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pauloz!
03-12-2006, 11:22 PM
What are some fun songs to play that are quite difficult?? I have been playin for a year and a half and i am looking for some fun songs to play.
Seafroggys
03-12-2006, 11:56 PM
Anything by Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix's drummer)

Fire, Hey Joe, Manic Depression, etc.

Anything by Keith Moon (The Who)

...I don't even know where to start. Heaven and Hell, Young Man Blues, Who Are You, etc.
Swiftay
03-13-2006, 12:10 AM
Trucker's Atlas!

haha yay, i beat milkmit.
Maggot Dream
03-13-2006, 12:11 AM
Anything by Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix's drummer)

Fire, Hey Joe, Manic Depression, etc.

Anything by Keith Moon (The Who)

...I don't even know where to start. Heaven and Hell, Young Man Blues, Who Are You, etc.
If you can play Young Man Blues, you are my hero.
rockindrummer
03-13-2006, 12:14 AM
The Outsider by A Perfect Circle is really fun to play. It has some hard stuff in it but you asked for it.
Panopticon
03-13-2006, 12:24 AM
Red Hot Chili Peppers...anything from Blood Sugar Sex Magik or Californication...Such enormous groove.
Motleyguy
03-13-2006, 03:26 AM
The Outsider by A Perfect Circle is really fun to play. It has some hard stuff in it but you asked for it.

I totally agree...I love that song, actually I love APC, and I love Freese!

Red Hot Chili Peppers...anything from Blood Sugar Sex Magik or Californication...Such enormous groove.

I completely agree. I love playing Otherside from Californication. Chop Suey by System of a Down is another really fun one to play, as well as The Quiet Place by In Flames (the parts themselves aren't too tough, but the fills are cool). Try Everlong by the Foo Fighters, Starseed by Our Lady Peace and Megalomaniac by Incubus too.
Chris
03-13-2006, 03:27 AM
Zwan - Jesus I, Mary Star Of The Sea

That could be just a tade to hard for you, but it is one hell of a song to grove to.

Zwan - Lyric
LostRythym
03-13-2006, 03:57 AM
Anything RHCP and van halen
styler
03-13-2006, 06:04 AM
a year and a half and your still asking these kinda questions?
pabster
03-13-2006, 06:56 AM
What are some fun songs to play that are quite difficult?? I have been playin for a year and a half and i am looking for some fun songs to play.

Classic Rush: Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions, New World Man, etc
Zeppelin: Good TImes Bad Times, In My Time of Dying (heel toe needed for these which I cannot do). Other Zeppelin of course
I was also going to mention RHCP like some others did
pabster
03-13-2006, 06:58 AM
Anything RHCP and van halen

Funny you mention Halen - one of my favorite bands growing up but I hate drumming along to their songs. Alex is a good drummer and all but has a style that is just different and not fun to play in IMO. Riding the crash through like 90% of their songs is just stupid IMO.
beaker_747
03-13-2006, 07:01 AM
Any Incubus, Mudvayne, Dave Matthews Band, Qotsa, Smashing P's

All great to rock out to, but nothing beats ORIGINALS!!
Chris
03-13-2006, 07:04 AM
Any Incubus, Mudvayne, Dave Matthews Band, Qotsa, Smashing P's

I doubt you could do something like Muzzle after 1 and a half years, quite a few pumpkin songs are hard to play.
breakster
03-13-2006, 07:46 AM
All songs by coheed and cambria (josh eppard) are fun to play but probably too advanced. RAge against the machine (brad wilk) is pretty fun...
Bonham#1!
03-13-2006, 10:53 AM
AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK!!!!!

No but seriously my band did a cover of "The Ocean" by Zeppelin, and that was some of the most fun I had whilst doing a cover.
milkmit
03-13-2006, 10:55 AM
Trucker's Atlas!

haha yay, i beat milkmit.

damn....no fair, I stepped away from the computer to make rice! :)

I've been playing for ~14 months, and I'm only now getting into playing some RHCP. not much of it is too hard to play without a bit of practice, and it's TONS of fun to play.
Vannaroth
03-13-2006, 10:58 AM
Red Barchetta by Rush is great fun
Seafroggys
03-13-2006, 07:18 PM
If you can play Young Man Blues, you are my hero.

heh, I haven't actually played along with it or anything yet, but I bet I could hold my own.

But I know what you mean, I watch the Isle of Wight video, and during that song I'm like :eek: Keith Moon was a god on drums.
Icky_Mettle
03-13-2006, 07:22 PM
Sleater-Kinney-What's Mine Is Yours

You can really learn some great fills from Sleater Kinney's drummer, and she's hot too :)

forgot her name.
milkmit
03-13-2006, 07:44 PM
Sleater-Kinney-What's Mine Is Yours

You can really learn some great fills from Sleater Kinney's drummer, and she's hot too :)

forgot her name.

janet weiss. yes, she's quite gooooood on the drums.

but I'm more of a carrie brownstein kinda guy. :)
Maggot Dream
03-13-2006, 07:53 PM
heh, I haven't actually played along with it or anything yet, but I bet I could hold my own.

But I know what you mean, I watch the Isle of Wight video, and during that song I'm like :eek: Keith Moon was a god on drums.
I used to like to play along with it, but then I realized that I'm about 1/100 as fast as he was.

Live at Leeds and IOW are great though. I always say that you've never heard Moon until you've heard him play live.
Zildjian
03-13-2006, 08:17 PM
When the levee breaks - Zeppelin
Icky_Mettle
03-13-2006, 08:22 PM
janet weiss. yes, she's quite gooooood on the drums.

but I'm more of a carrie brownstein kinda guy. :)
oh man...she's the total package, agree 100 percent :smoke:
We_Love_Lime
03-13-2006, 08:24 PM
When the levee breaks - Zeppelin

Most Deffenitly. Stairway To Heaven. The Roots are fun. The Meters....
TTTSNB
03-13-2006, 08:27 PM
AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK!!!!!

No but seriously my band did a cover of "The Ocean" by Zeppelin, and that was some of the most fun I had whilst doing a cover.
...I played that too, The Ocean, what a great song.
Seafroggys
03-13-2006, 08:28 PM
I used to like to play along with it, but then I realized that I'm about 1/100 as fast as he was.

i know, those long fills he does in the beginning between Roger's vocals are fricken awesome, and then the actual groove and stuff is pretty fast as well.
beaker_747
03-14-2006, 01:20 AM
I doubt you could do something like Muzzle after 1 and a half years, quite a few pumpkin songs are hard to play.
I just meant fun to play in general for me. No way could I play any of that at 1 and a half years.
rockindrummer
03-14-2006, 01:25 AM
I totally agree...I love that song, actually I love APC, and I love Freese!

Damn right man. Freese and APC are amazing!
rohbit
03-14-2006, 01:57 AM
I totally agree...I love that song, actually I love APC, and I love Freese!



I completely agree. I love playing Otherside from Californication. Chop Suey by System of a Down is another really fun one to play, as well as The Quiet Place by In Flames (the parts themselves aren't too tough, but the fills are cool). Try Everlong by the Foo Fighters, Starseed by Our Lady Peace and Megalomaniac by Incubus too.


I'd like to add Toxicity to that as well. Toxicity is HELLA fun to play.

Also, give "Up in Arms" and "Monkey Wrench" by the Foo Fighters, or anything off the first Foo album a go. Dave's got some cool stuff on both TATC and "self-titled."
ZeppaMusic
03-14-2006, 03:58 AM
anything from Baby Animals is sweet or Post Zep!
Chris
03-14-2006, 04:09 AM
I just meant fun to play in general for me. No way could I play any of that at 1 and a half years.

Got you.

I like playing to 'The Everlasting Glaze', but still have issues towards to end, trying to play off beat and getting the bit on the hats.
Drummer Freak 911
03-14-2006, 04:51 AM
"One" Metallica

Fun to play, and easy too :thumb:
beaker_747
03-14-2006, 06:39 AM
Got you.

I like playing to 'The Everlasting Glaze', but still have issues towards to end, trying to play off beat and getting the bit on the hats.
No worries man. Alot of the stuff I mentioned is now easy as pie for me. Everlasting Gaze is a fun tune, especially the unison guitar/drum solo section.
Drumass
03-14-2006, 08:19 AM
I'd like to add Toxicity to that as well. Toxicity is HELLA fun to play.

Also, give "Up in Arms" and "Monkey Wrench" by the Foo Fighters, or anything off the first Foo album a go. Dave's got some cool stuff on both TATC and "self-titled."
OH YEYE TOXICITY that's a fun song to play..
I also suggest........dream theater :confused:
I tried Stream of Conciousness, I couldn't get the energy to learn all of it. Tabs are too confusing to read cuz I'm used to reading standard notation tablature..

Improvising over tracks > learning songs from tab :smash:
Bonham#1!
03-14-2006, 08:48 AM
...I played that too, The Ocean, what a great song.

:chug:
Murd_666
03-14-2006, 08:58 AM
You could try some Mettalica or try Mudvayne's World so Cold or Not Falling.

Also look into Avenged Sevenfold, Bat Country a good song to play to.
\m/-CHeV-\m/
03-14-2006, 09:12 AM
anything by in flames i would say :D
Tommy-r
03-14-2006, 09:22 AM
try the package by APC, one of my favourite songs to play atm.
thenewguy515
03-14-2006, 05:31 PM
alot of Lamb of God stuff is fun to play, not very difficult though, Cannibal Corpse is pretty fun and fast. :thumb:
Electric Requiem
03-14-2006, 05:38 PM
When the levee breaks - Zeppelin

havent listened in a while, does it get much harder than the initial groove?
for some tougher zepp try Moby Dick, but its probably too tough.
We_Love_Lime
03-14-2006, 05:40 PM
havent listened in a while, does it get much harder than the initial groove?
for some tougher zepp try Moby Dick, but its probably too tough.

The whole song is pretty much a solo. Do people even try to duplicate Bonham?

Star-The Roots
Pungee-The Meters
People Say-The Meters
The Seed- The Roots
The Next Movement- The Roots
Californiacation-RHCP
Don't Look Back In Anger-Oasis
Wonderwall-Oasis