains song "killer is me".

[Chickwithapick]

*points at musiclover* YES!!! Another CCM (and Jen Knapp fan!!!)...your name looks familiar...do you hang out on the Alabaster board? Martyrs and Theives is the BEST song to play by her!

[treyphish]

someones been brainwashed

[The Fury]

Hmmm

Am I the only one who's confused

:confused:

[smfulla]

I dunno many christian bands, only P.O.D. and wash
ne 1 heard of wash?

[slaughteredsoul]

Never heard of wash,and P.O.D are a christian band? i had no idea(i dont like them by the way)..

[smfulla]

I didn't think anyone would've heard of Wash =] They're a new zealand christian band. And yep, P.O.D. are a christian band. Their name stands for Parable Of Death.

[Chickwithapick]

Yeah, POD is Christian (I thought it stood for Payable on Death..whever :D)...kinda sad that you didn't know that...sure says alot for them, huh...anyway, I'm not crazy about most of their stuff..but some is good...like Alive.

*I-I feel so aliive, for the very first time, I think I can flyyyyy*

[musiclover]

hey chickwithapick!

i am the very same musiclover from the alabaster boards. yeah. i'm not a knappster though, i'm a supertones site mite.

P.O.D. is a christian band, it does stand for Payable on Death. which is a creative way of saying when they die, they're going to Heaven because they're all paid for.

[slaughteredsoul]

hehe..Alive is the song i really can't stand.

[smfulla]

ahhh, I thought I heard someone say Parable on death =[[[
Oh well

Yeh, I don't like Alive, the tracks sound unclean, and the vocals, are very monotonous in range.

[Chickwithapick]

Heeey musiclover!! This is COWgirl14 from the Alabaster board, but I'm not on there as much cuz I'm a lil Knappster junkie, so I'm on the jk board. But I still go there, cuz Steven Thomas is the man! :D Cool to see ya on here!

Yeah, the reason I like Alive, is cuz you actually understand the words hehe!

[musiclover]

hey cool. i know who you are.

i was looking for chords or something here the other day, and noticed there was a message board so i thought i'd check it out. it seems cool.

[lionking]

I think the very first song I completly learned was GreenDays "A Time of Your Life" I still enjoy playing it . Try it Jaytee I think you'll like it :-) .........Lionking

[jaytee]

ok i will :) "santa mike" was good to me this year.....he even got me my new guitar early :)

--jt

[musiclover4life]

my first song i could really play was Horse With No Name by America. ROCK ON OLD STUFF!!

[ibleedmarshall]

this seemed like an interesting thread, so I'll revive it

The first song I could play perfectly was the Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson.

The first song I took pride in that I could play perfectly was For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica...

[BassTallica]

of course the first song i coudl play was thats rigth smells liek teen spirit..

my first GOOD song i could play was Around The World by the chili peppers

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[Mettra]

Bach - Toccata and Fugue In D Minor

The first and only song I know frontwards, backwards, inside out, and upside down (not literally, but you get the idea). "Why such a hard song?" you ask. Exactly the reason :).

[popmusic_sux]

i dont think i posted yet, the first song i learned was good riddance from green day

[punkrockguy318]

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World.. except for the solo. I hate that band I dont know why I learned it

[punkrockguy318]

Originally posted by popmusic_sux
i dont think i posted yet, the first song i learned was good riddance from green day

Yeah, that was my REAL first, but I didnt play it right I played it with all chords instead of the picking the notes so I didn't count it.

[popmusic_sux]

i kinda like them, i like the sweetness better than the middle though. i started to figure out the middle by ear, then gotbored and went to something better

[punkrockguy318]

Originally posted by popmusic_sux
i kinda like them, i like the sweetness better than the middle though. i started to figure out the middle by ear, then gotbored and went to something better

Yeah, it's just a three chord wonder. I would almost like them if they didnt have those annoying vocals

[popmusic_sux]

ive heard bands with worse vocals before.

[Claire]

my first song on bass was.....was...um.. ah! i can't remember. it was a song by slayer. and my first song on acoustic was wish you were here

[punkrockguy318]

Originally posted by popmusic_sux
ive heard bands with worse vocals before.

Yeah, NFG

[popmusic_sux]

i didnt think about bass songs. the first one i learned was "best of me" from the starting line.

and yes, nfg is a prime example of a band with worse vocals

[faststarre]

mine was black night by deep purple and now i can play it with my hand above the fretboard so screw you "Mr i think i'm the greatest blackmoore"

[JackasS sonNY]

The first classical song I could ever play was Oh To Joy or something like that. The first like real modern song I figured out how to play was Blink 182's Stay together for the Kids. I think that song is so easy to play.

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by ******* sonNY
The first classical song I could ever play was Oh To Joy or something like that. The first like real modern song I figured out how to play was Blink 182's Stay together for the Kids. I think that song is so easy to play.

i KNOW that song is easy to play... even i can play it

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[Rocket17]

The first one i got down to a T would be Boston's "Peace Of Mind"