Marvin Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) I placed an ad on one of those sites, you know lonely hearts for musicians and got a reply from a guitarist who sounds rather good if I'm honest. There's a drummer and potentially a warbler. Well it's just dawned on me that in the past year that I've been noodling around on the bass I haven't actually learnt a cover in full. Well by that I mean I'll have sort of learnt one on a night and then completely forgotten a) how to play it and/or b ) what the damned song was in the first place. So your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to come up with a few covers (4 or 5 at the max) that are very quick and easy to learn but sound alright. By easy I mean nothing with loads of fills and variations in it, repetitive is the key word here as I've got a lousy memory Oh, some are on the scratched off list already - Sex on Fire, All Right Now, Sweet Home what's it, Mustang doo dah, you know the score. Edited September 21, 2010 by Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) QotSA - No one knows? Queen - Another one bites the dust? Edited September 21, 2010 by Conan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markstuk Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hard to Handle (Black Crowes version) Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer). Have the added benefit of being quite fun to play as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix You really got me - Kinks Rocky mountain way - Joe Walsh Waterfront - Simple Minds Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 highway to hell - incredibly sparse bass part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 [quote name='Marvin' post='963049' date='Sep 21 2010, 10:10 AM']So your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to come up with a few covers (4 or 5 at the max) that are very quick and easy to learn but sound alright. By easy I mean nothing with loads of fills and variations in it, repetitive is the key word here as I've got a lousy memory [/quote] Good grief you want an easy life.. What about just starting a Bill Haley tribute act? You would only need to learn one song then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 The whole AC/DC back catalogue, especially Highway To Hell, same with Quo. Smells like Teen Spirit, American Idiot, You Really Got Me, So What.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Blur - Song 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Really depends on what your singer likes to sing... but Last to know. Del Amitri. great tune, middle ground, not at all offensive, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 [quote name='lowdown' post='963086' date='Sep 21 2010, 10:40 AM']Good grief you want an easy life.. What about just starting a Bill Haley tribute act? You would only need to learn one song then.[/quote] I'm a busy man. I've got a house to clean today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 May I suggest these to the OP? Actually what do others think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 [quote name='Marvin' post='963049' date='Sep 21 2010, 10:10 AM']I placed an ad on one of those sites, you know lonely hearts for musicians and got a reply from a guitarist who sounds rather good if I'm honest. There's a drummer and potentially a warbler. Well it's just dawned on me that in the past year that I've been noodling around on the bass I haven't actually learnt a cover in full. Well by that I mean I'll have sort of learnt one on a night and then completely forgotten a) how to play it and/or b ) what the damned song was in the first place. So your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to come up with a few covers (4 or 5 at the max) that are very quick and easy to learn but sound alright. By easy I mean nothing with loads of fills and variations in it, repetitive is the key word here as I've got a lousy memory Oh, some are on the scratched off list already - Sex on Fire, All Right Now, Sweet Home what's it, Mustang doo dah, you know the score.[/quote] You want very quick; you want easy to learn; sound alright. You don't want loads of fills and variations. You want repetitive... Ok, these may be way off the mark, or you may have covered/dismissed them already, but how about... * U2 - "Still Haven't Found..." * U2 - "With Or Without You" * U2 - probably most of their other stuff too! * Pink Floyd - "Another Brick In The Wall" ...to name three. Yes I know -- but you did ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Stingray5' post='963147' date='Sep 21 2010, 11:34 AM']You want very quick; you want easy to learn; sound alright. You don't want loads of fills and variations. You want repetitive... Ok, these may be way off the mark, or you may have covered/dismissed them already, but how about... * U2 - "Still Haven't Found..." * U2 - "With Or Without You" * U2 - probably most of their other stuff too! * Pink Floyd - "Another Brick In The Wall" ...to name three. Yes I know -- but you did ask! [/quote] It would keep the drummer happy. Edited September 21, 2010 by Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderbird13 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Sweet Home Chicago - really easy to remember and you can add loads of chromatic runs which sound like you know what your doing ! Anything by Creedance Clearwater Revival but particularly Bad moon Rising and Fortunate Son Paranoid Black sabbath - surely everyone knows the riff Personally I'd avoid any ACDC - its easy on paper but it reallty ................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) The easiest song I ever learned was Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater. Three notes only. Play strictly on the one and three. If there's an easier one, I'd be surprised. EDIT: Aha - I see Thunderbird just beat me to it :-) Edited September 21, 2010 by stevie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 CCR are good for the money. I've always liked Down on the Corner as well. Which oddly enough I think I suggested to a potential band last year and it went down well with them. Like Thunderbird13, I've always thought AC/DC (despite liking them) aren't really suited to the pubs around my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane Sabbath - Iron Man Motorhead - Killed By Death Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg - Nuthin But A G Thang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave Vader Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 [quote name='Marvin' post='963176' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:06 PM']CCR are good for the money. I've always liked Down on the Corner as well. Which oddly enough I think I suggested to a potential band last year and it went down well with them. Like Thunderbird13, I've always thought AC/DC (despite liking them) aren't really suited to the pubs around my way.[/quote] I live round your way, trust me, they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='963193' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:23 PM']Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane[/quote] TUUUUNE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Tom Petty, Learning to fly - 4 chords Save tonight - Eagle eye Cherry - 4 chords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers. The Beatles - Twist & Shout. So easy I never bothered making notes for any of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Teenage Kicks - Undertones (I think) Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits. Actually alot of Dire Straits is pretty standard. Telegraph Road, anyone? Wonderwall - Oasis Anything - Status Quo Flight of the Bumblebee Truckstop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 [quote name='Conan' post='963053' date='Sep 21 2010, 10:17 AM']QotSA - No one knows? Queen - Another one bites the dust?[/quote] No One Know is one of the few songs we've given up on as a band. Somehow we could never get the timing right between the three of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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