First song I learnt was Highway man by Soad then I think some Incubus

I first learned to play Green Day- Jesus of Suburbia
American Idiot
Nickleback-Fellin' way too **** good
None of them are tooo tough except for American idiot nad that was just b/c of the intro

i suppose they are hard if you are really really beginner, but to me, and i stil class myself as a beginner, are all terribly easy.

feel good inc by gorillaz is fun to play and is so easy too.

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Someone needs to go back and compile a big list, instead of having to sift through 10 pages of the same 25-30 songs repeated over and over by different people unwilling to read the thread.

Any Rancid

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

Sounds good with a guitar player, plus gets you using your fingers and some bends in there too. Good practice!

sunshine of your love impresses people too, :lol:.
and yeah good idea, somebody preferably a mod, compile a list please, and like in the guitar forum, a thread with links to all helpful threadds.

thanks

System of a down - Sugar
System of a Down - Spiders
Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Green Day - American Idiot

all very easy beginner songs

[QUOTE=spawn of cliff]I have a question.....does bass sound better clean or distorted?[/QUOTE]
depends what you're playing....

Edit : Sorry bout double post

Manic Street Preachers-Archives of Pain sounds soo cool

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The Rage - Judas Priest
Breakin' the Law - judas priest

[QUOTE=wierdhead3]megadeth-peace sells easy song to learn and sounds cool.
rancid-fall back down
ataries-teenage riot
tool-schism
blink182-carousel[/QUOTE]
peace sells isnt exacctly a beginners song

[QUOTE=sixxbassist90]peace sells isnt exacctly a beginners song[/QUOTE] Yeah, its pritty fast

For those of a simillar vintage to myself, who may hanker back to the early 80's Brit Funk sound of Mark King and Level 42 - "DUNE TUNE" was the very first piece I learned to play. I love it.
It's not that hard for a beginer but it gives you the chance to play bass as it's meant to be played, as lead. ;)

The Cure - Close to me
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
have fun!

The Cure-Love Song

any CRASS song = easy easy easy

hy every1
 

hi
this is my 1st reply to this thread
so dont be mad on me

nmy favorite beginning songs were:

3doors down- krytonite

linkinpark- its goi9ng down

greenday- boulevard of broken dreams :thumb:

Dream Theater-Beyond This Life- Hard requires 6-string
Dream Theater-As I Am-easy requires 5-string and uses harmonics
Flogging Molly-Laura- easy and addictive
Primus-Tommy the cat-hard

Hi guys
I'm looking for a fun song to play, something like little sister (qotsa) and i was hoping maybe you know some songs. I would like a song that goes rather fast, and is melodic. I would also like a song in the same genre as Qotsa.
Thx
Rikkus

I've been playing for barely three weeks and so far I've learned:

Toadies: Possum Kingdom
Creedence: Down On the Corner
Creedence: Who'll Stop the Rain
Creedence: Bad Moon Rising
White Stripes: Seven Nation Army
The Transplants: Diamonds and Guns
Folk Implosion: Natural One *I do still have trouble with this one at times, but I can play it really, really slow. :p

Anyone know any good Metal songs for beginners? With the exception of Metallica (I've learnt loads of songs by them, still good though!).

Journey To The End of East Bay - Rancid
Time Bomb - Rancid
Maxwell Murder - Rancid (This one isn't exactly a song for beginners, its also a good song to work on right hand speed)

seven nation army- easy
iron man- easy
slipknots/duality- medium
lynyrd skynyrds/simple man- easy

[QUOTE=cramboli]System of a down-Spiders
System of a down-ATWA
System of a down-Aerials
Marilyn Manson songs are easy and 4 string
Take choruses from any song and put them together for sometinh easy
and don't steal it and make a song.(for people like me)[/QUOTE]

hi if your mentioning these by soad i have to add one more :)
suga. its a bit fast at times but you get used to it, plus you practice :D

sry for double posting, but just as i submitted the prior post one more really easy song came to my mind
With or Without You - U2
so long and have fun playing

rancid-ruby soho - easy
metallica - seek and destroy - easy
led zeppelin - black dog - easy
led zeppelin - heartbreaker -easy
led zeppelin - dazed and confused - easy
jaco pastorius - the chicken - easy if u can remember it all

Afi-days of the pheonix-easy
Green day-american idiot-too easy
Green day-holiday-very easy
incubus-wish you were here-easy

and for anyone whos just started playing and is looking for something a little more challenging
The cure-lovecats-easy/medium
Afi-the great disappointment-easy/medium
At the drive-in-one armed scissor-easy/medium
incubus-battlestar scratchlactica-medium
muse-hysteria-medium(it requires pretty good speed for both the left and right hands so may need a lot of practice)

Rage against the machine - Know your enemy - easy but really good fun

ive just started bass like three days ago
is there any really (and i mean really) easy songs i could start with?
my first song was i was made for loving you by kiss

Here are some REALLY easy songs to play, and I should know, because I just started playing a few days ago.

Easy:
Hole - Violet
Hole - Awful (fun to play)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (great, keeps you moving around)
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.

Auf der Maur - Followed the Waves - Moderatly Easy... it's in drop D, still in the process of learning it myself, but an AWESOME song

Well if your looking for an easy song to begin with its always good to start with sum punk like greenday or good charlotte

I have never tryed this (since i'm not really a beginner) but I just thought of this if you want to build up speed in slap/pop with you right hand.

Take any simple root noting songs(most punk) and then just slap the root and pop the octave. Try to keep up with the song. Good songs for this is probally ones where the bass is just doing straight eighth notes.

[B]Float On[/B] by Modest Mouse
[B]Come As You Are[/B] by Nirvana (a must)
[B]Smells Like Teen Spirit[/B] by Nirvana (a must)
[B]Stand by Me[/B] by Ben. E King
[B]The Thrill is Gone[/B] by B.B King
[B]Caruosel (Chesire Cat Version)[/B] by Blink 182 (a must)
[B]Feel Good Inc.[/B] by Gorillaz
[B]Day Tripper[/B] by The Beatles
[B]Come Together[/B] by The Beatles
[B]Blitzcreig Bop[/B] by The Ramones
[B]This is the Place[/B] by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
[B]I Wanna Hold Your Hand[/B] by The Beatles
[B]Eight Days a Week[/B] by The Beatles
[B]My Girl[/B] by The Temptations
[B]The Zephyr Song[/B] by RHCP
[B]Road Trippin[/B] by RHCP
[B]The Antipop[/B] by Primus (slap/pop)
[B]Higher Ground[/B] by RHCP (good beginner slap/pop song)
[B]Another One Bites the Dust[/B] by Queen (good beginner slap song)

Most Punk Rock is good for beginners.
Blink 182, Sum 41, Pink Flyod, Weezer, Green Day have easy beginner songs.
A Very Good Song for improving is [B]Anesthesia[/B] by Metallica

I've been playing for a over two months now and I found most of these songs to be helpful and some are great just to play and have fun.

-macabre

[B]Weezer[/B]-[I]The Good Life[/I]-easy
[B]Kiss[/B]-[I]Heaven's on fire[/I]-easy
[B]Green Day[/B]-[I]Brainstew[/I]-easy
[B]Green Day[/B]-[I]Minority[/I]-pretty easy
[B]Green Day[/B]-[I]Hitchin' A Ride[/I]-easy

[QUOTE=sixxbassist90]peace sells isnt exacctly a beginners song[/QUOTE]
Yeah it is, maybe at first if youve been playing for less than maybe a month it is, but it's fairly simple and impresses people who know the song and don't play an instrument(maybe).

im a beginner and i was able to teach myself to play Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
it's [b]too[/b] simple

[QUOTE=Abrams]im a beginner and i was able to teach myself to play Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
it's [b]too[/b] simple[/QUOTE]

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thats just one part, but yeah its **** easy

I know Anesthesia by Metallica is a great song for improvement. What are some other songs that will improve bass playing skills as a whole? Not just songs that are easy.

The Beatles - A Day In The Life - not too difficult

I just started about a month ago and found this song to be fairly easy once you're used to it, especially once you memorize it.