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Bass song for new-ish player.

JinjaBreadNinjaJinjaBreadNinja Posts: 20
edited March 2010 in Musicians and Gearheads
I am relatively new to bass guitar, but I have picked it up surprisingly fast.

With that said I am not good yet, so does anybody have song suggestions for me to learn?

I like the following bands

Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Radiohead
The Doors
Bob Dylan
of course Pearl Jam
The Who
Wilco

I would appreciate any suggestions, and I will be open minded with whatever you suggest.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Lukin: Pearl Jam
    Release: Pearl Jam
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Get a bit of Thin Lizzy into you. Dancing in the Moonlight has a kick ass bassline. IT was one of the first I ever learned when I started playing.
    Heart in a Cage by the strokes is another great one. They have a fair few nice bass songs actually, but that's my favourite.
    Also, anything by Rage against the machine is great for dexterity.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Nirvana stuff is pretty easy, too.
    Judith by A Perfect Circle
    Nice to Know You by Incubus
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    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • jets521jets521 Posts: 804
    ditto on the nirvana. very easy bass lines that you can rock out to.
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  • RoadTripperRoadTripper Posts: 67
    Jane's Addiction has amazing relatively simple FUN bass lines. They sound somewhat complicated at first but you'll see when you're playing that they're not that bad

    Check out Mountain Song, Summertime Rolls, Obvious
  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    As mentioned above! RELEASE...Just 3 Chords...

    "Rockin' in the Free World" another easy one!..."Immortality" 2 Chords for Majority of the Song!...:)
  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Learn everything that Steve Harris ever did for Iron Maiden. Only then can you truly die happy.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    DeLukin wrote:
    Learn everything that Steve Harris ever did for Iron Maiden. Only then can you truly die happy.

    +1 :D

    Not too easy, though...
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    i_lov_it wrote:
    As mentioned above! RELEASE...Just 3 Chords...

    "Rockin' in the Free World" another easy one!..."Immortality" 2 Chords for Majority of the Song!...:)
    GOOD suggestions! I forgot Immortality and RITFW
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
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