What was your first song?

[AceFrehleyGuitarGod]

Hey guys whats going on, I just wanted to know what your first song ever you guys learned to play, and the first song you attempted to play? The first song I ever learned to play was Paranoid by Black Sabbath, and the first song I ever attempted to play when first starting out was Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.

[chad]

My first song was smoke on the water by deep purple. Pretty easy:p

[FrozenRiff]

My first riff I ever learned was Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water. My first (and only) song I ever COMPLETED was Blackheart's I Love Rock and Roll.

I only play riffs to songs, I couldn't play a complete song if you told me to unless it was I Love Rock and Roll.

[jmaibauer]

mine was day tripper, it took me a while to memorize that

[cubemokey]

America Horse with No Name and Johnny Cash Hurt were good for starting.

[knoxville]

im pretty sure 'hurt' by johnny cash was the first complete song i ever learned

[Whiskey]

My first ever song was Wild One Forever by Tom Petty. My first electric song was Sweet Child O' Mine by GNR.

[Zeppelin_Maniac]

About A Girl - Nirvana

[sheepster]

The first song I learned to play was 'Tears In Heaven' by Eric Clapton. Beautiful song. I can almost sing along to it too.

Then I tried to learn 'Stairway To Heaven' before realising I wasn't quite that good yet. And I'm still not. Not quite.

[Blewbyou]

Can't remember if it was Bell bottom blues or Can't find my way home both by Eric Clapton. I think it was Can't find my way home as it was what I played for my first recital at the ripe old age of 38. Their only adult student. After that they told me they were flooded with calls from adults of the students and wanted to take lessons with their children. It was a big day for me because I have extreme stage frieght but I'm working on overcoming it that's why I volunteered to perform that day.
Blew

[sheepster]

Heh. The oldest person by 20 years? That must've been quite daunting. I kinda know the 'stage-fright' feeling myself. How did you do?

[Miika]

The first complete song that I learned was Hey Jude by The Beatles. And I got to thank David and Tim for learning that!

[subcaptain]

Froggy went a courtin'

I had to start somewhere!

Marty

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[Jstickley]

Hrmm.. Let me see here. The first song i ever learned, i believe would have to be... Fade to Black. I was about 6 or 7 years old, and it was on regular radio rotation. Keep in mind, i only learned the rythm parts of this and it was until later in life i learned the leads to it also.

Jesse

[Kirk Hammett]

my first was Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit. Then i learned a lot of other, especially Metallica cos its my favourite band...

[Blewbyou]

Sheepster,
I was nervous as heck playing infront of around 50 people. I had the guitar teacher up front with me to play rhythem when it came time for me to play the solo, he was 22-23. My wife tried to record it but screwed up the camera and missed it:rolleyes: Everyone congatulated me on what a wonderfull performance it was but I never got to see the recording to criticize myself. So I guess it was OK.
Blew

[Leigh]

Brimful of Asha was because it was the first song in the book my guitar teacher taught me out of lol.

[james]

first soloish think was pawn shop by sublime and at the same time was the star spangled banner. but the first chord thing was sunshine of your love (no solo though)

[Gonka]

I think my first "song" was something close to a Nirvana - Come as you are riff.:rolleyes:

[Matthew]

The first song I ever learnt was Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's Behind Blue Eyes, mainly cause it was all arpeggiation and simple chords.

[EShirazi]

Other Side - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Steve K]

Good Riddance by Greenday, still trying to get it right :)

[Dmnguitar]

My first song in electric was sweet child of mine while in acoustic was californication. I never learned a whole song, but I'm working on it.

[Pekker_Head]

Mine was Smoke.

[ledzepcoda7]

believe it or not my fist song was by the kingston trio......tom dooley.
old school, i know.

[Nenad]

My first song was Knocking on heaven's Door, than Wonderful Tonight, than Thirs in Heaven...

[Justin]

My first was Sweet Home Alabama. It was all I ever wanted to be able to play...that opening section :) First song I ever learned to play and sing at the same time was Learning to Fly.

later. Justin

[angelicrock]

My first two songs were Vivian by Nerf Herder and Panama by Van Halen.

[Whiskey]

My first was Sweet Home Alabama. It was all I ever wanted to be able to play...that opening section :) First song I ever learned to play and sing at the same time was Learning to Fly.

later. Justin

Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd, Tom Petty or Foo Fighters?

[Justin]

Tom Petty, from the first time I ever played it I could just sing along with it. Don't know why?

[Whiskey]

Yeah, me too. Wierd. Probably the only song I can sing to while I play. I think the reason is that he changes chords at the exact same time he sings the words, unlike a lot of songs which are a bit off.

Good song to practise on.

[Orphan John]

I suppose the first bits and bobs i first started to learn when everything was steam powered instead of electricity was the bass line to Another One Bites The Dust, Smoke on the Water and the bass line to War of the Worlds. Oh and my flash mate taught me the begining bits to Dueling Banjos. I stopped playing along with him after that because his natural expertise depressed me.

When it came to strummy picking stuff i'm sure it was House of the Rising Sun and Streets of London. Later on it was the good old classic Stairway to Heaven, which i will have to find the time to learn all the way through some time.

[Masterchiken]

first song i ever tried was Come as you are by nirvana, only the main tune, and a few weaks ago i heard it again and completed it but its way to easy and starts boring quickly

[brianwalker]

the first song i learned was wish you where here pink floyd, its my favourite song so i bought the tab and just (as dave says) stuck with it.

[dewd]

I can't remember for sure, but it must have been a folk song like "Blowin in the Wind" or "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". This is what they taught us in high school. The first rock song was "Rock You Like a Hurricane". I still love to play that song. It is the only song I remember from the first time I tried the guitar in the mid 80's.

[Doug]

Imagine by John Lennon.

[StealBird]

The first song i ever learnt succesfully was enter sandman by Metalica :)

[snapperenthusiast]

The first thing i ever learned to play was "Lagrima"(Easy beautiful classical guitar gem written by Fransisco Tarrega-you can look him up- it translates to "tear") but my first lick was a 12bar blues progession da-ta-ta...my uncle showed it to me.

[Ring0]

I think mine was Adam's Song by Blink 182 or Toxicity by System of a Down.

Anyone else remember how difficult their first song was? :o
Also my first song with a solo was Fade to Black, I ignored all those suggestions of starting with Smells like teen spirit and dived in straight for the big one. Much suffering later I am proud of it :o

[Motorbreath]

When I come Around by Green Day

[Fenris]

my first was a swedish rock group called Dia psalma and the songs name is maria går på vägen (maria walks down the road)

[Zryder]

A Old one by Buffalo Springfield " For What its Worth "


Zryder

[valanx]

My first song was 'Desert Plains' by Judas Priest (not including the solos though!) The first song with a solo i learned was 'Living after Midnight' :D

[messiah]

Zeppelin's Stairway to heaven.

[Quigg]

wild thing by the troggs, 3 chords easy.

[Jobo]

my first complete song was half the world away by oasis

[Harley]

That god-awful "Bad Moon Rising".

To this day I nearly break off the radio's tuner knob trying to get away from it when it's played.

[guymenton]

"Doll Parts" by Hole/Courtney Love. Don't laugh...it was the easiest tab I could find...just 3 simple chord changes. But definately not a song a guy should sing. :p

[AndJustice4All612]

The first song i ever played fully (and good) was

"The Thing That Should Not Be" by MetallicA \m/ O_o \m/

i think the first "part" of a song i played was the acoustic intro to
"Battery" by MetallicA

[AndJustice4All612]

um... im confused

[ruby_II]

I had my guitar 3 days when I had to perform "Wonderwall" (Oasis)
It wasn't that easy but we pulled it off...:rolleyes:

[NickR]

The first song I started was Smells Like Teen Spirit, but the first one I could play all the way through was Everlong.

[TyMac]

Come as You Are by Nirvana. It's still the first thing I play when I pick up a new guitar.

[Quadcam79]

I remember the first song i learned back when i was like 13 ....sing it with me now "DUN DUN DUN , DUN DUN , DA DA, DUN DUN DUUUUNNNNN, DA DA" We all came out to montreux
On the lake geneva shoreline.......

and then came "DAAAAA , DAA, DA, DA, DA, DADADADADA, DA DA DAH DAH" Has he lost his mind?, Can he see or is he blind
Can he walk at all? Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he live or dead? I see thoughts within his head.
We'll just pass him there. Why should we even care?

[swanson47]

Wish you were here by pink floyd. Before that, I learned 035 03 65 aka smoke on the water.

[Courchesne]

My first hadda be....Last kiss - Pearl jam, that was about 4 years ago, my friend taught it to me, and I didnt even know what a chord was back then lol

[Roonels]

sorry bout this guys...i was goin through robbie williams period!:o i know i know! so i learnded she's the one...i swear like 4 chords...so it was perfect! please forgive me!

[rocknroll19]

The first song I learned by myself was either the riff to "Whole Lot of Love" or "Sweet Jane".

[JVintage]

you guys must have had some pretty cool teachers, I took my first lesson at 13 years old and im damn near sure the first song I learned was "what can you do with a drunken sailor"

[Whiskey]

you guys must have had some pretty cool teachers, I took my first lesson at 13 years old and im damn near sure the first song I learned was "what can you do with a drunken sailor"

Hmmm .. I taught myself .. so yeah, I had a REALLY cool teacher. :cool:

[fatblade]

My first riff attempt was intro to whole lotta rosie, my first complete song was apache by the shads, am halfway through albatross, dont think Peter Green need worry.

[jeromekayla]

my first song was californiacation and otherside by red hot chili peppers

[4urluv]

twinkle twinkle little star :o

[scottdog]

Well i just got my guitar a week ago. I have this sweet class in school where we just play the guitar for 45 minutes a day. Since I've had my guitar I can play a horse with no name by america thanx to David Taub:D and ive made an attempt to play Yellow by Coldplay and I've almost got down High by James Blunt on my accoustic.:eek:

[BSC Poet]

I started with bass, the first song I played on that was .45 by Shinedown.

On guitar... if I can remember I think it was Toxicity by System of a down.

[Ring0]

My first riff attempt was intro to whole lotta rosie, my first complete song was apache by the shads, am halfway through albatross, dont think Peter Green need worry.

Peter Green is God :D

[streetknight]

shinedown is great. I'm trying to learn Shed Some Light right now

[AceFrehleyGuitarGod]

twinkle twinkle little star :o

Were you the one that e-mailed Dave wanting to learn it LOL, I rember watching a video and Dave said he got an E-mail wanting to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, so he played it and almost fell asleep, I woke up and the video was over.ROTFL

[Quadcam79]

shinedown is great. I'm trying to learn Shed Some Light right now
those guys live by me, i talk to em at work every now and then too

[Link]

First song i learned completely was the Canadian Anthem, even if it's just riffs.

ACDC was my first power chorded song i learned.

And i'm learning wild world with the video on the site. Really helped my chord vocabulary and changing.

[disobedience]

Been quite a long time for me...but first complete song was either Run to the Hills - Maiden or Crazy Train (without leads) ;)

[Ring0]

I still have issues playing the Crazy Train rhyth,, yet the solo is absurdly easy now, and I tap with all 3 (working on fourth!) right hand fingers. It's one of those WTH?! things :o

[Rock Monster]

Well, its kind of funny, because the song that got me into guitar wasn't even by guitar heroes like Slash or Jimi Hendrix or anything like that. The song that got me into it was Jaqueline by Franz Ferdinand. The first song i learned though was This Fire by Franz Ferdinand... ridiculously easy.

[Guitar2Masta101]

I started in my basement when I got a old hand me down eletric guitar, the first song I ever learned was Brain Stew by Green Day.

[crocket]

House Of The Rising Sun - by The Animals.

Class.

[fvrtim]

Blackbird by the Beatles, though I just started 3 months, but that was my first whole song I could play.

[That Hippie Kid]

hmm. . .my first song was rather Cliche'. It was "In a Gada Da Vida" by Iron Butterfly. First Full length was "Free Fallin' " by Tom Petty.

[Marshalldude]

Me it was Smoke on the water by deep purple and iron man by black sabbath

[WalkingBlues]

hmmmm the eric clapton unplugged album was my inspiration, but it quickly faded after about 40 seconds in and i ended up figuring out "song of joy" in open notation i don't even know if i can play it now so maybe it doesn't count lol

[BRANDON23]

Hurt(cash
Horse W/ No Name(amerika)
Bad Moon Rising(ccr)

As Far As The Electric Goes Im Just Getting In To That!
I Have Only Been Playing The Guitar Since December!

[colavs8808]

First song I ever learned to play was Rock You Like A Hurricane by The Scorpions.

[Begood]

The first song I learned to play was 'Head over Heels' by Accept.

Very cool solo. But I think it's too difficult for a first song.

[charlie]

My first song was wipe out and walk dont run.off of the ventures learn to play along album when I was a youngin..

[daiakuji]

For me, it was Oasis's Wonderwall, Collide by Howie day, Forever Young - Alphaville cover done by aussie band, Youth Group

[Lisa]

5 month ago I learned to play Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers:D

[Dylan_SOAD]

System of a down's Sugar I think

[Jake952]

time of your life ( good riddance) by Green Day

The picking pattern and everything

[Mari]

hi everybody...
My first song was Yesterday by the beatles its quite simple but it took me a while to learn it...also I keep practicing...i hope i get better
kisses...

[drudge]

eric clapton - cocaine was the first one I learned. then I had a magazine from some Guitar Magazine publisher that had the 50 heaviest riffs of all time (up til '95 when it was published) I learned about everything out of that promptly.

[GoldKiwi]

i think my first was let it be, or streets in london.
my first on the electric was about a girl, and after that last kiss from pearl jam
quit easy :P

[Khris]

The first song I learned to play was Master of Puppets, by Metallica of course... it was very hard without Amplifier ;)