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What songs can't you get enough of playing at the moment?

AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
edited May 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
Learning anything new?

Me, i'm on a massive Tool kick at the moment. I think the pre chorus riff in “Ticks & Leeches” is right up there with my favorite of all time, along with Cemetery Gates.

I always play Cemetery Gates to get me in the mood if i'm not feeling it. For some reason that always works. The intro just makes you wanna rock.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    bah cemetary gates - what a song

    i dont play anything lol ;p
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Bass I tend to warm up prior to rehearsal playing "Hummer" by The Smashing Pumpkins

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  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    John Scofield - Chank
    The Meters - Hey Pocky-a-way, Cissy Strut and Fire on the Bayou
    Perpetual Groove - All This Everything (pt 2)
    Phish - Free, Mike's Song
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    Learning anything new?

    Me, i'm on a massive Tool kick at the moment. I think the pre chorus riff in “Ticks & Leeches” is right up there with my favorite of all time, along with Cemetery Gates.

    I always play Cemetery Gates to get me in the mood if i'm not feeling it. For some reason that always works. The intro just makes you wanna rock.
    The heavy breakdown in "Stinkfist" is something I always crank when driving through my neighborhood.


    Actually, I'm proud to say this...
    I can't get enough of playing my own songs right now. It's a weird feeling to want to play original stuff more than covers. Still, playing Army Reserve, Ledbetter, the riff to Dr. Dre's "Still", riff in "Suga Suga" by Baby Bash, are all ones I find myself playing
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  • reaching handsreaching hands Posts: 370
    raconteurs...carolina drama...beautiful song
    leeds 26/08/06....electric
    paris 11/09/06.....crushed...but estatic
    wembley 18/06/07.....oh yes

    'listen...you can hear the sustain...you just hold that note and you can go get a bite whilst its still going'

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  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    PLAYING as in on Guitar, or PLAYING as in on CD/MP3 ?????

    Playing on guitar, My Own tunes (I love the last 2-tunes I've written).
    Listening-wise, probably a TOOL tune - maybe "The Grudge."
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  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    finally bought a capo (can't believe I never owned one) so lately I've just been strumming Two by Ryan Adams on my acoustic. such an easy song to play and sing, but it's so good!
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • The VacantThe Vacant Posts: 271
    Torn And Frayed - Rolling Stones
    Into The Void - Black Sabbath

    My go two tunes to get warmed up. Fun stuff.
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    The one I just recently learned, and have been playing a bunch, is "Heartbeats" by Jose Gonzalez. Such a great riff. Alternative tunings, what a joy...

    If you haven't heard the tune, check out the Sony Bravia commercial on YouTube featuring the song, it's my favorite piece of video ever.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Omega47Omega47 Posts: 43
    Well, that'd probably "Poisoning Pidgeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer. Can't get enough of it, frickin hilarious. I'm also currently into Springsteen, Incubus, and Neverending White Lights right now. Strange combination. Like putting vinegar in your cupcakes.
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    I'm trying to improve my fingerpicking techique so mainly stuff like Babe I'm Gonna Leave YOu (Led Zepp) and a few of the easier Elliott Smith songs. I'm determined to write a decent folky song so I need to improve!
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    If you haven't heard the tune, check out the Sony Bravia commercial on YouTube featuring the song, it's my favorite piece of video ever.
    Such a good call, what an awesome riff.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    I don't play covers at gigs, but at home, I love to play Seven Black Roses by John Martyn:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZBt4VTcUA
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    Actually, I'm proud to say this...
    I can't get enough of playing my own songs right now. It's a weird feeling to want to play original stuff more than covers.
    You should be proud, it doesn't get much better than that hey.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I don't play covers at gigs, but at home, I love to play Seven Black Roses by John Martyn:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZBt4VTcUA

    that's wicked cool fins. i love that.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    fowls wrote:
    I'm trying to improve my fingerpicking techique so mainly stuff like Babe I'm Gonna Leave YOu (Led Zepp) and a few of the easier Elliott Smith songs. I'm determined to write a decent folky song so I need to improve!

    Check out seven black roses that fins just posted. that's one of the best folk songs you will hear and there's some amazing fingerpicking going on there.
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Anything by Ray LaMontagne.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Phish - Free
    Rory Gallagher - Pistol Slapper Blues

    ANYTHING by Back Door Slam.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    since my band and i are on hiatus for a few weeks i have been playing alot of acoustic tunes. probably my two favorites right now are neil young's "needle and the damage done" and bob dylan's "forever young". both are quite easy to play and sing so whenever i am in a bad mood i just play those songs and i feel better for some reason. when i plug in my amp i find myself rocking "black shuck" by the darkness. say what you will about those guys, but that riff through a 1974 marshall superlead is pure rock heaven to me.
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  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    Check out seven black roses that fins just posted. that's one of the best folk songs you will hear and there's some amazing fingerpicking going on there.
    I didn't really like it at all (each key change sounded like a record being sped up) - was he using one
    of those sliding capos or something. I grew up with folk music (Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Arlo
    Guthrie, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Richie Havens, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Cat Stevens)
    because my parents listened to A LOT of folk when I was a kid, but that tune just wasn't for me, Sorry.
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  • blonde redheadblonde redhead Posts: 19
    come on, come on,
    you think you"ll drive me crazy well, come on, come on,
    you and whose army
    you and your cronies

    come on, come on, holy roman empire,
    come on if you think, come on if you think, you can take us on

    you can take us on,
    you and whose army?

    you and your cronies,

    you forget so easy..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    *in a fighting mood tonight*...
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    I'm always a sucker for In Hiding from Yield. It's such a great riff and all the sections are interesting.
    Metallica's Orion from MOP is always in rotation too, have just about got it all sussed now, just a few minor phrasing wrinkles to iron out.
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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    always play Corduroy and Do the Evolution when i plug in my electric......on acoustic, i have been playing a fingerpicking version of Auld Lang Syne i am proud to say i came up with myself using the chords and melody.......i came up with the idea on new years eve (of course) and have been loving playing it ever since
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  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    I love playing Yellow Ledbetter. I play it pretty much everyday. That song has so much feeling to me and that's the song that originally inspired me to learn to play guitar. I am also always working on Over The Hills and Far Away. Great tune!
  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    a lot of sweet home alabama.
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • PappasPappas Posts: 809
    lately ive been learning/playing thumbing my way (love it)

    couple songs i ALWAYS play some of when i play guitar are...
    -picture in a frame (so beatiful yet basic)
    -yellow ledbedder (normally play the intro to warm up my fingers etc)

    i always tend to rip out a Dmin blues pentatonic evenflow solo too lol
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    ianvomsaal wrote:
    I didn't really like it at all (each key change sounded like a record being sped up) - was he using one
    of those sliding capos or something. I grew up with folk music (Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Arlo
    Guthrie, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Richie Havens, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Cat Stevens)
    because my parents listened to A LOT of folk when I was a kid, but that tune just wasn't for me, Sorry.

    Twee.
  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Twee.
    I know sweet, bla, bla :rolleyes:
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  • SpameisterSpameister Posts: 6
    Well at the moment, I'm in a 'obscure, relatively unheard of band' phase - I've been playing:

    Whitewater - Kyuss
    Dead Anyway - Kerbdog

    ...wait, make that just about all Kerbdog ;-)
  • stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    Just learned Travis picking and can't stop playing Julia, Dear Prudence, Dust in the Wind, and Landslide
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