rasputin
01.28.09 | The Offspring - Vultures |
Vooligan
01.28.09 | smooooooooooooke on the water. duh duh duh, dah duh da nah. |
Jim
01.28.09 | pink floyd have surprisingly simple arrangements consisting of pretty basic chords
i never had the patience to learn beyond this point however. once i could play floyd i was happy as i was ever going to be
and um the beatles are fuckin easy |
ClearTheLane
01.28.09 | In the Aeroplane over the Sea |
Benzum
01.28.09 | What a weird cooincidence I just started playing the drums and I'm a guitarist. Try learning any basic rock stuff that has a load of power chords in. A lot of punk rock stuff is good to learn at first beacuse it helps build up stamina and finger dexterity, even if it is boring as sin to play. If you're just starting out you should just play what you know. Eventually you'll get to know the fretboard a little better and will be able to work out songs by ear! Good luck. |
SynGates
01.28.09 | The first song by a band I learned was Still Day Beneath the Sun by Opeth. Sounds harder than it is and it is good for developing finger picking. |
Benzum
01.28.09 | Oh and be sure to learn Street Spirit by Radiohead. |
taylormemer
01.28.09 | Still Day Beneath the Sun is also quite enjoyable to play on piano. But seriously, there is so much good acoustic stuff out there I'd have no idea where to even begin. |
PuddleSwimmer
01.28.09 | Everything Blink-182 |
ToWhatEnd
01.28.09 | -Foo Fighters - Everlong
-Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
-Metallica - One and Fade to Black (intros)
-Dead Kennedys - Police Truck (not as difficult as it sounds but it definitely took some practice. I'd say more of a beginner/intermediate as opposed to beginner)
-blink-182 - Stay Together For The Kids and What's My Age Again
-Greenday - American Idiot
Those were songs I played rather frequently during the first six months or so of starting guitar. Hope this helps, I stalked your album ratings so this list would (hopefully) be moderately compatible with your tastes.
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zeppelinUSA
01.28.09 | Try:
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Free Fallin - Tom Petty
Gotta Get Away - Offspring
Dani California - RHCP
Just look up tabs of songs that sound easy to you. |
pianotuna
01.28.09 | in the aeroplane over the sea (nmh)
bob dylan - like a rolling stone (very easy, sounds great)
flaming lips - do you realize??
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pianotuna
01.28.09 | oh and yeah, "wish you were here" was one of the first i learnt, and i really rewarding experience. i suggest you try and learn the whole thing/all parts. :) also karma police is a pretty boring song but sounds great to play. |
pianotuna
01.28.09 | two more (lol, sorry) - both david bowie tracks, "the man who sold the world" - both good for chords and the tiny little riffs. also ziggy stardust, which just sounds really awesome once more. good luck with learning :) |
VicariousIntent
01.28.09 | You're in the exact same boat I am, drummer learning guitar.
Learn some Death Cab! I know you love em like I do. Learn the acoustic version of Sound Of Settling.
Without a doubt though, learn A Lack Of Color. Talk about a song that's easy to finger pick...it's so gorgeous and so much fun to play though! I guarantee you'll always find yourself playing it from that point on. |
Alligator
02.07.09 | Green Day was my big kickstart. fun and easy. |
BSX
07.05.09 | Madonna's American Life, but I'll understand if you don't take my suggestion. . . .
Start with some blues like Muddy Waters or folk songs |
Shrapnel94
07.05.09 | My first full song was actually Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin. |
Zip
07.05.09 | Arch Enemy- Vultures |
illmitch
07.05.09 | the mountain goats |
bodominflames
07.05.09 | If I wasn't so lazy i'd have taught myself how to play guitar by now but yeah. |
combustion07
07.05.09 | Mountain Song by Janes Addiction |
YouAreMySilence
07.05.09 | Brand New - Jesus Christ |
TheDMV
07.05.09 | My Girl by the temptations. you can never go wrong with that right there. classic sing a long |
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