Favorite songs to play.

felix'apprentice · Post by **felix'apprentice** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:01 am

Just curious - whats your favorite songs to play? Whether you play bass, guitar, drums, keys, etc etc.

I play guitar and one of my favorites is simple man by skynyrd. I also love to play Happy Together by Simple Plan (remake of the beatles) Also like Every Rose has its Thorns, Copperhead Road, Burning Bright, Wish you were here, Time of Your Life and the Night Pat Murphy Died.

Lets see what ya all got! Bring on the songs!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:16 am

Smoke On The Water
Iron Man
Happy Birthday
Taps
T.N.T.
Highway to Hell

****
Thats all I can play on the guitar and NOT very well I might add.

rickster · Post by **rickster** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:31 am

Crazy TRain,
Knockin On Heaven's Door
Slither
Lifes Been Good ( Joe Walsh)

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:55 am

What Would Judas Do?

Lambs of the Black Hand.

Colton · Post by **Colton** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:31 am

Voodoo Chile
Little Wing

no particular order

ozwalt816 · Post by **ozwalt816** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:58 am

Top Ten (so far....with an easy #1 vote)
"Keep the world with all its sin....it's not fit for livin' in"

1. Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
Rock Bottom - UFO
Lights Out - UFO
Roadhouse Blues (meets Dinah-Moe Humm) - Mr. Mojo Zappa
Daniel - Elton John
I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles
Diamonds and Rust (red bums and winos version) - Judas Priest
Faithfully - Journey

oh shit....your thread was songs to PLAY....oops.....does singing count?

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:03 am

I like playing my own songs best, but here are some covers:

War Pigs-- Black Sabbath. When I get to shout, "Oh Lord, Yeah!" and then the band nails that next instrumental section, it's raw power. The crowd starts pumping fists and banging their heads... Oh, yeah. It's GOOD to play in a rock and roll band!

He Stopped Loving Her Today-- George Jones. It makes old people cry, then shake your hand.

Slow blues-- It doesn't matter which one, as long as it's in a key I have a harmonica for. Gimme a slow blues in the key of A, and I'll tear my heart out for you.

Desert Plains-- Judas Priest. I always loved that beat. You can really flex your singing chops on it, too, challenging without being unsingable by anyone other than Rob Halford, like so many of his songs are.

Sex Machine-- James Brown. You have to dance at least a little to sing it, you have to move, plus chicks dig it A LOT. I've seen some wild stuff while that song is being played.

This Little Light Of Mine-- Ralph Stanley. It's bouncy and happy, one of bluegrass's many moods. The mandolin hits on the downbeat, and propels it, and it's like a ride on a fast merry-go-round, you know where it's going but it's still pretty cool.

Lager & Ale-- Kim Mitchell. I never actually played this song, or sang lead. My buddy Mark Morningstar sang the lead, I sort of sang a tenor harmony in lieu of the layered harmonies on the album. This song was awesome because we played it strictly for ourselves. Most people who saw us had no clue who Kim Mitchell was, nor had they ever heard his music. We just loved the song. It's about getting really drunk and "falling in love" with a stripper. Kim was a guitarist from Canada who also had a song called, "Go For A Soda" that still gets played occasionally. --->JMS

KyleMayket · Post by **KyleMayket** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:39 am

as a drummer I would say either Prison Sex, or Sober both by TooL

ozwalt816 · Post by **ozwalt816** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:28 am

War Pigs-- Black Sabbath. When I get to shout, "Oh Lord, Yeah!" and then the band nails that next instrumental section, it's raw power. The crowd starts pumping fists and banging their heads... Oh, yeah. It's GOOD to play in a rock and roll band!

oh yeah, JMS....how true...the riffs before the line "Politicians hide themselves away..." are some of rock and roll's finest...thanks for the reminder

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:20 am

Slayer - Postmortem, Angel of Death, Metal Storm/Face the Slayer, Blood Red

Iron Maiden - Powerslave, Phantom of the Opera, 2 minutes to midnight
Judas Priest, Metal Meltdown, Victim of Changes

Black Sabbath - Killing yourself to live...well all of them.

THere's too many to list really, I cant narrow it down.

Desert Plains and Beyond the Realms are some kick ass songs, it's nice to see them make the list.

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:04 pm

Favorite songs we cover in the side effects:

Bikeage Lyrics
Artist(Band):Descendents

Running out of time again
Where did you go wrong this time?
When your problems overwhelm you
Go get drunk it's party time
Take a quaalude, relax your mind
Relax your body tool
Run from problems but
You'll never get away
No one loves you, and you
Wonder why?
Sitting there with your
Mouth full of beer
Your eyes are glazed, your face is red
Who's gonna pick you up
and use you for tonight?
And when you're on the streets
With a needle in your arm
Selling your body for another fix
Who's gonna pick you up and take
You home with them tonight? Not me!
Running out of breath again you're an
Old maid, but you're only 15
You're losing your little girl's charm
Cry all night but you'll never get it back
Don't be afraid, it's not too late
Save yourself, I need you here
Wearing off, wearing out
I can't think about this cause it
makes me sick
Sitting there with your
Mouth full of beer
Your eyes are glazed, your face is red
Who's gonna pick you up
and use you for tonight?
And when you're on the streets
With a needle in your arm
Selling your body for another fix
Who's gonna pick you up and take
You home with them tonight? Not me!

-AND- The 30 second masterpiece:

Mdc
Slow, Stupid And Hungry lyrics

Legalizing marijuana
Maybe they should
Maybe they oughtta

Slow, Stupid, and Hungry!

Decriminalizing pot
Let's go for it, why not

Slow, Stupid, and Hungry!

Let's get high, yes siree
I want you to be like me

Slow, Stupid, and Hungry!

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:18 pm

Wasn't Happy Together by The Turtles?

orangekick · Post by **orangekick** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:31 pm

I have been really jamming to a lot of Rush lately. My favorite tunes to play are Anthem; Beneath, Between,and Behind; Bastille Day and YYZ.

felix'apprentice · Post by **felix'apprentice** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:27 pm

bassist_25 wrote:Wasn't Happy Together by The Turtles?

LOL idk

VENTGtr · Post by **VENTGtr** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:36 pm

bassist_25 wrote:Wasn't Happy Together by The Turtles?

Yes.... My spine twinged and curled, face contorted so much that, in comparison,
Quasimoto would look like a supermodel.

Oh...and the fave tunes...

"Attention Please"-Caroline's Spine
"Just Like Heaven"-Cure
"Suck My Kiss"-RCHP
"99 Red Balloons"-Nina

all stand out that are in a night's work. Too many to count in the grande scheme.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:04 pm

on bass:

i like to play john the fisherman by primus... but wynona's big brown beaver is a close number 2.

that and most anything. i'll play whatever. i'm not choosy. i could probably play anything but bluegrass... not cuz i hate bluegrass, but because i think i lack a little theory knowledge to come up with applicable bass lines.

on drums:

mob goes wild by clutch. mmm... groove-elicious....

guitar:

nothing. playing the guitar takes an ego that i'm not comfortable with

no offense intended except to guitarists

seriously, i'm joking!

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:56 pm

slackin@dabass wrote:on bass:

. i could probably play anything but bluegrass... not cuz i hate bluegrass, but because i think i lack a little theory knowledge to come up with applicable bass lines.

Nah, there's not that much theory involved, though there might be if you were real flowery. Mostly it's root-V stuff and variations on root-V... you can ride back and forth on two notes per chord, and still be considered awesome at it. It's about timing and precision, hitting the note dead-on the beat even when somebody in the band gets off time. The bass in bluegrass takes the place of the kick drum in a rock band, it's the foundation everything is laid on. The bass locks in with the mandolin (the snare drum in a rock band), and form the actual beat of the bluegrass song. Simple, but haaarrrdd. Simple if you have naturally good timing on bass. You could do it.--->JMS

dbdrummer89 · Post by **dbdrummer89** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:47 pm

Big fan of playing Dragula by Rob Zombie and Dope's version of You Spin Me Right Round...with some serious modifications of course

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:42 pm

VENTGtr wrote:"Attention Please"-Caroline's Spine
"Just Like Heaven"-Cure
"Suck My Kiss"-RCHP
"99 Red Balloons"-Nina

This!

Plus these we play out:
Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran
Not my time - 3 Doors Down

Ones I need a horn section for:
9th and Pine - Less than jake
Forty Days - Streetlight Manifesto
Brotherman - Echo Movement
This Cherry - Suburban Legends
Hey DJ - Suburban Legends
Bonin' in the Boneyard - Fishbone
Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone

Other ones that don't fit in the above two categories but I love to noodle with:
Earache my eye - Cheech and Chong
Face Down - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Badfish - Sublime
Don't Dwell - 311
Nix Hex - 311
Where it's at - Beck
Break under pressure - The Big'uns
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
The soft parade - The doors
Five to one - The doors
Mr. Pink - Level 42
Humming - Portishead (upright)
Cream - Prince
Tell me baby - RHCP
War - Edwin Starr

Pretty messed up list huh?

UNEARTHA7XMatt · Post by **UNEARTHA7XMatt** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:18 am

Im currently trying to re write Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil into a Faster More Metal song. Its commin along well but I think this might be one of my favs to play when im done with it. Other than that I like Playing all of our originals but our new one Bound By Blood is my favorite!

Merge · Post by **Merge** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:08 am

UNEARTHA7XMatt wrote:Im currently trying to re write Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil into a Faster More Metal song. Its commin along well but I think this might be one of my favs to play when im done with it. Other than that I like Playing all of our originals but our new one Bound By Blood is my favorite!

It's funny that you mention that song. My old lead singer always wanted to remake that one into a modern rock song. He said he though a lot could be done with it. He couldn't talk me into it, lol. We settled on "The Gambler" instead.

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:04 pm

I don't have any favorite songs to play. I just enjoy playing in general. Really played all kinds of different styles and every style has something to offer, so it's hard to say what songs are my favorite....probably our original stuff because it's ours.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:21 pm

Depends on what instrument I'm playin'. If I'm playin" bass it would most likely be "Southbound" by the Allman Bros. If I'm playin' the 6-string electric it would prolly be some SRV or Clapton, and it seems like everytime I pick up the acoustic I always end up playin' "A Pirate Looks At 40" by Jimmy Buffet , "Shanty Song" by Jonathan Edwards or something by Jim Croce.