Home› Musicians and Gearheads

What Are Your Favourite Songs To Play?

Thumbing My WayThumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
edited August 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
I sometimes feel like I'm in a bit of a rutt and want new things to learn, so I wanted to see what you guys play and what's really fun.

Some of my favs would be:

Ledbetter
Betterman
Elderly Woman
Alive
Tomorrow - Silverchair
Rockin' In The Free World
Over The Hills and Far Away
She Talks To Angels
She's Only Happy In The Sun - Ben Harper
Burn One Down
"I Miss You Already!!!!!"

"Sorry is the fool who trades his love for high-rise rent, Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get"

.NJD.
Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    I know what you mean :)

    There are just some songs you keep playing over, and over, and OVER again and you don't feel like your learning anything new.

    Red House by Hendrix
    Strange Brew by Cream
    My Iron Lung by Radiohead
    Bring It On Home by Led Zeppelin
    The Ocean by Led Zeppelin
    Wearing and Tearing by Led Zeppelin
    Love Me Two Times by The Doors
    The Words Best Friend Become Redifined by Chiodos
    I Believe in Miracles by The Ramones
    Rockaway beach by The Ramones
    Animal
    DTE
    RVM
    Corduroy
    In Hiding
    Smile
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • the unseenthe unseen Posts: 372
    green dolphin street
    blue bosa
    black orpheus
    icarus
    girl from impanema
    take the a train
    equinox
    moondance
    autumn leaves
    afro blue



    as for pearl jam

    crown of thorns
    corduroy
    black
    act of love
    long road
    ritfw
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    the unseen wrote:
    act of love

    WOW

    I haven't played that song in YEARS, literally. It was one of the first songs I ever learned. I should go learn that again and play it.
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    I play lotsa Hendrix like:
    Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
    Manic Depression
    Voodoo Child
    Little Wing
    Drifting
    Rainy Day, Dream Away >>> 1983
    Castles Made of Sand
    Have You Ever Been...
    Burning of the Midnight Lamp
    Wait til Tomorrow
    May This Be Love
    Bold As Love
    Pali Gap
    Machine Gun

    And some SRV of course:
    Texas Flood
    Life by the Drop
    Life without You
    Pride and Joy

    And as for PJ:
    Alive
    Garden
    Elderly Woman...
    Footsteps
    Yellow Ledbetter (must be the Jimi influence!)
    Off He Goes
    Around the Bend
    Thumbing My Way
    Corduroy
    Immortality
    Indifference
    State of Love and Trust
    Black
    Wishlist

    When I play for people, I do a mini-PJ set of this:
    Immortality intro >>> Indifference >>> Immortality (then mellow jam on the "A" chord and up-tempo into...) >>> Alive!!! Some of my favorite 15 minutes of playing!!!
    Rock on!
    ~Edward

    ===========================
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Non-Pearl Jam
    Little Wing (/Maggot Brain :) ) - Jimi Hendrix
    There There - Radiohead
    Siva - Smashing Pumpkins
    Rhinocerous - Smashing Pumpkins
    Drown - Smashing Pumpkins
    Soma - Smashing Pumpkins
    For Martha - Smashing Pumpkins
    Geek U.S.A. - Smashing Pumpkins
    Brother - Alice in Chains (preferably on acoustic with another guitar accompaning)

    That's pretty good..

    Pearl Jam
    Unemployable
    Do The Evolution
    Sleight of Hand
    In Hiding
    Corduroy
    Of The Girl
    Go
    Daughter (if you have a rhythm guitar playing Stone with you)
    Blooooooooooooooooooooood
    Immortality
    Last Exit
    Not For You (something so simple but i never get bored with it!)
    Hail Hail
    Smile
    Off He Goes
    Red Mosquito
    Habit
    Faithfull
    Untitled/MFC
    Cropduster
    All Or None
    Even Flow
    Sad
    Ledbetter
    Hard to Imagine...................................
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    Let It Go - Def Leppard
    Take it Easy - Eagles
    Redemption Song - Bob Marley
    The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
    Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
    Angie - Rolling Stones
    Wild Horses - Rolling Stone
    Walk On - U2
    Angel of Harlem - U2
    Paranoid - Black Sabbath
    War Pigs - Black Sabbath
    Mama Kin - Aerosmith
    Train Kept A Rollin' - Aerosmith

    I definitely prefer sing-a-long by the campfire type songs when I'm on my acoustic. When I'm on my electric, except for picking up the odd riff, I work on my own stuff.
    “One good thing about music,
    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
    ~ Bob Marley
  • leethalleethal Posts: 134
    edpearson wrote:
    I play lotsa Hendrix like:
    Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
    Manic Depression
    Voodoo Child
    Little Wing
    Drifting
    Rainy Day, Dream Away >>> 1983
    Castles Made of Sand
    Have You Ever Been...
    Burning of the Midnight Lamp
    Wait til Tomorrow
    May This Be Love
    Bold As Love
    Pali Gap
    Machine Gun

    And some SRV of course:
    Texas Flood
    Life by the Drop
    Life without You
    Pride and Joy

    And as for PJ:
    Alive
    Garden
    Elderly Woman...
    Footsteps
    Yellow Ledbetter (must be the Jimi influence!)
    Off He Goes
    Around the Bend
    Thumbing My Way
    Corduroy
    Immortality
    Indifference
    State of Love and Trust
    Black
    Wishlist

    When I play for people, I do a mini-PJ set of this:
    Immortality intro >>> Indifference >>> Immortality (then mellow jam on the "A" chord and up-tempo into...) >>> Alive!!! Some of my favorite 15 minutes of playing!!!

    Some great songs there under Hendrix. May this be Love is probably my favourite guitar sound ever. I have no idea how to play it though :( chords, tuning and definitely not tone!

    For me personally i started of playing Zeppelin and loving it now love playing any Black Keys. Especially Everywhere I Go with the one string gas tank bass. I get in a trance.
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    leethal wrote:
    Some great songs there under Hendrix. May this be Love is probably my favourite guitar sound ever. I have no idea how to play it though :( chords, tuning and definitely not tone!
    Ah "May This Be Love?" is my favorite Hendrix song..

    It's in standard :)

    very very pretty.

    Solo is in E major.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    corduroy - as much as i got sick of hearing PJ play this, i totally understand why - it is freakin fun to play!!!
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    edpearson wrote:
    And some SRV of course:
    Texas Flood
    Life by the Drop
    Life without You
    Pride and Joy
    How tough is Life By The Drop?
    “One good thing about music,
    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
    ~ Bob Marley
  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Don't know if I have any particular favorites. But right now I'm having alot of fun learning Tetragrammation by The Mars Volta.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    surferdude wrote:
    How tough is Life By The Drop?

    Easy. I'm having problems with Life Without You though.

    As for me:
    Little Wing
    Lenny
    Yellow Ledbetter
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    surferdude wrote:
    How tough is Life By The Drop?

    If there's ever been an easy SRV tune, this is it! He does this tune on a 12-string guitar so it's not so much of the typical SRV style -- as basic as SRV gets!
    Rock on!
    ~Edward

    ===========================
  • leethalleethal Posts: 134
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Ah "May This Be Love?" is my favorite Hendrix song..

    It's in standard :)

    very very pretty.

    Solo is in E major.

    You sir, are absolutely right!

    What about that solo!? My all time fav i absolutely love it just for the sheer sound of it. So beautiful. "It sound like flying... to me"
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    leethal wrote:
    You sir, are absolutely right!

    What about that solo!? My all time fav i absolutely love it just for the sheer sound of it. So beautiful. "It sound like flying... to me"
    god i know.. the guitar just wraps around your head!

    mindblowing!
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
Sign In or Register to comment.