Your First Song

So, when you first started playing, what is the first song you learned? For me, it kind of holds sentimental value. I felt on top of the world when I got it down.

For me, it was "Mad World", I think originally done by Tears for Fears.

I can't remember exactly I'm divided between two songs but it was the first that influenced me the most.




This one got me into rock.

I can't remember what exactly I originally learned but I think it was some sort of Blues Brothers song.

i thnk it was Egg sucking dog or something

Wow league you just took me back to the mid nineties with the fastball video.

When I was a teenager I didn't like them, but when I watched that video it took me back and I have to admit I liked it.

Here's another.




As for my first song, I'm not sure but I remember learning the main riff to simple man when I was about 15.

@Margi, are you a Donnie Darko fan?

Mine was Californication by RHCP.

No, actually I haven't seen it yet, though I think I should :P
I find it fascinating how music can set the mood in a movie, proof of its universality.

For you Donnie Darko fans...




As for the thread... i started with Green Day: Time of Your Life. Then I learned some Dave Matthews Band... and some weezer.

@Les_Paul I'm actually a Fastball fan and I have been since that record back in 98.
I was like 8 years old and it was the first record I bought so they definitely got me into listening to more music.

I have every record and I'm happy to say they're still going at it with touring and new material.

The solo in "The Way" is freakin awesome and it actually helped me learn pentatonics.

My first song was 'Wild Thing' by The Troggs (?) because it was only 3 chords.

Afro

Heart of Gold, Neil Young

5 or 6 of my own, then "Eruption" by Van Halen......well, It's the one song that I know more than just the opening riff. lol.

First part of a song opening riff and solo to "One" by Metallica.
First whole song 'A Grave Mistake' by Beneath the Sky :)

Guys, you seriously make me feel bad. At that time I was already happy to finally manage seven nation army, followed by wild thing. I was happy to be able to play anything really, ha.

learning one and eruption first? you didnt start with song that are just like 3 or 4 chords?

I learn't basic chords but didn't sit down and learn your typical first song..I was shown the chords (my neighbour helped me get back to where I was..I stopped playing for five years after two years of learning nothing but scales and chords) and then just used stuff like 'one' to show how they could be used either whole or in parts..

@Admiral: It's all good man, aslong as you enjoy yourself and your music you could take 5years to learn just two chords but it'd still be cool :)

Nickelback - Too Bad & Just For were my first songs.

Just Jeff, I like that verson of Mad World, I wouldn't mind learning that one.

my first song that i played perfect was me n you n the dog name boo...
but it was way back when i was kid.

Enter sandman..Metallica...¬_¬ xD that was my first!

Breaking the Law - Judas Priest

nikhil, I LOVE that song. Record it; play it for us! pretty please!
Phip

I played a little Louie Louie, and wild thing but the first song I really learned and worked all the way though (except the solo) was an S.O.D./Anthrax song called Milk Owed to billy.

shhh, don't tell anyone but I used to be a metal head

haha, the good old days!
mines was "time of your life" by green day. learned the plucking for it first,

Back in Black! I played it all day everyday for about a month. I only had the main chords/riff but it was awesome. The first song I learned all the way through was Snowblind by Black Sabbath. It has a sweet solo that is a little bit slower in it but sound really eerie feel to it.



Tony Iommi is awesome. He is missing a bunch of fingers on one of his hands. He lost em in accident involving a saw I believe.

yeah Gonzo that was one of my first songs too. That solo is just so easy and fun to play

sure Phip. need to buy a cam.....hopin this month to end haha.

My first song ever was "whats my age again" by blink 182 on bass. On guitar I believe it was smells like teen spirit, and the first solo was fade to black, which took me a while to make sound clear but blew my mind when I first made those sounds. It still drives me to get better.

God of Thunder , KISS, 1975 , Via MS Jennifer Hooks ... (some things ya never forget!)

yup! when i got my little bitty kid-fingers on that one i was doomed forever!
(not to listen to Kiss , but to play until blistery and such lol)

twist of cain-danzig

I dont really remember my first song,maybe it was some clapton or Santana,but i remember my very first solo was Hotel California! :D

wake me up when september ends b green day just parts of it, the intro and I learned the solo that was a big accomplishment,but first FULL song I played, nothing else matters by metallica.

Snowblind, pleaseeeee tell me from where did you get the tab I'm so in love with that song but I can't find the right tab and i can't play the solo by ear all of it, plus which tuning did they use in that song and amp settings :) ?

First song opening riff thing I learned was One by Metallica.

First song I learned all the way through, solo included, was Ain't Talkin Bout Love by Van Halen, because I couldn't really play the solo from Unchained, I learned both riffs at the same time.

@ JazzMav - I LOVE just for! Probably my favorite song by them. That or "Never Again".

That is quite the accomplishment :)

lool, didn't that take ages?

Nah,i been all day trying to remember wich song was,i was learning back in the day santana hits,like samba pa ti,oye como va and Europa,or clapton classics like cocaine or sunshine of your love,and i also learned a lot of hit songs by The Eagles,tequila sunrise,hotel california,one of these nights,think i learned the whole Greatest hits album! haha

Painkiller by Judas Priest, or more so random riffs, I remember being unable how to understand how they got it to sound good, then I discovered palm muting...

Untill now... Minor Threat is the only cover I know, (it's only 3 riffs!) But I know allot of my own stuff so Painkiller is it. :)

Can't really remember it might have been 'when the man comes around' by Johnny Cash... but i know the first thing i learned by ear was the old Tetris theme

I always thought I'd replied on this one. i think it was "Wild Thing" or "Get Back" by The Beatles. Probably "Get Back" though, I probably couldn't play barre chords at that time.