xgsjx Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1221035' date='May 5 2011, 01:45 PM']Ditto - although it was just the famous riff at the end, not the whole song. The first complete song I learned was Bowie's 'John, I'm Only Dancing', as it was transcribed in the forst copy of Bassist I ever bought. [/quote] The very 1st thing I ever recorded on bass was the F1 bit, a few days after I learned the song (it's an easy starter of a song) & me & my mate on guitar played along to some programmed drum beats (we didn't do the 1st 1/2 of the song as the guitar part is fairly tricky for a 12 year old beginner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I can't remember my first bass lines (probably a generic blues) but I remember first learning House Of The Rising Sun on guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='xgsjx' post='1220883' date='May 5 2011, 12:09 PM']The Chain - Fletwood Mac[/quote] Yep, another +1 from me on The Chain. That and 'Another One Bites The Dust'... can't say I was ever really a fan of Fleetwood Mac or Queen, but those two basslines are so iconic they just seemed like a natural place to start at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Skol303' post='1221182' date='May 5 2011, 03:34 PM']Yep, another +1 from me on The Chain. That and 'Another One Bites The Dust'... can't say I was ever really a fan of Fleetwood Mac or Queen, but those two basslines are so iconic they just seemed like a natural place to start at the time.[/quote] Those were actually the first two songs I played the first time I ever picked up a bass. The first full song I learnt was Chatterbox by the New York Dolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Basic 12 bar blues pattern with open strings I think Then perhaps, peaches and walk on the wild side (the book I had, had a section on double stops) First lines I played all the way through with another musician where Hey Joe and Cross town traffic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michaelg Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 im pretty sure it was bigmouth strikes again by the smiths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_skezz Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Either 'All Day and All of the Night' or 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.dunno Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Come Together by The Beatles. Sexy bassline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Michaelg' post='1221216' date='May 5 2011, 04:21 PM']im pretty sure it was bigmouth strikes again by the smiths[/quote] tough 1st one! great bassline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The 2nd song I learned all the way thru was Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, it all went downhill from there! Only messing, it was a selection of U2 songs from their first 3 albums that was in a transcribed book that my guitarist friend had (has all the instrument score). New Years Day being the gem to play out of that lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='monkeynuts' post='1220935' date='May 5 2011, 12:41 PM']erm....The Chain - Fleetwood Mac but only the F1 theme music section! [/quote] When I first started playing this is all I aspired to be able to play - sorted it within a few days!! What do you do - give up or learn something else?? I did the latter.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham56 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Probably Talking Heads' Psycho Killer. After that it was a very crude improvised four-to-the-bar walk over a jazzy 12-bar in C. This was as part of a bass evening class which had you working on improvised patterns against chords from almost the first lesson. Cheers Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Graham56' post='1221582' date='May 5 2011, 09:16 PM']Probably Talking Heads' Psycho Killer. After that it was a very crude improvised four-to-the-bar walk over a jazzy 12-bar in C. This was as part of a bass evening class which had you working on improvised patterns against chords from almost the first lesson. Cheers Graham[/quote] The original or the one off Stop Making Sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham56 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='xgsjx' post='1221618' date='May 5 2011, 09:33 PM']The original or the one off Stop Making Sense? [/quote] The original... although after that I spent months learning the bass lines for White Stripes' tunes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 4-Skins - Wonderful World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YehItsRyan Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Brain Stew by Green Day, the simplest bass line known to man XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) Not sure between two - it was either "Crocodiles" by Echo & The Bunnymen or "Ceremony" by New Order/Joy Division - on an Aria Pro II bass c.1980/1 Edited May 5, 2011 by Clarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassatnight Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 From memory it was Peaches by the Stranglers on my Westone Thunder 1 bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassatnight Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Clarky' post='1221654' date='May 5 2011, 10:01 PM']Not sure between two - it was either "Crocodiles" by Echo & The Bunnymen or "Ceremony" by New Order/Joy Division - on an Aria Pro II bass c.1980/1[/quote] Good call Clarky, must have played the Crocodiles and Heaven up here album to death back in the day..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhkr Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 My Dad showed me keep on running. First one I worked out was Hey Joe. Felt like a god! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leezo666 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I did a performing musician course at college but being the crappiest drummer out of the 10000000 drummers and the lack of bassists on the course I had to play bass and had to learn Hitchin A Ride - Green Day, Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous - Good Charlotte, I Wonna Be Your Dog - Iggy And The Stooges, Mr Jones - Counting Crows on a some rubbish Legacy jazz replica in about a week for a gig. I still have that bass but it would cost more to repair it than it would to buy a new one so its sitting on a stand gathering dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottomfeed Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Well... the 1st bassline that I really got happening & was proud of the achievement, was Lord of Light by Hawkwind (the Space Ritual version) ....... then the Universe opened up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Down In The Sewer, The Stranglers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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